Over the past decade, the awarding ceremony has been taking place on July 9. This event aims to honour individual personalities or entities that have stood out for their merits or civic achievements. Pedro Guedes de Oliveira, former chairman of INESC TEC, was one of this year’s recipients.
July 9 is an important date: it’s the day that King Pedro IV arrived in the city of Porto in 1832, leading the liberal army. In fact, thanks to the resistance of the people of Porto – which led the liberal troops to victory – the city earned the title of “Invicta”, after the end of the 1833 siege.
This year, the ceremony took place at Casa do Roseiral. Rui Moreira, Mayor of Porto, awarded 46 medals – 41 to individual personalities (five of which were awarded posthumously), four to institutions and one to a city worker.
Several academia representatives received this medal, together with people from other sectors: culture, journalism, economics, medicine, politics, etc.
About Pedro Guedes de Oliveira’s achievements
Pedro Guedes de Oliveira was born in the city of Porto, in 1945. He acted as Chairman of the Board of INESC TEC between 1998 and 2005. The year was 1975, seven years after graduating in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP); then, together with José Carlos Príncipe and Eugénio Alte da Veiga, he established the Department of Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Aveiro, where he lectured until 1993. During this time he received a PhD also from the University of Aveiro – the city where he established INESC Aveiro. Between 1993 and 2005, he was a Full Professor at FEUP’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The day June 29, 2015, marks the date of his Last Lecture.
Among other positions he held, it’s worth highlighting: non-executive member of the Board of Directors of the Innovation Agency (2005 and 2008); member of the Executive Board of the Scientific Computing Unit of the FCT (2008 to 2013); member of the Scientific Council for Exact Sciences and Engineering of the Foundation for Science and Technology (2009 to 2012), and member of the Board of Directors of the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM).
In 2016, Pedro Guedes de Oliveira received the title of Professor Emeritus by the University of Porto, and the Medal of Merit awarded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.
Pedro Guedes de Oliveira was also actively associated with cultural institutions in the city of Porto. He was Chairman of the General Council of Culturporto and member of the Board of Directors of Porto 2011 European Capital of Culture.
In 2023, the former Chairman of INESC TEC, José Manuel Mendonça, also received the Medal of Merit from the Porto City Council.
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