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Sérgio M. Rebelo is a graphic designer, researcher, coder, and cross-media artist. His work revolves around procedural and simulation approaches to create audiovisual experiences and editorial designs. His work has been presented at several cultural events and venues, including the Aesthetica Art Prize, the Portuguese National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra (CAPC), Convento São Francisco, and the Golden Bee Design Biennale. Currently, Sérgio is a PhD candidate in the Cognitive and Media Systems group at the Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra. Additionally, he is invited teaching assistant in the Design and Multimedia program of the University of Coimbra.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sérgio Miguel Martins Rebelo
Date of birth
1993/03/11
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Rebelo, Sérgio Martins
  • Rebelo, Sérgio
  • Rebelo, Sérgio M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0011-7B69-8C6F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7276-8727
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wF758ckAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
rid66700
Scopus Author Id
57215537510

Email addresses

  • srebelo@dei.uc.pt (Professional)
  • sergiorebelo@me.com (Professional)
  • srebelo@uc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Fax
  • 239701266 (Professional)
Telephone
  • 239790000 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra Pólo II - Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-290, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/11 - 2024
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Informática (Doutoramento)
Major in Computação Centrada no Humano
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal
"Computational Graphic Design and Typography Practices" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09 - 2016/09
Concluded
 Design e Multimédia (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Abordagens Participativas para os Sistemas de Orientação e Sinalização: O Caso de Estudo do Colégio das Artes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2011/09 - 2014/07
Concluded
 Design e Multimédia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 16
2012 - 2013
Concluded
 Cinemalogia — From Idea to Film (Outros)
Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/04 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01 - 2023/07 Procedural Content Generation Using Metaheuristics (PhD Mobility Scholarship)
SPECIES Scholarship 2021
Researcher
Universidad de Granada Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenierías Informática y de Telecomunicación, Spain
 SPECIES — Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe (and Surroundings)
Concluded
2021/12 - 2022/02 Computational Graphic Design and Typography Practice (Exceptional Grant to Mitigate the Impacts of COVID-19)
COVID/BD/151969/2021
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/09 - 2021/11 Computational Graphic Design and Typography Practice (PhD Individual Grant)
SFRH/BD/132728/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024 - 2024 Amazing Robots Bootcamp
First Foundation Project
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
 Feedzai

Universidade de Coimbra
Concluded
2022/09 - 2023/12 A Coin designed by AI
LIS/IPN Project
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
 Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda SA
Concluded
2021 - 2023 FeedNPlay
First Foundation Project
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
 Feedzai

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas
Concluded
2017/08 - 2020/01 Multimedia Modules for Cupertino Miranda's Foundation
LIS/IPN Project 722
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal

Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
Fundação Dr António Cupertino de Miranda
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Johnson, Colin; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Santos, Iria. Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design: 13th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2024, Held as Part of EvoStar 2024, Aberystwyth, UK, April 3–5, 2024, Proceedings. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-56992-0 • Editor
  2. Johnson, Colin; Rodríguez-Fernández, Nereida; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design: 12th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2023, Held as Part of EvoStar 2023, Brno, Czech Republic, April 12–14, 2023, Proceedings. Cham, Germany: Springer Nature Switzerland. 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-29956-8 • Editor
  3. Martins, Tiago; Rodríguez-Fernández, Nereida; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design: 11th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2022, Held as Part of EvoStar 2022, Madrid, Spain, April 20–22, 2022, Proceedings. Cham, Germany: Springer Nature Switzerland. 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-03789-4 • Editor
  4. Santos, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Pereira, Hugo; Pinheiro, Catarina; Ferreira, Vitor. Brevemente 4 — Selected works. Coimbra, Portugal: Centro de Estudos Cinematográficos / AAC. 2014.
    Published • Editor
Book chapter
  1. Maduro, Daniela Cortês; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Castro, João Couceiro e; Martins, Pedro. "Sonar". In Electronic Literature Organization (Vol. 4), edited by K. I. Berens; J. T. Murray; L. Skains; R. Torres; M. Zamora. Vancouver, Canada: Washington State University, 2022.
