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Francisco Maria Calisto holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) at University of Lisbon (ULisboa). He is a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researcher and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) enthusiast. More specifically, he is working on the intersection of HCI and AI in Health Informatics (HI), designing intelligent agents that aid clinicians as a second opinion during breast cancer diagnosis. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering, as well as a Master of Engineering in Information Systems and Computer Engineering at IST. Qualified and experienced at working as a Researcher & Software Engineer, his work is settled in several directions. He is a system design thinker who is passionate about exploring how new interactive ideas, technologies, and business models can address the most pressing problems, particularly in healthcare. Francisco has been working with many Associated Laboratories of IST since 2015. Between 2015 and 2017, Francisco was working at INESC-ID and, since then, he is working at ISR-Lisboa in collaboration with ITI. Both ISR-Lisboa and ITI are associate laboratories of LARSyS, currently being the host laboratories for his Doctoral Program. Researching & Developing (R&D) in areas such as HCI, User-Centered Design (UCD), Information Visualization (InfoVis), and HI, understanding and reducing the user burdens of interactive technologies for health professionals, patients, and people with disabilities through the design of future applications. Also lecturing on those areas during this path. Prior to IST, he was part of various Entrepreneurship projects, from Agriculture to Advertisement, building systems for both business areas. He has designed, developed, and evaluated mobile, sensor, and collaborative applications for helping users (e.g., physicians, patients, and so on). His primary research methods involve UCD, InfoVis, technology development, as well as a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Francisco Maria Calisto

Citation names

  • Calisto, Francisco
  • Calisto, Francisco M.
  • Calisto, Francisco Maria
  • Calisto, F.
  • Calisto, F. M.
  • Calisto, F. Maria
  • Francisco Maria Calisto
  • Francisco Calisto
  • Francisco M. Calisto
  • F. M. Calisto
  • F. Maria Calisto

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
921D-8AB8-D478
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8179-7872
Google Scholar ID
KI0G_SUAAAAJ
Researcher Id
O-7933-2017
Scopus Author Id
57197778926

