A group of students from the Department of Informatics Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto is developing a mobile application that aims to help identify landowners’s properties in need of cleaning. This project, entitled “Safe Forest”, is being developed in partnership with the Tondela Municipal Council in order to prevent forest fires, in this extremely affected area in October last year.

After an initial visit, in February 2018, from the Department of Informatics Engineering, led by its director João Cardoso and some subsequent conversations with the Municipality of Tondela, it was defined that the software and applications will be developed within the curricular unit of Laboratory of Project Management (LGP). A team of students, who in the meantime created the fictitious company APPly, is working together with the GNR Prevention and Relief Intervention Group (GIPS) and with other local agents to develop a functional prototype in the creation of a forest register which can identify who owns each territory, as well as the state of cleanliness and conservation, and gather relevant information to help prevent future fires. It also seeks to promote more active citizenship by allowing citizens to contribute data and reporting problems in implementation.

The project is being guided by Professor Ademar Aguiar, specialized in Software Engineering, and integrates students of Computer Science and Computing, Multimedia, Service Engineering and Management of FEUP, as well as Communication Design students from the Faculty of Fine Arts (FBAUP).

The  Computer Students National Meeting (ENEI) 12th edition took place between 23 and 26 March 2018, at the Oporto Engineering Faculty. Targeted to informatics courses students, it was attended by about 700 participants in the various lectures, workshops and discussion panels, with speakers of national and international reputation.

The annual event purpose is to offer students from all over the country an event that promotes learning, exchange of ideas and conviviality, while trying to create strong connections with the business world.

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2018 ENEI

In March, all roads will lead to the #ENEI ! ????????????Don’t miss the best meeting in the country, where you can participate in lectures, workshops and panel discussions, with speakers of national and international renown. But hope that’s not all! You can count on moments of fun night time that are an excellent route of networking and exchange of knowledge. You don’t even know the adventure that waits for you! Get to know the city of Porto, FEUP and the whole team. See you! ????

Raul Vidal Professor is part of the Professores Emeritus restricted group, a title for jubilant or retired professors who stood out for their high services to the U.Porto and who, for this very part, will continue to collaborate with the University for the next five years.

ACM has appointed John L. Hennessy, former president of Stanford University, and David A. Patterson, a retired professor at California University, Berkeley, as beneficiaries of the 2017 ACM.M. Turing Award for pioneering a systematic and quantitative approach to the computer architectures design and evaluation with lasting impact on the microprocessor industry.

The Hennessy and Patterson work certainly exemplifies this pattern. His contributions to energy-efficient RISC-based processors helped in making mobile and IoT revolutions possible. At the same time, his seminal book has advanced the pace of innovation across the industry over the past 25 years, influencing generations of computer engineers and designers.

ACM initiated the Turing Award in 1966 to recognize contributions of great technical and lasting importance to the field of computing,” said ACM President Vicki L. Hanson.

ACM has named John L. Hennessy, former President of Stanford University, and David A. Patterson, retired Professor of the University of California, Berkeley, recipients of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award for pioneering a systematic, quantitative approach to the design and evaluation of computer architectures with enduring impact on the microprocessor industry.”
The work of Hennessy and Patterson certainly exemplifies this standard. Their contributions to energy-efficient RISC-based processors have helped make possible the mobile and IoT revolutions. At the same time, their seminal textbook has advanced the pace of innovation across the industry over the past 25 years by influencing generations of engineers and computer designers.
ACM initiated the Turing Award in 1966 to recognize contributions of lasting and major technical importance to the computing field,” said ACM President Vicki L. Hanson.

The Astellas Oncology C3 Prize, which had its second edition in 2017, is a challenge to inspire innovative ideas in improving cancer patient care.
They received more than 160 applications worldwide, from which they selected five finalists who presented their projects at the Union for International Cancer Control World Cancer Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City: Kevin Bambury of ONCOassist; Howard Isenstein of Care Progress; Cory Kidd of Catalina Health; MindBytes’ Charlotte Vander Stichele; and Hernâni Oliveira, from University of Porto, with the project HOPE that would win the Grand Prix. The winner received a $ 50,000 scholarship and the remaining finalists $ 12,500, all gaining access to MATTER, a health innovation community that will help implement the projects.
The HOPE application, from the student of the PhD Program in Digital Media of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto was born in 2013, when the UP researcher was developing his master’s thesis on Oncology at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar (ICBAS) and IPO. It aims to help children hospitalized in the pediatric ward of oncology and provide information on the process of treatment of the disease and seeks to address two main difficulties of hospitalized children: anxiety and sedentary lifestyle. It is currently an application also designed for parents, helping them to search for credible sources of information.

On January 30th and 31st, the “DSIE’18th 13th Doctoral Symposium in Informatics Engineering” was held at the Faculty of Engineering of U.Porto (FEUP). DSIE’18 provides PhD students with a platform to present their scientific papers, discuss their ideas, gather feedback and get opinions from experts, colleagues, faculty and experienced researchers.