    Published • 10.7273/issn.1932-2022.4.sonar.work
Conference paper
  1. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Merelo, J. J.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Evaluation Metrics for Automated Typographic Poster Generation". Paper presented in Thirteenth International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART 2020), Sevilha/Online, Aberystwyth, 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-56992-0_21
  2. Machado, Penousal; Martins, Tiago; Correia, João; Espírito Santo, Luís; Lourenço, Nuno; Cunha, João; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Pedro; Bicker, João. "From Pixels to Metal: AI-Empowered Numismatic Art". Paper presented in Thirty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence AI, Arts & Creativity., Jeju, 2024.
    Published • 10.24963/ijcai.2024/854
  3. Cristóvão, João; Oliveira, Alexandra; Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Pedro. "ScanType: Evolutionary Letter Finding". Paper presented in EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024: Progress in Artificial Intelligence, Viana do Castelo, 2024.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-73497-7_5
  4. Santos, Jorge; Murta, Rafael; Cunha, João Miguel; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Tiago; Martins, Pedro. "Evolving Urban Landscapes". Paper presented in EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2023: Progress in Artificial Intelligence, Horta, AZ, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-49011-8_6
  5. Gonçalves, Ricardo; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Lopes, Daniel; Rebelo, Artur. "Promoting Climate Awareness Through the Design of Interactive Moving Posters". Paper presented in DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June — 3 July, Bilbao, Spain., Bilbao, 2022.
    Published • 10.21606/drs.2022.741
  6. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Seiça, Mariana; Martins, Pedro; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "ESSYS* Sharing #UC: An Emotion-driven Audiovisual Installation". Paper presented in 2022 IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP), 2022.
    Published • 10.1109/visap57411.2022.00017
  7. Roça, Cátia; Augusto, Carlos Alberto; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Pedro. "Real-Time Dynamic Digital Scenography: An Electronic Opera as a Use Case". Paper presented in 10th EAI International Conference ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation, Virtual Event, December 2-3, 2021, 2021.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_11
  8. Rebelo, José N.; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Rebelo, Artur. "Algorithmic Experiments in the Design of Brutalist Web Pages". Paper presented in 10th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts (ARTECH 2021), Aveiro, 2021.
    Published • 10.1145/3483529.3483746
  9. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Tiago; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Exploring Automatic Fitness Evaluation for Evolutionary Typesetting". Paper presented in 13th Conference on Creativity and Cognition (C&C' 21), Virtual Event, 2021.
    Published • 10.1145/3450741.3465247
  10. Seiça, Mariana; Castro, João Couceiro e; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Pedro; Boavida, Ana; Machado, Penousal. "Casa das Máquinas: An Artificial Dialogue of Portuguese Poetry". Paper presented in 20th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, ICEC 2021, Coimbra, Portugal, November 2–5, 2021 (ICEC 2021), Coimbra, 2021.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-89394-1_46
  11. Seiça, Mariana; Rebelo, Sérgio Martins; Lourenço, Nuno; Martins, Pedro. "#ESSYS*: An Online Happening". Paper presented in Ninth Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X (xCoAx 2021), Graz/Virtual Event, 2021.
  12. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Evolutionary Typesetting: An Automatic Approach Towards the Generation of Typographic Posters from Tweets". Paper presented in Ninth EAI International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation (ArtsIT 2020), Online, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_21
  13. Martins, Tiago; Correia, João; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Portraits of No One: An Internet Artwork". Paper presented in MM '20: The 28th ACM International Conference on Multimedia Seattle WA USA, Seattle, WA, 2020.
    Published • 10.1145/3394171.3416337
  14. Martins, Tiago; Correia, João; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Portraits of No One: An Interactive Installation". Paper presented in Ninth International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART 2020), Sevilha/Online, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-43859-3_8
  15. Rebelo, José N.; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Rebelo, Artur. "Experiments in Algorithmic Design of Web Pages". Paper presented in Knowledge-Based Systems in Computational Design Workshops at the Eleventh International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC 2020), Coimbra, 2020.
    Published
  16. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Evolutionary Experiments in Typesetting of Letterpress-Inspired Posters". Paper presented in Eleventh International Conference on Computational Creativity, September 7–11, 2020, Coimbra, 2020.
    Published
  17. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Artur; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Using Computational Approaches in Visual Identity Design: A Visual Identity for the Design and Multimedia Courses of Faculty of Sciences and Technology of University of Coimbra". Paper presented in 10th Typography Meeting, Matosinhos, 2019.
    Published
  18. Pereira, Fábio André; Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João. "Generative Type Design: Creating Glyphs from Typographical Skeletons". Paper presented in ARTECH 2019: 9th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts, Braga, 2019.
