The Multimedia Laboratory and Signal Processing, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra (FCTUC) has just won an international award granted by NVIDIA, the world’s largest maker of graphics processors (so-called “GPUs”).
laboratory, part of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering that college, received the title of “GPU Research Center”, joining thus the international group of research institutions using this technology in various fields of science and are in the forefront of some of the most innovative current scientific findings.
In a statement sent to the Good News, the University of Coimbra (UC) explains that the distinction awarded to Portuguese laboratory should “research carried out in the area parallel computing since 2007, this unit “Telecommunications Institute by teachers Gabriel Falcon and Victor Silva.
According to UC, “the work leading to this award was published in some of the most competitive international conferences, magazines and books in several areas, such as, for example, the medical imaging systems, allow the improvement of certain procedures in diagnostics (such as ultrasound or endoscopy).
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