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Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory

Laboratório Associado de Sistemas Inteligentes

Reference
LA/P/0104/2020
Project Start Date
2021-01-01
Project End Date
2026-12-31
Principal Investigator
Scientific Area
Exact and natural sciences
Funding Program
Concurso para Atribuição do Estatuto e Financiamento de Laboratórios Associados (LA)

Abstract

Since the dawn of times, the human being has always endeavoured to improve his quality of life. We, at the forefront of this technological revolution, must be ready to push the boundaries of knowledge. No monolithic solution will settle out all issues. Instead, the expectation is that multiple small contributions may help answer important challenges. Ergo, the creation of the Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory (LASI) here depicted, coordinated by the ALGORITMI Centre, and composed by 13 R&D units. All these units, strongly consolidated in the international scientific landscape, have a rich relationship with the domains of artificial intelligence and data science, going from the theoretical foundations to its practical application. Our contribution is grounded on the perception of people as active actors of the technological ecosystem, being part of a more innovative, sustainable, and inclusive society, with a focus on gender equality. This aids the emergence of Smart Cities, asthis connected society allows one to push the boundaries of knowledge in domains such as public administration and transportation systems, renewable and green energy, public health and well-being, and go for innovative and sustainable solutions that, in the end, aim to improve the quality of life of every individual. The inclusion of people allows one to settle and develop not only Industry 5.0, but also go for Health and Society 5.0, with a graceful harmony between human intelligence and artificial one. Therefore, the adopted methodology will focus on a logical sequence of replicable, precise, and transparent procedures to build scientific knowledge that, by making use of multiple innovative and disruptive methods, models, and technologies, will materialize the proposed objectives. LASI will strongly endeavour to promote scientific employment, guaranteeing that, in five years, it holds at least 60 Ph.D. researchers under permanent contracts, with national and international talent attraction and the ability to raise competitive funding being some of our historical strengths. LASI’s forecasts allows us to envisage with great optimism its future and financial sustainability for a 10-year period, since that for each 1€ invested in LASI, a return of 4€ in additional funding will be obtained (mainly from EU sources). Hence, LASI will assure an important level of growth for the Portuguese scientific community in general and for the Intelligent Systems community in particular.

Institutions

Main Institutions

  • Universidade do Porto Centro de Matemática (CMUP)
  • Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores (UP LIACC)
  • Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial Aplicada (2AI/IPCA)
  • Centro de Imagem Biomédica e Investigação Translacional (CIBIT/UC)
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial (UNL UNIDEMI)
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Tecnologias e Sistemas (CTS)
  • Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação (UA TEMA)
  • Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informática e Sistemas (CISUC)
  • Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI (Algoritmi/UM)
  • Universidade do Minho Instituto de Polímeros e Compósitos (UMinho IPC)
  • Instituto Politécnico do Porto Grupo de Investigação em Engenharia e Computação Inteligente para a Inovação e o Desenvolvimento (IPP GECAD)
  • Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Engenharia Eletrónica e Informática de Aveiro (IEETA)
  • Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Investigação em Sistemas Computacionais Embebidos e de Tempo-Real (CISTER)
  • Universidade do Minho (UMinho)

Other Institutions

  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)
  • Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave (IPCA)
  • Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP)
  • Universidade de Aveiro (UA)
  • Universidade de Coimbra (UC)
  • Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (FEUP)
  • Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências (FCUP)

Funding 678.710,00 €

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - Portugal

678.710,00 €