The CeDRI Industry Day will take place on 1 October 2026 in the Eng. Alcínio Miguel Auditorium, starting at 2.00 pm. The event is designed to bring together the research carried out at the Centre for Research in Digitalisation and Intelligent Robotics (CeDRI) and the region’s business community. Over the course of an afternoon, researchers and industry partners will come together to discuss real research and development needs, funding opportunities and models of collaboration.

CeDRI is participating in the CRUSOE network event and the ETC 2026 conference, taking place in Porto from September 9–11, 2026.

CeDRI is pleased to announce that it will be taking part in the approved and validated project entitled ‘Casas em Movimento 4.0’, which focuses on smart home systems and is supported by COMPETE 2030 with an investment of approximately 3.2 million euros.

CeDRI is pleased to share that the project "A digitalização como ferramenta para melhorar a sustentabilidade do processo de recolha seletiva", developed by our researcher Adriano Silva, Thadeu Brito, and Profs. Ana I. Pereira and José Lima, has been featured by Ponto Verde Lab. The project presents an intelligent waste collection monitoring system based on ultrasonic sensors, LoRaWAN communication, and optimization algorithms to support more efficient and sustainable collection operations. Developed in collaboration with Resíduos do Nordeste and supported by Sociedade Ponto Verde, the work demonstrates how digital technologies can contribute to improving waste management and advancing the circular economy. Read the full article published by Ponto Verde Lab: https://www.pontoverdelab.pt/um-novo-e-ultrassonico-olhar-para-otimizar-a-recolha-de-residuos/ #CeDRI #IPB #Research #IoT #WasteManagement #CircularEconomy #SmartCities"

CeDRI-IPB is proud to announce that, according to the provisional results of the 2026 PhD Research Fellowship Competition, the applications of four CeDRI students have been successful. Congratulations to Gabriel A. Leite, Maurício Morais, Júlio Costa and Gustavo Vieira.

The paper "A Data Engineering Pipeline for Building a Renewable Energy Lakehouse from Heterogeneous Public APIs", authored by M.Sc. Leonardo Canuto Junior and CeDRI researchers Pedro Filipe Oliveira and Paulo Matos, was awarded the Best Conference Paper at the 11th International Conference on Big Data Analytics, Data Mining and Computational Intelligence (2026), held in Valencia, Spain. The award recognizes work initiated within the Data Engineering course of the Master's in Computer Science program and acknowledges the paper's scientific quality and contribution to the field of data engineering.

On 22 July 2026, as part of the “Talk For Us – Emerging Scientific Advances at CeDRI” series, we were honoured to host a lecture entitled “Enabling Collaboration in Multi-Agent Systems for Cyber-Physical Applications”, delivered by Luis Piardi.

💡 SMARTLIGHT: Halfway through the project — Live demonstrations and a spotlight on the demonstration site! On 22 July 2026, another meeting of the SMARTLIGHT project consortium took place. The project is developing an innovative, smart and multifunctional street lighting solution, featuring integrated sensors, cutting-edge computing and artificial intelligence. With 17 months of the project now complete and the project now halfway through its duration, this meeting was particularly special: for the first time, the partners — FISOLA, IPB/CeDRI, Drivetel and TURNPAGE — were able to watch live demonstrations of what has been developed so far, with a focus on: 🔌 PCBs — the printed circuit boards developed for the system ⚙️ Backend — the FIWARE architecture and the platform’s data processing 🖥️ Frontends — the platform’s management and monitoring interfaces 🔒 Cybersecurity — the security solutions implemented to protect the infrastructure and communications 📍 Demonstration site — the location where the project’s demonstration lighting column will be installed was presented Seeing 17 months of work come to life in real-world demonstrations is always a memorable moment. SMARTLIGHT is halfway there — and the next steps look promising! 🚀 #CeDRI #IPB #SMARTLIGHT #StreetLighting #IoT #EdgeComputing #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Consortium #Portugal2030 #SmartCity #Research

CeDRI is pleased to announce that researcher Gabriel Leite has come third in an entrepreneurship competition organised by the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança.

🚀 CeDRI Attends the CLEVER Project Launch Event! On July 7, 2026, CeDRI participated in the CLEVER project launch event, held at the PIEP (Polymer Engineering Innovation Hub) facilities in Guimarães. CLEVER is a project in which IPB/CeDRI participates as a partner, and this event marked an important milestone in its launch, bringing together consortium members and presenting the initiative’s objectives, lines of work, and expected impact. Being present at events like this is essential for strengthening ties among partners, aligning visions, and raising awareness of the collaborative work taking place between research centers, higher education institutions, and the Portuguese business community. 🤝💡 A promising first step toward what’s to come with CLEVER! #CeDRI #IPB #CLEVER #PIEP #Guimarães #Research #Innovation #Consortium #ArtificialIntelligence #Industry4.0 #Portugal