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Ana Patrícia Rocha received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer and Telematics Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, in 2010 and 2012 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Universities of Minho, Aveiro and Porto, Portugal (joint doctoral program) in 2019. She was a Research Assistant at the Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro, Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro between 2012 and 2014 (Master Fellow) and between 2019 and 2020 (Post-doc Fellow). She was a Contracted Researcher at the same institute in the context of the international research project "APH-ALARM" and is currently a Contracted Researcher in the context of "OLI Health" research project within the ILLIANCE Agenda (https://www.illiance.pt/activities/wp4-passive-comfortable-and-healthy-home-solutions#pps2). Her main research activity is in the areas of Human Centered Computing, Sensor-Based Human Monitoring, and Multimodal Human-Machine Interaction.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Patricia Rocha

Citation names

  • Rocha, Ana P.
  • Rocha, Ana Patrícia
  • Rocha, A. P.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4E1A-4DE0-103C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4094-7982
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x9yKq58AAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
A-7991-2019
Scopus Author Id
56039182200

Email addresses

  • aprocha@ua.pt (Professional)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/07
Concluded
Joint Doctoral Programme in Computer Science of the Universities of Minho, Aveiro and Porto (MAP-i) (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"System for Automated Motion Analysis during Gait Using an RGB-D Camera" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007 - 2012
Concluded
Integrated Master in Computer Engineering and Telematics (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"MonitorMe: Android-based Online Activity Recognition System" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10/01 - 2020/12/31 Smart Green Homes
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678
Post-doc Fellow
European Regional Development Fund
2013/09/01 - 2014/08/31 VitalResponder 2.0: Intelligent management of critical events of stress, fatigue and smoke intoxication in forest firefighting
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2012/09/01 - 2012/12/31 MISC - Massive Information Scavenging with Intelligent Transportation Systems
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia I.P.
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/07/01 - Current OLI Health
C644919832-00000035
Researcher
Ongoing
2021/02/15 - 2023/06/14 APH-ALARM - Comprehensive safety solution for people with Aphasia
AAL/0006/2019
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Nunes, Fábio; Valente, Ana Rita S.; Silva, Samuel; Teixeira, António. Corresponding author: Rocha, Ana Patrícia. "Supporting the Communication of People with Aphasia While Lying in Bed". In Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, 19-42. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-62753-8_2
  2. Almeida, Nuno; Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Rosário, Adalberto; Costa, Pompeu; Amorim, Rafael; Pinto, Rafael; Alves, Tiago; Teixeira, António. "Gym at Home - A Proof-of-Concept". In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 417-431. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-60665-6_31
  3. Mayer, Peter; Werner, Katharina; Al-Radhi, Mohammed; Csapo, Tamas Gabor; Czeba, Bálint; Nemeth, Géza; Rocha, Ana Patrícia; et al. "Concept and Pictogram-Based User-Interface Design of a Helper Tool for People with Aphasia". In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 77-82. IOS Press, 2023.
    Published • 10.3233/shti230016
  4. Santana, Luís; Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Guimarães, Afonso; Oliveira, Ilídio C.; Fernandes, José Maria; Silva, Samuel; Teixeira, António. Corresponding author: Rocha, Ana Patrícia. "Radar-Based Gesture Recognition Towards Supporting Communication in Aphasia: The Bedroom Scenario". In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 500-506. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-94822-1_30
  5. Rocha, Ana P.; Fernandes, José Maria; Choupina, Hugo Miguel Pereira; Vilas-Boas, Maria do Carmo; Cunha, João Paulo Silva. "Subject Identification Based on Gait Using a RGB-D Camera". In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2018), 76-85. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-17065-3_8
  6. Choupina, H.M.P.; Rocha, Ana P.; Fernandes, J.M.; Vollmar, C.; Noachtar, S.; Cunha, J.P.S.. "NeuroKinect 3.0: Multi-bed 3Dvideo-EEG system for epilepsy clinical motion monitoring". In 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). IOS Press, 2018.
    Published • 10.3233/978-1-61499-852-5-46
Conference paper
  1. Aguiar, Gonçalo; Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Silva, Samuel; Teixeira, António. "Exploring Radar Capabilities to Support Gesture-Based Interaction in Smart Environments". Paper presented in International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG), 2024.
    Published • 10.1109/fg59268.2024.10581894
  2. Silva, Samuel; Azevedo, Cátia; Valente, Ana Rita; Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Lousada, Marisa; Albuquerque, Luciana; Teixeira, António. "Aphluentia: Supporting Communication for People with Fluent Aphasia". Paper presented in IEEE Computer Society Signature Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications (COMPSAC), Torino, 2023.
