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Rui Prada is Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa and Researcher in the AI for People and Society Research Group at INESC-ID Lisbon. He has a degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence and a PhD in the same field, both from IST. He was co-responsible for the creation of courses on Game Design and Development and the creation of the Specialisation in Games of the Master Program in Information Systems and Computer Engineering at IST. He conducts research on social intelligent agents, affective computing, human-agent interaction, computer games, applied gaming and game AI. He has participated in 15 National and EU research projects, coordinating four of them. He was an invited researcher at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) - Tokyo for five months in 2009 and coordinates, since 2010, an MOU between NII and INESC-ID. He received a NIAS Fellowship for one semester in 2013. His research is grounded on knowledge of social and psychological theories that he frequently uses to define computational models of human-like behaviour for intelligent agents. During his fellowship at NIAS, a social sciences centre, he extended his knowledge of such theories in the area of social identity and social practices. He was a visiting researcher at the Imagineering Institute, Johor Bahru, Malaysia in 2016 for four months. He is the author and co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers presented at international events and journals. He was a member of the organization committee of nine national and international conferences, including ACII’2007, AAMAS’2008, IBERAMIA’2008, ACE'2011, AAMAS’2015 and DIGRA-FDG’2016. He is one of the founding members of the Portuguese Society of Videogame Sciences (SPCVideojogos) and is co-author of the book “Design e Desenvolvimento de Jogos” edited by FCA.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rui Filipe Fernandes Prada

Citation names

  • Prada, Rui

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2C1A-FDA9-34C9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5370-1893
Google Scholar ID
UvoCzwcAAAAJ
Researcher Id
A-6835-2012

Email addresses

  • rui.prada@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/06/29
Concluded
 Engenharia Infomática e de Computadores (Título de Agregado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Aprovado
2005
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Teaming Up Users with Synthetic Characters" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
1999
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/12/01 - Current Visiting Researcher (Research) National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan
2006/07 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) Imagineering Institute, Malaysia
Imagineering Institute, Malaysia
2013/09 - 2014/02 Visiting Researcher (Research) Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Netherlands
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Netherlands
2009/03 - 2009/08 Visiting Researcher (Research) National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan
National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/04/01 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/12 - 2024/03/31 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2006/03 - 2016/12 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/03 - 2024/02 Te@ch4SocialGood: promoting prosociality in schools to prevent cyberbullying
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/PSI-GER/1918/2020
PTDC/PSI-GER/1918/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ciência Psicológica, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/09/01 - Current CARMA - Collaborative Autonomous Robots for eMergency Assistance
EU HORIZON 101168355
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2022/11 - 2024/10 ALL SUSTAINABLE – Digital Serious Game for Empowering Sustainable Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities
2022-1-PT01-KA220-ADU-000089560
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
2020 - 2024/08 HumanE AI Network
H2020-ICT-2019-3 - 952026
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2019/10 - 2022/12 iv4XR - Intelligent Verification/Validation for Extended Reality Based Systems
EU H2020-ICT-2018-3 856716
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ICT Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
Concluded
2020/11 - 2022/10 ID-Gaming - Development of a training program for the improvement of quality of life of persons with intellectual disabilities through serious games
EU Erasmus+ 2020-1-PT01-KA204-078873
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Union
Concluded
2017/07 - 2020/07 IMPRESS - Improving Engagement of Students in Software Engineering Courses through Gamification
644187
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Concluded
2015/02 - 2019/01 RAGE - Realising an Applied Gaming Eco-system
EU H2020-ICT-2014-1 644187
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ICT Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
Concluded
2018/10 - 2019 SLICE - Social Learning for Intelligent Characters
PTDC/CCI-COM/30787/2017
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/08/01 - 2018/12/31 INSIDE: Sistemas Inteligentes de Robôs em Rede para Interacção Simbiótica com Crianças com Atrasos de Desenvolvimento
CMUP-ERI/HCI/0051/2013
Carnegie Mellon University, United States

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Hospital Garcia de Orta EPE, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/05 - 2018/04 LAW-TRAIN - Mixed-reality environment for training teams in joint investigative interrogation- Intelligent interrogation training simulator
EU H2020-FCT 653587
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ICT Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
Concluded
2010/10 - 2014/09 GALA - GAme and Learning Alliance
EU FP7 ICT-2009.4.2 258169
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Information and Communication Technologies
Concluded
2012/07 - 2014/06 Machinima Storyteller - Tools for Interactive Narrative
QREN - Contract no. Ref: 2011/18547
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Concluded
2010/10 - 2013/12 INVITE - social Identity and partNership in VIrTual Environments
UTA-Est/MAI/0008/2009
Principal investigator
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/09 - 2013/08 eCute - education in Cultural understanding technology enhanced
EU FP7 ICT-5-4.2 257666
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Information and Communication Technologies
Concluded
2008/09 - 2013/08 LIREC - LIving with Robots and InteractivE Companions
EU FP7 ICT-215554
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Information and Communication Technologies
Concluded
2009/01 - 2009/03 TARGET - Transformative, Adaptive, Responsive and enGaging EnvironmenT
FP7-ICT-2007-3 231717
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Information and Communication Technologies
Concluded
2006/03 - 2008/02 eCircus - Education through Characters with emotional-Intelligence and Roleplaying Capabilities that Understand Social interaction
EU FP6 - TEL - IST-4-027656-STP
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
Concluded
2004/01 - 2008/01 Humaine - HUman-MAchine Interaction Network on Emotion
ST-2002-2.3.1.6 507422
Researcher
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
Concluded
2003/10 - 2006/09 ELVIS - E-Learning Virtual Interactive Synthetic Characters
EU Asia-Europe IT&C
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
Concluded
2002/06 - 2004/05 COLDEX - Collaborative Learning and Distributed Experimentation
EU FP5 IST-2001-32327
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2000/02 - 2003/12 DIVILAB - Distributed Virtual Laboratory
EU FP5 IST-1999-12017
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2000/05 - 2003/04 SAFIRA - Supporting Affective Interactions for Real-time Applications
EU FP5 IST-1999-11683
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
1998/10 - 2000/09 NIMIS - Networked Interactive Media In Schools
Esprit funded i3 Project Contract No: 29301
Other
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Carlos Martinho; Pedro A. Santos; Rui Prada. Design e Desenvolvimento de Jogos. FCA. 2014.
Book chapter
  1. Pedro M. Fernandes; Carlos Martinho; Rui Prada. "Art and Animation: Procedural Content Generation for Sprite Sheet Creation". 2025.
