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Vinícius Silva is a Research Engineer affiliated with the Marco Martin's Group at INL. His research focuses on Computer Vision Machine Learning, and Robotics with applications in diverse areas such as affective computing, defect detection, and synthetic data generation. In 2023, Vinícius successfully earned his PhD in Electronics and Computer Engineering, with his thesis spanning the domains of Affective Computing and Machine Learning applied to Social Robotics. This accomplishment underscores his commitment to advancing knowledge in areas that directly impact human-machine interaction. Beyond his role as a Research Engineer, Vinícius is actively contributing to academia as a invited professor at University of Minho. Furthermore, he is a member collaborator of the Algoritmi Research Centre, highlighting his engagement in cutting-edge research initiatives. He regularly serves as a peer reviewer for scientific journals and conferences and he has several indexed publications (ISI, Scopus) and received distinctions/prizes in national and international conferences.
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Vinicius Corrêa Alves da Silva

Nomes de citação

  • SILVA, VINICIUS

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
601C-EEEB-4478
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0082-343X

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2017/11/01 - 2023/06/09
Concluído
 Electronic and Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Especialização em Control, Automation, and Robotics
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
"A hybrid approach based on a robotic system and playware technology to adapt and predict behaviours from children with Autism Spectrum Disorders" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2016
Concluído
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores (Mestrado)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia, Portugal
"Mirroring and recognizing emotions through facial expressions for a Robokind platform" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 15
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento		 Empregador
2024/01/16 - Atual Investigador Contratado (Investigação) International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2017 - Atual Investigador principal (carreira) (Investigação) Universidade do Minho Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal

Docência no Ensino Superior

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento		 Empregador
2022/02/21 - Atual Assistente Convidado (Docente Universitário) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2025/08/31 Assistente convidado (Docente Ensino Superior Politécnico) Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal

