Luís Carlos de Almeida Espírito Santo (A613-1544-7C63)

Curriculum Vitae

Luís Espírito Santo completed his Masters in IT Engineering in 2019 by Instituto Superior Técnico. Has received some awards during his academic path. After that, he worked as a researcher in Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda and as a Data Engineer at CERN. Now he is pursuing a joint PhD at Universidade de Coimbra and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He works in the area(s) of Exact Sciences with emphasis on Artificial Inteligence, Machine Learning, Computational Creativity and Cognition. He is interested in: Machine Learning; Music; Deep Learning; Creativity; Generative Models; Computational Creativity; Composition; Programming; Neural Networks; Computational Neuroscience; Information Theory; Dynamical Systems; Computer Vision; Artificial Intelligence.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Luís Carlos de Almeida Espírito Santo

Citation names

Espírito Santo, Luís

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A613-1544-7C63
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3260-5541
Google Scholar ID: kEvrhDEAAAAJ

Email addresses

lesanto@dei.uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

https://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/luis.a.santo/ (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences
Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Pure Mathematics
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021/10/01 - 2025/06/01 Ongoing	PhD in Informatics Engineering (Doutoramento) Major in Intelligent Systems Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
2016/09/01 - 2019/06/04 Concluded	Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Mestrado integrado) Major in Algoritmos e Programação/Sistemas Inteligentes Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Automatically Generating Novel and Epic Music Tracks; Exploring Computational Creativity using Deep Structures against Music" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2013/09/20 - 2016/07 Concluded	Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	18

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/05/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
2020/06/01 - 2021/04/01	Researcher (Research)	Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda SA, Portugal
	Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda SA, Portugal
2018/06 - 2018/12	Researcher (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

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/09/11 - 2018/02/14	Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Campus Taguspark, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/02 - 2020/05	Técnico de Informática Grau 2 Nível 2 (Técnico de informática)	European Organization for Nuclear Research, Switzerland
	European Organization for Nuclear Research, Switzerland
2016/06 - 2017/06	Técnico de Informática Grau 2 Nível 1 (Técnico de informática)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/06 - 2016/07	Summer Intern	LinkConsulting, Portugal
	LinkConsulting, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/05/01 - 2025/04/30	Theoretical Learning Creators and Creative Scientists 2021.5529.BD PhD Student Fellow Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper

Espírito Santo, Luís; André C. Santos; Marcio Lima Inácio. "Focusing on artists needs: Using a cultural probe for artist-centred creative software development". Paper presented in International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC 23), Waterloo, ONT, 2023.
Accepted
Luís Espírito Santo; Geraint Wiggins; Amílcar Cardoso. "Theoretical Learning Creators and Creative Scientists". 2022.

Thesis / Dissertation

Espírito Santo, Luís. "Automatically Generating Novel and Epic Music Tracks; Exploring Computational Creativity using Deep Structures against Music". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2019. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/meic-a/dissertacao/1409728525632790.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/09	Implementing Generative Deep Models for Music: toolbox and let it sound!	CERN Spring Campus 2019, CERN Technische Universität Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
2019/06	A musicological quest: searching for epicness in computer generated music	IV Workshop do CysMus, CysMus, CESEM Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical
2018/06	The Musical Neuron: an introduction to musical training and generation using ANN	III Workshop do CysMus, CysMus, CESEM CESEM (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/11	8-bit Music: contextualization and real time composition	Log In, Live On: Música e Cibercultura na era da \textit{Internet of Things Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2017/03 - 2017/11	Theatrical-musical homage to Constança Capdeville (2017/11 - 2017/11) Concert (Co-organisor)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/02 - Current	Online Course on OpenCV, a computer vision library Other	Computer Vision I : Introduction Open Source Vision Foundation, United States
2020/09 - 2021/01	Online Course (Coursera) on Computational Neuroscience Other	Computational Neuroscience University of Washington Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Program, United States DeepLearning.AI, United States
2019/01 - 2019/06	Online Course (Coursera) on Neural Networks and Deep Learning Other	Neural Networks and Deep Learning DeepLearning.AI, United States
2017/03 - 2017/03	The Interdisciplinary College (IK) is an annual, intense one-week spring school which offers a dense state-of-the-art course program in neurobiology, neural computation, cognitive science/psychology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and philosophy. https://interdisciplinary-college.org/about-ik/#orga Congress	Interdisciplinary College - IK2017
2017/02 - 2017/02	The EIM presents the Master Programme in Mathematics and Applications to students in their 1st or 2nd cycle of university studies, from Técnico and from other schools, in order to help them decide how to pursue their studies. Symposium	Mathematics Winter School, EIM2017 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/09 - 2016/12	Online Course (Coursera) on object programming for music artists Other	Introduction to Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists Achieved California Institute of the Arts, United States

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2021/02 - Current	Deep Learning Sessions Portugal	Organizer

Distinctions

Award

2018	Diploma of Academic Merit Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017	Diploma of Academic Merit Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016	Diploma of Academic Excellence Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015	Diploma of Academic Excellence Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2014	Diploma of Academic Excellence Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Other distinction

2010	Bronze Medal at XXVIII OPM Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal