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MOVES-IT a new project of GECAD - European Urban Initiative

The MOVES-IT project has been approved! Among the 20 projects selected for funding under the European Urban Initiative is the MOVES-IT project promoted by the partnership between the Municipality of Matosinhos, IrRADIARE, University of Aveiro, GECAD - Institute of Engineering - Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP), GREENROOFS® - National Association of Green Roofs

MOVES-IT was selected from among 110 applications from 23 Member States of the European Union!

MOVES-IT promotes the empowerment of citizens with digital tools, contributing to transform Matosinhos into a greener, more connected and vibrant city.

MOVES-IT promotes the digitalization of public services, integrating improvements in data collection, promoting urban governance with an active contribution from the community. Data on green spaces, water resources and sustainable practices of citizens will be centralized and shared in an Urban Intelligence Center, among other collaborative, sustainable and innovative activities!

News about GREEDi, a project involving GECAD

"Capaz de desligar o ar condicionado se detetar uma janela aberta": projeto português criou um sistema para gerir a energia dos edifícios O sistema criado permite adequar a utilização energética consoante a tarifa em vigor - e gerir a eletricidade proveniente de fontes de energia renovável. Implementado no Centro Hospitalar São João, o projeto GREEDi permitiu a modernização de uma ala hospitalar

This week started the PhD Programme in Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems Engineering from ISEP - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto / IPP - Politécnico do Porto . GECAD is the main R&D unit involved in the PhD Programme, together with INESCTEC. Departments of Informatics Engineering, and Electrical Engineering are involved as well.
In the photo of the first in-person class, we have Goreti Marreiros (Director of GECAD), Carlos Ramos and Zita Vale (both from the Board of Directors and former Directors of GECAD) sitting in front of the students. Standing and on the screen are the 20 students of the Doctoral Program. It was the first Doctorate to start at ISEP/IPP and also the first exclusively on AI in Portugal.