    Biography Academic Curriculum 2010, June to December - Visiting Research Scholar at CCRMA from Stanford University, under the advisment of Chris Chafe and with a Post-Doctoral scholarship awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. 2006, July - Doctorate Graduation excellent cum laude with Mention of Europeen Doctor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, under the advisment of Xavier Serra and Sergi Jordà and with a scholarship awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. 2002, December - Conclusion of the Diploma de Estudios Avanzados degree (DEA) as a partial fulfillment of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra's Doctorate program. 1999, Fall Semester - Visiting Internship position on sound design for video and film, at the Recording Arts department in Loyola Marymount University - Los Angeles, under the orientation of Mladen Milicevic. 1998, February - Conclusion of the Digital Arts Post Graduation in the Portuguese Catholic University School of the Arts. 1997, August - Extension Course on "Digital Sound and Music Design" at the Center For Research in Electronic Art Technology from University of California - Santa Barbara, Lectured by Curtis Roads. 1995, September - Conclusion of the Graduate Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Aveiro. Graduation thesis developed on the Optic Communications Group of the U. A. Electronics and Telecommunications Department. Main Work Positions Presently - Director of the Sound and Image Department at the UCP School of the Arts and researcher at the Center for Research in Science and Technology of the Arts (CITAR) at the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP-Porto); 2010 - Visiting Research Scholar at CCRMA - Stanford University 2001/2006 - Visiting Researcher at the Music Technology Group - UPF, Barcelona 1998/2000 - Full time Professor and member of the Coordination Committee for the Sound and Image Department at UCP-Porto. 1997- Staff of the Department of Systems and Information Technology at UCP-Porto as network system administrator. 1996 - Staff of the company ETC as web developer and network system administrator. 1995 - Staff of the company Caleida as web developer. Participation in Scientific and Referee Committees SMC 2009 (scientific program chair), 2010, 2011- International Conference on Sound and Music Computing ICMC 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010 - International Computer Music Conference NIME 2005, 2008 - New Interfaces for Musical Expression International Conference DAFX 2008, 2009 - International Conference on Digital Audio Effects ICAD 2010 - International Conference on Auditory Display MML 2010 - ACM Multimedia International Workshop on Machine Learning and Music SBCM 2009, 2011- Simpósio Brasileiro de Computação Musical DESIRE 2010, 2011- Creativity and Innovation in Design ARTECH 2004, 2005, 2006 , 2008 (conference chair), 2010 - International conference on Digital Arts CSO 2010 - Congresso Internacional "Criadores Sobre outras Obras" Future Places 2008, 2009, 2010 - Digital Media and Local Culture Festival EEA-AES (pt) - 2008- 10º Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia de Áudio (AES) Black & White 2004 (Jury), 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011- Audiovisual Festival SCE-Madrid 2007 - 17 Semana de Cine experimental de Madrid Olhares de Outono 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 - Digital Arts Festival NMSAT Development Committee: Networked Music and Soundart Timeline Computer & Graphics Journal (Elsevier ISSN 0097-8493) International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (Elsevier ISSN 1071-5819) International Journal of Arts and Technology (InderScience Publishers ISSN 1754-8853) Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) - Project Reviewer for Art(s)&Sciences Call 2009 Participation in R&D Financed Projects 2010/12 "Assistive Real-Time Technology in Singing" - This project proposal addresses pedagogy of singing, assessment of the quality of singing and the preventive vocal usage assisted by computers by gathering together institutions, professionals and researchers
from three complementary areas: singing pedagogy, engineering/signal processing, and medical/laryngology. The common purpose
is to articulate knowledge and know-how from the different disciplines in order to design, implement and validate innovative
technologies and methodologies that are useful to singing students, teachers or professionals, namely:(1) new technology-assisted pedagogic methodologies; (2) real-time visual feedback of relevant quality parameters of the singing voice; (
3) real-time monitoring and assessment of the singing voice with the purpose to prevent voice disorders.The project is financed by Financed by Fundação
para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) 2009/12 "DESIRE:Creative Design for Innovation in Science and Technology" - DESIRE is an Initial Training Network funded by the European Comission, Framework 7 under Marie Curie Programme. It aims to make theoretical contributions to the field of creative design by bringing together expertise in human computer interaction, psychology, arts and design. The network aims to advance our understanding of creative design processes applied in the scientific and technological problem solving. This will lead to the elaboration of: theories and models of creative processes in general, and those involved in creative problem solving in particular, and; methods, techniques and systems to support both creative design processes and creativity training. These 3 year positions are funded through the European Commission Framework 7 and are offered with excellent financial conditions including competitive salary, mobility and travel allowance, contribution to the participation expenses in research and training activities, as well as career exploratory allowance. An attractive training programme will be offered to the successful candidates consisting in expert research supervision by world leading researchers, access to training courses on foundation and advanced topics in creative design, access to complementary training and industrial secondments within network’s over 10 industrial partners, as well as participation to networks’ summers schools and conferences. 2007/10 "COST Action Cost-IC0601-SID" - The COST-IC0601 action (Sonic Interaction Design) pro–actively contributes to the creation and consolidation of new design theories, tools, and practices in this innovative and interdisciplinary domain of Sonic Interaction. While being advanced through a few sparse projects, this field relies on the COST – SID Action to strengthen the links between scientists, artists, and designers in the European Research Area. 2005/07 "COST Action Cost-287-ConGAS" - The Cost-287 action (Gesture Controlled Audio Systems) contributed to the advancement and to the development of musical gesture data analysis and to capture aspects connected to the control of digital sound and music processing. 2003/04
"Sound data Mining" - R+D project focused on the topics of
sonification and data mining applied to heterogeneous databases.
Project partners are the Department
of Sound and Image from the Portuguese Catholic University,
the company YDreams
and the Instituto
Geográfico Portugues from Universidade
Nova de Lisboa. Project Co-Financed by Agência de
Inovação (ADI)- Portugal. 2000/04 "Olhares de Outono" - Annual two weeks international festival on new
tendencies in the Digital Arts Field, featuring, conferences, workshops
and events with internationally acknowledge personalities. Project is
carried out by the Department
of Sound and Image from the Portuguese Catholic University
and Co-Financed by Fundação
para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and ICAM. 2000
"Projecto
Multimédia Jubileu 2000" - Multimedia production project resulting on an interdisciplinary
exhibition hosted at the Alfandega do Porto
Building for 3 months. Project
partners were the Department
of Sound and Image from the Portuguese Catholic University,
and the Diocese do Porto. The Project was
Co-Financed by the Programa Operacional para a Sociedade de
Informação (POSI) in the Framework of
the European Union Structural Founds. 1998
"Projecto
Integrado Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa"- Production Project Resulting in a Multimedia Platform (on-line and off-line) and Documentary video about the Foz
Côa Archeological Site. Project partners were the Department of Sound and Image
from the Portuguese Catholic University, and the Parque
Arqueológico do Vale do Côa. The
Project was Co-Financed by the Programa Operacional para a
Região Norte (PRONORTE) in the framework of the
European Union Regional Development Founds (FEDER).  |