Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia
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Através da Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia, a Universidade Fernando Pessoa deu resposta às orientações do Ministério da Educação no sentido do ensino privado investir nas áreas tecnológicas.
Num ensino não massificado, num ambiente familiar e acolhedor, com grande acompanhamento e proximidade dos docentes, o aluno, com o seu trabalho, esforço e empenho, pode desenvolver todo o seu potencial de aprendizagem, adquirindo os conhecimentos e competências necessárias a uma adequada inserção na vida activa.
As grandes áreas científicas que compõe a Faculdade são as áreas da Engenharia do Ambiente, Engenharia Civil, Engenharia Informática, Higiene e Segurança, Qualidade e Arquitectura. A investigação é, pois, desenvolvida no âmbito destas áreas científicas.
Os cursos desta Faculdade estão adequados ao chamado "Processo de Bolonha", com 1ºciclos de estudos (licenciaturas), 2ºciclos de estudos (mestrados) e 3ºciclos de estudos (doutoramento). No caso do curso de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, por questões associadas a Directivas Comunitárias, a formação é de 5 anos num único ciclo de estudos (ciclo integrado), que conduz ao grau de Mestre.
Os 1ºciclos de estudos têm a duração de 3 anos, os 2ºciclos de estudos a duração de 2 anos, e os 3ºciclos de estudos a duração mínima de 3 anos.
As Associações Profissionais
Todos os 1ºciclos de estudos em Engenharia estão registados na Ordem dos Engenheiros Técnicos (OET), podendo o licenciado, após realização, com sucesso, do estágio profissional e o curso de ética promovidos pela OET, obter a correspondente carteira profissional inscrevendo-se na OET.
O mestre em Arquitectura e Urbanismo, após realização, com sucesso, do estágio profissional e o curso de ética promovidos pela Ordem dos Arquitectos (OA), inscreve-se na OA.
Outras entidades
O 1ºciclo de estudos em Engenharia e Gestão da Qualidade está registado na Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho (ACT), pelo que para além da informação acima, o licenciado obtém o CAP de Técnico Superior de Higiene e Segurança.
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- Evaluating the role of digital technologies in enhancing warehouse efficiencyPublication . Perkumienė, Dalia; Samuolaitis, Mindaugas; Hasanov, Jamil; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Safaa, Larbi; Leal Filho, Walter; Perkumienė, Dalia; Dinis, Maria Alzira PimentaThis article evaluates the role of digital technologies in enhancing warehouse efficiency, using Amazon as a case study. Over the past few years, the corporation has been using its new technology capabilities to create digital solutions that increase operational efficiency. Digital technology offers significant advantages in areas including accuracy, productivity, information sharing, and inventory control. Therefore, the study’s primary goal is to assess the digitalization solutions that enhance Amazon’s warehouse operations. For this work, a qualitative research methodology was employed, and data was gathered via SWOT analysis and semi-structured interviews. Seven Amazon employees involved in warehouse operations participated in the study. Warehouse management systems (WMS), RFID technology, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled sensors, robotics (such Kiva robots), machine learning, and cloud platforms are some of the important digital tools utilized in Amazon’s warehouse operations. The implementation of these technologies led to a 99% increase in inventory accuracy, a 60% reduction in error rates, a 30% decrease in labor dependency, and a 25% reduction in order picking time. In addition, online data tracking was enhanced, particularly using RFID and IoT tools, which increased decision-making speed and accuracy. Staff training issues, incompatibility with outdated systems, and brief technological hiccups were among the obstacles to digitization. However, the total advantages of modernizing an organization and integrating new technology into its structure outweigh all of these, according to research participants. Under headings like artificial intelligence and machine learning, the reviewers claim that the digitization process has significantly improved a company’s warehouse operations.
- Podem as plataformas digitais serem transformadas pela inteligência artificial?Publication . Gouveia, Luis Borges; Pinto de Sá Moscoso Marques, Maria Beatriz; Marques dos Santos, Miguel NunoAs plataformas digitais (PD) são fundamentais para a exploração dos ecossistemas digitais que suportam a atividade humana. Seja em atividades individuais ou organizacionais, de valor ou lazer, o uso das PD é, atualmente, quase universal. Elas oferecem alternativas mais cómodas, rápidas e económicas, com funcionalidades que as tornam muitas vezes a melhor ou mesmo única opção. A inteligência artificial (IA) está a revelar-se como uma tecnologia competitiva, integrando-se em diversas ferramentas digitais. A IA proporciona automação mais rápida, económica e conveniente, seguindo o já ocorrido com as PD. Como resultado, é expectável um aumento significativo no uso de ferramentas baseadas em IA. Tanto os utilizadores como os próprios proprietários das PD investem na adoção de ferramentas IA. Por sua vez, a recente legislação da União Europeia (UE) visa regular as PD e prevenir seu uso abusivo, garantindo um uso seguro e responsabilizando os prestadores de serviços digitais. A regulamentação das plataformas e serviços digitais, juntamente com o Regulamento dos Serviços Digitais e o Regulamento dos Mercados Digitais, procura harmonizar antigos e novos regulamentos. Esta estratégia da UE tem por objetivo a criação de um espaço digital que proteja os direitos fundamentais dos utilizadores dos serviços digitais. Neste contexto, propõe-se uma discussão sobre o impacto da IA e como as inovações associadas ao seu uso nas PD podem ser afetadas pela regulação da UE. Da combinação de IA e PD resulta uma transformação significativa na forma como interagimos com a tecnologia, mas também levanta questões importantes sobre segurança, privacidade e responsabilidade.
