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Jornadas IT 2026 - Forthcoming


on 18-02-2026

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"Jornadas IT 2026" will be held under the central theme “Space, Defense and Emerging Technologies”, highlighting the Institute’s growing role in strategic national and European domains, including resilient and secure communications, surveillance and monitoring, sensing, artificial intelligence, and related areas.

The conference aims to:

  • Present the most relevant R&D activities within each IT thematic line;
  • Foster scientific collaboration among IT research groups;
  • Promote strategic reflection on the contribution of each thematic line to the theme of Space, Defense, and Emerging Technologies, thereby strengthening IT connection to national and international innovation ecosystems in Space, Defense, and Security.

 

Program:

09:00 – Participant Registration

09:30Opening Session: IT Management, local authorities, and invited institutions

09:45Keynote Address: IT 2030 - Space, Defense and Emerging Technologies - IT Management

10:00Keynote Address: Opportunities and Instruments 2030 - Space, Defense and Emerging Technologies - IT Technology and Interface Center (CTI-IT)

10:30Coffee Break & Poster Session - IT Research Groups

11:30Session S1: Basic Sciences & Enabling Technologies and the Space & Defense Challenge

12:30Session S2: Wireless Technologies and the Space & Defense Challenge

13:30Buffet Lunch (Lobby) & Poster Session - IT Research Groups

15:00Session S3: Optics & Photonics and the Space & Defense Challenge

16:00Session S4: Networks & Services and the Space & Defense Challenge

17:00Coffee Break & Poster Session – IT Research Groups

17:30Session S5: Information and Data Sciences and the Space & Defense Challenge

18:15Strategic Panel: Space and Defense in Portugal (with guests)

18:30Closing Session and 2026 Awards Ceremony

 

Organisation (Leiria)

  • Sérgio Faria - General Chair
  • Rafael Caldeirinha - Scientific Chair
  • Nuno Rodrigues & Telmo Fernandes - Infrastructure and Logistics
  • João Reis & Lucas Thomaz -Technical Support

 

Scientific Committee

  • Rafael Caldeirinha
  • Susana Sargento
  • Paulo André
  • Sérgio Faria
  • Francisco Fontes

 

Venue

School of Technology and Management – Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Alto do Vieiro, Morro do Lena, Leiria, Portugal
Coordinates: 39°44’03.52” N | 8°49’15.79” W

 

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Invisibles: A New Frontier in Biomedical Signal Acquisition and Processing


on 16-12-2025

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The Department of Electromechanical Engineering (DEM) at the University of Beira Interior (UBI) will host Hugo Plácido da Silva for the lecture "Invisibles: A New Frontier in Biomedical Signal Acquisition and Processing" on December 16th, focusing on emerging frontiers in biomedical engineering and pervasive health technologies.

The session will take place at 11 AM in the DEM Meeting Room (UBI), with simultaneous remote transmission to ensure broader participation.

 

Abstract: 

An important part of clinical triage methods continues to be mostly bound to hospital and momentary data acquisition settings. Still, a paradigm shift is emerging, in which everyday technology is increasingly capable of measuring relevant biomedical signals in a more pervasive manner. This is paving the way for systems that can better analyse and adapt to perceived changes in the health status or behavior of the user. In this lecture, we will characterise the current landscape of data acquisition and signal processing methods, describe state-of-the-art work developed towards what has been coined as the ”invisibles” approach, and provide a discussion of the main challenges posed by these new methodologies. Experimental results show that data acquired using such an approach is highly correlated with data obtained through conventional methods. This lecture will show real-world examples of devices integrated into everyday use objects with which users regularly interact. 

 

Short Bio:

Hugo Plácido da Silva is an Award-winning inventor, researcher, and entrepreneur, co-founder of multiple innovative technology-based companies operating in the field of medical devices and data science for health; PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering with habilitation in Biomedical Engineering, both from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) - University of Lisbon (UL). He is also coordinator of the “Information and Data Science” thematic line and Senior Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações since 2004, and invited Professor at the Bioengineering Department of IST since 2019.

 

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