INESC-ID

The Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores - Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC-ID) is a non-profit, privately owned institution of public interest, in Lisbon, Portugal, dedicated to advanced research and development in the domains of electronics, energy, telecommunications and information technologies. It was awarded the status of Associate Laboratory of the Portuguese Ministry for Science and Technology in 2005.^[1]

History and organization

INESC-ID was founded in 2000, from a branch of Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores (INESC), and was awarded in 2005 with the status of "Laboratório Associado". The founding associates are INESC and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), the Engineering School of the Technical University of Lisbon, the oldest and most renown Engineering School in Portugal. Since its inception, INESC-ID has been involved in several research projects and contracts, also with industry, at national and international levels. Just to mention a few, INESC-ID has been responsible and has coordinated 4 Projects funded by the European Union.^[2]

The general management of the organization is ensured by the Board of Directors, designated by the general Council, and by the President of the Scientific Council. An International Advisory Board, led by Prof. Srini Devadas from MIT, visits INESC-ID every two years.

Research areas and units

With the aim of advancing the state of the art in computers, energy, telecommunications, and information systems, more that 100 PhD researchers and 200 other fellows and technical staff, mainly with electrical engineering and computer science background, organize their activities in 5 main research labs:

• Computer Systems and Communication Networks;
• Embedded Electronic Systems;
• Energy Systems
• Information and Decision Support Systems;
• Interactive Intelligent Systems;

References

External links

• INESC-ID
• IST
• INESC