    10.1007/978-3-031-81713-7_15
  2. José Bernardo Rocha; Nuno Martins; Rui Prada. "An Evolutionary Approach for PCG in a Cooperative Puzzle Platform Game". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-51452-4_20
  3. Patricia Piedade; Isabel Neto; Ana Pires; Rui Prada; Hugo Nicolau. "“That’s Our Game!”: Reflections on Co-designing a Robotic Game with Neurodiverse Children". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-61688-4_15
  4. Prada, Rui; Rato, Diogo. "Socially Interactive Agents in Games". In The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents, 493-526. ACM, 2022.
    Published • 10.1145/3563659.3563675
  5. Rui Prada. "O Ensino de Jogos no Instituto Superior Técnico". 25-33. Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências dos Videojogos, 2020.
  6. Rui Prada. "The importance of socio-emotional agency in applied games for social learning". In Serious Games, Interaction and Simulations, 6th EAI International Conference, 31-35. Springer, 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-51055-2_5
  7. Pereira, André; Prada, Rui; Paiva, Ana. "Social Presence and Artificial Opponents". In Entertaining the Whole World, edited by Adrian David Cheok; Anton Nijholt; Teresa Romão, 115-135. Springer London, Human–Computer Interaction Series, 2014.
    10.1007/978-1-4471-6446-3_7
  8. Pereira, G.; Brisson, A.; Dias, J.; Carvalho, A.; Dimas, J.; Mascarenhas, S.; Campos, J.; et al. "Non-player characters and artificial intelligence". In Psychology, Pedagogy, and Assessment in Serious Games, edited by Thomas M. Connolly; Thomas Hainey; Elizabeth Boyle; Gavin Baxter; Pablo Moreno-Ger, 127-152. IGI-Global - Advances in Game-Based Learning Series, 2013.
    10.4018/978-1-4666-8200-9.ch024
  9. Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Social intelligence in virtual groups". In New Advances in Virtual Humans: Artificial Intelligence Environment, edited by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann; Lakhmi C. Jain; Nikhil Ichalkaranje, 113-132. Springer, Studies in Computational Intelligence, 2008.
    10.1007/978-3-540-79868-2_4
  10. Zagalo, Nelson; Prada, Rui; Machado Alexandre, Isabel; Torres, Ana. "Authoring Emotion". In Affective Computing, edited by Jimmy Or, 391-404. I-Tech Education and Publishing, 2008.
    10.5772/6169
  11. H. Ulrich Hoppe; Andreas Lingnau; Frank Tewissen; Ana Paiva; Prada, Rui; Isabel Machado. "Supporting collaborative activities in computer-integrated classrooms - the NIMIS approach". In The Role of Technology in CSCL : Studies in Technology Enhanced Collaborative Learning, edited by Ulrich Hoppe; Hiroaki Ogata; Amy Soller, 121-138. Springer US, Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Series, 2007.
  12. Paiva, Ana; Prada, Rui; Machado, Isabel; Martinho, Carlos; Vala, Marco; Silva, André. "Playing with Agents — Agents in Social and Dramatic Games". In Life-like Characters. Tools, Affective Functions and Applications, edited by Helmut Prendinger; Mitsuru Ishizuka, 361-376. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Cognitive Technologies Series, 2004.
    10.1007/978-3-662-08373-4_15
Conference paper
  1. Patricia Piedade; Isabel Neto; Ana Cristina Pires; Rui Prada; Hugo Nicolau. "Inclusion as a Process: Co-Designing an Inclusive Robotic Game with Neurodiverse Classrooms". 2024.
    10.1145/3663548.3675664
  2. Lobo, Inês; Koch, Janin; Renoux, Jennifer; Batina, Inês; Prada, Rui. "When Should I Lead or Follow: Understanding Initiative Levels in Human-AI Collaborative Gameplay". 2024.
    10.1145/3643834.3661583
  3. Prada, Rui; Astrid C. Homan; Gerben A. van Kleef. "Towards Sustainable Human-Agent Teams: A Framework for Understanding Human-Agent Team Dynamics". Paper presented in AAMAS'2024 - The 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2024.
    Accepted
  4. Patricia Piedade; Isabel Neto; Ana Cristina Pires; Rui Prada; Hugo Nicolau. "PartiPlay: A Participatory Game Design Kit for Neurodiverse Classrooms". 2023.
    10.1145/3597638.3614496
  5. Pedro M. Fernandes; Manuel Lopes; Prada, Rui. "Persona Agents from Playtraces and Emotion". Paper presented in AIIDE’23 - the 19th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, 2023.
  6. Rato, Diogo; Couto, Marta; Prada, Rui. "Attributing Social Motivations to Changes in Agents’ Behavior and Appearance". Paper presented in HAI’2022 – the 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, 2022.
    10.1145/3527188.3561925
  7. Rodrigues, Pedro; Mitic, Marija; Krammer, Ina; Dias, João; Prada, Rui; Schrank, Beate. "The HUB: Designing an Interactive Social Space for Pre-Adolescents’ Well-being". Paper presented in IDC’22 – the 21st International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 2022.
    10.1145/3501712.3535282
  8. Diogo Rato; Rui Prada. "A Taxonomy of Social Roles for Agents in Games". Paper presented in ICEC’2021 – the 20th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-89394-1_6
  9. Rato, Diogo; Couto, Marta; Prada, Rui. "Fitting the Room: Social Motivations for Context-Aware Agents". Paper presented in HAI’2021 – the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, 2021.
    10.1145/3472307.3484185
  10. Antunes, Ana; Campos, Joana; Dias, João; Santos, Pedro A.; Prada, Rui. "EEG Model: Emotional Episode Generation for Social Sharing of Emotions". Paper presented in IVA’2021 – the 21st International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2021.
    10.1145/3472306.3478342
  11. Veloso, Carolina; Prada, Rui. "Validating the plot of Interactive Narrative games". Paper presented in CoG 2021- International Conference on Games, 2021.
    10.1109/cog52621.2021.9618897
  12. Lopes, Sara L.; Bernardo Rocha, Jose; Ferreira, Aristides I.; Prada, Rui. "Social robots as leaders: leadership styles in human-robot teams". Paper presented in RO-MAN 2021 - the 30th International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2021.
    10.1109/ro-man50785.2021.9515464
  13. Hashemian, Mojgan; Couto, Marta; Mascarenhas, Samuel; Paiva, Ana; Santos, Pedro A.; Prada, Rui. "Persuasive Social Robot Using Reward Power over Repeated Instances of Persuasion". Paper presented in PERSUASIVE 2021 – the 16th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-79460-6_6
  14. Rocha, Jose Bernardo; Costa, Luis Felipe Coimbra; Prada, Rui; Silva, Antonio Rito; Goncalves, Daniel; Correia, Pedro. "Quizzes (As a Tool for Self-Regulated Learning) in Software Engineering Education". Paper presented in CSEE&T'2020 - 32nd Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, Munique, 2020.
