Thursday, 9/8/2016
The
High-Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab) of the EEUM, integrated R&D
centre of INESC TEC, organised the third edition of Open Day HASLab on the 8th
September and launched the SafeCloud Photos mobile application. The event was
attended by over 70 participants and focused on the theme "Software
Quality".
EEUM’s
research centre HASLab (High-Assurance Software Laboratory) organised its 3rd
Open Day HASLab, aiming at presenting the centre’s research results and a new
mobile application - SafeCloud Photos.
The event counted on the presence of five
nationally renowned companies in the areas of technology, science and
innovation. After a brief opening session conducted by the President of INESC
TEC, José Manuel Mendonça, and a brief presentation of HASLab by one of the
Centre’s coordinators, Manuel Barbosa, professor at the Department of Computer Science of the Faculty of
Sciences of the University of Porto,
the discussion panel began, involving the participation of OutSystems, I2S,
Feedzai, Primavera BSS and Critical Manufacturing. In this discussion panel,
moderated by José Nuno Oliveira, a researcher from HASLab and Full Professor of
the Department of Informatics (DI) of the EEUM, several issues were discussed regarding
software quality, as well as how the invited companies – as software producers
– develop their software.
In the
afternoon, doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers also had the
opportunity to show their research work in an exhibition of about 20 posters.
Later on, the launch of SafeCloud Photos took place. SafeCloud Photos is a
mobile application that aims to be the safest application on the market, by
ensuring maximum privacy and security of uploaded photos. SafeCloud Photos is
already available for download in the App Store (iOS) and Google Play Store
(Android). According to Francisco Maia, one of the developers of this
application and also a researcher from HASLab, "each divided piece of the
photo doesn’t reveal absolutely any information on the photo. The photo can
only be accessed through our devices, which have exclusive access to all the
pieces".
Finally, the
event ended with a short speech by Alcino Cunha, Assistant Professor from the
Department of Informatics (DI) of the EEUM, one of the Centre’s coordinators,
encouraging possible future partnerships with companies and other entities
participating in the event.
More
information: http://haslab.uminho.pt/