- PrefacePublication . Safaa, Larbi; Leal Filho, Walter; Perkumienė, Dalia; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Safaa, Larbi; Leal Filho, Walter; Perkumienė, Dalia; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta
- Tourism, sustainability and innovation: low-tech roots and high-tech horizonsPublication . Safaa, Larbi; Leal Filho, Walter; Perkumienė, Dalia; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Safaa, Larbi; Leal Filho, Walter; Perkumienė, Dalia; Dinis, Maria Alzira PimentaToday, tourism offers a privileged perspective to explore the relationships between sustainability, innovation, and inclusion. This volume, Tourism, Sustainability and Innovation: Low-Tech Roots and High-Tech Horizons (part of the World Sustainability Series), includes contributions from scholars with 23 different nationalities (Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom). This diversity reflects the richness of perspectives included in the book, encompassing around fifteen different case studies and country contexts, analyzed through a variety of cultural, economic, and institutional lenses. Collectively, the chapters open a dialogue on how to reconcile practices deeply rooted in local territories with the emerging horizons shaped by new technologies. Central to the theme of Tourism, Sustainability and Innovation: Low-Tech Roots and High-Tech Horizons is a creative tension: how do we embrace the authenticity of local practices, traditional “know-how” and cultural resources, often carriers of resilience and ‘low-tech’ sustainability, while purposely bringing in the digital, intelligent, automated solutions that are transforming tourism today? The difficulty is not to play past against future, but to think about how innovation can keep hold of tourism’s human, social and territorial roots, and at the same time, open new possibilities. From this point of view, notably, we can ask: How can tourism experiences be meaningfully inclusive? How can digital transformation add to our focus on sustainability? And how can technology be deployed not for itself alone, but as a lever for destinations, communities, and stakeholders across the industry? This book is important because it redefines innovation in tourism beyond just high-tech solutions. It promotes a balanced approach that values basic "low-tech" sustainable practices, like community-based models and resource conservation. At the same time, it shows the rôle of advanced "high-tech" tools, such as AI and big data. By connecting this often-neglected range, it offers a complete and practical framework for building a truly sustainable tourism sector. It serves as a necessary guide to ensure that innovation supports the larger goals of environmental responsibility, social fairness, and lasting resilience. The book is structured around six main sections, each reflecting a key thematic axis of contemporary tourism research. The first section, Vulnerability, Rights and Sustainable Pathways in Tourism, highlights institutional transitions, multi-level governance, legal protections, and the need for more equitable and resilient destinations. The second section, New Trends in Technology, Digitalization and Innovation in Tourism, examines neuro-tourism, smart technologies, digital platforms such as Booking.com and Instagram, public digitalization, logistics optimization, and issues related to data protection, privacy and ethics. The third section, Tourism Destinations: Image, Perceptions, and Governance, explores destination image, emotional connections, social media dynamics, urban environments, and the e-reputation of cities including Essaouira, Marrakech, Makkah and Jeddah. The fourth section, Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Resources, focuses on cultural and intangible heritage, creative and art tourism, gastronomy, value systems in online reviews, and legal perspectives on medical tourism. The fifth section, Entrepreneurship, Career Dynamics and Organizational Transformation in Tourism, addresses community participation, professional trajectories in the hotel sector, digital transformation in organizations, and legal dimensions of transportation and accommodation. Finally, the sixth section, Tourist Experiences and Behavioral Perspectives, examines rural tourism experiences, tourist expenditures, senior well-being, urban mobility, leisure infrastructures, and issues of personal data protection in the age of artificial intelligence.