    10.1109/cseet49119.2020.9206235
  15. Guimarães, Manuel; Prada, Rui; Santos, Pedro A.; Dias, João; Jhala, Arnav; Mascarenhas, Samuel. "The Impact of Virtual Reality in the Social Presence of a Virtual Agent". Paper presented in 20th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2020.
    Published • 10.1145/3383652.3423879
  16. Prasetya, I. S. W. B.; Dastani, Mehdi; Prada, Rui; Vos, Tanja E. J.; Dignum, Frank; Kifetew, Fitsum. "Aplib: Tactical Agents for Testing Computer Games". Paper presented in EMAS'2020 - International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems Companion of AAMAS'2020 - International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-66534-0_2
  17. Hashemian, Mojgan; Mascarenhas, Samuel; Couto, Marta; Paiva, Ana; Santos, Pedro A.; Prada, Rui. "The Application of Social Power in Persuasive Social Robots". Paper presented in HRI Pioneers 2020 Workshop Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Cambridge, 2020.
    Published • 10.1145/3371382.3377447
  18. Hashemian, Mojgan; Couto, Marta; Mascarenhas, Samuel; Paiva, Ana; Santos, Pedro A.; Prada, Rui. "Persuasive Social Robots using Reward/Coercion Strategies". Paper presented in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction - Late-Breaking Reports, 2020.
    10.1145/3371382.3378373
  19. Tanja E. J. Vos; I. S. W. B. Prasetya; Gordon Fraser; Iván Martínez-Ortiz; Iván J. Pérez-Colado; Prada, Rui; José Rocha; António Rito Silva. "IMPRESS: Improving Engagement in Software Engineering Courses Through Gamification". Paper presented in PROFES'2019 - 20th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, 2019.
  20. Hashemian, Mojgan; Paiva, Ana; Mascarenhas, Samuel; Santos, Pedro A.; Prada, Rui. "The Power to Persuade: a study of Social Power in Human-Robot Interaction". Paper presented in RO-MAN'2019 - The 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2019.
    10.1109/ro-man46459.2019.8956298
  21. Hashemian, Mojgan; Prada, Rui; Santos, Pedro A.; Dias, Joao; Mascarenhas, Samuel. "Inferring Emotions from Touching Patterns". Paper presented in ACII'2019 - 8th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, Cambridge, 2019.
    10.1109/acii.2019.8925505
  22. Rodrigues, Ricardo; Ferreira, Paula; Prada, Rui; Paulino, Paula; Simao, Ana Margarida Veiga. "Festarola: a Game for Improving Problem Solving Strategies". Paper presented in 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games), Viena, 2019.
    10.1109/vs-games.2019.8864524
  23. Salta, A.; Prada, R.; Melo, F.. "Solving motion and action planning for a cooperative agent problem using geometry friends". Paper presented in EPIA 2019 - 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vila Real, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-30241-2_8
  24. Alves, Tomas; Martinho, Carlos; Prada, Rui. "Towards Incorporating Personality in Serious Games for Health". Paper presented in VS-GAMES'2019 - 11th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications, 2019.
    10.1109/vs-games.2019.8864521
  25. Correia, Filipa; Mascarenhas, Samuel F.; Gomes, Samuel; Arriaga, Patricia; Leite, Iolanda; Prada, Rui; Melo, Francisco S.; Paiva, Ana. "Exploring Prosociality in Human-Robot Teams". Paper presented in 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2019.
    10.1109/hri.2019.8673299
  26. Rato, D.; Mascarenhas, S.; Prada, R.. "Societies in games: How do players perceive groups of game characters?". 2019.
    10.1145/3341215.3356303
  27. Westera, W.; Fernandez-Manjon, B.; Prada, R.; Star, K.; Molinari, A.; Heutelbeck, D.; Hollins, P.; et al. "The RAGE software portal: Toward a serious game technologies marketplace". Paper presented in GALA'2008 - International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-030-11548-7_26
  28. Edwards, B.I.; Muniru, I.O.; Khougali, N.; Cheok, A.D.; Prada, R.. "A physically embodied robot teacher (PERT) as a facilitator for peer learning". Paper presented in Frontiers in Education Conference, San Jose, CA, 2018.
    Published • 10.1109/FIE.2018.8658445
  29. Mascarenhas, S.; Guimaraes, M.; Prada, R.; Dias, J.; Santos, P.A.; Star, K.; Hirsh, B.; Spice, E.; Kommeren, R.. "A Virtual Agent Toolkit for Serious Games Developers". 2018.
    10.1109/CIG.2018.8490399
  30. Correia, F.; Mascarenhas, S.; Prada, R.; Melo, F.S.; Paiva, A.. "Group-based Emotions in Teams of Humans and Robots". 2018.
    10.1145/3171221.3171252
  31. Chandra, S.; Paradeda, R.; Yin, H.; Dillenbourg, P.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Do Children Perceive Whether a Robotic Peer is Learning or Not?". 2018.
    10.1145/3171221.3171274
  32. Hashemian, M.; Santos, P.A.; Prada, R.; Mascarenhas, S.. "Enhancing Social Believability of Virtual Agents using Social Power Dynamics". 2018.
    10.1145/3267851.3267902
  33. Chandra, S.; Paradeda, R.; Yin, H.; Dillenbourg, P.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Affect of robot's competencies on children's perception". 2017.
  34. Rato, D.; Ravenet, B.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Strategically misleading the user: Building a deceptive virtual suspect". 2017.
  35. Paradeda, R.; Hashemian, M.; Guerra, C.; Prada, R.; Dias, J.; Paiva, A.. "FIDES: How emotions and small talks may influence trust in an embodied vs. Non-embodied robot". 2017.
  36. Carreira, P.; Mendes, G.; Barroca, B.; Amaral, V.; Honkapuro, S.; Prada, R.. "Energy behaviour engagement in smart urban environments". 2017.
    10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.580
  37. Georgiev, A.; Grigorov, A.; Bontchev, B.; Boytchev, P.; Stefanov, K.; Bahreini, K.; Nyamsuren, E.; et al. "The RAGE software asset model and metadata model". Paper presented in JCSG’2016 - Joint International Conference on Serious Games, 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-45841-0_18
  38. Mascarenhas, S.; Degens, N.; Paiva, A.; Prada, R.; Hofstede, G.; Beulens, A.; Aylett, R.. "Modeling culture in intelligent virtual agents - From theory to implementation". 2016.
