15/06/2020 Gmail - ISR-Connected 3.0 // May #12 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2?ik=aaae8c6e72&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a%3Ar-6910327669929656996&simpl=msg-a%3Ar-3876734866529… 1/6 View this email in your browser ISR-Connected 3.0 May 2020, issue #12 Dear all We are living in historical moments. The new coronavirus pandemic has forced a massive change in the way we live and work and will produce long-term consequences in our world. In a first moment, researchers and academia contributed to mitigate the emergency situation (e.g producing protection equipment, preparing COVID19-related proposals, and keep communication and encouragement of the teams). We also adapted to this disruptive change and have strived to continue teaching, studying, and numerous other research activities. This capacity for adaptation and resilience was unprecedented. We are entering a new phase, where we can re-initiate our on-campus research activities and work while remaining cautious. While online technologies have been instrumental to navigate these turbulent times, we know that the university experience, exchange of ideas, motivation, and emotional aspects that require interaction and physical presence, are essential. Rebuilding universities as a focus rich environment with inspirational interactions and contributing to keep society rolling and mitigate the social and economic pandemics is our grandest challenge ahead. ISR- Lisboa recently did a small step towards that, through the de-confinement of some of our labs. And in an additional piece of good news, congratulations to Pedro Góis, a collaborator at Taguspark, who recently became a father for the first time. All the best to his family and baby Alice. Stay safe and strong, José Santos-Victor What's New ISR Lisboa <[email protected]> ISR-Connected 3.0 // May #12 1 message ISR Lisboa <[email protected]> Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:04 PM To: [email protected]
We are living in historical moments. The new coronavirus pandemic has forced a massive change in theway we live and work and will produce long-term consequences in our world. In a first moment,researchers and academia contributed to mitigate the emergency situation (e.g producing protectionequipment, preparing COVID19-related proposals, and keep communication and encouragement of theteams). We also adapted to this disruptive change and have strived to continue teaching, studying, andnumerous other research activities. This capacity for adaptation and resilience was unprecedented.
We are entering a new phase, where we can re-initiate our on-campus research activities and work whileremaining cautious. While online technologies have been instrumental to navigate these turbulent times,we know that the university experience, exchange of ideas, motivation, and emotional aspects thatrequire interaction and physical presence, are essential.
Rebuilding universities as a focus rich environment with inspirational interactions and contributing to keepsociety rolling and mitigate the social and economic pandemics is our grandest challenge ahead. ISR-Lisboa recently did a small step towards that, through the de-confinement of some of our labs.
And in an additional piece of good news, congratulations to Pedro Góis, a collaborator at Taguspark, whorecently became a father for the first time. All the best to his family and baby Alice.
Girls in ICT DayThe International GirlsInICT day was celebratedon April 23, with echoes throughout the wholeweek. In Portugal, Técnico was one of thepartners of a Girls in ITC week of activities,organized in the scope of the project"Engenheiras Por um Dia". Rute Luz took part inthe many initiatives worldwide and representedTécnico to a group of young school students.The researcher shared why she didn't shy awayfrom engineering and why it can be anyone'spassion, in an effort to provide the youngstudents with a positive example. More here
Research4COVID ProjectThe month of May kicked off e-CoVig, a three-month project recently attributed top funding onthe FCT call Research4Covid. Coordinated byJoão Sanches, the project counts on severalpartners for the creation of an automated systemfor remote surveillance of COVID-19 symptoms.Low-cost technological solutions will allow theuse of an eHealth platform together withbiological data acquisition systems based on thecellphones of those who are under clinicalsurveillance. Learn more in this news article bythe journalistic chain Expresso
SPR Best PhD/MSc AwardsThe awards regarding thesis dissertationsconcluded in 2019 by Sociedade Portuguesa deRobótica for Best PhD Thesis and Best MScThesis have been attributed to members of ISR-Lisboa. Congrats to Pedro Lourenço and thesisadvisors Prof. Paulo Oliveira, Prof. Pedro Batistaand Prof. Carlos Silvestre for their work on thethesis awarded as Best PhD thesis, as wellas Pedro Trindade, who was supervised by Prof.Rita Cunha and Prof. Pedro Batista and whoreceived the award for Best MSc Thesis. More
