Talks and presentations

HCI and the AI Revolution: Cognitive Engineering and Generative Design

May 01, 2026

Lecture, Academic Lecture, Coimbra, Portugal

This lecture explored the core foundations of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and examined how Artificial Intelligence is transforming the field through Cognitive Engineering and Generative Design. It bridged traditional usability principles with modern AI-driven interface trends.

Unsupervised Methods for High-dimensional data patterns

February 11, 2026

Presentation, ISG - CISUC, Coimbra, Portugal

This presentation was delivered to the ISG (Information System Group) group at CISUC. The main content addressed the exploration and development of unsupervised methods aimed at discovering patterns in high-dimensional data. The problem was contextualized by contrasting Small Data and Big Data, highlighting that smaller-scale data, despite quantitative challenges, offers greater explainability and focuses on “why” events happen.

KNMFS: a novel unsupervised feature selection method

February 01, 2022

Guest Lecture, Roda de conversa de dados, CESAR, Recife, PE, BR

This was my guest lecture for the Roda de Conversa de Dados at CESAR. I introduced the audience to the concepts and challenges of feature engineering and presented KNMFS, a novel unsupervised feature selection method derived from my research.