  39. Pereira, G.; Prada, R.; Santos, P.A.. "Towards social power intelligent agents". 2015.
  40. Pereira, G.; Prada, R.; Santos, P.A.. "Exploring social power intelligent behavior". 2015.
  41. Quiterio, J.; Prada, R.; Melo, F.S.. "A reinforcement learning approach for the circle agent of geometry friends". 2015.
    10.1109/CIG.2015.7317938
  42. Prada, R.; Lopes, P.; Catarino, J.; Quiterio, J.; Melo, F.S.. "The geometry friends game AI competition". 2015.
    10.1109/CIG.2015.7317949
  43. Komatsu, T.; Prada, R.; Kobayashi, K.; Yamada, S.; Funakoshi, K.; Nakano, M.. "Is interpretation of artificial subtle expressions language-independent? Comparison among Japanese, German, Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese". 2015.
    10.1145/2702613.2732710
  44. Pereira, G.; Prada, R.; Santos, P.A.. "Social theatre: Showcasing social power aware agents (demonstration)". 2015.
  45. Pereira, G.; Ninaus, M.; Prada, R.; Wood, G.; Neuper, C.; Paiva, A.. "Free your brain a working memory training game". Paper presented in GALA 2014 - 3rd International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-319-22960-7_13
  46. Hofstede, Gert Jan; Dignum, Frank; Prada, Rui; Student, Jillian; Vanhée, Loïs. "Gender Differences: The Role of Nature, Nurture, Social Identity and Self-organization". Paper presented in MABS'2014 - International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation, 2014.
    10.1007/978-3-319-14627-0_6
  47. Dignum, F.; Dignum, V.; Prada, R.; Jonker, C.. "Social deliberation for organizations". 2014.
    10.1145/2655985.2655987
  48. Pereira, G.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Disaster prevention social awareness: The stop disasters! case study". 2014.
    10.1109/VS-Games.2014.7012155
  49. Pereira, A.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Improving social presence in human-agent interaction". 2014.
    10.1145/2556288.2557180
  50. Baptista, M.; Fang, A.; Prendinger, H.; Prada, R.; Yamaguchi, Y.. "Accurate household occupant behavior modeling based on data mining techniques". 2014.
  51. Baptista, M.; Prendinger, H.; Prada, R.; Yamaguchi, Y.. "A cooperative multi-agent system to accurately estimate residential energy demand". 2014.
  52. Dignum, F.; Hofstede, G.J.; Prada, R.. "From autistic to social agents". 2014.
  53. Dos Anjos, R.K.; Di Tullio, E.; Prada, R.. "Mappets: An interactive plugin for transmedia machinima on Unity3D". Paper presented in ICEC 2013 - 12th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, São Paulo, 2013.
    10.1007/978-3-642-41106-9_8
  54. Mascarenhas, S.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.; Hofstede, G.J.. "Social importance dynamics: A model for culturally-adaptive agents". Paper presented in IVA'2013 - 13th International Conference on the Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2013.
    10.1007/978-3-642-40415-3_29
  55. Pereira, G.; Prada, R.; Santos, P.A.. "Conceptualizing social power for agents". Paper presented in IVA'2013 - 13th International Conference on the Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2013.
    10.1007/978-3-642-40415-3_28
  56. Dimas, J.; Prada, R.. "Dynamic identity model for agents". Paper presented in International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation, 2013.
    10.1007/978-3-642-54783-6_3
  57. Kutay, C.; Mascarenhas, S.; Paiva, A.; Prada, R.. "Intercultural-role plays for e-learning using emotive agents". Paper presented in ICAART 2013 - International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Barcelona, 2013.
  58. Pereira, G.; Prada, R.; Santos, P.A.. "Bases of social power for agents". 2013.
  59. Martins, A.C.R.; Freitas, F.G.; Goncalves, P.R.; Prada, R.; Desterro, J.M.P.; Costa, L.; Crisostomo, M.I.. "Developing a prototype of an Oncobiology serious game for medical education". 2013.
    10.1109/SeGAH.2013.6665301
  60. Baptista, M.; Damas, H.; Dimas, J.; Raimundo, G.; Prada, R.; Martinho, C.; Santos, P.A.; Peña, J.. "A serious game based on a public goods experiment". 2013.
    10.1109/SocialCom.2013.116
  61. Mascarenhas, S.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.; Degens, N.; Hofstede, G.J.. ""Can I ask you a favour?" - A relational model of socio-cultural behaviour". 2013.
  62. Dimas, J.; Prada, R.. "You are who you hang out with: Agents with dynamic identity". 2013.
  63. Pereira, A.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Socially present board game opponents". Paper presented in ACE’2012 - 9th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, 2012.
    10.1007/978-3-642-34292-9-8
  64. Brisson, A.; Pereira, G.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.; Louchart, S.; Suttie, N.; Lim, T.; et al. "Artificial intelligence and personalization opportunities for serious games". Paper presented in Human Computation in Digital Games Workshop held at AIIDE’2012 - Eighth Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference, 2012.
  65. Gama, S.; Barata, G.; Gonçalves, D.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "A model for social regulation of user-agent relationships". Paper presented in IVA'2012 - 12th International Conference on the Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2012.
    10.1007/978-3-642-33197-8-33
  66. Pereira, G.; Brisson, A.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.; Bellotti, F.; Kravcik, M.; Klamma, R.. "Serious games for personal and social learning & ethics: Status and trends". 2012.
    10.1016/j.procs.2012.10.058
  67. Barata, A.; Santos, P.A.; Prada, R.. "AI for massive multiplayer online strategy games". Paper presented in 7th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, AIIDE 2011, 2011.
  68. Pereira, G.; Dimas, J.; Prada, R.; Santos, P.A.; Paiva, A.. "A game prototype with emotional contagion". Paper presented in ACII’2011 - 4th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-24571-8_39
  69. Gama, S.; Barata, G.; Gonçalves, D.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "SARA: Social Affective Relational Agent: A study on the role of empathy in artificial social agents". Paper presented in ACII’2011 - 4th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-24600-5_54
  70. Pereira, G.; Dimas, J.; Prada, R.; Santos, P.A.; Paiva, A.. "A generic emotional contagion computational model". Paper presented in ACII’2011 - 4th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-24600-5_29
  71. Pereira, A.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Towards the next generation of board game opponents". 2011.
    10.1145/2159365.2159410
  72. Dimas, J.; Pereira, G.; Santos, P.A.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. ""I'm happy if you are happy." A model for emotional contagion in game characters". 2011.
    10.1145/2071423.2071426
  73. Sequeira, P.; Melo, F.S.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Emerging social awareness: Exploring intrinsic motivation in multiagent learning". 2011.
    10.1109/DEVLRN.2011.6037325
  74. Doce, T.; Dias, J.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Creating individual agents through personality traits". Paper presented in IVA’2010 - 10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2010.
    10.1007/978-3-642-15892-6_27
  75. Leite, I.; Mascarenhas, S.; Pereira, A.; Martinho, C.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. ""Why can't we be friends?" an empathic game companion for long-term interaction". Paper presented in IVA’2010 - 10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2010.
    10.1007/978-3-642-15892-6_32
  76. Figueiredo, R.; Carmo, J.; Prada, R.. ""Do you trust me or not?" - Trust games in agent societies". Paper presented in STAIRS’2010 - 5th European Starting AI Researcher Symposium held at ECAI’2010 - 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2010.
    10.3233/978-1-60750-676-8-101
  77. Prada, R.; Camilo, J.; Nunes, M.A.. "Introducing personality into team dynamics". Paper presented in ECAI’2010 - 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2010.
    10.3233/978-1-60750-606-5-667
  78. Leite, I.; Pereira, A.; Mascarenhas, S.; Castellano, G.; Martinho, C.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Closing the loop: From affect recognition to empathic interaction". 2010.
    10.1145/1877826.1877839
  79. Yongyuth, P.; Prada, R.; Nakasone, A.; Kawtrakul, A.; Prendinger, H.. "AgriVillage: 3D multi-language Internet game for fostering agriculture environmental awareness". 2010.
    10.1145/1936254.1936280
  80. Prada, R.; Dias, D.; Prendinger, H.; Nakasone, A.. "Fostering agriculture environmental awareness". 2010.
    10.1109/VS-GAMES.2010.28
  81. Mascarenhas, S.; Dias, J.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "One for all or one for one? the influence of cultural dimensions in virtual agents' behaviour". Paper presented in IVA’2009 - 9th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2009.
    10.1007/978-3-642-04380-2_30
  82. Afonso, N.; Prada, R.. "Agents that relate: Improving the social believability of Non-Player Characters in Role-Playing Games". Paper presented in ICEC’2008 - 7th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, 2009.
    10.1007/978-3-540-89222-9-5
  83. Mendes, A.C.; Prada, R.; Coheur, L.. "Adapting a virtual agent to users' vocabulary and needs". Paper presented in IVA'2009 - 9th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2009.
    10.1007/978-3-642-04380-2_76
  84. Vala, M.; Raimundo, G.; Sequeira, P.; Cuba, P.; Prada, R.; Martinho, C.; Paiva, A.. "ION framework - A simulation environment for worlds with virtual agents". Paper presented in IVA’2009 - 9th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2009.
    10.1007/978-3-642-04380-2_45
  85. Prada, R.; Ma, S.; Nunes, M.A.. "Personality in social group dynamics". 2009.
    10.1109/CSE.2009.24
  86. Pereira, G.; Santos, P.A.; Prada, R.. "Self-adapting dynamically generated maps for turn-based strategic multiplayer browser games". 2009.
    10.1145/1690388.1690457
  87. Prada, R.; Otero, N.; Paiva, A.. "The user in the group: Evaluating the effects of autonomous group dynamics". 2007.
    10.1145/1255047.1255054
  88. De Melo, C.; Pardal, J.P.; Prada, R.; Pinto, H.S.; Raimundo, G.; Paiva, A.. "Mainstream games in the multi-agent classroom". 2006.
    10.1109/IAT.2006.86
  89. Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Intelligent virtual agents in collaborative scenarios". Paper presented in IVA’2005 - 5th International Working Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2005.
    10.1007/11550617_27
  90. Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Believable groups of synthetic characters". Paper presented in AAMAS’2005 - 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2005.
  91. Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "A believable group in the synthetic mind". Paper presented in AISB'05 the Joint Symposium on Virtual Social Agents: Social Presence Cues for Virtual Humanoids Empathic Interaction with Synthetic Characters Mind Minding Agents, Hatfield, 2005.
  92. Vala, M.; Paiva, A.; Prada, R.. "Tangible influence: Towards a new interaction paradigm for computer games". Paper presented in ICEC’2004 - 3rd International Conference on Entertainment Computing, 2004.
  93. Vala, M.; Paiva, A.; Prada, R.. "From motion control to emotion influence: Controlling autonomous synthetic characters in a computer game". Paper presented in AAMAS 2004 - Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2004.
  94. Paiva, A.; Prada, R.; Chaves, R.; Vala, M.; Bullock, A.; Andersson, G.; Höök, K.. "Towards tangibility in gameplay: Building a tangible affective interface for a computer game". Paper presented in ICMI'03: Fifth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, 2003.
  95. Paiva, A.; Prada, R.; Chaves, R.; Vala, M.; Bullock, A.; Andersson, G.; Höök, K.. "Demo: Playing FantasyA with SenToy". Paper presented in ICMI'03: Fifth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, 2003.
  96. Prada, R.; Vala, M.; Paiva, A.; Hook, K.; Bullock, A.. "FantasyA - The duel of emotions". Paper presented in IVA’2003 - 4th International Working Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2003.
  97. Höök, K.; Bullock, A.; Paiva, A.; Vala, M.; Chaves, R.; Prada, R.. "FantasyA and SenToy". 2003.
    10.1145/765891.766002
  98. Prada, R.; Paiva, A.; Machado, I.; Gouveia, C.. "You cannot use my broom! I’m the witch, you’re the prince”: Collaboration in a virtual dramatic game". Paper presented in ITS’2002 - 6th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 2002.
  99. Machado, I.; Paiva, A.; Prada, R.. "Is the wolf angry or... Just hungry?: Inspecting, modifying and sharing characters' minds". Paper presented in AGENTS’2001 - 5th International Conference on Autonomous Agents, 2001.
  100. Paiva, A.; Machado, I.; Prada, R.. "Heroes, villains, magicians, ...: Dramatis personae in a virtual story creation environment". Paper presented in IUI’2001 - 5th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2001.
  101. Machado, I.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Bringing drama into a virtual stage". Paper presented in CVE'2000 - Third International Conference on Collaborative Virtual Environments, 2000.
  102. Prada, R.; Machado, I.; Paiva, A.. "TEATRIX: Virtual environment for story creation". Paper presented in ITS’2000 - 5th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 2000.
  103. Hoppe, U.; Lingnau, A.; Machado, I.; Paiva, A.; Prada, R.; Tewissen, F.. "Supporting collaborative activities in computer integrated classrooms - The NIMIS approach". 2000.
