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Luis Agnelo de Almeida is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering of the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT). He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (specialization in computers and electronics) and an Electrical Engineering degree (specialization in computers) from the University of Coimbra (UC). He is a researcher at the Smart Cities Research Center (Ci2 - IPT) and the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR - UC). His main scientific interests are Computer Vision, Robotics, Telepresence, Teleoperation, Immersive Interfaces, 3D Reconstruction, Augmented Reality, and Computer Graphics.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Luis Agnelo de Almeida

Citation names

  • Almeida, Luis
  • Almeida, Luis A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8216-B8A2-E5FD
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4711-4454
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K5_loIMAAAAJ
Researcher Id
N-3220-2013
Scopus Author Id
56231092000

Email addresses

  • laa@ipt.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

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

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/06 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
2008 - 2018/06 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
1997/03 - 2008 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
1996/10 - 1997/03 Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/07 - Current Coordenador do Curso de TeSP - Tecnologia e Programação em Sistemas de Informação Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2017/02/01 - 2020/01/31 HTPDIR - - Human Tracking and Perception in Dynamic Immersive Rooms
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017644
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
COMPETE2020
Concluded
2017/09/27 - 2019/09/28 VITASENIOR-MT - Senior healthcare assistance in Medio Tejo (Assistência aos cuidados de saúde de idosos no Médio Tejo)
CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-023659
Researcher
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal
FCT - CENTRO2020 - FEDER
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Almeida, L.; Menezes, P.; Dias, J.. Augmented reality framework for the socialization between elderly people. 2013.
    10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch023
  2. Almeida, L.; Menezes, P.; Dias, J.. Vergence using GPU cepstral filtering. 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-19170-1_35
Conference paper
  1. Almeida, L.; Lopes, E.; Yalcinkaya, B.; Martins, R.; Lopes, A.; Menezes, P.; Pires, G.. "Towards natural interaction in immersive reality with a cyber-glove". Bari, 2019.
    Published • 10.1109/smc.2019.8914239
  2. Gabriel Pires; Pedro Correia; Dario Jorge; Diogo Mendes; Nelson Gomes; Pedro Dias; Pedro Ferreira; et al. "VITASENIOR-MT: a telehealth solution for the elderly focused on the interaction with TV". 2018.
    10.1109/healthcom.2018.8531126
  3. Almeida, Luis; Menezes, Paulo; Dias, Jorge; Almeida, L.; Menezes, P.; Dias, J.. "Improving robot teleoperation experience via immersive interfaces". 2017.
    10.1109/expat.2017.7984414
  4. Almeida, Luis. "3D Modelling Framework: An Incremental Approach". 2016.
    10.2312/egp.20161047
  5. Almeida, Luis; Patrao, Bruno; Menezes, Paulo; Dias, Jorge; Almeida, L.; Patrao, B.; Menezes, P.; Dias, J.. "Be the robot: Human embodiment in tele-operation driving tasks". 2014.
    10.1109/roman.2014.6926298
  6. Quintas, Joao; Almeida, Luis; Brito, Miguel; Quintela, Gustavo; Menezes, Paulo; Dias, Jorge; Quintas, J.; et al. "Context-based understanding of interaction intentions". 2012.
    10.1109/roman.2012.6343803
  7. Almeida, L.; Menezes, P.; Dias, J.. "ON-LINE 3D BODY MODELLING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY". 2012.
    10.5220/0003866304720479
  8. ALMEIDA, L.; VASCONCELOS, F.; BARRETO, J.P.; MENEZES, P.; DIAS, J.. "On-line incremental 3D human body reconstruction for HMI or AR applications". 2012.
    10.1142/9789814374286_0041
  9. Almeida, L.; Menezes, P.; Dias, J.. "STEREO VISION HEAD VERGENCE USING GPU CEPSTRAL FILTERING". 2011.
    10.5220/0003319406650670
  10. Almeida, L.; Menezes, P.; Seneviratne, L.D.; Dias, J.. "Incremental 3D body reconstruction framework for robotic telepresence applications". 2011.
    10.2316/P.2011.752-068
  11. Lobo, J.; Almeida, L.; Alves, J.; Dias, J.. "Registration and segmentation for 3D map building a solution based on stereo vision and inertial sensors". 2003.
    10.1109/robot.2003.1241586
  12. Lobo, J.; Almeida, L.; Dias, J.. "Segmentation of dense depth maps using inertial data a real-time implementation". 2002.
    10.1109/irds.2002.1041368
Conference poster
  1. Pires, Gabriel; Lopes, Ana; Manso, António Manuel Rodrigues; Jorge, Dário; Mendes, Diogo; Almeida, Luis; Oliveira, Luís Miguel Lopes de; et al. "VITASENIOR-MT: Architecture of a Telehealth Solution". Paper presented in Conferência Gestão & Tecnologi@ - Criação de Valor em Saúde, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Luis Almeida; Paulo Menezes; Jorge Dias. "Telepresence Social Robotics towards Co-Presence: A Review". Applied Sciences 12 11 (2022): 5557-5557. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12115557.
    10.3390/app12115557
  2. Pires, G.; Lopes, A.; Correia, P.; Almeida, L.; Oliveira, L.; Panda, R.; Jorge, D.; et al. "Usability of a telehealth solution based on TV interaction for the elderly: the VITASENIOR-MT case study". Universal Access in the Information Society (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85123122075&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10209-021-00859-3
  3. Luis Almeida; Paulo Menezes; Jorge Dias. "Interface Transparency Issues in Teleoperation". Applied Sciences 10 18 (2020): 6232-6232. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10186232.
    10.3390/app10186232
  4. García, J.C.; Patrão, B.; Almeida, L.; Pérez, J.; Menezes, P.; Dias, J.; Sanz, P.J.. "A Natural Interface for Remote Operation of Underwater Robots". IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 37 1 (2017): 34-43. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027413343&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/MCG.2015.118
  5. Aliakbarpour, H.; Almeida, L.; Menezes, P.; Dias, J.. "Multi-sensor 3D volumetric reconstruction using CUDA". 3D Research 2 4 (2011): 1-14. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84862187709&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/3DRes.04(2011)6
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Towards Telepresence and Robot Teleoperation". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/10316/114505.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020 - 2021/02/08 Designing 3D scenarios and interaction tasks for immersive environments
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática - Internet das Coisas (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal
2017 - 2018/12/18 Desenvolvimento de sistemas de interação audiovisual em recetores de TV para assistência a idosos
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática - Internet das Coisas (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal
2014 - 2015/12/10 Sistema de Controlo de Presença em Salas de Aulas
Co-supervisor
 Produção de Conteúdos Digitais (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal
2014 - 2015/12/04 Sistema de Controlo de Acesso a Laboratórios
Co-supervisor
 Produção de Conteúdos Digitais (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019 - Current IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
2019 - Current IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics
2013 - Current IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
2011 - Current IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
2011 - Current IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
2019 - 2019 Experiment@ International Conference (exp.at)
2013 - 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2017 - 2017 Journal of Behavioral Robotics Paladyn.
2014 - 2017 International Journal of Robotics and Automation ACTA Press / IASTED