Universidade Fernando Pessoa · Porto

LIACC @ UFP Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory

We research artificial intelligence for the real world — machine learning, computer vision and ubiquitous systems, applied to health, industry and sustainability.

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Publications: 5
Active projects: 2007
Research group founded: 2015
Working with LIACC: 2024
LIACC pole at UFP

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What we work on

Artificial intelligence and machine learning

Deep learning, reinforcement learning and language technologies — speech recognition and large language models (LLM) — from medical image analysis to automated clinical reporting.

Computer vision and imaging

Hyperspectral imaging, image analysis and activity recognition, applied in industry and in health care.

Ubiquitous computing and IoT

Wireless sensor networks, edge computing and smart spaces that monitor air quality, buildings and homes.

Health and assisted living

Systems that support patients, clinicians and older adults, from remote monitoring to healthy ageing.

Security and blockchain

Trustworthy records and credentials, such as academic certificates and electronic voting on a blockchain, and privacy-preserving distributed systems.

Web and mobile systems

Recommender systems, interactive applications and mobile platforms built for real users.

Research

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Project

EMBRACE: From Vulnerability to Empowerment

Universidade Fernando Pessoa (UFP) leads EMBRACE — From Vulnerability to Empowerment, a research project that implements and evaluates a multicomponent programme to…

Project · until 2028

MediSpeech: Automated Medical Reporting with AI

Universidade Fernando Pessoa (UFP) is a co-promoter of MediSpeech — Improved efficiency in automated medical reporting to enhance doctor and patient experience, an international…

Project · 2024–2027

PrecisionPlastics: Redefining Recycling with Technology

Universidade Fernando Pessoa (UFP) is a partner in PrecisionPlastics: Redefining Recycling with Technology, an R&D project that develops quality-control and traceability technologies for the…

Project · 2023–2026

SAFENET: Seismic Risk Assessment for Transportation Networks

SAFENET — Seismic risk Assessment For transportation NETworks is an FCT research project that uses machine learning and big data to assess how earthquakes…

Project · 2019–present

Airmon: IoT System for Monitoring and Classroom Occupancy Classification

Currently in Portugal, most schools lack sensory components for collecting environmental information inside classrooms. Several studies carried out over the years indicate that poor…

Project · 2023–2024

ACAMAI: Automating City Accessibility Mapping through AI-assisted Scanning

ACAMAI — Automating City Accessibility Mapping through AI-assisted scanning was an exploratory FCT project at Universidade Fernando Pessoa (UFP). It used computer vision and…

Project · 2021–2023

AI4DRR: Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Risk Reduction

AI4DRR — Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Risk Reduction was an exploratory FCT project at Universidade Fernando Pessoa (UFP). It built a prototype platform that…