Explain It Like I'm 5 Years OldThe first installment of "Explain it like I'm 5 –talks at Técnico for children and other curiouspeople of all ages" – which will be taking placeevery two weeks, was live on Instituto SuperiorTécnico's Facebook page on May 21 with greatsuccess. Many people of all ages joined to seeIsabel Ribeiro, one of the founding members ofISR-Lisboa and a pioneer in mobile robotics,explain what makes robots work, show manyoutstanding examples, and answer theirquestions. If you missed it watch here
90 Segundos de CiênciaIf you missed it on Antena1 listen here to arecent episode of 90 Segundos de Ciência wherePatrícia Figueiredo, coordinator of LaSEEB,our biomedical engineering Lab, explains in justabout 90 seconds how virtual reality can be usedto learn about the brain and for patientrehabilitation. You may also learn more about thisproject on an article on the ISR-Lisboa website,with interviews from main researchers, here
New CMU Portugal ProjectsAmong the 10 new research projects chosen forinvestment under the CMU Portugal Program,there are two which will involve collaborationbetween our ISR researchers and leading ICTcompanies. lntelligentCare aims to develop anintelligent health management system, whileiFetch will focus on optimizing conversationalagents for the online fashion marketplace. Learnmore about these projects and initiative here
Opportunities & Events
AI 4 COVID-19The central objective of this action, within thescope of the National Digital Skills e.2030Initiative, Portugal INCoDe.2030 (namely in Axis5 - Research), is to promote the presentation ofR&D projects in the field of Data Science thatcontribute to improving the response of PublicAdministration bodies to the impact of COVID-19and future pandemics, in line with the provisionsof the National Plan for Preparing andResponding to Disease due to new coronavirus(COVID-19) of DGS. Learn more here
Calls for SolutionsSeveral calls for solutions remain open and areaccepting proposals from any type oforganization assessed by the European Networkof Health Authorities. The European Commissionhas also launched research projects andinitiatives to tackle the spread of coronavirus andpreparedness for other outbreaks. Also, inreaction to the Covid-19 crisis, several H2020calls have been extended to give more time forapplicants to prepare their proposals. Confirm ifthis has affected you here
Early Stage ResearcherThe MULTITOUCH project will train a cohort of 6ESRs that will conduct haptic research inHuman-Computer Interaction to improve theaccessibility of new devices and applicationswith touch user interfaces. This is part of an EUMarie Sklodowska-Curie Action (H2020-MSCA-ITN) in the Machine Intelligence and InformationVisualization Laboratory of the MANSiDResearch Center at University Stefan cel Mare ofSuceava, Romania. Applicants must satisfy theeligibility requirements for an ESR under theH2020 ITN Programme. More
PhD Candidate OpeningsThree candidates with a strong background incontrol systems are required, to perform high-quality and innovative theoretical andexperimental research on resilient autonomousvehicles and cooperative robotics. As graduateassistants they are expected to start working atthe beginning of August 2020, if interested,please send an email to both Tansel Yucelen (APof Mechanical Engineering at the University ofSouth Florida) and K. Merve Dogan (AP ofAerospace Engineering at the Embry-RiddleAeronautical University)
Research positionsAvailable projects include the development ofregulatory networks in a cancer context, analysisof alternative splicing switches in tumorigenesis,analysis of RNA-seq. data using bioinformaticsand machine learning approaches, theestablishment of computational models foroptimized time-dependent treatment in cancer.More information and applications (CV,motivation letter) per email to Angela Relógio.More about their work here
SR&TD Portugal-IndiaIn order to support and encourage cooperationbetween research institutions, universities andR&D centers in India and Portugal, theFoundation for Science and Technology (FCT)and Department of Science and Technology ofIndia (DST) hereby announce that a call is opento fund of Scientific Research and TechnologicalDevelopment Joint Projects, developed in closecollaboration by Portuguese and Indian researchteams. Apply until June 30, 2020, 5 PM (Lisbon)
Springer Free Access Springer Reference Work portfolio can be astarting point for students, researchers, andprofessionals needing expertly validatedsummaries of a topic. Springer now has aselection of work entries that are free until theend of March. From Physics, Chemistry,Mathematics, Engineering, and Computerscience, which are essential for researchersmastering these hot topics and fundamentalprinciples in their subject areas. More here
Twitter's Contribution At a time when online communications areinevitably being boosted, this opinion articledefends that the platform facilitates an informalconnection between scientists. "Getting a morehuman perspective on the big shots we look upto can be refreshing...By having a more personalline of communication with each other, ratherthan relying on e-mail correspondence, scientistscan connect and form fruitful relationships moreeasily." Read it here
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