who we are
Organisation
VORTEX-Colab
VORTEX-Colab was born by the collision of industry and academia forming a single movement with a purpose of technology acceleration. Officially created in February of 2019 in the form of a not-for-profit association, VORTEX combines the deep technical knowledge of five institutions – the founding members – in Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Cryptography, Information Security, Real-Time & Embedded Computing Systems with solid innovation and acceleration methodologies.
Capgemini Engineering
World leader in engineering and R&D services.
A top-ranked Research Unit in the areas of electrical engineering and computer science and engineering-based at the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP).
NOVA LINCS
A leading research laboratory hosted at NOVA University Lisbon, broadly covering Software Systems, Computer Systems, Multimodal Systems, and Artificial Intelligence.
INESC-TEC
INESC TEC, a leading national associate laboratory, with a core contribution from its High Assurance Software Laboratory Software (HASLab) centre primarily focusing on three areas of Computer Science: Engineering, Distributed Systems, and Cryptography and Information Security.
Beta-i
An organization created to boost entrepreneurship. It helps new and established businesses grow, by offering 360 innovation services with 6 main areas: Acceleration, Events, Corporate (Innovation & Open Innovation), Education, Investment and Hub.
GOVERNING BODIES
Vortex-CoLab is a national entity with a title recognition of Collaborative Laboratory, awarded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, I.P.).
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