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Thesis supervisions

  • Theme: Remote control of a mobile robot running on an Android platform. Student name: Diogo Carvalho.
  • Theme: Adding value to the Kinect SDK creating a Gesture Library. Student name: Bruno Galveia.
  • Theme: Development of an Android application to assist chronic patients in their therapy. Student name: Gonçalo Amaro.
  • Theme: Development of a wearable monitoring system for service dogs. Student Name: Jérèmie Seabra.
  • Theme: Web-based platform for assisting the therapy of patient with linguistic impairments. Student name: Filipe Rodrigues.
  • Theme: Development of a serious game to support neuropsychological exams. Student name: Gonçalo Carrasco.
  • Theme: Modelling and interaction with virtual agents for studying telepresence through a natural user interface. Student name: Tiago Coelho.
  • Theme: Development of a serious game to support neuropsychological exams. Student name: Gonçalo Carrasco.
  • Theme: Web-based application to support the healthcare. Student name: Pedro Mendes.
  • Theme: Development of a natural user interface for learning sign language. Student name: João Gameiro.
  • Theme: Implementation of a 3D interactive application for the rehabilitation of aphasic patients. Student name: Ricardo Martins.

Reviewing activities

  • EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies.
  • Computer and Information Science (ISSN 1913-8989).
  • HSI (International Conference on Human System Interaction).
  • AAATE (Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe).
  • eNTERFACE (International Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces).
  • PROVE (Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises).

Editor of publications (peer-reviewed)

  • Innovative and Creative Developments in Multimodal Interaction Systems. IFIP AICT 425. ISBN 978-3-642-55142-0. Springer, Heidelberg (Germany).
  • Multimodal Interfaces for Natural Interactions. Special issue of EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, Gent (Belgium).

Research memberships

  • Member of the Steering Committee of the eNTERFACE Workshops.
  • European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics – 7th Research Framework Programme FP7-ICT-CSN-269981. Supported by the European Commission.
  • Convergent Science Network of Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems – 7th Research Framework Programme FP7-ICT-CSN-248986. Supported by the European Commission.

Academic responsibilities

  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Master in Electronic, Systems and Computing Engineering (MEESC) of the FCT-UNL.

Scientific conference board

  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 7th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI’14).
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 12th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE’13).
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 9th International Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces (eNTERFACE’13).
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 10th International Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces (eNTERFACE’14).

Organisation of scientific events

  • Chairman of the Organising Committee of the 9th International Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces (eNTERFACE’13).