- Trajectories of circular economy in cities: key patterns and emerging pathwaysPublication . Aina, Yusuf; Almulhim, Abdulaziz I.; Salami, Babatunde Abiodun; Swart, Julia; Abubakar, Ismaila Rimi; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Sharifi, AyyoobUrbanisation and escalating resource pressures have intensified the need for systemic approaches to sustainable development, positioning the circular economy (CE) as a critical framework for cities. This study reviews academic literature to examine current trends, challenges, and forward-looking strategies for CE implementation in urban contexts. Using a search process aligned with the PRISMA protocol, 668 peer-reviewed articles were analysed through inductive content analysis. The findings reveal that CE practices in cities are increasingly shaped by global sustainability agendas, particularly in relation to SDGs 9 to 12. The analysis identifies eight thematic clusters that characterise urban CE pathways: urban planning and the built environment, energy and mobility systems, waste and resource management, water and urban agriculture, citizen engagement, governance and regulation, technological innovation, and socio-cultural transformation. A conceptual framework integrating eight thematic clusters is presented, illustrating how cities transition from linear to circular systems through policy alignment, digital innovation, and multisectoral collaboration. Case studies from global urban centres illustrate strategies ranging from smart infrastructure and circular procurement to social inclusion and localised production, all of which enable CE advancement. These findings reinforce the view of CE as a multidimensional approach capable of fostering urban resilience, environmental stewardship, and inclusive economic growth.
- A United Nations Charter for the Digital Age – When machines govern without mandate and humans watch without power, the problem is not technological. It is constitutional.Publication . Borges Gouveia, Luis; Future Group - APDSIThis APDSI presentation (July 2026) argues that the 1945 United Nations Charter is obsolete for a world defined by cross-border autonomous systems and digital flows. It characterizes the current situation as a "constitutional void" rather than just a technological challenge, asserting that 2026 represents a critical "window of opportunity" for global action. The core problem identified is that current AI models are "unfinished business," lacking semantic understanding and causal reasoning. This creates a civilizational danger where the human mind, now seen as critical infrastructure, is threatened by algorithmic manipulation and "algorithmic coloniality"—a concentration of power in the US and China that erodes the cognitive sovereignty of the Global South. Additionally, the digital economy is not immaterial; it is colliding with the planet’s biophysical limits regarding energy, water, and rare minerals. To address this, the APDSI proposes a new global legal framework based on five non-negotiable principles: - Responsibility: Human primacy in all decisions. - Democracy: Legitimacy must prevail over technical efficiency. - Irreversibility: Prohibiting essential technological dependencies that cannot be reversed. - Zero Opacity: The inalienable right to an explanation. - Sovereignty: The right of peoples to determine their own technological governance. Specific proposed articles include protecting Cognitive Sovereignty as an international public good, ensuring Distributive Justice by taxing labor-replacing automation, and prohibiting the use of technological dependency as a weapon. The presentation also lists absolute bans on self-replicating AI, autonomous lethal weapons, and mass biometric surveillance. The implementation strategy involves activating Article 109 of the UN Charter to convene a General Review Conference. Portugal is highlighted as the ideal mediator for this movement, using its "smart power" and relationships with the Global South to ensure human dignity prevails over technocracy.
- Updating the charter of the United Nations in the age of Artificial Intelligence: a civilizational proposal under the aegis of Article 109Publication . Borges Gouveia, Luis; Future Group - APDSIThe APDSI Futures Group proposal (July 2026) advocates for a fundamental revision of the 1945 United Nations Charter to address the "constitutional disruption" caused by Artificial Intelligence. It argues that the original Charter, designed for a world of physical borders and sovereign nation-states, is inadequate for a 2026 reality dominated by autonomous cross-border systems operating in a legal vacuum. A central concept of the proposal is Cognitive Sovereignty, which defines the human mind as "critical infrastructure" and an international public good that must be protected from algorithmic manipulation and political microsegmentation. The document identifies a critical triad—Information, AI, and Energy—noting that AI governance is inseparable from environmental limits, such as the water and carbon footprints of data centers. It specifically warns against "algorithmic coloniality," where a technological oligopoly imposes Anglo-Saxon worldviews and exploits the Global South's resources and cognitive labor. The APDSI framework proposes eight founding principles to be integrated into a new Charter, including: - Primacy of Human Responsibility: Ensuring humans remain ultimately liable for autonomous decisions. - Democracy over Efficiency: Preventing technical efficiency from bypassing democratic scrutiny. - Irreversibility: Prohibiting technological adoptions that create essential dependencies without a "reverse gear". - Economic Justice: Taxing AI systems that replace human labor to fund social protection. The proposal establishes non-derogable prohibitions against self-replicating AI, autonomous lethal weapons without human oversight, and mass biometric surveillance. To implement these reforms, the group advocates for activating Article 109 of the UN Charter to convene a General Review Conference. Portugal is positioned as a vital mediator in this process, leveraging its "smart power" and ties to the Global South to bridge the gap between technological superpowers and developing nations.