ISTAR-ISCTE – Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture Research Center – creates knowledge in human centered approaches to technology and in digital worlds for humans in society
ISTAR has the mission to carry out applied and multidisciplinary research in the convergence of areas like Computer Science and Information Technologies, Mathematics (applied to computational problems), Architecture and Urbanism (in its digital dimensions, either conceptual, modelling, simulation or fabrication). ISTAR-Iscte is concerned with the analysis, design, and construction of human–based systems, focusing, in its creation, on the design of digital living spaces, on the design and construction of information systems and software, and on complexity studies and computational modeling as understanding tools
We address the design of environments for human use and exploration, in personal computing platforms, virtual and augmented reality, including architectural spaces supported by digital tools in their early design, conceptualization and fabrication phases.
We focus on the design, implementation and evaluation of information systems in an organizational context, addressing features like executive IS, decision support systems, relations between organizational IS and social collaborative networks, or niche IS’s like healthcare IS.
We address the lifecycle of large and complex software systems. We focus on the specification, provided services, architecture, design, implementation, security, quality assurance, operation and evolution, as well as on the associated processes, methods and tools.
We look at, explain and analyze human and social systems as complex systems and also as systems that are susceptible to computational modeling through mathematical tools.
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Incities – Trailblazing Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Cities
Higher education leads transformation for sustainable cities Miguel Dias (ISTAR) and Pedro Sebastião (IT) are visiting Slovakia as part of the team working under the project InCITIES. Higher education institutions in Portugal and Slovakia are teaming up with higher education institutions in France, Finland, and Germany to better serve the needs of inclusive, sustainable and […]
Notice of Opening of Call for Tender for a Research Fellowship (Reference: BI-2024-3)
Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa is launching a call for 1 (one) Research Grant, funded by the RESETTING project of the European Commission (COS-TOURINN 101038190). The participation of Iscte in this project is coordinated by Professor Fernando Brito e Abreu of the Software Systems Engineering group of ISTAR-Iscte (Research Center for Information Sciences, Technology [...]
NOTICE FOR THE AWARD OF GRANTS IN THE SCOPE OF R&D PROJECTS AND INSTITUTIONS (Ref. Blockchain.PT/Istar/E6, Blockchain.PT/Istar/E7, Blockchain.PT/Istar/E8 and Blockchain.PT/Istar/E9))
The Centre information Sciences Technologies and Architecture of Iscte – Knowledge and Innovation: Centre for Value Creation and Technology Transfer is accepting applications for the award of (4) Research Grant(s) in the scope of R&D projects Blockchain.PT , (PRR – RE-C05-i01.02: AGENDAS/ALIANÇAS VERDES PARA A INOVAÇÃO EMPRESARIAL ) with expected end date in December 31st [...]
Announcement of the Call for Research Scholarship – Ref. BIC ISTAR 2024-1
The Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon is launching a call for the award of 1 (one) Research Grant, for a student enrolled in a Portuguese higher education institution, in a master degree granting course, funded by ISTAR, in the scientific area of Computer Science. This grant is in accordance with the rules established in […]
Crowd detection algorithm developed by RESETTING@Iscte team wins 1st place at CONFRONT International Challenge
In February/March 2024, the RESETTING@Iscte team, in charge of the STT for crowd monitoring solutions participated in the CONFRONT – Challenge ON wifi FRame fingerprinting for people cOunting aNd Tracking, an activity funded by MOST (Centro Nazionale per la Mobilità Sostenibile), Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca, Italy. The challenge consisted of three tasks of increasing difficulty. Seven [...]
Call for Book Chapter – Endangered Heritage Sites
A new and promising editorial project titled Endangered Heritage Sites: From eidotypes to enriched representations and design solutions is launched and the call for book chapters is now open. The book delves into the potential of digital surveying methodologies to decode and analyse cultural heritage data. Semantic segmentation, deep learning, heritage building information modelling (HBIM), and 3D [...]
Tech Talk with Professor Sandip Kundu
Today ISTAR had the pleasure to receive the visit of Sandip Kundu who is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was talking about Model Extraction Attack on Deep Neural Networks Running on GPUs. Thank you, Professor Sandip Kundu for visiting ISCTE and sharing your knowledge!
Visit of Professor Shakeel Khoja at the Institute of Business and Administration of Karachi
The ISTAR received the visit of Dr Shakeel Khoja the 12th of March 2024. Dr Shakeel Khoja is Professor of Computer Science at the Institute of Business and Administration of Karachi and a Commonwealth Academic Fellow. The Professor Shakeel Khoja visited ISTAR facilities at the Iscte-CI, as well the ISTAR associate labs: VFAB Lab, Mixed Reality Lab and IoT lab. Professor Shakeel Khoja read [...]