    Published • 10.1109/compsac57700.2023.00227
  3. Fábio Nunes; Ana Rocha; Ana Valente; Samuel Silva; António Teixeira. "Gesture-Based Communication for People with Aphasia While in Bed". Paper presented in International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE), Prague, 2023.
    Published • 10.5220/0011989200003476
  4. Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Diogo Santos; Florentino Sánchez; Gonçalo Aguiar; Henrique Ramos; Miguel Ferreira; Tiago Bastos; Ilídio Oliveira; António Teixeira. "Gesture Recognition for Communication Support in the Context of the Bedroom: Comparison of Two Wearable Solutions". Paper presented in International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE), Prague, 2023.
    Published • 10.5220/0011991700003476
  5. Ana Patrícia Rocha; Afonso Guimarães; Ilídio C. Oliveira; Fábio Nunes; José Maria Fernandes; Miguel Oliveira e Silva; Samuel Silva; António Teixeira. "Toward Supporting Communication for People with Aphasia: The In-Bed Scenario". Paper presented in International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI), Vancouver, 2022.
    Published • 10.1145/3528575.3551431
  6. Guimaraes, Afonso; Rocha, Ana Patricia; Santana, Luis; Oliveira, Ilidio C.; Fernandes, Jose Maria; Silva, Samuel; Teixeira, Antonio. "Enhanced Communication Support for Aphasia Using Gesture Recognition: The Bedroom Scenario". Paper presented in IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), 2021.
    Published • 10.1109/isc253183.2021.9562810
  7. Rocha, Ana P.; Nuno Almeida; Maksym Ketsmur; António Teixeira. "A Smart Home For All Supported By User And Context Adaptation". Paper presented in International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI), 2020.
    Published • 10.1145/3439231.3439259
  8. Carmo Vilas-Boas, Maria do; Patricia Rocha, Ana; Pereira Choupina, Hugo Miguel; Cardoso, Marcio; Fernandes, Jose Maria; Coelho, Teresa; Silva Cunha, Joao Paulo. "TTR-FAP Progression Evaluation Based on Gait Analysis Using a Single RGB-D Camera". Paper presented in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, 2019.
    Published • 10.1109/embc.2019.8857354
  9. Vilas-Boas, Maria Do Carmo; Rocha, Ana Patricia; Choupina, Hugo Miguel Pereira; Fernandes, Jose Maria; Coelho, Teresa; Cunha, Joao Paulo Silva. "The first Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy gait quantification study - preliminary results". Paper presented in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Seogwipo, Jeju Island, 2017.
    Published • 10.1109/embc.2017.8037087
  10. Silva Cunha, Joao Paulo; Rocha, Ana Patricia; Pereira Choupina, Hugo Miguel; Fernandes, Jose Maria; Rosas, Maria Jose; Vaz, Rui; Achilles, Felix; et al. "A novel portable, low-cost kinect-based system for motion analysis in neurological diseases". Paper presented in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Orlando, Florida, 2016.
    Published • 10.1109/embc.2016.7591199
  11. Rocha, Ana Patricia; Choupina, Hugo; Fernandes, Jose Maria; Rosas, Maria Jose; Vaz, Rui; Cunha, Joao Paulo Silva. "Kinect v2 based system for Parkinson's disease assessment". Paper presented in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Milan, 2015.
    Published • 10.1109/embc.2015.7318601
  12. Rocha, Ana P.; Choupina, H.; Fernandes, J.M.; Rosas, M. J.; Vaz, R.; Cunha, J. P. S.. "Estimativa do sub-score UPDRS de marcha em doentes parkinsónicos usando um sistema de quantificação 3D de movimento portátil e de baixo custo". Paper presented in Congresso Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia, 2014.
    Published
  13. Rocha, Ana Patricia; Choupina, Hugo; Fernandes, Jose Maria; Rosas, Maria Jose; Vaz, Rui; Silva Cunha, Joao Paulo. "Parkinson's disease assessment based on gait analysis using an innovative RGB-D camera system". Paper presented in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Chicago, Illinois, 2014.
    Published • 10.1109/embc.2014.6944285
  14. Rocha, Ana Patricia; Pereira, Oscar; Ribeiro, David; Fernandes, Jose Maria; Cunha, Joao Paulo Silva. "MonitorMe: Online video monitoring for first responders using a smartphone". Paper presented in IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), Lisbon, 2013.
    Published • 10.1109/healthcom.2013.6720774
Journal article
  1. Maria do Carmo Vilas-Boas; Ana Patrícia Rocha; Hugo Miguel Pereira Choupina; Márcio Neves Cardoso; José Maria Fernandes; Teresa Coelho; João Paulo Silva Cunha. "Portable RGB-D Camera-Based System for Assessing Gait Impairment Progression in ATTRv Amyloidosis". Applied Sciences (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/app122010203.
    Published • 10.3390/app122010203
  2. Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Ketsmur, Maksym; Almeida, Nuno; Teixeira, António. Corresponding author: Teixeira, António. "An Accessible Smart Home Based on Integrated Multimodal Interaction". Sensors 21 16 (2021): 5464. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21165464.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/s21165464
  3. Vilas-Boas, Maria Do Carmo; Rocha, Ana Patricia; Cardoso, Marcio Neves; Fernandes, Jose Maria; Coelho, Teresa; Cunha, Joao Paulo Silva. "Supporting the Assessment of Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis Patients Based On 3-D Gait Analysis and Machine Learning". IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 29 (2021): 1350-1362. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2021.3096433.
    Published • 10.1109/tnsre.2021.3096433
  4. Vilas-Boas, Maria do Carmo; Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Cardoso, Márcio Neves; Fernandes, José Maria; Coelho, Teresa; Cunha, João Paulo Silva. "Clinical 3-D Gait Assessment of Patients With Polyneuropathy Associated With Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis". Frontiers in Neurology 11 (2020): https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.605282.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fneur.2020.605282
  5. Rocha, Ana P.; Choupina, H. M. P.; Vilas-Boas, M. d. C.; Fernandes, J. M.; Cunha, J. P. S.. "System for Automated Gait Analysis Using an RGB-D Camera". Research@UA 10 (2020): 57.
    Published
  6. Vilas-Boas, Maria do Carmo; Rocha, Ana P.; Choupina, Hugo Miguel Pereira; Cardoso, Márcio Neves; Fernandes, José Maria; Coelho, Teresa; Cunha, João Paulo Silva. "Validation of a Single RGB-D Camera for Gait Assessment of Polyneuropathy Patients". Sensors 19 22 (2019): 4929. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19224929.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/s19224929
  7. Vilas-Boas, Maria do Carmo; Choupina, Hugo Miguel Pereira; Rocha, Ana P.; Fernandes, José Maria; Cunha, João Paulo Silva. "Full-body motion assessment: Concurrent validation of two body tracking depth sensors versus a gold standard system during gait". Journal of Biomechanics 87 (2019): 189-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.03.008.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.03.008
  8. Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Choupina, Hugo Miguel Pereira; Vilas-Boas, Maria do Carmo; Fernandes, José Maria; Cunha, João Paulo Silva. Corresponding author: Rocha, Ana Patrícia. "System for automatic gait analysis based on a single RGB-D camera". PLOS ONE 13 8 (2018): e0201728. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201728.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0201728
  9. Cunha, João Paulo Silva; Choupina, Hugo Miguel Pereira; Rocha, Ana Patrícia; Fernandes, José Maria; Achilles, Felix; Loesch, Anna Mira; Vollmar, Christian; Hartl, Elisabeth; Noachtar, Soheyl. "NeuroKinect: A Novel Low-Cost 3Dvideo-EEG System for Epileptic Seizure Motion Quantification". PLOS ONE 11 1 (2016): e0145669. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145669.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0145669
  10. Rosas, Maria José; Cunha, João Paulo Silva; Rocha, Ana P.; Choupina, Hugo; Fernandes, José Maria; Vaz, Rui. "Movement quantification for evaluation of gait in Parkinson's disease using a RGB-D camera system". Movement Disorders 30 (2015): S470-S471. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.26295.
    Published • 10.1002/mds.26295
  11. Rocha, Ana P.; Choupina, H.; Fernandes, J. M.; Rosas, M. J.; Vaz, R.; Cunha, J. P. S.. "Quantificação de movimento para apoio ao diagnóstico da doença de Parkinson utilizando um sistema de baixo custo baseado em RGB-D". Sinapse (2015):
    Published
  12. Cunha, J. P. S.; Rocha, Ana P.; Choupina, H.; Fernandes, J. M.; Rosas, M. J.; Vaz, R.. "Sistema de quantificação 3D de movimento portátil e de baixo custo para estimativa do sub-score de marcha em doentes parkisónicos". Sinapse (2014):
    Published