    Published • 10.1145/3359852.3359866
  19. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Pires, Catarina; Martins, Pedro; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Designing Posters Towards a Seamless Integration in Urban Surroundings". Paper presented in ARTECH 2019: 9th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts, Braga, 2019.
    Published • 10.1145/3359852.3359900
  20. Cunha, João Miguel; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Pedro; Machado, Penousal. "Assessing Usefulness of a Visual Blending System: "Pictionary Has Used Image-Making New Meaning Logic for Decades. We Don¿t Need a Computational Platform To Explore the Blending Phenomena," Do We?". Paper presented in Tenth International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'19), Charlotte, North Carolina, 2019.
    Published
  21. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Tiago; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Typography as Image: Experiments on Typographic Portraits". Paper presented in 9th Typography Meeting, 2019.
    Published
  22. Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado Penousal. "Portraying with Letters: An Interactive Installation". Paper presented in International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2019 "Digital Revolutions" (IASDR 2019), Manchester, 2019.
    Published
  23. Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Building Typefaces as Programs: A Node-based Approach for Modular Type Design". Paper presented in 9th Typography Meeting, Tomar, 2019.
    Published
  24. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João. "Signage Design for (Re)occupied Buildings: The Case of Study of Royal College of Art of University of Coimbra". Paper presented in 9th Typography Meeting, Tomar, 2019.
    Published
  25. Pereira, Fábio André; Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João. "Web-based Tool for the Generation of Letterforms". Paper presented in 10th Typography Meeting, Matosinhos, 2019.
    Published
  26. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Carlos M. Fonseca; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. Corresponding author: Rebelo, Sérgio M.. "Evolutionary Experiments in the Development of Typographical Posters". Paper presented in 6th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X (xCoAx 2018), Madrid, 2018.
    Published
  27. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Miguel Almeida. Corresponding author: Rebelo, Sérgio M.. "Ressonância". Paper presented in 6th Typography Meeting, Aveiro, 2015.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Martins, Tiago; Correia, João; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Portraits of No One: Between the Real and the Artificial". Paper presented in Art and Artificial Intelligence: A Disruptive Joint Venture (ART)^2INT. Workshop at European Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2020. Santiago de Compostela/Online., 2020.
  2. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Novel User Oriented Bottom-up Approaches for Graphic Design". Paper presented in Interdisciplinary Summer School on Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI 2019), 2019.
  3. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Computational Creative Experiments in the Development of Visual Identities". Paper presented in Ninth International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'18), 2018.
Journal article
  1. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Tiago; Ferreira, Diogo; Rebelo, Artur. "Towards the Automation of Book Typesetting". Visual Informatics 7 2 (2023): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visinf.2023.01.003.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.visinf.2023.01.003
  2. Correia, João; Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "The X-Faces Behind the Portraits of No One". SN Computer Science 2 4 (2021): 236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00604-w.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s42979-021-00604-w
  3. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Pedro Martins; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. "Using Computer Vision Techniques for Moving Poster Design". Journal of International Luso-Brazilian Study Meetings on Design and Ergonomics 3 2017–2018 (2018): 70-79. https://doi.org/10.34624/etd.v0i3.19011.
    Published • 10.34624/etd.v0i3.19011
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Abordagens Participativas para os Sistemas de Orientação e Sinalização: O Caso de Estudo do Colégio das Artes". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, 2016. https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/99917.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. Martins, Tiago; Correia, João; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Portraits of No One. Interactive installation. RADAR New Media Art 2024 (Bucharest, Romania). 2024.
  2. Rebelo, Sérgio M.. "O Que Faz Falta". Participative multimedia module for "O que faz falta: exhibition celebrating 50 years of architecture in democracy" exhibition. Casa da Arquitectura (Matosinhos, 2024).. 2024.
  3. Machado, Penousal; Martins, Tiago; Correia, João; Espírito Santo, Luís; Lourenço, Nuno; Cunha, João Miguel; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Pedro; Bicker, João. "Mundo Digital: A coin designed by Artificial Intelligence" at Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño 2024 Exhibition (Madrid). 2024.
  4. Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Parente, Jéssica; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. The Middle Passage. Project selected and featured at Aesthetica Art Prize 2023 exhibition. York Art Gallery (UK). 2023.
  5. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Pedro; Janicas, Cristina; Moura, Catarina; Carvalho, Márcia. Pedir a Palavra. Installation. Convento São Francisco (Coimbra, Portugal). 2023.
