Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- DANIEL SIMÕES LOPES
Citation names
- Lopes, Daniel Simões
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 951C-935C-2D29
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0917-9396
Email addresses
- daniel.s.lopes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
Addresses
- Hub Criativo do Beato, Factory Lisbon Rua da Manutenção 71, Building F S05, 1900-500, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- http://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/daniel.s.lopes/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
- Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
French | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2013
Concluded
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Computational Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Smooth convex surfaces for modeling and simulating multibody systems with compliant contact elements" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Pass with merit |
2006
Concluded
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Biomedical Engineering (pre-Bologna) (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Geometric Modeling of Human Structures Based on CT Data - a Software Pipeline" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/01/22 - Current | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
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2018/09/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Preprint |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2022/11/21 | Supershapes in Virtual Reality: Spatial Computing as a Medium to Explore and Model Supershape Objects | First Symposium on SQUARE BAMBOOS AND THE GEOMETREE
Genicap - Johan Gielis
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2023/03/01 - Current | Mixed reality interfaces for breast cancer surgery
Co-supervisor
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PhD in Health Sciences and Technologies at the Lisbon Academic Medical Center (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2023/03/01 - Current | Assisted Vascular Analysis (AVA) 4.0
Co-supervisor
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PhD in Health Sciences and Technologies at the Lisbon Academic Medical Center (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
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2020/12/01 - Current | The impact on well-being of informal caregivers using customization in self-care
Co-supervisor
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Computer Science specialization in Human-Computer-Interaction (PhD)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
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2019/09/01 - Current | DENTIFY - Virtual Reality and Haptics in Teaching Dental Implantology and Operative Dentistry - a multimodal simulation approach
Co-supervisor
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PhD in Biomedical Sciences at Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz (PhD)
Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Portugal
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2019/02/07 - Current | Towards AI-enhanced Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Meetings
Co-supervisor
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PhD in Computer Science and Engineering (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2022/09/01 - 2023/11/13 | Minimum distance collision detection toolbox for fast biomechanical simulations in Unity
Supervisor
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Masters in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021 - 2023/06/20 | Anatomy Education Applied to Dental Surgery in Virtual Reality
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2022/09/01 - 2023/06/19 | Comparing Numpad Layouts in Extended Reality with Applications in 2D and 3D Modeling
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/09/01 - 2022/11/23 | Automatic OCT based retinal blood vessel classification
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/09/01 - 2022/11/22 | Gamifying Touch on Chemistry - An Educational Organic Chemistry VR Game
Co-supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/09/01 - 2022/11/18 | Rigid Body Simulation with Extended Position Based Dynamics
Co-supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/09/01 - 2022/11/17 | Avatar Motion Reconstruction for Virtual Reality using a Machine Learning Approach
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021 - 2022/11/11 | Augmented Reality Environments for Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/09/01 - 2021/12/02 | ChemTouch: A new way of seeing Chemistry
Co-supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/09/01 - 2021/11/25 | Augmented Reality to Support Artery Localization in Breast Reconstruction
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/09/01 - 2021/11/17 | Empathic AuRa: Exploring the Effects of an Augmented Reality Cue for Emotional Sharing Across Three Face-to-Face Collaborative
Tasks
Co-supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/09/01 - 2021/11/15 | A Cube Full of Shapes: Exploring and Selecting Supershapes in Virtual Reality
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/09/01 - 2021/09/20 | Realidade Aumentada para o Treino de Tarefas Cirúrgicas usando Simuladores
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/09/01 - 2021/09/15 | Shared Control Approaches for Hybrid Multidisciplinary Team Meetings
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master) |
2019/09/01 - 2021/01/22 | Simulador Háptico de Realidade Virtual para Perfuração Dentária
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2019/09/01 - 2020/10/08 | Learning Your Moves: A Gait Motion Virtual Reality Educational Tool for Physiotherapy Students
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2019/09/01 - 2020/10/08 | Body Perception Manipulation with Real-Time Movement Sonification of Upper Body Exercises
Co-supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018/09/01 - 2019/11/25 | LARA: Laparoscopy with Augmented Reality Adaptations
Co-supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018/09/01 - 2019/11/22 | Winning Compensations: Adaptable Gaming Approach ofRehabilitation Sessions based on CompensatoryMovements
Supervisor
