The first Fraunhofer research centre in Portugal – the Research Center for Assistive Information and Communication Solutions (Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS) – is located in Porto and was born in 2009 following a partnership between the Fraunhofer Society (Fraunhofer Gesellschaft), the Foundation for Science and Technology and the University of Porto. With a client portfolio from a broad range of areas, such as health, agriculture, retail or energy, Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS has consolidated competences in Human-Centred Design, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber-physical systems.