  6. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Cunha, João Miguel. PCD@Coimbra 2020: Visual Identity. Project featured at Dia Nacional dos Centros Históricos event. Palácio das Artes (Porto, Portugal). 2022.
  7. Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Everything: An Autonomous Happening. Havemos de Ir ao Futuro exhibition. Zet Gallery (Braga, Portugal). 2022.
  8. Seiça, Mariana; Couceiro e Castro, João; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Pedro; Boavida, Ana; Machado, Penousal. Casa das Máquinas: Máquina Canora. Installation at Mostra de Artes da Palavra 2021. Palácio Ribamar (Oeiras, Portugal). 2021.
  9. Rebelo, José N.; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Rebelo, Artur. Algorithmic Design of Brutalist Websites. Selected and featured at Future Vision exhibition. Processing Community Day @Oporto 2021. Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Coimbra/Online. 2021.
  10. Martins, Tiago; Correia, João; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Portraits of No One. Interactive installation. Edifício Sede, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal). 2021.
  11. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Cunha, João Miguel. PCD@Coimbra 2020. Poster selected and featured at main exhibition of Bienal del Cartel de Bolivia (La Paz, Bolivia).. 2021.
  12. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Seiça, Mariana. #ESSYS*: Sharing #UC. Installation. MUSEU gallery, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra (Portugal).. 2021.
  13. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Ferreira, Rafael; Cruz, Miguel. Do Acaso a Condição. Montras Relámpago. Associação Há Baixa.. 2021.
  14. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Cunha, João Miguel. PCD@Coimbra 2020: Visual Identity. Project selected and featured at Mostra Nacional Jovens Criadores 2020. ISLA (V. N. Gaia, Portugal). 2021.
  15. Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Images That Surround Me: The Emoji Experiment. Project selected and featured at {BETWEEN} — An Inventory of Anachronic Practices exhibition. Part of PCD@Coimbra 2021. NEST Collective (Coimbra, Portugal). 2021.
  16. Rebelo, José N.; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Rebelo, Artur. Algorithmic Design of Brutalist Websites. Project selected and featured at {BETWEEN} — An Inventory of Anachronic Practices exhibition. Part of PCD@Coimbra 2021. NEST Collective (Coimbra, Portugal).. 2021.
  17. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Martins, Tiago; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. Photomaton. Interactive installation at "Literary Tower: Praise and Simplification of Portuguese Literature," the permanent exhibition in Fundação Dr. Cupertino de Miranda (Vila Nova de Famalição, Portugal). 2020.
  18. Tiago Martins; João Correia; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Portraits of No One. Participative internet artwork selected and featured at "#Human and AI Generated Multimedia" Exhibition, The ACM Multimedia 2020 Interactive Arts Exhibition. Seatle, WA/Online.. 2020.
  19. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; A. Beatriz Correia. 25. Selected and featured poster at 25 Exhibition. PCD@Coimbra 2021. Department of Informatics Engineering FCTUC and online.. 2020.
  20. Daniela Cortês Maduro; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Pedro Martins; João Couceiro e Castro. Sonar. Selected internet artwork at (Un)Continuity: The Virtual Exhibition, part of Electronic Literature Organisation (ELO) conference + media arts festival 2020. University of Central Florida (USA) and online.. 2020.
  21. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; A. Beatriz Correia. Mulheres e Artes. Selected and featured poster at main exhibition of Golden bee 14 (un)real Global Biennale of Graphic Design. Moscow, Russia. 2020.
  22. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. The Poster's Factory. Projected selected and featured at the Interactive Video Installations Exhibition of Golden bee 14 (un)real Global Biennale of Graphic Design. HSK Gallery, Moscow, Russia. 2020.
  23. Martins, Tiago; Correia, João; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Portraits of No One. Project selected and featured at the Interactive Video Installations Exhibition of Golden bee 14 (un)real Global Biennale of Graphic Design. HSK Gallery, Moscow, Russia.. 2020.
  24. Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Parente, Jéssica; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. The Middle Passage. Video installation at "Literary Tower: Praise and Simplification of Portuguese Literature," the permanent exhibition in Fundação Dr. Cupertino de Miranda (Vila Nova de Famalição, Portugal).. 2020.
