José Tribolet, a retired full professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, received the medal of scientific merit on 4 July during the Portuguese Science Summit 2024, held in Porto from 3 to 5 July.

Tribolet was founder and president of INESC – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores. He was one of the founders of the Undergraduate Programme in Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Técnico.

He dedicated himself to research on application of digital signal processing in areas such as seismology and speech coding and recognition, and later to “Enterprise Engineering”.

The Portuguese Science Summit, organised by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), was held under the motto “+Science for Health and global well-being”.

Técnico professors and researchers awarded the medal of scientific merit over the years:

2023: João Pavão Martins;
2022: Bernardo Herold;
2021: Carlos Salema, Luís Magalhães, José Manuel Fonseca de Moura, Paulo Ferrão;
2020: Alexandra Costa Gomes;
2019: Jorge Calado, José Pedro Martins Barata;
2018: Maria Cândida Vaz;
2017: António Falcão, Carlos Mota Soares; Carlos Varandas, Diamantino Durão;
2016: João Sentieiro;
2009: Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira.