VIRTU was initiated and continues to be developed through Research and Development activities. See our partners below.
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Software Strategic Alliances
The project started in 2006 with a study developed by University of Coimbra and a prototype developed by EVOLVE, for ESA (European Space Agency). In 2008, EVOLVE is funded to enhance and consolidate the VIRTU Product with the partnership of UNL (New University of Lisbon), UC (University of Coimbra), HP Labs and ESA.
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FCT UC - Faculty of Sciences and Technology is the major faculty within the University of Coimbra, an indisputable reference in higher education and research in Portugal, due to the quality of the courses taught and to the advances achieved in pure and applied research in various areas of knowledge.
Contacts
Address: Serviços Centrais Rua Sílvio Lima Univ. Coimbra – Polo II 3030-790 Coimbra Portugal
Phone: +351 239 700 600
Fax: +351239 700 688
http://www.uc.pt/en/fctuc
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FCT UNL – ‘Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa’ is the Sciences and Technologies Faculty of the New University of Lisbon, located in the Caparica Campus, near Lisbon. FCT UNL is a major higher education institution in Portugal. The VIRTU partners are team members of CITI - 'Centro de Informática e Tecnologias da Informação', hosted at the Department of Informatics.
Contacts
Address: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia 2829-516 Caparica Portugal
Phone: +351 212 948 300
Fax: +351 212 954 461
http://www.fct.unl.pt
http://citi.di.fct.unl.pt
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HP Labs (or HP Laboratories) is the exploratory and advanced research group for Hewlett-Packard. The lab has some 600 researchers in seven locations throughout the world.
Contacts
Address : 3000 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185 USA.
Phone : (650) 857-1501
Fax : (650) 857-551
http://www.hpl.hp.com
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The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states. Headquartered in Paris, ESA has a staff of close to 2,000 with an annual budget of about €3.6 billion in 2009.
Contacts
Address : ESA, 8/10 Rue Mario Nikis, 75015 Paris France.
Phone: +33.1.53.69.7155
Fax: 33.1.53.69.7690
http://www.esa.int
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