Published 75+ peer-reviewed papers; Received awards for 10+ papers, including at ASSETS, CHI, SOUPS, and MHCI; ACM Best of Computing award in 2016; Keynote speaker at Handicap 2016, MUM 2019, BIOSTEC 2021, MPAT 2021; Editor-in-Chief for ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing; General chair of ASSETS 2020; Web for All General (2016) and Program Chair (2015); Invited expert supporting the European Commission in implementing the Web Accessibility Directive.
Research Experience
Researcher at LASIGE; Leads the Tech&People Lab; Advises 6 PhD and 8 MSc students and mentors 2 PostDocs; Founder and current president of his institution's Ethics Review Board; Coordinator of LASIGE’s research line on Accessibility and Aging; Member of the coordination board of the Data Science Master at FCUL.
Background
Professor of Computer Science focused on improving accessibility and health. Works closely with communities, co-designs solutions, develops and assesses their impact in the wild, through carefully-designed deployments.
Miscellany
Interests include accessible computing, pervasive healthcare, and usable privacy.