CMU Portugal Academy

Launch of CMU Portugal Academy to Shape Future Digital Professionals The Interactive Technologies Institute, in collaboration with the Instituto Superior Técnico and the CMU Portugal Program, is launching the CMU Portugal Academy. This initiative, supported by the Fundação Santander Portugal, aims to equip professionals with advanced skills in digital technologies. The inauguration will take place […]

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 […]

Doctoral Program in Digital Media

The Interactive Technologies Institute is an academic partner of the Doctoral Program in Digital Media, which joins the efforts of the University of Porto, the New University of Lisbon and the University of Lisbon. The Doctoral program uniquely blends the Humanities, Fine Arts, Economics, Sciences, and Engineering disciplines, offering a rich, multidisciplinary perspective on digital […]

LARSyS Annual Meeting fosters collaboration

The much-anticipated LARSyS 2023 Annual Meeting is set to take place on July 17th and 18th at Culturgest in Lisbon. This two-day event promises to bring together nearly two hundred participants, including researchers, experts, and stakeholders, for a series of engaging discussions, presentations, workshops, and team-building activities. LARSyS, the Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems, […]

We are going to Designing Interactive Systems

The Interactive Technologies Institute is once again marking its presence at one of the most relevant conferences in Computer Science. The Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2023 takes place at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh (USA) from the 10th to the 14th of July. The DIS conference is “the premier international arena where designers, artists, psychologists, […]

Summer internships with the HCI leaders in Portugal

The Interactive Technologies Institute wants to allow young students to experience the field of Human-Computer Interaction, contributing to their academic excellence from an early stage. Therefore, we invite highly-motivated students to apply for a research assistant position running this Summer. We offer 12 Summer Internships (BIIC) starting on June 1, 2023, with a fixed duration […]

CHI 2023: We are leading HCI research in Portugal

The Interactive Technologies Institute will attend the top Human-Computer Interaction conference this April. We will follow the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems with four research papers. Surprisingly, there are only seven accepted papers from Portuguese institutions. Indeed, CHI 2023 is the premier international conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), our main field […]