The Research Centre in Digital Services (CISeD) was established by the Instituto Politécnico de Viseu to conduct applied research in digital services, covering areas related to computer science, economics and management, culture, quantitative methods, and electronic and mechanical engineering.
CISeD aims to be a national and international reference entity in Research and Development in Digital Services.
Since its formation, the centre has partnered with institutions such as The Tallaght Institute of Technology in Ireland and the Fundácion General de la Universidad de Salamanca, as well as companies like Bizdirect (SONAE group), Softinsa (IBM group), and two automotive industry companies: Faurécia, PSA Mangualde, Grupo HUF, and Tojaltec.
Objectives
trending_flat Develop the number and quality of digital services, particularly in the social, cultural, economic or public administration sectors;
trending_flat Develop and disseminate research in the aforementioned areas in collaboration with national and international partners in order to address real-world issues faced by individuals, organizations and society at large;
trending_flat Promote interinstitutional cooperation and interinstitutional exchanges to foster the internationalization of research and the development of cross-cutting R&D projects;
trending_flat Develop applied research, namely that resulting from the projects with the corporate institutional partners, and those of the international education system, but also with other organizations;
trending_flat Develop the automotive industry and the digital industry;
trending_flat Support and develop entrepreneurship;
trending_flat Promote scientific employment;
trending_flat Allow students from the IPV and from the partner institutions to participate in R&D projects during their academic experiences, leading to an increase in the scientific production;
trending_flat Increase the scientific production of CISeD researchers and enable their constant updating.
Coordination
trending_flat José Luís Mendes Loureiro Abrantes
Coordinators of the research lines of CISeD
trending_flat Pedro Manuel Nogueira Reis [Digital Decision Support Systems]
trending_flat Bruno Emanuel Morgado Ferreira [Social Web Applied to Culture, Economy and Society]
trending_flat Rui Pedro Duarte [Connected Digital Society]
trending_flat Nuno Melão [Digital Service Business]
trending_flat Serafim Oliveira [Digital Automative Industry]
Values
trending_flat Excellence
promote the highest standards of research on the basis of a management model geared towards a culture of quality and merit appreciation
trending_flat Ethics
incorporation of integrity into scientific practice and behaviour
trending_flat Social Responsibility
seeks to promote social responsibility in the community and it’s the environment
trending_flat Knowledge Sharing
cultural, scientific and technical reciprocity with our members and partners
trending_flat Cultural Exchange
from values, efforts and achievements, on the basis of universal development of culture as a basis of a fairer, more informed and more equitable society
Research
Lines
trending_flat [DDSS] Digital Decision Support Systems
issues related to decision-making in order to improve cognitive computing and machine learning to assist in the transformation of business processes through automation and intelligence
trending_flat [SWACES] Social Web Applied to Culture, Economy and Society
emphases on social interactions of companies and individuals on Internet, in a variety of applied areas as culture, economy and society
trending_flat [CDS] Connected Digital Society
focuses on the application and impacts of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) to citizen's needs and security
trending_flat [DSB] Digital Service Business
focuses on the digital transformation from a business perspective
trending_flat [DAI] Digital Automotive Industry
focuses on to the regional and automotive industry needs in the digital era
External Advisory Board
trending_flat Cândido Roque Marques Ferreira [Tojaltec, Fabrico de Máquinas]
trending_flat Carlos Mesquita [PSA Mangualde]
trending_flat David Mota [Bizdirect (Grupo SONAE)]
trending_flat Jorge Casinha [Faurécia]
trending_flat Jorge Silva [Grupo HUF Tondela]
trending_flat Nuno Dionísio Torres Silva [Softinsa (Grupo IBM)]
trending_flat Óscar González Benito [Universidade de Salamanca] Espanha