Dr. Petr Lobaz, a lecturer at the University of West Bohemia (Czech Republic), gives a seminar entitled "Computer generated holography". The seminar will be held in room A2 of the Departamento de Informática on December 07, 2011, 11:00-12:30. This seminar is especially targeted for the students that are attending UCE30 Computer Graphics.

Three MEI students (Miguel Palhas, Pedro Pereira and Roberto Machado) applied for the Innovation Challenge in September. The project of these students was selected for the final stage of the competition. On Monday, they will present the mobile application that was developed under the project.

Rui Quelhas and Nuno Abreu, two MEI students currently finishing the 2nd academic year, will present results of their dissertations at the 11th Conference on Computer Networks (CRC2011). This event, which will take place in Coimbra, on November 17-18, is the Portuguese forum for the presentation and discussion of high-quality research results in the area of ​​computer networks.

The director of MEI is really proud to inform that 50 students have recently submitted their master dissertations for evaluation. This represents a very significant number of examination procedures that must be scheduled and that will involve many people (students, advisors, examiners, etc). We will try all our efforts to make sure that all these 50 examinations will happen in 2011. P>

02.11.2011

Waldir Pimenta, who successfully completed the MEI in Dec.2010, finished in 2nd position (ex-aequo) in the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge (master category) and received a prize money of EUR 1,000. This contest, organized by the research center Fraunhofer AICOS, challenges students and researchers of Portuguese universities to present innovative ideas and with practical utility, in the areas of Information Technology and Communication, Multimedia and other similar sciences.

Waldir Pimenta, who successfully completed the MEI in Dec.2010, is among the six finalists of the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge, a contest organized by the Fraunhofer AICOS research center that challenges students and researchers of Portuguese universities to present innovative ideas and with practical utility, in the areas of Information Technology and Communication, Multimedia and other similar sciences.

On Oct.02, Carlos Miguel Regedor Tower was in Lisbon to attend the International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (PAEE 2011). The main objective was to present a paper, written by himself and his colleague Luís Couto Duarte, also a MEI student .

The winner of Multicert Prize in the academic year 2010/11 is the MEI student Pedro Vasconcelos Lopes Castro Faria, who achieved the highest score in the UCE30 on Cryptography and Information Systems Security (CSSI). The award will be formally delivered on Oct.27, as part of the celebrations of the 36th anniversary of UMinho School of Engineering.

10.10.2011

Two UMinho students have created a video game for various Apple platforms, like iPad, iPod and iPhone, and are preparing to start up a game producer, where they will employ professionals.

The School of Engineering (UMinho) will award an annual prize for the best master dissertation. All MEI students that have successfully completed their master dissertations, between Aug.01, 2010 and Jul.31, 2011, are invited to apply for this award.

The prize is awarded within the "Semana da Escola de Engenharia" and will be delivered on Oct.08, 2011 during the public ceremony that closes that event.