The SYSTEC-LES2 (Laboratory of Emerging Smart Systems) goals are on research advancement, innovative developments and interdisciplinary collaboration in cutting-edge areas associated to smart systems applications and technologies. It is focused on the intersection of embedded systems, wireless networks, artificial intelligence, and data science, targeting the development of new solutions and optimizations in the Internet of Things domain.
The research and development activities are mainly developed within the context of SYSTEC-CONTROL and SYSTEC-NET thematic lines and involve emerging applications in the following areas:
- Smart cities: urbanization challenges and climate changes have demanded the optimization and integration of urban smart systems. This broad area needs to be addressed from a technological multi-system perspective, comprising urban mobility, resources management, disaster prevention, and public security, among other services;
- Sustainable IoT systems: the need for more energy-efficient and responsible IoT systems permeates a large set of application domains, being a fundamental requirement when tackling modern challenges;
- Complex multi-system scenarios: there are many difficulties that must be addressed when multiple systems are integrated, encompassing areas like Industry 4.0, Smart Agriculture, Spatial Exploration, Smart Aquafarming, etc.
The research activities in this lab are mostly aligned with the Sustainable Development Goal 11 of the UN’s Agenda 2030. The SDG 11 aims to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. Moreover, other SDGs are transversal to this lab when related to sustainability and resources management, which imply in some alignment with SDGs 6, 7, 9, 12 and 13.
SYSTEC-LES2 is at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, in room D108.