Background

I have a PhD degree in Informatics, from FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, in the field of Video, Hypermedia and Learning Technology. 

I have a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from IST-Instituto Superior Técnico. My thesis was on Distributed Hypermedia.  

I graduated in Computer Science (Applied Mathematics), also from FCUL-Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. On my last year research project, I worked in the field of Expert Systems (Artificial Intelligence).

Along the years, I've also been taking some courses in topics related with psychology and pedagogy. 

Work at the University

I´m teaching at DI-FCUL - the Informatics Department at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, since my last year as an undergraduate student.

I was also a system operator and administrator at the FCUL Informatics Center, on my last three years as an undergraduate student. Later, along with my teaching and research activities, I was also the webmaster of the Informatics Department, 1995-98.

Research Centers

where I've been working in research projects:

I am a member of the HCIM - Human Computer Interaction and Multimedia Team of LaSIGE - Large Scale Informatic Systems Laboratory, since its foundation in 1998.

I was a member of the TIM - Multimedia and Interaction Techniques Group, at INESC, between 1992 and 1997. 

I was a member of the Artificial Intelligence Group, at LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, between Oct. 1987 and Oct. 1988.  

Affiliations

ACM, Eurographics (and GPCG), IEEE, AACE, APPIA

Hobbies ... on the way!