    10.1109/CRIWG.2000.885160
Conference poster
  1. Prada, Rui; Prasetya, I. S. W. B.; Kifetew, Fitsum; Dignum, Frank; Vos, Tanja E. J.; Lander, Jason; Donnart, Jean-yves; et al. "Agent-based Testing of Extended Reality Systems". Paper presented in ICST2020 - 13th International Conference on Software Testing, Validation and Verification - Posters Track, 2020.
    10.1109/icst46399.2020.00051
Edited book
  1. Ana Amélia Carvalho; António Coelho; Leonel Morgado; Rui Prada. Atas do 1.º SEVj - Seminário Sobre Ensino de Videojogos. Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências dos Videojogos. 2020.
  2. Romão, T.; Correia, N.; Inami, M.; Kato, H.; Prada, R.; Terada, T.. Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology” Proceedings of ACE’2011 - 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-319-76270-8
  3. Geffner, H.; Prada, R.; Alexandre, I.M.; David, N.. Advances in Artificial Intelligence - Proceedings of IBERAMIA 2008: 11th Ibero-American Conference on AI. Lisbon, Portugal: Springer Proceedings Series. 2008.
  4. Paiva, A.; Picard, R.; Aylett, R.; Kolias, S.; Ortony, A.; Tao, J.; Prada, R.. Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction” - Proceedings of ACII’2007 - 2nd International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction. Lisbon, Portugal: Springer Proceedings Series. 2007.
Journal article
  1. Rocha, José Bernardo; Prada, Rui. "Procedural Content Generation for Cooperative Games - A Systematic Review". IEEE Transactions on Games (2025): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1109/tg.2025.3530419.
    10.1109/tg.2025.3530419
  2. Costa, Luis Felipe C.; Gomes, Samuel; Santos, Ana Moura; Xexéo, Geraldo; Lima, Yuri; Prada, Rui; Martinho, Carlos; Dias, João. "Heroine's Learning Journey: Motivating Women in STEM Online Courses Through the Power of a Narrative". IEEE Access 12 (2024): 20103-20124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/access.2024.3360376.
    Open access • 10.1109/access.2024.3360376
  3. Sara L. Lopes; Aristides I. Ferreira; Prada, Rui; Ralf Schwarzer. "Social robots as health promoting agents: An application of the health action process approach to human-robot interaction at the workplace". International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 180 (2023): 103124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103124.
    10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103124
  4. Lopes, Sara L.; Ferreira, Aristides I.; Prada, Rui. "The Use of Robots in the Workplace: Conclusions from a Health Promoting Intervention Using Social Robots". International Journal of Social Robotics 15 6 (2023): 893-905. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-023-01000-5.
    10.1007/s12369-023-01000-5
  5. Lobo, Inês; Dimas, Joana; Mascarenhas, Samuel; Rato, Diogo; Prada, Rui. "When "I" Becomes "We": Modelling Dynamic Identity on Autonomous Agents". Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 26 3 (2023): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.18564/jasss.5146.
    Open access • 10.18564/jasss.5146
  6. Rato, Diogo; Correia, Filipa; Pereira, André; Prada, Rui. "Robots in Games". International Journal of Social Robotics 15 1 (2022): 37-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-022-00944-4.
    10.1007/s12369-022-00944-4
  7. Guimarães, Manuel; Prada, Rui; Santos, Pedro A.; Dias, João; Soeiro, Cristina; Guerra, Raquel; Steiner-Stanitznig, Christina; Molinari, Andrea. "ISPO: A Serious Game to train the Interview Skills of Police Officers". International Journal of Serious Games 9 4 (2022): 43-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.17083/ijsg.v9i4.514.
    10.17083/ijsg.v9i4.514
  8. Ferreira, Paula C.; Simão, Ana Margarida Veiga; Paiva, Ana; Martinho, Carlos; Prada, Rui; Rocha, José. "Serious Game-based Psychosocial Intervention to Foster Prosociality in Cyberbullying Bystanders". Psychosocial Intervention 31 2 (2022): 83-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.5093/pi2022a5.
    10.5093/pi2022a5
  9. Mascarenhas, Samuel; Guimarães, Manuel; Prada, Rui; Santos, Pedro A.; Dias, João; Paiva, Ana. "FAtiMA Toolkit: Toward an Accessible Tool for the Development of Socio-emotional Agents". ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems 12 1 (2022): 1-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3510822.
    10.1145/3510822
  10. Paula Da Costa Ferreira; Aristides I. Ferreira; Ana Margarida Vieira Da Veiga Simão; Rui Prada; Ana Paula Paulino; Ricardo Rodrigues. "Self-Regulated Learning and Working Memory Determine Problem-Solving Accuracy in Math". The Spanish Journal of Psychology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2022.19.
    10.1017/SJP.2022.19
  11. Ana Salta; Rui Prada; Francisco S. Melo. "A Game AI Competition to Foster Collaborative AI Research and Development". IEEE Transactions on Games 13 4 (2021): 398-409. https://doi.org/10.1109/TG.2020.3024160.
    10.1109/TG.2020.3024160
  12. Diogo Rato; Rui Prada. "Towards Social Identity in Socio-Cognitive Agents". Sustainability (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/20/11390.
    10.3390/su132011390
  13. Ferreira, Paula C.; Veiga Simão, Ana Margarida; Paiva, Ana; Martinho, Carlos; Prada, Rui; Ferreira, Aristides; Santos, Francisco. "Exploring empathy in cyberbullying with serious games". Computers & Education 166 (2021): 104-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104155.
    Published • 10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104155
  14. Bernd Hollerit; Helmut Prendinger; Raghvendra Jain; Daniela Fontes; Henrique Campos; Hugo Damas; Anjie Fang; Rui Prada; Marc Cavazza. "Implementation and Analytics of the Distributed Eco-Driving Simulation iCO2". IEEE Access 9 (2021): 36252-36265. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3062325.
    10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3062325
  15. Rodrigues, Ricardo; Ferreira, Paula da Costa; Prada, Rui; Paulino, Paula; Simao, Ana Margarida Veiga. "Developing Children's Regulation of Learning in Problem-Solving With a Serious Game". IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 40 5 (2020): 26-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mcg.2020.3011616.
    Published • 10.1109/mcg.2020.3011616
  16. Abu Talib, Ruhiyati Idayu; Nikolic, Predrag K.; Sunar, Mohd Shahrizal; Prada, Rui. "In-Visible Island: Inclusive Storytelling Platform for Visually Impaired Children". Mobile Networks and Applications (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11036-020-01515-5.