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Masters in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018/09/01 - 2019/11/21 | Compreender o Processo de Adoção de Tecnologias Interativas em Centros de Reabilitação
Co-supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018/09/01 - 2019/11/18 | Augmenting Dummies for Training Central Venous Catheterization
Supervisor
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Masters in Biomedical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017/09/01 - 2018/10/31 | Virtual Reality for Locomotion Rehabilitation
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017/09/01 - 2018/10/30 | ARCADE: Augmenting Rehabilitation Centres to Assist physiotherapists through Digital Environments
Co-supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017/09/01 - 2018/10/30 | ImmersiveMind: Terapia de reminiscência através da utilização de vídeos 360º
Co-supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017/09/01 - 2018/05/30 | ImplantAR - Augmented Reality for Surgical Planning of Dental Implants
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017 - 2017 | Measurement of imperceptible breathing movements from Kinect Skeleton Data
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017 - 2017 | CAVE COLON: Cave-like Virtual Reality Environments for CT Colonography
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2016 - 2016 | Precise Extraction of Anatomical Segment Orientations from the Kinect One Sensor
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2015 - 2015 | Efficient Contact Detection for Game Engines and Robotics: A non-polygonal approach with smooth convex objects
Co-supervisor
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Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2013/09/01 - 2014/11/06 | GeoCake: Modelação Expedida de Terrenos e Subsolos com Interação Baseada em Gestos
Supervisor
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Masters in Computer Science and Engineering
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2023/06/22 | Improving Direct Payments for Ecosystem Services using Blockchain
President of the jury
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Miguel De Sousa Almeida Infante Mota (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2023/06/22 | RAMOM: A Reference Architecture for Manufacturing Operations Management Activities in Industry 4.0
President of the jury
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Gonçalo Babo Freire (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2023/02/02 | Modeling Player Understanding of Game Character Expression
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Vitor Vale (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2022/10/17 | Automatic Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance using Shape Statistics and Deep Learning
Thesis Member
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Daniela Oliveira Medley (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2022/01/27 | Mitigating Fear-of-Flying during Flights using Virtual Reality
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Afonso Carvalho (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/11/25 | OrderWarp: Visualizing ordinal data in Big Data Streaming
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Henrique Ferreira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/11/15 | Head Pointing in Extended Reality: Dwell Detection while Walking
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Renato Vivo Bernardino (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/10/06 | Harnessing virtuality in the real world: A transversal approach
(Thesis) Arguer
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Hildegardo José Quintal Noronha (PhD)
Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
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2021/09/30 | Towards Analytical Laboratories 4.0 Leveraging Augmented Reality
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Teresa Figueiroa Teixeira de Abreu (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021/09/23 | VRAAD: Virtual Reality Aided Algorithmic Design - Supporting the Algorithmic Design Workflow with Virtual Reality
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Catarina Sao Miguel de Castro Brás (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2020/11/06 | Surface Reconstruction From 3D Point Clouds
(Thesis) Arguer
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Gonçalo Nuno Vinhas Leitão (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
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2019/11/15 | Learning on Navigation Information Presentation for Motorcycle Head-Up Displays
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Joana Manso Arezes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2019/07/24 | LINA: A Serious Game To Help Children Improve Social Relations With Their Peers
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Diogo Filipe Domingos dos Santos Martins (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2019/05/31 | Profiling Players Through In-Game Animations
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Miguel da Cunha Garcia Marques (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017/11/10 | Flow-Z: A Flow-based Adaptable Game to Maintain Optimal Challenge
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Tomás Alves (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2017/01/18 | Development of a neurofeedback-based virtual reality environment
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Jorge Miguel Ribeiro Dias (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2021/01/01 - Current | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Member |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2025/01/06 - Current | Member of the Scientific Committee at the Interactive Technologies Institute
Member
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Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS, Portugal Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal |
2023/11/01 - 2025/01/06 | Vice-President of the Board of the Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS
President / Vice-president
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Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS, Portugal |
2024/03 - 2025/01 | IEEE VR 2025 IPC - Serve on the IEEE VR 2025 Papers International Program Committee | |
2021/03/01 - 2022/12/31 | INESC Brussels HUB - Member of the Work Group in Health Technologies
