The award ceremony for the Vencer o Adamastor (“Overcoming the Adamastor”) Award has been announced, and this year 2024 will see its second edition.
This award, a partnership between INESC and the Público newspaper, aims to recognise and reward innovative projects in the areas of electronics, computing and information and communication technologies that show not only scientific excellence, but also potential for economic development. A prize of 20,000 euros will be awarded to the winning project that fulfils these characteristics.
The ceremony will take place on 23 July at 5pm at the Técnico Innovation Center in Lisbon.
The winner of this edition is researcher Manuel Goulão, honoured for his work entitled “Post-Quantum Secure Multi-Party Computation: Cryptography Fighting for a More Private and Egalitarian Future”. This work promises significant advances in cryptographic security in multi-party computing environments, reinforcing privacy and equality in the digital future.
Manuel Goulão, graduated from Instituto Superior Técnico and is currently a researcher at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan.
Ceremony agenda:
16:45 – Reception of participants
17:00 – Opening by the President of IST – Rogério Colaço
17:10 – Presentation of the prize by the president of INESC – Arlindo Oliveira
17:20 – Speech by the director of Público – David Pontes (TBC)
17:30 – Award ceremony – Fernando Alexandre and José Tribolet
17:35 – Presentation of the work by the winner – Manuel Goulão
17:50 – Speech by the rector of the University of Lisbon – Luís Ferreira (TBC)
18:00 – Closing by MECI – Fernando Alexandre
18:20 – Port of Honour
19:00 – End
Previous edition
In the previous edition, held on 1 February 2023, the winner was Gonçalo Correia, whose research focused on reducing the size of artificial intelligence (AI) networks and, consequently, increasing energy efficiency. The event was attended by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.