As part of the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of Biological Engineering, the FNAC Gathering cycle continues, a space for conversation and sharing dedicated to the multiple professional paths that can be followed in this area of knowledge. The session “What does a Biological Engineer do” took place on June […]
Cycle of interviews with the members of the new Advisory Board of the School of Engineering. In this edition we interviewed Eng. António Rodrigues, CEO of the Casais Group. The Advisory Board of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (EEUM) is the advisory body of the School’s […]
On June 20th, the 1st DPS Alumni Meeting took place at the Pança Restaurant – Clube Industrial de Pevidém, in Guimarães. In the words of the Department Director, Professor Paulo Sampaio, the event “intended to celebrate 50 years of Production and Systems with rediscovered hugs, stories that came back to […]
From assessing Portuguese municipal councils to evaluating more than 3000 public service portals worldwide, the work of INESC TEC researchers Diogo Ribeiro, doctoral student at EEUM, and João Marco Silva, lecturer from EEUM, puts the cybersecurity of public administration at the centre of the debate. Municipal council websites are now […]
From a best poster award to contributions on four distinct fronts. That is how INESC TEC made its mark at EuroSys 2026, one of the most prestigious international conferences in computer systems. The highlight was the presentation of the paper “MinatoLoader: Accelerating Machine Learning Training Through Efficient Data Preprocessing”, authored […]
Rui Oliveira, lecture at the Informatics Department at the School of Engineering and Director of INESC TEC, attended the second edition of the AI Compute Summit, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The event, organised by The Economist, brought together business leaders, researchers and policymakers to discuss the future of computing […]
The Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Management course – non-accredited degree, 2nd cycle specialized training level – designed and created from scratch in cooperation with the company BOSCH, aims to prepare professionals with knowledge and expertise to face and carry out procurement processes in highly dynamic contexts, especially oriented to […]
The Excellence Scholarships Award Ceremony of the University of Minho took place on June 3, at 3:30 pm, in the Medieval Hall of the Rectory building, in Largo do Paço, in Braga. 168 students were distinguished for their exemplary academic career, with a scholarship of pecuniary value equal to the […]
To-Be-Green, a spin-off of the School of Engineering of UMinho, has partnered with the El Corte Inglés group in the initiative “Solidarity Bags, which transform textile waste into aid against cancer, combining circular economy, sustainability and social responsibility. The bags are produced from the recycling of post-consumer textiles collected in […]
The 11th edition of UModa took place on 29 May at 9.00 pm at Espaço Guimarães, with free admission. Collections inspired by the theme ‘(Dis)connect’ reuse materials and promote sustainability. Fashion Design and Marketing students from the UMinho School of Engineering presented their final-year collections at a fashion show held […]
Braga Economy Weeks took place from 4 to 29 May, centred at Forum Braga, featuring 200 hours of events and several thousand participants. The initiative by InvestBraga and Braga City Council has the theme “A New Cycle for Economic Development” and dedicates each week to a specific topic: economic development; […]
Leaders from the country’s leading export sector gathered on 27 May in Guimarães The metallurgical and metalworking sector accounts for a third of the country’s industrial exports and generates 250,000 jobs. Its future was the subject of debate on 27 May in the main auditorium of the University of Minho […]