Member
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Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal |
2015/04/01 - 2022/12/31 | Senior Researcher at the Scientific Committee of INESC-ID Lisboa
Member
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Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2023/12/03 - 2023/12/06 | MUM 2023 - Proceedings Chair - 22nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia | |
2023/06/12 - 2023/06/15 | IMX 2023 - Associate Chair (Coordinator 1AC) - ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences | |
2022/11/27 - 2022/11/30 | MUM 2022 - Proceedings Chair - 21th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia 2022 | Lisboa, Portugal |
2022/06/22 - 2022/06/24 | IMX 2022 - Associate Chair - ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences | Aveiro, Portugal |
2020/10/07 - 2020/10/07 | ACM ISS 2020 - Program Committee member of the Cross-Reality Interaction Workshop - ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces | |
2018/06/21 - 2018/06/22 | Chaire UNESCO en enseignement et recherche en anatomie numérique Université Paris Descartes - Program Committee member of the 3rd World Congress of the UNESCO Chair in teaching and research of digital anatomy Paris Descartes | |
2017/10/18 - 2017/10/20 | ECCOMAS VipIMAGE 2017 - Program Committee Member of the 6th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing | |
2017/07/27 - 2017/07/28 | PhyCS 2017 - Member of the International Program Committee, 4th International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems | |
2017/07/17 - 2017/07/18 | PhyCS 2016 - Member of the International Program Committee, 3rd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2024/11 - 2025/02 | User Centered Design | User Centered Design (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2025/01 - 2025/01 | Faculty member of the “eXtended Reality Studio” module that is part of the Advanced Training Program in User Experience and Service Design, an initiative of the CMU Portugal Program that brings together the Carnegie Mellon University, Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade de Lisboa), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, and the Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa. | XR Studio (Postgraduate Certificate) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2021/11/15 - 2024/01/31 | Virtual Reality | Virtual Reality (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2021/02/01 - 2023/07/31 | Image Processing and Computational Geometry, PhD Program in Computational Engineering | Image Processing and Computational Geometry (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2017/10/01 - 2022/07/31 | Computer Graphics | Computer Graphics (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2020/02/01 - 2020/07/31 | Multimedia Content Production | Multimedia Content Production (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2019/02/01 - 2020/07/31 | Human-Computer Interaction | Human-Computer Interaction (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2019/02/01 - 2020/07/31 | Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction | Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2018/10/01 - 2019/01/31 | Virtual Reality | Virtual Reality (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2015/10/01 - 2016/01/31 | Computer Graphics for Games | Computer Graphics for Game (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2023/01/05 - 2023/06/15 | Ghazaleh Tanhaei | |
2021/09/15 - 2021/12/15 | EIT Health - BEHealSY Program | Milagros Vargas |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | Prémio SPO/Novartis - Prémio Melhor Apresentação na Área da Retina - Automatic Detection of Choroidal Vascular Hyperpermeability
using Machine Learning Strategies
Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, Portugal
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2023 | Prémio de Inovação Pedagógica Egas Moniz 2023 - DENTIFY
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal
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2021 | Projecto de Inovação Pedagógica - Lourenço Fernandes Memorial XR Lab
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021 | Projecto de Inovação Pedagógica - Técnico Reality Lab
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2021 | Programa StartUp Egas Moniz - Dentify Simulator
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal
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2021 | Egas Moniz/CiiEM Investiga 2021 - Implantology Simulator
Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl, Portugal
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2020 | Projecto de Inovação Pedagógica - Touch on Chemistry
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2019 | Projecto de Inovação Pedagógica - VR to teach VR
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2018 | Best INESC-ID Junior Researcher Prize 2018
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
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2016 | Inaugural OpenSim Virtual Workshop - Coolest Video
NIH National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research, United States
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Other distinction
2022 | World Cancer Day article collection
Elsevier BV, Netherlands
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2018 | Editors' Choice - Medical Engineering & Physics |
2018 | MICCAI Educational Challenge 2018 (finalist)
MICCAI, United States
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2017 | Nominee for the Best INESC-ID Junior Researcher Prize 2017 |
2016 | Nominee for the Best INESC-ID Junior Researcher Prize 2016 |
2014 | OpenSim - 2014 Advanced User Workshop |
2013 | CIME Grant to participate in the CIME course on IsoGeometric Analysis: a New Paradigm in the Numerical Approximation of PDEs, CIME-EMS Summer School in Applied Mathematics, Cetraro, Italy, June 18 to June 22, 2012, CIME Foundation. |
2013 | 2012 OpenSim Developer's Week Travel Award, Stanford University, California, July 16 to July 20, 2012, NIH National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research. |
2013 | Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2013 (finalist) |
2010 | Carlos Lima Award (honorable mention)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Portugal
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