  25. Tiago Martins; João Correia; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Portraits of No One. Interactive installation selected and featured at "Sonae Media Art Award 2020" exhibition. Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado — MNAC (Lisbon, Portugal). 2019.
  26. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Pedro Martins; João Bicker; Penousal Machado. Desenhar Cartazes com/para a Rua. Urban installation at shop windows of Coimbra Historic Centre. Event selected to be part of 21st Cultural Week of University of Coimbra. Varied locations.. 2019.
  27. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Carlos M. Fonseca; João Bicker; Penousal Machado. Evolutionary Poster Composer. Installation at the Processing Community Day 2019 @ FBAUP. Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto (Portugal). 2019.
  28. Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Digital Poster (De)Composer. Featured work at Graphic Design category at Mostra Jovens Criadores 2018. Nova BSE (Oeiras, Portugal). 2019.
  29. Tiago Martins; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. GrammarType. Featured project at SELECTED Inspiration Design Festival (interaction design category). Palacio Euskalduna (Bilbao, Spain). 2019.
  30. Rebelo, Sérgio M.. The Posters’ Factory. Feature work in Y_Desenhar Portugal exhibition. Porto Design Biennale 2019. Galeria Municipal De Matosinhos (Portugal). 2019.
  31. Castro, João Couceiro e; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Untitled. Poster featured at 24+1: East West Post Meets Coimbra exhibition. Department of Informatics Engineering, FCTUC (Coimbra, Portugal). 2019.
  32. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Carlos M. Fonseca; Bicker, João; Machado, Penousal. Evolutionary Experiments in the Development of Typographical Posters. Installation at the exhibition of the 6th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X (xCoAx 2018). Centro arte Complutense (c arte c), Museo del Traje (Madrid, Spain). 2018.
  33. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Francisco Baila. Dar a Volta ao Sol. Featured work at Graphic Design category at Mostra Jovens Criadores 2017. Villa Gloria (Mangualde, Portugal). 2017.
  34. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; A. Beatriz Correia; Bruno Barbosa; Jéssica Furtado. Physical–Digital City. Featured work at "O Livro das Cidades do Futuro" exhibition. Department of Architecture of Faculty of Sciences and Technology of University of Coimbra (Portugal).. 2016.
  35. Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Filipa Pereira; Jéssica Mendes. O Século Português. Featured work at "Digital DArq" exhibition. Department of Architecture of Faculty of Sciences and Technology of University of Coimbra (Portugal). 2015.
  36. Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Untitled. Featured work in "Rio Voador in Museu da Água" exhibition. Museu da Água (Coimbra, Portugal). 2012.
Artistic performance
  1. Seiça, Mariana; Rebelo, Sérgio M.; Lourenço, Nuno; Martins, Pedro. 2021. #ESSYS*: An Online Happening. Performance session of xCoAx 2021. Graz/Online.
Visual artwork
  1. Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Sesnado typeface featured in "Cadernos D'Arq 2010–2016: Ensino de Arquitetura e de Design e Multimedia no Departamento de Arquitetura da FCTUC" (2016: 163).
  2. Martins, Tiago; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. GrammarType project featured in book "Slanted 40: Experimental Type 2.0" (2023: 154, project 226).
  3. Santos, Tiago; Branco, Pedro; Rebelo, Sérgio M.. Esperança, Short movie (art direction, montage, and graphic design). 2013..
  4. Machado, Penousal; Martins, Tiago; Correia, João; Espírito Santo, Luís; Lourenço, Nuno; Cunha, João Miguel; Rebelo, Sérgio; Martins, Pedro; Bicker, João. O Mundo Digital (Prata Proof Coin, 2023).
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/07/10 Invited speaker. Domingos com Arte Contemporânea
Zet Gallery (Braga, Portugal)
2021/04/27 Invited speaker with the presentation "Do Acaso a Condição" Tecer Conversas & Montras-Relâmpago (online) Promoted by Há Baixa Association in the context of project Partis & Arts for Change
Há Baixa Associação (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020/02/14 Programming, Typography and Posters Processing Community Day @ Porto 2020
Faculdade de Belas Artes Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2019/04/10 Invited speaker with the presentation "A Beleza Está na Rua!" Ciclo de Conversas Design e Multimédia
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/10/12 Invited speaker to showcase project "Há Baixa!" Comemorações do 726.º aniversário da FCTUC
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/05/25 Há Baixa: Visual Identity Proposal Reflexões para a Cidade: A Questão da Baixa de Coimbra.
