06Oct2025
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06Oct2025
APPIA Award for Best PhD Thesis in Artificial Intelligence
The Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA) has awarded the 2024 Best PhD Thesis in Artificial Intelligence to Miguel Abreu for his work titled “Symmetry, hierarchical structures and shallow neural networks: Advancing reinforcement learning for humanoids”. The thesis, supervised by Luís Paulo Reis (FEUP) and Nuno Lau (University of Aveiro / IEETA), explores innovative approaches […]
30Sep2025
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20Dec2025
Seminars on Cybersecurity
A seminar series, in the scope of Mestrado em Cibersegurança, runs Sept–Dec 2025, mainly remote with Q&A (raise hand or chat) and occasional in-person sessions in Room 4.1.02 on Fridays (16:00–18:00) and Saturdays (10:00–12:00), seats first-come, first-served. Speakers from CNCS, academia, and industry cover broad cybersecurity themes, including national strategy, passwordless/FIDO2, critical infrastructure and healthcare […]
29Sep2025
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29Sep2025
Armando Pinho and Paulo Ferreira on the list of the most influential in the world
On Sept 23, 2025, the University of Aveiro reported a rise in its presence on the “Stanford World’s Top 2% Scientists” lists, based on 2024 Scopus citation metrics: 73 UA scientists on the career-long list and 99 on the 2024-only list. The study spans 22 fields and 174 subfields using standardized indicators (citations, h-index, coauthorship-adjusted […]
26Sep2025
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26Sep2025
European Researchers’ Night 2025
On 26 September 2025, the European Researchers’ Night brought science to life at Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva de Aveiro. Researchers from IEETA invited visitors to explore the wonders of virtual reality and domotic interaction. In a lively, hands-on atmosphere, hundreds of people of all ages discovered how cutting-edge research connects with everyday life.
23Sep2025
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23Sep2025
IEETA Researchers Awarded with the “New Frontiers in Engineering” Prize
IEETA researchers Bernardo Marques, Beatriz Sousa Santos, and Paulo Dias (DETI/UA) received the “New Frontiers in Engineering” award for their article “Ten years of immersive education: Overview of a Virtual and Augmented Reality course at postgraduate level,” published in Computers & Graphics (Nov 2024). The paper reviews a decade of a Virtual and Augmented […]
22Sep2025
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22Sep2025
Beyond the Lab: Decoding Motor Intentions for Spinal-Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Restoring mobility in individuals with motor impairments is one of the most ambitious goals in neurorehabilitation. At the intersection of neuroscience, machine learning, and assistive robotics, we are developing Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs) that can decode motor intentions from brain signals (EEG), even when data is limited, noisy, or imbalanced. Here’s what makes this research innovative: […]
17Sep2025
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17Sep2025
Honorable mention of the Portuguese Order of Engineers, “New Frontiers of Engineering – Teachers” award, 2025
Iouliia Skliarova is the author of the article “Enhancing Digital Design Education: Implementing Team-based Learning in First-Year Engineering Courses”, presented at the 16th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies – EDULEARN’2024, which was distinguished by the Portuguese Order of Engineers with an honorable mention within the scope of the “New Frontiers of Engineering […]
29Jul2025
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29Jul2025
UA develops automatic voter registration system for São Tomé and Príncipe
The University of Aveiro (UA), through IEETA and under the leadership of researcher Joaquim Sousa Pinto, is spearheading the development of an automated voter registration system for São Tomé e Príncipe. The project follows recommendations from the EU Election Observation Mission and aims to modernize the country’s electoral system by connecting national databases such as […]
28Jul2025
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28Jul2025
FC Portugal wins RoboCup 2025 in the 3D Simulated Soccer League
In the 3D Soccer Simulation League 2 teams of 11 simulated humanoid robots play soccer against each other using a common simulator. The Simulation League focus on artificial intelligence and team strategy. Independently moving software players (agents) play soccer on a virtual field inside a computer. The FC Portugal team, a partnership between the Institute […]
25Jul2025
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25Jul2025
Research Summit 2025 – IEETA Student Research Pitch Session
As part of the Research Summit 2025, a major research forum held at University of Aveiro from July 16 to 18, the morning session of July 17 was dedicated to showcasing the research of MSc and PhD students from IEETA. Chaired by Prof. Eurico Pedrosa, the session featured 10-minute research pitches presented by IEETA students […]