THE Arquivo.pt, a research infrastructure managed by FCT, through its National Scientific Computing Unit (FCCN), announced the three winning finalists of the 3rd Edition of the Arquivo.pt Award 2020.
The first prize, worth 10,000 euros, was awarded to the project “Unarchive" developed by Miguel Ramalho. This project developed a tool that allows users to verify the relationship between entities, people, organizations, and places based on news published online over the last 20 years. This tool is public. Students, researchers, or any citizen can use it to quickly and dynamically explore the content and relationships established.
The project “Arquivo.pt extension" won second place, with a prize of 3,000 euros, and was developed by Rodrigo Marques and Hugo Silva. It's an extension for the current Arquivo.pt browser, allowing you to perform advanced searches directly from the browser, without having to leave the page you're currently viewing.
Nuno Bragança was the winner of the third prize, worth 2,000 euros, with the project “Economic Archive.pt” which consists of an application that allows the comparison of product prices since the time of the Portuguese shield.
The Honorable Mention of this edition of the Arquivo.pt Award was given to the project “Newspaper of the Past", developed by Bruno Galhardo. The project consists of a game in which users test their knowledge of news or events, trying to guess the date they occurred.
The projects in the competition were evaluated by an independent jury, composed of Miguel Fontes (executive director of Startup Lisboa), Helena Freitas (biologist and professor at the University of Coimbra), Paulo Bastos (TVI journalist), Maria Beatriz Marques (professor at the University of Coimbra and PhD in Literature in the field of Documentary Sciences), and Teresa Firmino (editor of the Science section of PÚBLICO). The prizes will be awarded to these winners at Science Meeting 2020, which takes place at the beginning of November.
Arquivo.pt is a research infrastructure that archives and preserves web pages published in Portugal since 1996 and offers an online search service that provides access to all archived information. Arquivo.pt's main objective is to preserve information published on the web for memory, study, and research, with access available to the entire population.
Every year, the FCT launches the “Prémio Arquivo.pt” project competition, with the first edition taking place in 2018. The results of the first edition can be found at Arquivo.pt Awards 2018 and those of the 2nd edition in Arquivo.pt Awards 2019.
