The award ceremony for the prestigious Prize “Prémio Prof. Luís Vidigal” and diploma was held within the 18th edition of the "Jornadas de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores (JEEC) on March 5, 2018, Monday, at 14:00, at the IST Congress Center.

Among the twenty four thesis submissions, the jury decided to award ex-aequo the theses:

• “Generalized Paxos made Byzantine, Visigoth and Less Complex” authored by Miguel Pires, MSc Aerospace Engineering, advised by Professor Rodrigo Rodrigues, INESC-ID researcher,
• “Design and Implementation of a 20 kW, 12000 RPM Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) for the IST Formula Student Powertrain” by João Sarrico, MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, advised by Professor Paulo José da Costa Branco and Professor João Filipe Pereira Fernandes, from DEEC.

The two awarded theses were appointed as “the best of all master thesis”.

For more information: 2018 laureates of professor Luis Vidigal award