Grand societal challenges, fragile global supply chains and fast-moving digitalisation are putting organisations, industries and value chains under pressure. Decisions must be taken in complex, uncertain and dynamic environments, with many stakeholders and competing goals of performance, resilience and sustainability, while new technologies raise questions of trust, adoption and user engagement.
INESC combines optimisation, simulation, AI and digital twins with service science, information systems and innovation management to design human-centred systems that perform under real-world conditions. Our research supports sustainability transitions and builds responsive, resilient and circular value chains. It also develops dynamic decision support for uncertain environments, tested with stakeholders in living labs and industrial settings.
Manufacturing systems design, supply chain and logistics management, circular supply chains and remanufacturing, critical infrastructure, and urban mobility and freight services
Optimisation, metaheuristics, hybrid simulation, digital twins and reinforcement learning, supporting decisions from daily operations to the full system lifecycle
Industrial AI, data ecosystems and governance, industrial digital platforms, IoT and cyber-physical systems, information systems engineering, and human-in-the-loop, trustworthy AI Services.
Service design and business-model innovation, technology adoption, Responsible Research & Innovation, innovation policy, and support for SME innovation
Cluster / Scientific Coordinator
Co-Head / Centre Coordinator for the Industrial & Systems Engineering domain
Assistant Coordinator / Advisor to the Centre Coordinator
Contact person and cluster contributor
Power Systems
Grid Intelligence Lab
Power Systems
Grid Intelligence Lab
Power Systems
Grid Intelligence Lab
Power Systems
Grid Intelligence Lab
Systems engineering and management capabilities support European research and innovation by addressing complex challenges in manufacturing, supply chains, services and mobility. They draw on decision support, optimisation, simulation, AI and digital twins, alongside service science and technology and innovation management. INESC research in this domain contributes to European priorities on resilient and circular value chains, industrial data ecosystems, sustainability transitions, Responsible Research & Innovation and SME innovation. It helps organisations, value chains and policymakers make better decisions in uncertain and dynamic environments, strengthening Europe’s competitiveness and its green, social and digital transitions.