Outros

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento		 Empregador
2016/06/27 - 2017/02/10 Engineer in the area of In circuit test (ICT). Aptiv Automotive Systems Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapura
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência
  1. Leão, C.P.; Alves, A.C.; Silva, V.. "PREPARING GENERATION Z FOR THE FUTURE: A CHALLENGE-BASED LEARNING APPROACH IN HIGHER EDUCATION". 2024.
    10.1115/IMECE2024-145501
  2. Leão, C.P.; Silva, V.; Machado, J.; Alves, A.C.. "ROLE PERCEPTION AND DIVERSITY DYNAMICS: A STUDY OF STUDENT TEAMS IN PROJECT ENVIRONMENTS". 2024.
    10.1115/IMECE2024-140917
  3. Silva, V.; Oliveira, P.M.; Leao, C.P.; Soares, F.; Lopes, H.; Machado, J.. "Investigating the Effectiveness of Process Control Didactics Kits in Engineering Education". 2023.
    10.1109/CISPEE58593.2023.10227625
  4. Leao, C.P.; Alves, A.; Silva, V.; Sousa, B.; Costa, M.; Ferreira, R.; Teixeira, A.M.; et al. "Stimulating the learning of Ethics and Critical Thinking: A class given by students, for students". 2023.
    10.1109/CISPEE58593.2023.10227654
  5. Magalhães, C.; Esteves, J.S.; Pereira, A.P.; Silva, V.; Soares, F.. "Web Application for the Learning of Emotions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-45021-1_13
  6. Oliveira, P.M.; Cardoso, A.; Soares, F.; MacHado, J.; Sa, J.; Lopes, H.; Silva, V.. "Temperature Control Laboratory (TCLab): Demonstration of Use in Portugal". 2023.
    10.1109/exp.at2358782.2023.10546110
  7. Cruz, J.; Silva, V.; Esteves, J.S.; Soares, F.. "An Augmented System Based on Machine Learning for Boccia Assisted Gameplay". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-45021-1_20
  8. Leão, C.P.; Alves, A.C.; Soares, F.; Silva, V.. "PREPARING GENERATION Z: BEYOND TECHNOLOGIES". 2022.
    10.1115/IMECE2022-95513
  9. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.; Pereira, A.P.; Leão, C.P.; Queirós, S.. "Hybrid Approach to Promote Social Interaction with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder". 2021.
    10.5220/0010468600690077
  10. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.; Vercelli, G.. "Human action recognition using an image-based temporal and spatial representation". 2020.
    10.1109/ICUMT51630.2020.9222408
  11. Calado, A.; Marcutti, S.; Silva, V.; Vercelli, G.; Novais, P.; Soares, F.. "Towards a virtual coach for boccia: Developing a virtual augmented interaction based on a boccia simulator". 2020.
    10.5220/0009142602170224
  12. Silva, V.; Queirós, S.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.; Matos, D.. "A supervised autonomous approach for robot intervention with children with autism spectrum disorder". 2019.
    10.5220/0007958004970503
  13. Calado, A.; Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Novais, P.; Arezes, P.. "Ball detection for boccia game analysis". 2019.
    10.1109/CoDIT.2019.8820308
  14. Figueira, C.; Silva, J.; Santos, A.; Sousa, F.; Silva, V.; Ramos, J.; Soares, F.; Novais, P.; Arezes, P.. "iBoccia: Monitoring elderly while playing Boccia gameplay". 2017.
  15. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.. "Mirroring and recognizing emotions through facial expressions for a RoboKind platform". 2017.
    10.1109/ENBENG.2017.7889480
  16. Silva, V.; Ramos, J.; Soares, F.; Novais, P.; Arezes, P.; Figueira, C.; Silva, J.; Santos, A.; Sousa, F.. "A wearable and non-wearable approach for gesture recognition-Initial results". 2017.
    10.1109/ICUMT.2017.8255120
  17. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.; Figueiredo, J.; Leao, C.P.; Santos, C.; Pereira, A.P.. "Real-time emotions recognition system". 2016.
    10.1109/ICUMT.2016.7765357
  18. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.. "Mirroring emotion system-on-line synthesizing facial expressions on a robot face". 2016.
    10.1109/ICUMT.2016.7765359
  19. Silva, V.; Leite, P.; Soares, F.; Lopes, G.; Esteves, J.S.; Garrido, P.. "Controlling an equilibrist lego robot". 2015.
Artigo em revista
  1. "Exploring the Intersection of Ergonomics, Design Thinking, and AI/ML in Design Innovation". APPLIED SYSTEM INNOVATION (2024):
    10.3390/ASI7040065
  2. Silva, V.; Pereira, A.P.; Soares, F.; Leão, C.P.; Jurdi, A.; Sena Esteves, J.; Hertzberg, J.. "Social Stories for Promoting Social Communication with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using a Humanoid Robot: Step-by-Step Study". Technology, Knowledge and Learning (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85168375113&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10758-023-09681-7
  3. "HUMAN FACTORS, PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS, EMOTIONS, WHAT ELSE?". PROCEEDINGS OF ASME 2023 INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, IMECE2023, VOL 8 (2023):
    10.1115/IMECE2023-111516
  4. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Leão, C.P.; Esteves, J.S.; Vercelli, G.. "Skeleton driven action recognition using an image-based spatial-temporal representation and convolution neural network". Sensors 21 13 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85108441065&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/s21134342
  5. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.; Santos, C.P.; Pereira, A.P.. "Fostering emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder". Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 5 10 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85115823661&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/mti5100057
  6. Soares, F.O.; Costa, S.C.; Santos, C.P.; Pereira, A.P.S.; Hiolle, A.R.; Silva, V.. "Socio-emotional development in high functioning children with Autism Spectrum Disorders using a humanoid robot". Interaction Studies 20 2 (2019): 205-233. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85073035500&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1075/is.15003.cos
  7. SILVA, VINICIUS. "Developing a framework for promoting physical activity in a Boccia game scenario". (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681163.2018.1538816.
    10.1080/21681163.2018.1538816
  8. Vilaça, R.; Ramos, J.; Silva, V.; Sepúlveda, J.; Esteves, J.S.. "Mobile platform motion control system based on human gestures". International Journal of Mechatronics and Applied Mechanics 2017 1 (2017): 267-273. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029814404&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  9. Freitas, H.; Costa, P.; Silva, V.; Pereira, A.P.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.. "Using a humanoid robot as the promoter of the interaction with children in the context of educational games". International Journal of Mechatronics and Applied Mechanics 2017 1 (2017): 282-288. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029816957&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Capítulo de livro
  1. Rui Ribeiro; Celina P. Leão; Susana P. Costa; Vinícius Silva. "Developing a Customizable Soft Robotic Hand Exoskeleton: Initial Outcomes and Challenges". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-62684-5_31
  2. Celina P. Leão; Salomé Lopes; Vinicius Silva. "Predicting Student’s Performance with Machine Learning: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions". 2024.
    10.1007/978-981-97-1814-6_45
  3. SILVA, VINICIUS. "Building a Behaviour Architecture: An Approach for Promoting Human-Robot Interaction". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-319-91334-6_6
  4. SILVA, VINICIUS. "An Application to Promote Emotional Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-030-02762-9_30
  5. SILVA, VINICIUS. "Building a Hybrid Approach for a Game Scenario Using a Tangible Interface in Human Robot Interaction". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-030-02762-9_25
Livro
  1. Celina Pinto Leão; Vinicius Silva; Susana Pinto da Costa. Emerging trends in upper-limb embedded devices: A qualitative research study. 2023.
    10.36367/ntqr.16.2023.e796
  2. Santos, P.; Silva, V.; Sena Esteves, J.; Pereira, A.P.; Soares, F.. HiZeca: A Serious Game for Emotions Recognition. 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-79168-1_35
  3. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.; Pereira, A.P.; Matos, D.. Adequacy of Game Scenarios for an Object with Playware Technology to Promote Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-27928-8_44
  4. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.; Pereira, A.P.. PlayCube: Designing a Tangible Playware Module for Human-Robot Interaction. 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-02053-8_80
  5. Santos, P.; Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Simões, A.. Facial Virtual Tracking: A System to Mirror Emotions. 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-30244-3_7
  6. Silva, V.; Ramos, J.; Soares, F.; Novais, P.; Arezes, P.; Sousa, F.; Silva, J.; Santos, A.. iBoccia: A framework to monitor the Boccia gameplay in elderly. 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_48
  7. Silva, V.; Leite, P.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.; Costa, S.. Imitate me!—preliminary tests on an upper members gestures recognition system. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-43671-5_32
  8. Silva, V.; Soares, F.; Esteves, J.S.; Figueiredo, J.; Santos, C.; Pereira, A.P.. Happiness and sadness recognition system—preliminary results with an Intel RealSense 3D sensor. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-43671-5_33
Distinções

Prémio

2021 Best Abstract
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016 Best Student Paper Award
IEEE, Estados Unidos
2015 Best Paper Award of The 2015 International Conference of Computer Science and Engineering
International Association of Engineers, Hong Kong