    10.1007/s11036-020-01515-5
  17. Edwards, B.I.; Bielawski, K.S.; Prada, R.; Cheok, A.D.. "Haptic virtual reality and immersive learning for enhanced organic chemistry instruction". Virtual Reality 23 4 (2019): 363-373. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048571750&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10055-018-0345-4
  18. Westera, W.; Prada, R.; Mascarenhas, S.; Santos, P.A.; Dias, J.; Guimarães, M.; Georgiadis, K.; et al. "Artificial intelligence moving serious gaming: Presenting reusable game AI components". Education and Information Technologies (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069895570&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10639-019-09968-2
  19. Emma Jaspaert; Diogo Rato; Prada, Rui; Ana Paiva; Geert Vervaeke. "A virtual platform to train cross-national police teams in team collaboration and police interviewing". European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin 4 SCE (2018): 167-175. https://bulletin.cepol.europa.eu/index.php/bulletin/article/view/322.
  20. Stefanov, Krassen; Georgiev, Atanas; Grigorov, Alexander; Bontchev, Boyan; Boytchev, Pavel; Westera, Wim; Prada, Rui; et al. "The RAGE Game Software Components Repository for Supporting Applied Game Development". International Journal of Serious Games 4 3 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.17083/ijsg.v4i3.171.
    10.17083/ijsg.v4i3.171
  21. Jorge Penã; Jannath Ghaznavi; Nicholas Brody; Prada, Rui; Carlos Martinho; Pedro A. Santos; Hugo Damas; Joana Dimas. "Effects of Human vs. Computer-Controlled Characters and Social Identity Cues on Enjoyment". Journal of Media Psychology (2017): https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1027/1864-1105/a000218?journalCode=zmp.
    10.1027/1864-1105/a000218
  22. Gonçalo Pereira; Rui Prada; Pedro A. Santos. "Integrating social power into the decision-making of cognitive agents". Artificial Intelligence 241 (2016): 1-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2016.08.003.
    10.1016/j.artint.2016.08.003
  23. Prendinger, H.; Alvarez, N.; Sanchez-Ruiz, A.; Cavazza, M.; Catarino, J.; Oliveira, J.; Prada, R.; Fujimoto, S.; Shigematsu, M.. "Intelligent biohazard training based on real-time task recognition". ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems 6 3 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84989807484&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1145/2883617
  24. Mascarenhas, S.; Degens, N.; Paiva, A.; Prada, R.; Hofstede, G.J.; Beulens, A.; Aylett, R.. "Modeling culture in intelligent virtual agents: From theory to implementation". Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 30 5 (2016): 931-962. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945237818&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10458-015-9312-6
  25. Ninaus, Manuel; Pereira, Gonçalo; Stefitz, René; Prada, Rui; Paiva, Ana; Neuper, Christa; Wood, Guilherme. "Game elements improve performance in a working memory training task". International Journal of Serious Games 2 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.17083/ijsg.v2i1.60.
    10.17083/ijsg.v2i1.60
  26. Dignum, F.; Dignum, V.; Prada, R.; Jonker, C.M.. "A conceptual architecture for social deliberation in multi-agent organizations". Multiagent and Grid Systems 11 3 (2015): 147-166. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947578270&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3233/MGS-150234
  27. Prendinger, Helmut; Oliveira, Joao; Catarino, Joao; Madruga, Marconi; Prada, Rui. "iCO2: A Networked Game for Collecting Large-Scale Eco-Driving Behavior Data". IEEE Internet Computing 18 3 (2014): 28-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mic.2014.21.
    10.1109/mic.2014.21
  28. Prada, R.; Prendinger, H.; Yongyuth, P.; Nakasoneb, A.; Kawtrakulc, A.. "AgriVillage: A game to foster awareness of the environmental impact of agriculture". Computers in Entertainment 12 2 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84923073556&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1145/2701657.2633417
  29. Leite, I.; Pereira, A.; Mascarenhas, S.; Martinho, C.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "The influence of empathy in human-robot relations". International Journal of Human Computer Studies 71 3 (2013): 250-260. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870847748&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijhcs.2012.09.005
  30. Mascarenhas, S.; Dias, J.; Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "A dimensional model for cultural behavior in virtual agents". Applied Artificial Intelligence 24 6 (2010): 552-574. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954452373&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/08839514.2010.492163
  31. Prada, R.; Paiva, A.. "Teaming up humans with autonomous synthetic characters". Artificial Intelligence 173 1 (2009): 80-103. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-56249095119&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.artint.2008.08.006
  32. Attasiriluk, S.; Nakasone, A.; Hantanong, W.; Prada, R.; Kanongchaiyos, P.; Prendinger, H.. "Co-presence, collaboration, and control in environmental studies: A Second Life-based approach". Virtual Reality 13 3 (2009): 195-204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-69249221212&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10055-009-0130-5
  33. Prada, R.. "Teaming up humans with autonomous synthetic characters: Thesis Abstract". AI Communications 21 1 (2008): 83-85. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-40549101877&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  34. Paiva, A.; Machado, I.; Prada, R.. "The child behind the character". IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans. 31 5 (2001): 361-368. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035439053&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/3468.952711
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09 - Current User Factors and Perceptions of Human-AI Collaboration
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09 - Current Neurodiverse playful interactions in public spaces
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/09/01 - Current Using Agent-based Participatory Scenarios to Create Socially Aware Agents
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Campus Taguspark, Portugal
2021/09 - Current Social Interactions and Evolution of Large Populations for Games
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/02 - Current Automatic Generation of Game Challenges
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/01 - Current Socio-Emotional Agents for User Experience automated testing
Supervisor of Pedro Miguel da Rocha Fernandes
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/02 - Current Procedural Generation of Collaborative Game Levels
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 - 2023/09 Towards the Next Generation of Socially Intelligent Agents
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/09 - 2023/06/30 Procedurally Generated Societies
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/09 - 2022/05/05 Towards a socio-cognitive perspective of presenteeism, leadership and the rise of robotic Interventions in the workplace.