Email addresses

  • francisco.calisto@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
  • fcalisto@andrew.cmu.edu (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • (+351) 218418199 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, Instituto Superior Técnico, North Tower, Institute for Systems and Robotics, 6th Floor, Room 6.13, 1049-001, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/09/14 - 2024/02/12
Concluded
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Doutoramento)
Major in Human-Computer Interaction
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Human-Centered Design of Personalized Intelligent Agents in Medical Imaging Diagnosis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Cum Laude
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/08/01 - 2023/01/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Carnegie Mellon University - Human-Computer Interaction Institute, United States
2018/11/01 - 2019/08/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2018/10/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2017/12/01 Research Assistant (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2015/10/01 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017 - Current Feedbot
CMU/ECE/0005/2017
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/02/29 Studentships Research Grant
PD/BD/150629/2020
10.54499/PD/BD/150629/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Funding of RD Units Strategic Plan - 2013/2015 - OE
UID/EEA/50009/2013
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Francisco Maria Calisto; Fernandes, João; Morais, Margarida; Santiago, Carlos; Abrantes, João; Nunes, Nuno Jardim; Jacinto Carlos Nascimento. "Assertiveness-based Agent Communication for a Personalized Medicine on Medical Imaging Diagnosis". Paper presented in Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Hamburg, 2023.
    10.1145/3544548.3580682
  2. Diogo, Pedro; Morais, Margarida; Francisco Maria Calisto; Santiago, Carlos; Aleluia, Clara; Jacinto Carlos Nascimento. "Weakly-Supervised Diagnosis and Detection of Breast Cancer Using Deep Multiple Instance Learning". Paper presented in International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Cartagena, 2023.
    Published • 10.1109/isbi53787.2023.10230448
  3. Morais, Margarida; Francisco Maria Calisto; Santiago, Carlos; Aleluia, Clara; Jacinto Carlos Nascimento. "Classification of Breast Cancer in MRI with Multimodal Fusion". Paper presented in International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Cartagena, 2023.
    Published • 10.1109/isbi53787.2023.10230686
  4. Francisco Maria Calisto; Duarte Nuno Jardim Nunes; Jacinto Carlos Nascimento. Corresponding author: Francisco Maria Calisto. "BreastScreening: On the Use of Multi-Modality in Medical Imaging Diagnosis". Paper presented in International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Salerno, 2020.
    Published • 10.1145/3399715.3399744
  5. Francisco Maria Calisto; Alfredo Ferreira; Jacinto Carlos Nascimento; Daniel Gonçalves. Corresponding author: Francisco Maria Calisto. "Towards Touch-Based Medical Image Diagnosis Annotation". Paper presented in International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, Brighton, 2017.
    Published • 10.1145/3132272.3134111
Conference poster
  1. Abrantes, João; Maria João Bento Silva; José Pedro Meneses; Catarina Oliveira; Francisco Maria Calisto; Ross Filice. Corresponding author: Abrantes, João. "External Validation of a Deep Learning Model for Breast Density Classification". Paper presented in European Congress of Radiology, 2023.
    10.26044/ecr2023/C-16014
Journal article
  1. Francisco Maria Calisto; Duarte Nuno Jardim Nunes; Jacinto Carlos Nascimento. Corresponding author: Francisco Maria Calisto. "Modeling Adoption of Intelligent Agents in Medical Imaging". International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 168 102922 (2022): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2022.102922.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2022.102922
  2. Francisco Maria Calisto; Santiago, Carlos; Duarte Nuno Jardim Nunes; Jacinto Carlos Nascimento. Corresponding author: Francisco Maria Calisto. "BreastScreening-AI: Evaluating Medical Intelligent Agents for Human-AI Interactions". Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 127 102285 (2022): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2022.102285.
    Published • 10.1016/j.artmed.2022.102285
  3. Calisto, Francisco Maria; Santiago, Carlos; Nunes, Nuno; Nascimento, Jacinto C.. "Introduction of Human-Centric AI Assistant to Aid Radiologists for Multimodal Breast Image Classification". International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 150 102607 (2021): 1-24. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071581921000252.
    Published • 10.1016/J.IJHCS.2021.102607
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Human-Centered Design of Personalized Intelligent Agents in Medical Imaging Diagnosis". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2024.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Francisco Maria Calisto; Santiago, Carlos; Duarte Nuno Jardim Nunes; Jacinto Carlos Nascimento. 2023. "Interactive Agents with an Assertiveness-based Communication Method and System for a Personalized Medicine on Breast Cancer Diagnosis". Portugal.
    Pending
  2. Francisco Maria Calisto; Jacinto Carlos Nascimento. 2022. "Computational Method and System for Improved Identification of Breast Lesions". Portugal.
    Granted/Issued
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/01/01 - Current Human-Centered Design of a Semantic Annotation Tool for Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/01/08 - 2024/10/31 Towards Ambiguity-aware AI Assistants for Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/10/31 Understanding Clinician Acceptance of AI-Based Follow-up Recommendations in Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia e Ciência de Dados (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/07/14 - 2023/08/07 Our team, representing the BreastScreening-AI project, achieved remarkable success at the European Innovation Academy (EIA) 2023 in Porto, Portugal, which took place from the 14th of July to the 7th of August 2023, spanning almost four weeks. We were honored to be selected as the top first team among the elite top 10 finalists. The EIA 2023 was a highly competitive and prestigious event featuring around 100 innovative startup teams.
Conference
 European Innovation Academy
Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017/09/01 - Current Member of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI). The group is the world’s largest association of professionals who work in the research and practice of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) field of research. Member
2015/10/01 - 2017/11/30 Student Member of the Interaction Design Foundation (IDF). This foundation is a non-profit educational organization which produces open content and Open Access educational materials online with the stated goal of "democratizing education by making world-class educational materials free for anyone, anywhere". Student Member
2015/07/01 - 2016/06/30 Student Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). This association is an international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. It is a not-for-profit professional membership group. Its membership is more than 100,000 as of 2011. Its headquarters are in New York City. Student Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/05/24 - 2025/01/15 As a Committee Member for the ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP 2025), held at Sonesta Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA, from January 12-15, 2025, I played a pivotal role in orchestrating this premier event affiliated with PACM:HCI. My contributions spanned from participating in the planning and execution phases to facilitating the rigorous review process for submissions.
Member
 Association for Computing Machinery, United States
2023/06/05 - 2023/10/12 As a Committee Member for the Posters and Demos track at the UbiComp/ISWC 2023 conference held in Cancn, Mexico, in October 2023. I played a leading role in reviewing, evaluating, and selecting submissions for one of the premier interdisciplinary venues in ubiquitous, pervasive, and wearable computing.
Member
 Association for Computing Machinery, United States
2020/01/01 - 2020/12/31 As an active member of the IEEE in 2020, I engaged with the world's largest technical professional organization to advance technology for humanity. My participation spanned the general IEEE membership, IEEE Young Professionals, and the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, reflecting my dedication to professional development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and staying at the forefront of technological innovation.
Member
 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc, United States

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/01 - 2024/07/31 From February 2024 to July 2024, working as Invited Assistant Professor on the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) unit from Bachelor Degree of Computer Science and Engineering (LEIC). This unit intends to give students knowledge about the basic principles and rules for designing and developing user interfaces. Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/01/31 From September 2023 to January 2024, working as Invited Assistant Professor on the User-Centered Design (UCD) unit from Master Degree of Computer Science and Engineering (MEIC). This unit intends to give students knowledge about the UCD methodology when designing systems. Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2019/07/31 From February 2019 to July 2019, working as Teaching Assistant on the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) unit from Bachelor Degree of Computer Science and Engineering (LEIC). This unit intends to give students knowledge about the basic principles and rules for designing and developing user interfaces. Lecturing in both Alameda and Tagus Park campus of Instituto Superior Técnico. Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2018/02/28 From September 2017 to February 2018, working as Supporting Lecturer on the Usability and Information Systems (USI) unit from Master Degree of Information and Enterprise Systems (MISE). This unit intends to give students knowledge about the basic principles and rules for designing and developing user interfaces. Informação e Sistemas Empresariais (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/02/28 From September 2016 to February 2017, working as Supporting Lecturer on the Usability and Information Systems (USI) unit from Master Degree of Information and Enterprise Systems (MISE). This unit intends to give students knowledge about the basic principles and rules for designing and developing user interfaces. Information and Enterprise Systems (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 European Innovation Academy 2023 Top 10 First Team
Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
2023 Altice International Innovation Award 2023
Altice Labs, Portugal
2023 Entrepreneurship Awards 2023
2023 NetZero Health Systems
2023 Portugal to Take OFF Program
2023 Prémios ULisboa RedeSAÚDE
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023 BfK Ideas 2023
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA, Portugal
2023 PhD Open Days 2023
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023 Santander X 2023 Launch 5.0
Fundación Banco Santander, Spain

Title

2024 Cum Laude
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Other distinction

2020 Doctoral Studentship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 Feedbot Project Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 Research Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal