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At the ‘Spring Dialogues’ event, on 25 February 2026, researchers Alcides Fonseca and Leon Ingelse spoke to the Proença-a-Nova school group about the impact that the new generation of generative artificial intelligence is having on education and learning methods. Aiming to demystify what ChatGPT is, how it works and what its limitations are, the speakers […]

Bakary Badjie, LASIGE’s PhD student, published a paper entitled “Decoupling Mixture-of-Experts Routing from Gradient Noise: A Framework for Structured Specialization and Soft Generalization Toward Robust and Efficient Inference”, in the Expert Systems With Applications, a top-ranked journal (impact factor 8.665), co-authored by José Cecílio and António Casimiro, both LASIGE integrated members. The paper provides a […]

“LASIGE Project Proposal Pitch to Peers”, specially designed for Early Career Researchers, by the LASIGE’s Executive Commission, was held on February 11, 2026. Researchers who want to submit projects present their ideas and discuss opportunities and challenges with colleagues, receiving feedback and other contributions. Participation is open to all LASIGE researchers. The high level of […]

The paper entitled “Distributed Measuring Systems (DMS): A Systematic Review on Technological Shifts towards Security,” includes contributions from LASIGE researcher Alan Oliveira and addresses the evolution, applications, and cybersecurity challenges of distributed measuring systems. This study will serve as a basis for future work on DMS and Metrology, especially to enhance its integrity, confidentiality, and […]

João Guerreiro, LASIGE integrated member, has successfully obtained funding for his NavXR project, through the FCT’s PEX exploratory call. The project officially kicked off this month! Navigation remains a significant challenge for blind people, particularly in unfamiliar indoor environments. While many research efforts have explored indoor navigation, most solutions depend on heavy, costly infrastructure and ongoing […]

Alcides Fonseca, LASIGE integrated member, visited, on 13 February 2026, the Programming Methodology Group at ETH Zürich to present aeon, a programming language that uses liquid types, which prevent programmers from making a wide range of errors. In his presentation, Alcides Fonseca showed how errors in the use of machine learning libraries, such as scikit-learn, […]