Co-supervisor
 Gestão (PhD)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/01 - 2021/06/09 Persuasive Social Agents using Social Power Dynamics
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2009 - 2016/09/05 When "I" Becomes "WE": Creating Agents With Dynamic Identity
Supervisor of Joana Dimas Couto Silva
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2010 - 2015/12 Bases of Social Power for Socially Intelligent Agents
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2010 - 2015/02 Creating Culturally-Adaptive Agents
Co-supervisor of Samuel Francisco Mascarenhas
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2009 - 2014/04 Socially Present Agents for Tabletop Games
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/05 - Current AAMAS’2024 – 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Humans and AI / Human-Agent Interaction co-chair. (2024/05)
2013 - Current Geometry Friends Cooperative Game Artificial Intelligence Competition (2013)
Call (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2019/09/13 - 2019/09/13 1º SEVj – Seminário sobre Ensino de Videojogos (2019/09/13 - 2019/09/13)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/08/01 - 2016/08/06 DiGRA/FGD’2016 - 1st Joint Interest Conference of DiGRA and FDG Technology Track Chair (2016/08/01 - 2016/08/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2015/05/04 - 2015/05/08 AAMAS’2015 - 14th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems Virtual Agents Track Chair (2015/05/04 - 2015/05/08)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2014/01/20 - 2014/01/24 "Modelling Social Reality: Emergence of the Glass Ceiling" at Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Scientific Organiser (2014/01/20 - 2014/01/24)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2011/11/08 - 2011/11/11 ACE’2011 - 8th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference Local Organisation and Program Chair (2011/11/08 - 2011/11/11)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2011/10/10 - 2011/10/13 EPIA’2011 - 15th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence Local Organisation Chair (2011/10/10 - 2011/10/13)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2010/09/15 - 2010/09/17 Videojogos’2010 - Terceira Conferência de Ciências dos Videojogos Program Chair (2010/09/15 - 2010/09/17)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2008/11/06 - 2008/11/07 Zon Digital Games 2008 - Congresso da Comunidade Portuguesa de Jogos Digitais Conference Chair (2008/11/06 - 2008/11/07)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2008/10/14 - 2008/10/17 IBERAMIA’2008 - The 11th Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence Local Organisation and Workshop Chair (2008/10/14 - 2008/10/17)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2008/05/12 - 2008/05/16 AAMAS’2008 - The 7th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems Local Organisation and Local Infrastructure Chair (2008/05/12 - 2008/05/16)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2007/09/12 - 2007/09/14 ACII’2007 - Second International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Local Organisation and Submissions Chair (2007/09/12 - 2007/09/14)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/02/22 Musiquence - Design, Implementation and Validation of a Customizable Music and Reminiscence Cognitive Stimulation Platform for People with Dementia
(Thesis) Arguer
 Luís Duarte Andrade Ferreira (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/01/25 Simulating Group Interactions through Machine Learning and Human Perception
Thesis Member
 Fangkai Yang (PhD)
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Sweden
2020/02 Studying Believability in Videogame Creature Design
(Thesis) Arguer
 Nuno Vicente Borges Correia Malaquias Barreto (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/04 Travel Fidelity in Virtual Environments
Thesis Member
 Daniel Pires de Sá Medeiros (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/07 Manipulation of 3D Objects in Immersive Virtual Environments
Thesis Member
 Daniel Filipe Martins Tavares Mendes (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018/02 The Authorial Game Evolution Tool for Player Experience Design
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rui Alexandre Neves Craveirinha (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/10 Studying the Effects of an Assisted Approach for Playlist Creation
Thesis Member
 Ricardo José São Pedro Dias (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/06 Emotional State Regulation in Interactive Environments: A Psychophysiological Adaptive Approach for Affect Inductive Experiences
(Thesis) Arguer
 Pedro Gonçalo Ferreira Alves Nogueira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/05 Enhancing Automatic Level Generation for Platform Videogames
(Thesis) Arguer
 Fausto José da Silva Valentim Mourato (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/12 Enhancing the Remote Spectators’ Experience during Broadcasted Live Sports Events
(Thesis) Arguer
 Pedro Miguel da Fonseca Centieiro (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/11 Human and Intelligent Virtual Agent Teamwork in a Collaborative Virtual Environment
(Thesis) Arguer
 Nader Hanna (PhD)
Macquarie University Department of Computing, Australia
2015/09 Using Natural User Interfaces to Support Learning Environments
(Thesis) Arguer
 Juan Fernando Martín San José (PhD)
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
2013/07 Expanding the Magic Circle in Pervasive Casual Play
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sofia Ester Pereira Reis (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2010/10 Biostories - Geração de Conteúdos Multimédia Dinâmicos Mediante Informação Biométrica da Audiência
(Thesis) Arguer
 Vasco Hugo Vinhas Gonçalves Moreira (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2010/07 Optimization and Modeling of Content Delivery Algorithms for Dense Mobile Social Networks
(Thesis) Arguer
 Fawad Nazir (PhD)
The University of New South Wales, Australia
2010 Recuperação de Informação Multimédia em Memórias Pessoais
Thesis Member
 Rui Manuel Feliciano de Jesus (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2009/04 - Current SPCV - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências dos Videojogos Sócio Fundador
2012/04 - 2017/04 SPCV - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências dos Videojogos Presidente
2009/03 - 2012/04 SPCV - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências dos Videojogos Vice- Presidente

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2020/01/01 - Current Comissão de Gestão do Campus do Taguspark do Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade de Lisboa
Member
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Campus Taguspark, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023 - Current Health & Digital Executive Agency - Euporean Comission
Evaluator
 European Commission
2023 - Current Avaliação de candidaturas da chamada "Support for Development of European Video Games" promovida por EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) - CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA
Evaluator
 European Commission
2022 - Current Avaliação de candidaturas da chamada "Support for Development of European Video Games" promovida por EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) - CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA
Evaluator
 European Commission
2020/03 - 2020/05 Avaliação de candidaturas da chamada "Support for Development of European Video Games" promovida por EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) - CREATIVE EUROPE – MEDIA
Evaluator
 European Commission
2019/10 - 2019/10 Avaliação de propostas de financiamento do programa Gaming Fieldlab
Evaluator
 Dutch Games Association
2019/05 - 2019/06 Evaluation of Grant Applications on Artificial Intelligence for the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation
Evaluator
 Marianne och Marcus Wallenbergs Stiftelse
2018/03 - 2018/05 Avaliação de candidaturas da chamada "Support for Development of European Video Games" promovida por EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) - CREATIVE EUROPE – MEDIA
Evaluator
 European Commission
2018/03 - 2018/04 Evaluation of Grant Applications on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for the Israel Science Foundation
Evaluator
 Israel Science Foundation
2017/07 - 2017/08 Evaluation of Grant Applications on Artificial Intelligence for the Icelandic Research Fund
Evaluator
 Icelandic Research Fund
Distinctions

Other distinction

2021 Melhor Artigo (Gold Paper) do congresso HAI'2021
2014 Nomeação para melhor artigo do congresso AAMAS-2014 - 3º Lugar na track Blue Sky Ideas
2012 Melhor Artigo (Gold Paper) do congresso ACE'2012
2005 Nomeação para melhor artigo do congresso AAMAS-2005 da ACM