Salão Brazil (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/04/21 Há Baixa National meeting of architecture students 2016
Department of Architecture of FCTUC (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Explorações de design de espacialização de websites
Co-supervisor of Cristina Verush
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current Liquid Beings: An Interactive Media Art Installation to Engage with the Unknown Depths
Co-supervisor of Tatiana Lopes Alves de Moura
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current Análise das tecnologias e do design web no domínio dei.uc.pt
Co-supervisor of Gonçalo Frias Figueiredo
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 - Current Design em Contexto Autárquico — Município da Guarda
Co-supervisor of Luís Armando Cardoso Cabral
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - 2025 Curta-metragem Interativa
Co-supervisor of Helena Margarida dos Santos Vaz
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Redesign do website "A Música Portuguesa A Gostar Dela Própria"
Co-supervisor of Daniel Alexandre Garcia Abrantes
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Desenvolvimento de um controlador MIDI para ensino da música
Co-supervisor of Manuel Luís Janeiro Matos Ferreira Lopes
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - 2024 Design System Management Plug-in for Figma
Co-supervisor of Maria Laura Patrício Pereira de Alte da Veiga
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Graphic Archive of Coimbra
Supervisor of Jorge Gabriel Santos
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Visual Interpretations of Movement - Interactive Installation
Supervisor of Mariana Tavares da Silva
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Dance and Daily Life: Development of a platform to support the dissemination of an Urban Dances school
Supervisor of Irina Pina Coutinho
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Sound Shape: Experiments in Algorithmic Generation of Music Album Covers
Co-supervisor of Marília Russo Martins
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Creating Climate Awareness through Data-driven Graphic Design and Visualization
Co-supervisor of Pedro da Mota Almeida Pinto Churro
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Gríma: Experiments on Variable Type Design of Runic Letters
Co-supervisor of Caio Simon Teixeira Brêda
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Preencher a cena — Desenho Cenográfico Experimental para a Ópera Eletrónica TMIE
Co-supervisor of Cátia Sofia Nogueira Roça
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Proposta de Identidade Gráfica dinâmica para o Centro de Artes e Espectáculos da Figueira da Foz
Co-supervisor of Luís Eduardo da Costa Abreu
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Metamorphosis: Experiments in the Design of Interactive Moving Posters
Supervisor of Ricardo da Cruz Gonçalves
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Generative Design approaches in context of Visual Identity
Co-supervisor of João Filipe Lopes Sernadela
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Algorithmic Design of Web Pages
Co-supervisor of José António Pitadas Nizza Rebelo
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Algorithmic Editorial Design
Co-supervisor of Diogo Ferreira
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Evostar — The Leading European Event on Bio-Inspired Computation (Graphic identity team coordinator) (2020 - 2024)
Conference (Other)
 SPECIES — Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe (and Surroundings), France
2020 - Current Processing Community Day @ Coimbra, Portugal (2020 - 2023)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
2020 - Current Ciclo de Conversas Design + Multimédia (2020 - 2023)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Conference Chair of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART) 2024 (2024)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 SPECIES — Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe (and Surroundings), France
2022 - 2023 Publication Chair of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART) 2023 (2023)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 SPECIES — Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe (and Surroundings), France
2021 - 2022 Publication Chair of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART) 2022 (2022)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 SPECIES — Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe (and Surroundings), France
2017 - 2017 Anozero' 17, Biennale of Contemporary Art of Coimbra (Graphic design and local staff) (2017)
Exhibition (Other)
2016 - 2017 Há Baixa (2016 - 2017)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos em Arquitectura, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Caminho Film Festival (local staff) (2014)
Meeting (Other)
 Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Brevemente — International Contest of Design and Multimedia (2014 - 2014)
Call (Co-organisor)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 As 101 Cinderelas - Adaptação interactiva simultânea de diferentes versões narrativas
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Rodrigues Pinto (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 Haptic Music - A Music Staff Reading Interface for Visually Impaired
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Sofia Gouveia Malta (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024 Exploração de Técnicas Expressivas em Web Design
(Thesis) Main arguer
 André Miguel dos Reis Marques Domingues (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 Symbolic Nature: Reinforcing Feelings of Connectedness Through a Multimedia Art Installation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rodrigo de Sousa Neves (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 dotRodas — Design de uma Workshop Itinerante para Promoção das STEAM
