Research

Projects — research in production

A selection of ongoing and concluded research projects across our areas and thematic lines. Projects are LIACC's main showcase: where theory meets delivery.

31 projects

CRAI — Center for Responsible AI
LIACC · 01 Nov 2022 — 31 Dec 2025

CRAI — Center for Responsible AI

Meta-learning and data generation to build robust algorithm cards that evaluate models against responsible-AI principles.

Concluded
MASDIMA — Multi-Agent Disruption Management
industry services
LIACC · 01 Jan 2023

MASDIMA — Multi-Agent Disruption Management

A multi-agent system for disruption management, using distributed negotiation among specialised agents.

Ongoing
SIAP — AI for Heritage Risk Detection
LIACC · 01 Sep 2020

SIAP — AI for Heritage Risk Detection

AI for data processing to make heritage supervision more effective and optimise intervention through sensing and monitoring of historic structures.

Ongoing
DynamiCITY
smart cities
LIACC · 01 Mar 2021

DynamiCITY

An integrated, collaborative virtual lab — open-data platform plus a multi-agent decision-support system — to engineer and test smart-city solutions before deploying them.

Ongoing
RETAILL
industry services
LIACC · 01 Jul 2024 — 30 Jun 2027

RETAILL

Software combining environmental, territorial and supply-chain data into actionable information for optimised, lower-waste food logistics.

Ongoing
IntellWheels 2.0 — Intelligent Wheelchair
healthindustry services
LIACC · 01 Oct 2019 — 30 Jun 2023

IntellWheels 2.0 — Intelligent Wheelchair

An intelligent wheelchair platform with a flexible multimodal interface and a realistic simulator, to aid people with special mobility needs.

Concluded
Sono ao Volante 2.0
healthinfrastructures
LIACC · 01 Jan 2019 — 30 Sep 2022

Sono ao Volante 2.0

An information system to predict drowsiness at the wheel and detect chronic sleep disturbance or deprivation.

Concluded
QVida+
health
LIACC · 01 Jan 2016 — 30 Jun 2019

QVida+

An information system for continuous monitoring of the quality of life of oncology patients.

Concluded
SIMUSAFE — Simulator for Road Safety
infrastructuressmart cities
LIACC · 01 Jun 2017 — 31 May 2021

SIMUSAFE — Simulator for Road Safety

Multi-agent simulation and machine learning to study road-user behaviour and risk.

Concluded
C-ROADS Portugal
smart citiesinfrastructures
LIACC · 01 Feb 2017 — 31 Dec 2020

C-ROADS Portugal

Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) for connected mobility on Portuguese roads.

Concluded
Safe Cities
smart cities
LIACC · 01 Apr 2019 — 30 Sep 2022

Safe Cities

Innovation to build safer cities — responding to and anticipating the challenges of modern urban societies through sensorisation and data transmission.

Concluded
Albertina
LIACC · 01 Dec 2022 — 31 Dec 2023

Albertina

A foundation neural language model for Portuguese, built with state-of-the-art machine learning to prepare the language for the digital age.

Concluded
DARGMINTS — Argumentation Mining
LIACC · 01 Oct 2018 — 31 Jul 2022

DARGMINTS — Argumentation Mining

Mining argumentation structures from text.

Concluded
ARGH — Argumentation
LIACC · 01 Jun 2017 — 31 May 2019

ARGH — Argumentation

Multidisciplinary research in argumentation.

Concluded
ArgMine — Argument Mining
LIACC · 01 Sep 2014 — 31 Jul 2015

ArgMine — Argument Mining

Early research on argument mining from text.

Concluded
CIGESCOP
public administrationhealth
LIACC · 01 Jan 2021 — 31 Dec 2021

CIGESCOP

Re-engineering ASAE's operational management and control with AI and data-science innovation models.

Concluded
INTEGRA
public administration
LIACC · 01 Nov 2019 — 31 Dec 2022

INTEGRA

A comprehensive higher-education service to integrate young migrants, combining short tailored ICT courses with personalised psychosocial support.

Concluded
SIMSEA
infrastructures
LIACC · 01 Dec 2016 — 31 May 2020

SIMSEA

A simulator of fish resources in the Azorean sea, identifying fishing zones and generating boat behaviour to characterise fishing activity.

Concluded
IA.SAE — AI in Food and Economic Safety
public administrationhealth
LIACC · 01 Sep 2018 — 31 Oct 2020

IA.SAE — AI in Food and Economic Safety

AI and machine learning for food and economic safety: risk-analysis models and selection of economic operators to inspect, built with ASAE's databases.

Concluded
IBPS — Intelligent Batch Processing System
industry services
LIACC · 01 Mar 2022

IBPS — Intelligent Batch Processing System

Automating and optimising routines in Oracle Retail solutions with machine learning and multi-objective scaling.

Concluded
Cute3D
industry services
LIACC

Cute3D

Intelligent monitoring and machine learning for a 3D laser tube-cutting machine.

Concluded
Idrisk
public administrationhealth
LIACC

Idrisk

Mobile sample collection plus automated FoodEx2 food classification for EFSA risk-assessment data.

Concluded
EML — Intelligent Walkers
health
LIACC · 01 May 2018 — 30 Nov 2020

EML — Intelligent Walkers

Advanced intelligent-walker models to aid the stability and pathological gait of patients and let therapists monitor their condition.

Concluded
ERS-IA — AI for Health Regulation
healthpublic administration
LIACC · 01 Dec 2020 — 31 Jan 2022

ERS-IA — AI for Health Regulation

AI to support analysis and decision-making over complaints data collected by Portugal's health regulator (ERS).

Concluded
FC Portugal — Robotic Soccer Team
LIACC · 01 Feb 2000

FC Portugal — Robotic Soccer Team

LIACC/University of Porto + IEETA/University of Aveiro RoboCup Simulation League team — RoboCup 2000 World and European Champion.

Ongoing
LITHME — Language in the Human-Machine Era
LIACC · 01 Oct 2020 — 31 Oct 2024

LITHME — Language in the Human-Machine Era

A COST Action network preparing language researchers for pervasive language technology and fostering dialogue between linguists and technology developers.

Concluded
Sea-Things
LIACC

Sea-Things

AI-supported learning objects to promote ocean literacy, created with universities, schools and science centres and shared in open repositories.

Concluded
PORTULAN CLARIN
infrastructures
LIACC · 01 Jan 2018

PORTULAN CLARIN

The national Research Infrastructure for the Science and Technology of Language — distributing resources, tools and consultancy.

Ongoing
PRACE-6IP
infrastructures
LIACC

PRACE-6IP

The 6th Implementation Phase of the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe — the pan-European HPC service.

Concluded
Risksme
industry services
LIACC

Risksme

A decision-support tool to help SMEs identify risk-management problems and improve occupational health & safety performance.

Concluded
TRUE — Transparency of Learning Outcomes through Blockchain
LIACC · 01 Nov 2020 — 30 Jun 2023

TRUE — Transparency of Learning Outcomes through Blockchain

An integrated training strategy for assimilating blockchain technology in higher-education institutions to standardise student records.

Concluded