MEMEX project first study

The new MEMEX technologies will make it possible to tell the stories of the most endangered communities, thanks to the possibility of building narrative paths with pictures, videos, maps on and around the cultural heritage of the different territories. By telling their stories, the communities not only will be able to have visibility with their […]

System developed in Madeira tested in Thailand

Dinarte Vasconcelos, a Ph.D. student at IST and ITI / LARSyS researcher, supervised by Prof. Nuno Nunes, Full Professor at IST and president of ITI, was in Bangkok, Thailand, at the beginning of February to install and test bioacoustic sensors for monitoring the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting Malaria, Zika and Dengue. Dengue and Malaria are […]

ITI researchers at CHItaly 2019 win an Honorable Mention Best Paper Award

ITI/LARSyS researchers Valentina Nisi, Mara Dionísio, Cláudia Silva and Nuno Nunes received an Honorable Mention for the Best Paper Award at CHItaly 2019 with “A participatory platform supporting awareness and empathy building between tourists and locals: the Há-Vita case study,” on September 24. Also, Lígia Duro, ITI PhD student, presented on September 25 the paper […]

H2020 project MEMEX – MEMories and EXperiences for inclusive digital storytelling

Valentina Nisi and Nuno Nunes recently won an H2020 project named MEMEX – MEMories and EXperiences for inclusive digital storytelling, as a partner, with a budget of about 380K€ for ITI. This project, funded by the European Commission, has an overall budget of 3,995.036,25€. The project coordinator is Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), established in […]

ITI at CHI 2019

ITI (Interactive Technologies Institute) will have a large presence at CHI 2019, which is taking place in Glasgow, UK on May 4-9. This ACM conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction. This year, several Full Papers and Late Breaking Works have been accepted from ITI members. List […]

CMU Portugal partnership reinforcement

The Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, visited on February 1st Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) on an official visit, along with a Portuguese delegation of 15 people, which included the President of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Paulo Ferrão; Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program National Co-Director, Nuno Nunes; representatives of Industry, […]

Ciência e Tecnologia ajuda no combate ao COVID-19

Iniciativa visa apoiar os serviços de saúde regionais no combate ao coronavírus Os investigadores estão, em colaboração com os profissionais de saúde do SESARAM, a ajustar um modelo de viseiras e esperam começar brevemente a produção em massa para apoiar a resposta à pandemia a nível regional Investigadores do Instituto de Tecnologias Interativas (ITI / […]

Best Papers at ICIDS 2023 Conference 

The Interactive Technologies Institute proudly participated in the 16th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) held in Kobe, Japan, from November 11-15, 2023. As the premier gathering for researchers and practitioners exploring digital interactive narratives, ICIDS provided a platform for ITI to showcase groundbreaking research and innovative projects.  Best Short Paper Winner   The Best […]

Student Nominated for Altice Innovation Award 2023

Francisco Maria Calisto has been shortlisted for the Academy Track The Interactive Technologies Institute proudly announces that Francisco Maria Calisto, a PhD student at Instituto Superior Técnico under the supervision of Nuno Jardim Nunes (ITI) and Jacinto Nascimento (ISR), has been nominated for the Academy track of the prestigious Altice Innovation Award (AIIA) 2023. Francisco’s […]