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Dulce Gomes Dias (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023 Computational Tools for the Development of Dynamic Visual Identities
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Rita Horta Estevinha da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022 Interactive Music Videos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Figueiredo da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 Lugar - Zero: Corporate Identity and Website
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Carolina Gonçalves de Carvalho (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - Current ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Member
2020 - Current SPECIES — the Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe and its Surroundings Member
2020 - Current European Alliance for Innovation Member
2019 - 2020 Associação Há Baixa Vice-President
2015 - 2019 Associação Há Baixa Founding member and member of the Executive Board
2013 - 2016 Centre for Film Studies of the Academic Association of Coimbra Member of the executive board
2014 - 2015 Centre for Film Studies of the Academic Association of Coimbra Treasurer

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2025 - Current International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI): AI, Arts & Creativity special track
2023 - Current International Conference on Computational Creativity
2023 - Current Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Thematic Track on AI, Generation and Creativity
2021 - Current International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design (EvoMUSART)
2022 - 2022 11th EAI International Conference: ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/02 - 2023/04 Pedir a Palavra Workshop (7 Sessões) (Ensino secundário) Câmara Municipal de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11 - 2023/03 O Que é um Saco? — Conditional Design and Sewing Workshop (5 sessions) (Outros) Associação Há Baixa, Portugal
2022/04 - 2022/04 FormulAI Workshop at ENEMath 2022 - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Matemática Workshop (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2019/07 - 2019/07 Universidade de Verão 2019 - Design Elétrico Workshop (Ensino secundário) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - 2023 SN Computer Science (2662-995X) Springer

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 Part of the evaluation committee of Concurso Ovar Jovens Criadores Câmara Municipal de Ovar, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Member of the selection jury at 4th Brevemente: International Contest of Design and Multimedia
Distinctions

Award

2024 Human-Competitive Awards (Humies) Silver Award
ACM Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO), United States
2024 "Mundo Digital: A Coin Designed by Artificial Intelligence." Honorable Mention in Tranversal Award of Design and Technology
Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño BID, Spain
2024 "Mundo Digital: A Coin Designed by Artificial Intelligence." Honorable Mention in the Transversal Award for Design and Innovation.
Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño BID, Spain
2023 Feedzai Excellence Teaching Award
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal

Feedzai, Portugal
2020 The Poster Factory. Shortlisted project in interactive video category. Golden bee 14 (un)real Global Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia
2019 GrammarType: SELECTED 2019. Best SELECTED work in the Interaction Design Category. Nominated for the Stone and Wood Award 2019.
2015 Art Invaders. Best Application at ShiftAppens Hackathon 2015
2015 Top 3% best student award in the master's degree in Design and Multimedia
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014 Top 3% best student award in the bachelor's degree in Design and Multimedia
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 Top 3% best student award in the bachelor's degree in Design and Multimedia
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 25 Exhibition. Selected poster at Bienal del Cartel de Bolivia BiCeBé 2023. La Paz, Bolivia
2023 Finalist of Aesthetica Art Prize 2023 with the work "The Middle Passage"
2021 PCD@Coimbra 2020: Visual Identity. Selected work in the Graphic Design category. Mostra Jovens Criadores 2021.
Fundação da Juventude, Portugal
2021 PCD@Coimbra 2020. Selected poster at Bienal del Cartel de Bolivia. La Paz, Bolivia
2020 Mulheres e Artes. Selected poster design in Golden bee 14 (un)real Global Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia.
2020 Portraits of No One. Selected work in video installations category at Golden bee 14 (un)real Global Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia
2020 Cidade Um Livro Em Branco. Selected and supported project for the "Oh, the houses" 22nd Cultural Week of the University of Coimbra (along with Catarina Pires and Há Baixa Association.)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 Sharing #UC. Project selected to be supported and part scientific promotion of culture events of University of Coimbra.
Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 Digital Poster (De)Composer. Selected work in the Graphic Design category. Mostra Jovens Criadores 2018.
Fundação da Juventude, Portugal
2019 Desenhar Cartaz para/com o Caminho. Selected and supported project for the "Caminhos" 21st Cultural Week of the University of Coimbra.
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 Finalist of Sonae Media Art 2019 award with the work "Portraits of No One"
Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Portugal
2017 Dar a Volta ao Sol. Selected work in the Graphic Design category. Mostra Jovens Criadores 2017.
Clube Português de Artes e Ideias, Portugal