LASIGE

LASIGE is a research unit at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. LASIGE gathers experts from several areas of the computing field, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, concurrency, distributed computing, embedded and cyber-physical systems, human-centred computing, information systems, information retrieval, security and privacy, software validation and verification, theory of computing, with an emphasis on computational complexity, and applied computing to life and medical sciences. LASIGE’s activities are organised around seven lines of excellence supported by key quality indicators.

Cyber‐Physical Systems

The LASIGE research line Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) investigates the functional, human, trustworthiness and timing aspects of cyber-physical systems. This research line focuses on system solutions for offline verification and online monitoring of security- and safety-critical embedded real-time systems, mechanisms for efficient and adaptive interactions among entities in specific scenarios, protocols for autonomous driving scenarios, and visual analytics techniques and tools for exploring heterogeneous datasets from cyber-physical and smart systems, making them more transparent to end-users.

Data and Systems Intelligence

The research line on Data and Systems Intelligence (DSI) strives to devise innovative solutions for large‐scale data problems and complex systems. DSI intersects areas of recent high visibility and impact, such as machine learning and data mining, but also the general fields of artificial intelligence. This highly multidisciplinary research line aims at advancing research and knowledge in the recent flagship application and research domain of data science, web science, and network science.

Dependable and Secure Decentralized Systems

Dependable and Secure Decentralized Systems (DS2) investigates models, protocols and architectures that are suitable for applications with strong dependability requirements, namely applications that need to remain operational despite accidental faults or malicious attacks. The solutions being developed cover a diverse set of objectives, enforcing the prevention, detection and tolerance of failures. The kind of environments that are being contemplated include cloud deployments, highly dynamic and geographically distributed networks, mobile distributed computing, web systems and applications, smart grids and other critical infrastructures.

Health and Biomedical Informatics

LASIGE presents a longstanding record of research contributions in the area of Health & Biomedical Informatics (HBI), by providing innovative solutions for processing biological and medical data, and for supporting the discovery of new biomedical insights. This research line aims to encompass all the scientific work in LASIGE where informatics plays a fundamental role in creating new knowledge in life and health sciences.

Inclusive Human-Computer Interaction

LASIGE presents a longstanding record of research contributions in the area of accessible computing, in assessing, designing, and developing technologies for people with different abilities. The Inclusive Human-Computer Interaction (IHCI) research line gathers all the contributions that seek to evaluate or design interfaces for people with disabilities, older adults, or people suffering from situational impairments.

Reliable Software Systems

Reliable Software Systems (RSS) focuses on modelling techniques and formal analysis approaches to software system structure and behaviour. It aims at enhancing the software engineering practice and particularly the quality of the software.
Its activity ranges from developing theoretical models, languages and techniques to the development of tools that can be used in the real-world software development process, with a clear impact on the workflow of developers and the industry in general. RSS centers its attention on the verification and validation of software, increasing the confidence of developers in their code, especially in complex and error-prone scenarios, such as concurrent and distributed programs.

Theory of Computing

Theory of Computing (ToC) is dedicated to the foundational, theoretical study of computation: What is a computer? What is computation and where does it manifest? What are the capabilities and limitations of different kinds of computers? The method we use to study this question is the mathematical method: we use precise mathematical definitions to model various systems where computation (or a computation-like phenomenon) occurs, and then we use rigorous, deductive reasoning (i.e., mathematical proofs) to understand the behavior and properties of such systems.

RECENT

NEWS

LASIGE with 5 Full Papers at CHI 2024

29/05/2024

LASIGE researchers presented five full papers at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), the flagship venue in HCI (CORE A*). An additional paper from LASIGE’s newest member, Rúben Gouveia (with his prior affiliation), was awarded an Honourable Mention. These research efforts span the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Accessible Computing, […]

EU SATO’s project new video released

22/05/2024

A new video about the SATO project has been released, focusing on the different user interfaces of the SATO platform developed by the project. The SATO project is funded by Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Grant Agreement n.º 957128. Our members, Catarina Moita and Cristiana Rosa, and the project coordinator, Pedro Ferreira, can be […]

Filipa Rocha @ 90 Segundos de Ciência

15/05/2024

Filipa Rocha, LASIGE’s PhD Student, was the guest on the 90 Segundos de Ciência podcast on May 2, 2024, talking about activities that she is developing that can help visually impaired children to code programming using a robot. Filipa has developed a system that uses tangible blocks to promote inclusive digital learning for visually impaired […]

RECENT

TALKS

DSI Meetup: Haily Merritt

10/05/2024

CPS and RDNS meetup: Hans P. Reiser

30/04/2024

HBI meetup: Fernando Gallego Donoso

30/04/2024

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ONGOING

PROJECTS

BEiNG-WISE

Behavioral Next Generation in Wireless Networks for Cyber Security

PlayFam

Exploring Asymmetry and Modularity for Inclusive Game Design

SafeSessions

Safe Concurrent Programming with Session Types

VAPrevention

Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a person-centred digital intervention to prevent diabetes in high-risk adults

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Projects

PUBLICATIONS

Members

RECENT

PUBLICATIONS

Renato Alexandre Ribeiro, Inês Gonçalves, Manuel Piçarra, Letícia Seixas Pereira, Carlos Duarte, André Rodrigues, João Guerreiro. Investigating Virtual Reality Locomotion Techniques with Blind People. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2024 [Biblios]

Letícia Seixas Pereira, Maria Matos, Carlos Duarte. Exploring Mobile Device Accessibility: Challenges, Insights, and Recommendations for Evaluation Methodologies. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2024 [Biblios]

Daniela Moutinho, Vera M. Mendes, Alessandro Caula, Sara C. Madeira, Inês Baldeiras, Manuela Guerreiro, Sandra Cardoso, Johan Gobom, Henrik Zetterberg, Isabel Santana, Alexandre De Mendonça, Helena Aidos, Bruno Manadas. Pathophysiological subtypes of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease identified by CSF proteomics. Translational Neurodegeneration, 13(1), Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024 [Biblios]

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SOFTWARE &

TOOLS

ParTypes

ParTypes is a toolchain for validating and synthesising message-based programs for Message Passing Interface (MPI) programs. The general aim is to...

AgreementMakerLight

AgreementMakerLight is an automated and efficient ontology matching system derived from AgreementMaker that has been in development since the beginning of...

DepSky

DepSky is a system that improves the availability, confidentiality and integrity of stored data in the cloud. It reaches this goal...

OpenRQ

OpenRQ is a Java library that implements the RaptorQ FEC scheme described in RFC 6330. The aim is to provide to...

Roteiro dos Descobrimentos

Mobile app designed for children that allows the digital exploration of the city of Lisbon based on the theme of the...

JDNA

JDNA is a referential compressor for aligned DNA files.

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About LASIGE

LASIGE is a research and development unit at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, in the field of Computer Science and Engineering.

LASIGE has approximately 250 collaborators, including researchers holding a doctoral degree, PhD and MSc students and other junior researchers, project managers, and a team of system administrators. The current Director is Prof. Alysson Bessani.