INESC-ID

INESC-ID (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores - Investigação e Desenvolvimento) is a private, not-for-profit institution established in 1999, dedicated to advanced R&D+I in the fields of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering. It holds the official status of public interest and is jointly owned by IST and INESC. Since December 2004, the institution has the status of "Laboratório Associado" of the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. INESC-ID's core mission is to generate added value for people and society by supporting the response of public policies to scientific, health, environmental, cultural, social, economic, and political challenges. Therefore, INESC-ID is organized into four umbrella Thematic Lines, identified as the unifying themes for which INESC-ID can make the most relevant contributions to current societal challenges: - Societal Digital Transformation - Life and Health Technology - Energy Transition - Security and Privacy Currently, INESC-ID integrates more than one hundred PhD researchers and two hundred post-graduation students divided between eleven scientific areas. It has participated in more than 50 research projects funded by the European Union and more than 190 funded by nationals entities. Until today, its researchers have published more than 700 papers in international journal papers, more than 3000 papers in international conferences, and have registered 15 patents and/or brands.