For those who missed the last Talk For Us, which took place on 04/07/2025 with the theme ‘An Ontology For the Languege Domain’, given by Pedro Rangel Henriques, click on the link below and watch it in full. https://educast.fccn.pt/vod/clips/ts2ab3wff/streaming.html?locale=pt

CeDRI is honoured to share and congratulate its researchers who, on 2 July 2025, received the award for best paper at the Symposium of Applied Science for Young Researchers (SASYR).

Celebrating the achievements of our researchers, we congratulate Caio Oliveira, Luiz Luiz and João Paulo Teixeira on receiving the best poster award at Symposium of Applied Science for Young Researchers (SASYR) 2025.

CeDRI is proud to announce that its researcher Luiz E. Luiz, together with Salviano Soares, Antonio Valente, João Barroso, Paulo Leitão and João Paulo Teixeira, were the winners of the first CeDRI EDI+ Impact Research Award, announced at the Symposium of Applied Science for Young Researchers (SASYR), with his paper "High-resolution portable bluetooth module for ECG and EMG acquisition". This was the first edition of this award organised by CeDRI, which received 10 applications from its researchers.

CeDRI is pleased to share that CeDRI researchers and PhD students in Intelligent Systems Engineering at IPB, David Verde and Tânia Silva, have won the Norte+Inclusivo category of the Mais a Norte Awards promoted by CCDR Norte. To read more, visit: https://www.ccdr-n.pt/noticia/destaque/ccdr-norte-distingue-projetos-de-excelencia

✨💡 Smartlight: Iluminação pública inteligente ao serviço de cidades mais conectadas! 💡✨ Temos uma grande novidade! O projeto Smartlight, que está a transformar a iluminação pública em soluções mais inteligentes e eficientes, acaba de ser destaque na newsletter da ANI (Agência Nacional de Inovação)! 🙌 Através de tecnologias inovadoras, o Smartlight irá ajudar a criar cidades mais seguras, sustentáveis e conectadas, com sistemas de iluminação pública que não só otimizam o consumo de energia, mas também melhoram a qualidade de vida dos cidadãos. 🌍🌱 👉 Fique por dentro do projeto e descubra como a inovação pode iluminar o futuro das nossas cidades. Aceda ao artigo completo na newsletter da ANI e saiba mais sobre esse avanço tecnológico que está a fazer a diferença! 🔗 🔗 Leia o artigo completo aqui https://www.compete2030.gov.pt/comunicacao/iluminacao-publica-inteligente-ao-servico-de-cidades-mais-seguras-sustentaveis-e-conectadas/ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ✨💡 Smartlight: Smart street lighting for more connected cities! 💡✨ We have great news! The Smartlight project, which is transforming public lighting into smarter and more efficient solutions, has just been featured in the ANI (National Innovation Agency) newsletter! 🙌 Through innovative technologies, Smartlight will help create safer, more sustainable and connected cities, with public lighting systems that not only optimise energy consumption, but also improve citizens' quality of life. 🌍🌱 👉 Stay up to date with the project and find out how innovation can light up the future of our cities. Access the full article in the ANI newsletter and find out more about this technological breakthrough that is making a difference! 🔗 🔗 Read the full article here https://www.compete2030.gov.pt/comunicacao/iluminacao-publica-inteligente-ao-servico-de-cidades-mais-seguras-sustentaveis-e-conectadas/

On 26 June 2025, CeDRI had the honour of receiving a visit from the President of IAPMEI - Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation, José Pulido Valente, where it was possible to present the projects developed here and foster partnership opportunities.

Temos o prazer de comunicar que no dia 26/06/2025, às 17h, o investigador Luís Piardi realizou, de forma exemplar, sua defesa de doutoramento com o título “A Collaborative Approach to Fault Tolerance in Cyber Physical Systems”. Destacamos que a tese foi desenvolvida no âmbito do acordo de cotutela entre o programa doutoral Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics (CPGEI) da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) e o programa doutoral Electrical and Computer Engineering (PDEEC) da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP) para a dupla diplomação do doutorado, sendo o CeDRI o centro de acolhimento para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa. O CeDRI parabeniza pela aprovação! We are pleased to announce that on 26/06/2025, at 5pm, researcher Luís Piardi carried out his doctoral defence with the title ‘A Collaborative Approach to Fault Tolerance in Cyber Physical Systems’. The thesis was developed within the framework of the double PhD agreement between the Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics doctoral programme (CPGEI) at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) and the Electrical and Computer Engineering doctoral programme (PDEEC) at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) for a double doctoral degree, with CeDRI as the host centre for the research. CeDRI congratulates you on your approval!

We are sharing the article 'The Role of AI in Agricultural Challenges,' written by researcher João Mendes from CeDRI. More information at: https://ajap.pt/o-papel-da-ia-nos-desafios-da-agricultura/

Mittelhessen (THM) in Giessen, Germany, hosted the in-person phase of the Blended Intensive Program (BIP) in Internet of Things (IoT), an Erasmus+ initiative that combines online learning with short-term mobility. The CeDRI - IPB was represented by six students from the School of Technology and Management (ESTIG), accompanied by professors Paulo Leitão and Luis Piardi. Prior to the mobility, the 22 participating students took part in online theoretical and practical classes, preparing for hands-on IoT projects presented and evaluated during the on-site week. Highlighted projects included interactive touch screens, speech robots powered by LLMs, smart city lighting poles, and electronic price tags—all using IoT technologies. The program involved four partner institutions: University of Jaén (Spain), IPB (Portugal), University of Zielona Góra (Poland), and THM (Germany), fostering a multicultural and collaborative learning environment. In addition to academic activities, participants visited the Pfeiffer Vacuum factory, explored Frankfurt and Wetzlar, and ended the week with a social evening at the Paulaner beer garden.