APRP Spring Meetings
This event serves as a platform for fostering dialogue and discussion on the current advances and challenges in data science research, spanning both academic and business perspectives.
Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA)
March 13, 2026 – 2:30 pm
The Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) will host the 5th Spring Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP) on March 13, 2026, at 2:30 pm.
Guest Speakers
David Semedo (NOVA School of Science and Technology) will talk about AMALIA: An Open Source Large Language Model for European Portuguese.
Mariana Mourão (Institute for Systems and Robotics | ISR-Lisboa) will talk about Multi-scale Attention-based Multiple Instance Learning for Breast Lesion Detection.
Program
2:30 pm: Opening Session (APRP President & IEETA Coordinator)
2:45 pm: David Semedo - AMALIA: An Open Source Large Language Model for European Portuguese
3:45 pm: Mariana Mourão - Multi-scale Attention-based Multiple Instance Learning for Breast Lesion Detection
4:15 pm: Closing Session & Coffee Break
Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA)
March 14, 2025 – 2:30 pm
The Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) will host the 4th Spring Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP) on March 14, 2025, at 2:30 pm with a full room of professionals and researchers!
Guest Speakers
Eduardo Castro (LTPlabs) will kick off with a presentation on the challenges of developing multi-agent generative AI systems in business environments. His talk offered valuable perspectives on the practical application of AI in today’s corporate landscape.
João Pereira (PhD candidate at FCT NOVA Lisboa in collaboration with DeepNeuronic) will take us through the latest developments in the use of large vision-language models for surveillance video understanding.
Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA)
March 8, 2024 – 2:30 pm
The Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) will host the 3rd Spring Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP) on March 8, 2024, at 2:30 pm. This event serves as a platform for fostering dialogue and discussion on the current advances and challenges in data science research, spanning both academic and business perspectives.
Guest Speakers
Sérgio Jesus (Feedzai): A Research Scientist at Feedzai, Sérgio brings industry insights into the dialogue, shedding light on the practical applications and challenges in data science within the business realm.
Rafael Maia (INESCTEC): As a Research Assistant at the Center for Telecommunications and Multimedia (INESCTEC), Rafael contributes his expertise, offering valuable perspectives on the latest developments in data science research.
Ana Martins (IEETA): Ana, a researcher at the Information Systems and Processing group within IEETA, delves into the academic aspects of data science research, sharing insights from her research endeavors.
Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA)
March 24, 2023 – 2:30 pm
The Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) will host the 2nd Spring Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP) on March 24, 2023, at 2:30 pm!
Program
UbiWhere kicked off the event with a presentation on the challenges on data science projects development.
Following that, Renato Panda, presented his PhD work awarded as APRP PhD best thesis award.
To close the event, Gonçalo Faria gave a talk describing the work developed under his master thesis, awarded as APD MSc thesis award.
Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA)
March 25, 2022 – 2:30 pm
The Institute of Electronic and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) will host the 1st Spring Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Pattern Recognition (APRP) on March 25, 2022, at 2:30 pm.