A robot developed at EEUM in Guimarães took second place at RoboCup 2026 in South Korea, amongst the world’s best service robotics teams. The CHARMIE robot, developed by the Automation and Robotics Laboratory at the University of Minho (UMinho), was crowned world runner-up in the RoboCup@Home competition, part of RoboCup […]
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The University of Minho is one of the institutions with the highest number of PhD students awarded Fulbright Commission scholarships this year to carry out research in the United States of America. Ana Rita Luz, from the Department of Economics, will be conducting research at the University of Michigan – […]
AMALIA, the first large-scale language model (LLM) developed from scratch in European Portuguese, was unveiled on 1 July 2026 at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. The event featured speeches by the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, the Minister of State for State Reform, Gonçalo Matias, and the Minister for Education, […]
Researcher Paulo Lourenço, from the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, received on June 30 a grant of 150 thousand euros from the European Research Council (ERC), to bring to the market a new advanced platform that […]
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 […]
All planning applications in the country will have to be submitted in 3D format from 2030 The Municipality of Gaia, with the support of the UMinho School of Engineering, has launched a groundbreaking guide to digital building planning, aimed at making the analysis and approval of building projects more transparent […]
Rafael Pinto, PhD student in Materials Engineering at EEUM, won the Upcell Young Scientist Award 2026 for developing a sustainable, solid-state, 3D-printed lithium battery that has improved performance and efficiency and with applications ranging from medical devices to portable electronics. This is a European award that recognizes young researchers with […]
Initiative distinguishes the best teaching and learning practices at UMinho and will take three teachers to the “European First Year Experience Conference”. The University of Minho announced the attribution of the EPIC UMinho Pedagogical Innovation Award to professors Celina Leão, from the School of Engineering, Cristina Aguiar, from the School […]
The Automation and Robotics Laboratory of the UMinho School of Engineering took first place in the RoboCup@Home league at the 2026 National Robotics Festival, held from 23 to 25 April at the Municipal Pavilion in Barcelos, achieving a record number of points, despite the presence of foreign teams in the […]
The University of Minho, the Agency for State Technological Reform (ARTE) and the United Nations University – e-Governance Operational Unit (UNU-EGOV) organised the presentation of the results of the 2025 Municipal Councils’ Internet Presence Index (IPIC) on 20 April at 4.00 pm, during a session held at the UNU-EGOV premises […]