The Encontro Nacional de estudantes de Informática – ENEI’25 is coming up and on its 16th edition, will take place from 11 to 14 April at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and the Higher Institute of Engineering of Porto (ISEP/IPP), organised jointly by the student groups NIAEFEUP (Informatics Engineering Group of the Students‘ Association of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto), NCGM (Computer Graphics and Multimedia Group) and NEI-ISEP (Computer Science Students’ Group of the Higher Engineering Institute of Porto).
The more than 500 participants of the event will have the opportunity to take part in a wide range of activities, including talks (21), workshops (33), competitions, a job fair and countless networking moments throughout the days and nights of the event. Times and locations of the activities can be found at the event’s webpage.
The organisation highlights some of the 21 talks scheduled:
‘AI, Copilots, and the future of software development’ by Eddie Aftandilian, Principal Researcher at Github Next;
‘How to look through skin with AI’ by Michael Pound, Researcher at the University of Nottingham, Member of the Youtube Channel Computerphile;
‘The programmer who didn’t know how to code – Powered by IEEE Portugal’ by Charalampos Patrikakis, Professor at University of West Attica. IEEE Distinguished Visitor;
‘Cyberwarfare: Who Needs a Gun when you have a Keyboard? – Powered by ACM FEUP’ by Haider Abbas, Head of the R&D Department at College of Signals, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan;
‘What impact does software development have on an F1 team?’ by João Romão, Graduate Software Engineer at Aston Martin F1 Team;
‘Approaches and Challenges of Virtual and Augmented Reality in Health and Rehabilitation’ by Joaquim Jorge, Full Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). IEEE Fellow. UNESCO Chair on AI & XR;
‘How to make software for Hollywood studios’ by Nuno Fonseca, Founder and CEO Sound Particles (Alumnus ProDEI);
‘A story on Computer Vision: from zero to hero’ by José Costa Pereira, Assistant Professor at DEI/FEUP;
‘CRDTs: Building blocks for high availability and beyond’ by Carlos Baquero (DEI/FEUP) and Nuno Preguiça, co-creators of CRDTs;
‘Competitive Programming: Will it make you a better programmer?’ by André Restivo, Associate Professor at DEI/FEUP.
Also on show there will be a Points System that will allow participants to win more than 100 prizes. The event’s points are called bytes. All participants will be able to earn bytes by taking part in activities, completing tasks or securing podium places in the event’s various competitions, among other things. On the ENEI website there will be a shop where can be bought items with bytes. ‘This way, participants will have plenty of motivation to make the most of the event’s programme!’ say the organisers.
Discovering the latest technological trends, finding motivation for upcoming challenges, meeting students with common interests, contacting relevant companies in the field and leaving the event with new skills is what the organisers want to offer to all students travelling to Porto at the end of the week for what’s expected to be one of the best ENEI’s ever!