Researcher at INESC TEC UMinho and visiting lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at EEUM presented the Institute’s work on ransomware analysis and protection to the cybersecurity community during the 12th meeting of OWASP Porto, the regional chapter of the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) – an international […]
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The Daedalus team from MAST – Minho Aerospace Student’s Team – has been selected from 61 applications as one of the 25 teams taking part in the European Rocketry Challenge 2026, through the DAEDALUS project, and the students at the UMinho School of Engineering could not be more excited: “This […]
The IngredientIA Project combines artificial intelligence, computational modelling and experimental micro-scale digestion systems to understand how food ingredients interact with the gut microbiota and to support the development of more effective and personalised foods. Combining artificial intelligence, computational modelling and micro-scale digestive simulation, the IngredientIA Project, coordinated by OmniumAI – […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The NaturTex project aims to find new uses for agroforestry and fruit-growing waste and by-products from inland Portugal, converting them into natural dyes and compounds for use in the textile sector. What if agroforestry waste had the potential to produce textiles with antimicrobial, antifungal, antioxidant and even fire-retardant properties? This […]
The project “Citizen-Led Accessible Environmental Routes/Personalised Accessible Routes for Health and Safety – CLEAR PATHS”, led by Giorgio Pace (School of Sciences, UMinho), Dalila Durães, Miguel Nóbrega (both from the School of Engineering, UMinho) and Andrea Ribeiro (Higher Institute of Health), has been approved for funding by the scientific committee […]
Agreement signed in Sintra provides for scientific observation from low Earth orbit by Prometheus-2 and a new space data infrastructure at UMinho The Portuguese Air Force Academy (AFA) and the University of Minho are set to develop, launch and operate the academic satellite “Prometheus-2” in the coming months. This space […]
The researcher at the 2C2T centre of the UMinho School of Engineering leads five PRR projects focused on decarbonisation and the creation of smart textiles. From cancer treatment dressings to fashion collections made from recycled fishing nets, innovation in Minho is anticipating new European sustainability requirements. The Portuguese sea has […]
At a time when the complexity and popularity of data-driven applications are growing at an unprecedented rate, INESC TEC UMinho and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are collaborating on a project to tackle one of the most debated challenges in the field: the efficiency of the data-processing systems that support these […]
The BANKSY project, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), promises to innovate the way we deal with contexts characterised by incomplete, uncertain or even contradictory information. With a planned duration of three years, the project is the result of a partnership between INESC TEC, CIDMA, the […]