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HCDWeek@AICOS 2025

 

In November 2025, we'll be hosting a full week dedicated to Human-Centred Design, under the theme Awkwardness in Design Research.

Games as User Research

 

Our HCD group recently led the workshop “Games as User Research” with the TeamViewer design team. Training as a service!

ECML PKDD 2025

 

We made a strong impact at the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD). This is Europe’s largest Machine Learning conference!

Latest News

 

2.11.2026

Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2026 rewards innovative ideas in defence, healthcare and school safety

 

Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS has announced the winners of the 2026 edition of the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge, its annual technology-based ideas competition, during the closing ceremony held on 29 October at its facilities in Porto.

 

1.9.2026

VineKeeper: Empowering Portugal's Winemaking Heritage Through Advanced AI and Computer Vision

 

Through the VineKeeper project, our research team is leading a technological shift in Portuguese viticulture, combining world-class artificial intelligence with practical digital tools.

 

31.7.2026

FhP-AICOS Innovations Recognized Internationally for Market-Ready Innovation

 

FhP-AICOS continues to solidify its position as a leading hub for impactful technological development. Recently, three of our key innovations across two European projects - MLSysOps and ACHILLES - received significant recognition from the European Commission’s Innovation Radar. 

 

Services

Rapid Prototyping

We help our partners create early prototypes of technology to enable technical verification and quick decision making. Rapid prototyping services at AICOS include software and hardware.

Innovation Studies

We offer custom-designed studies, analyses of the state of the art, and technology assessment. In order to tailor technology to users’ needs and demands, we also help our partners gain in-depth knowledge of their target groups.

Education and Training

As part of our catalogue of services, we offer technical and scientific workshops, as well as professional training, in order to increase capacity building within our partners’ and clients’ teams.