I'm a researcher in the Graphics and Interaction Area of INESC-ID and Full Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Instituto Superior Técnico, the School of Engineering of the University of Lisboa. My research interests span from Information Visualization (especially on how InfoVis can be applied to Personal Information Management) to Gamification and Human-Computer Interaction, in general.

Latest News

• Mental Maps of Lisbon

  Francisco de Gusmão has just finished his MSc, on an interesting subject: how do different people "see" and "use" a city? Does living there vs. commuting, or being young vs old affect your mental image of a city? Do check out the Mental Maps of Lisbon page.

  Nov 21, 2016

• LIFE Format v1.1

  LIFE is a data recording format that allows users to record their location and activities in a human readable (and machine-processable!) way. It covers most common use cases, fromm stays at one location to information about the trips between places, semantic annotations, tagging, time zones, etc. Find it at the LIFE Format GitHub page (including a handy Python script to process LIFE files)

  Nov 16, 2016

• Congratulations to Gabriel Barata

  My PhD student Gabriel Barata defended his PhD, Suma Cum Laude! He is responsible by most of our Gamification of Education research. Congrats!

  Jan 11, 2016