INESC-ID is a not for profit, privately owned institution of public interest, dedicated to advanced research and development in the domains of electronics, telecommunications and information technologies.
INESC-ID was created in 2000 and was awarded the status of "Laboratório Associado" in December of 2004 and is owned by Instituto Superior Técnico and by Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas and Computadores.
Currently integrates more than 90 PhDs and 200 post-graduation students working in one of the five main action lines: