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These deployments happened as part of the mobilizing project "City Catalyst - Catalyst for sustainable cities" which aims to investigate and develop new products, processes, and services with high potential, contributing to an integrated urban management, efficient and innovation-catalysing.

For two weeks, 15 workers from a clothing manufacturer took part in a pilot aimed at collecting data throughout their working day. The technology used was developed by FhP-AICOS as part of a study that intends to support and encourage the industry in the digital transformation process.

The Award Inovação Tecnológica Engenheiro Jaime Filipe distinguishes the work that contributes the most to improving the quality of life of People with Disabilities. 

The AISYM4MED project will address data privacy and security issues by combining new anonymization techniques and privacy measures. This will allow the use of diversified datasets from several countries safeguarding the security of the data.

The paper has been published in the scope of the PhD of Carlos Resende, and also as a result of the work developed on the ongoing project City Catalyst. Senior researcher, Waldir Moreira Júnior, and Luís Almeida, Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at FEUP, are co-authors.

During the informal gathering, there was a brief presentation of the main activity areas of FhP-AICOS, with demonstration of solutions that illustrate our work and competences.

Rede Mulher Líder (RML) is a business network for women and a space of ​​trust, reflection, knowledge sharing and business improvement, in group and in bilateral contacts.

Now that the project came to an end, the results were presented in an event that gathered researchers and representatives from different institutions involved in the ELAPSE project. At this final event, FhP-AICOS led a roundtable on “The impact of the pandemic on research with the elderly: the role of technology”.

In the scope of the HomeSenseALS project, Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS, together with Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (IMM), is designing a solution that aims to monitor people living with ALS, with the purpose of improving the knowledge on the disease and, ultimately, their quality of life.

Aiming to create technology with practical utility, Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS has partnered with Associação do Porto de Paralisia Cerebral to develop a digital solution that promotes the autonomy of people living with cerebral palsy.

The speech by the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, as well as the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, marked the opening of the Hannover Messe, considered one of the largest industrial fairs in the world which takes place until the 2^nd of June.