In this article published in the journal Ingenium, Professor José Santos-Victor, President of the Departament of Electrical and Computer Engineering, states that:

"Electrical and Computer Engineering has allowed us to generate and transport electrical energy, manage and integrate renewable energies (the energy transition is electric); communicate further, faster, permanently and safely; create the electronic devices that equip almost everything around us: mobile phones, cars, computers, airplanes, satellites, appliances; design advanced computing systems capable of responding to the increasing abundance of data and learning algorithms (a part of AI); the automatic control of systems in manufacturing, water distribution, autonomous vehicles or medical devices;

the integration of signal processing, imaging, control and communications into IOT (internet of things) systems for sustainable agriculture, assistance to the elderly population; robotics in industry, domestic applications and services, artificial intelligence in supporting decision systems, medical diagnostics, smart devices, and more.

Journal Ingenium, jul, aug, sep 2024 (complete article, page 70/71)