Joana Barros de Brito (2114-58D8-1115)

Curriculum Vitae

Joana Barros de Brito

Joana is researcher at the Group on Artificial Intelligence for People and Society (GAIPS) in the area of Human-Robot Interaction, where she explores the intersection of human-robot interaction, physiological computing, and AI-driven assistive technologies. She holds a BSc degree in Biomedical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and a MSc degree in Biomedical Engineering from Technische Universität Wien. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, under the supervision of Prof. Joana Campos (INESC-ID) and Dr. Filipa Correia (ITI/LARSys). Her research aims to push the boundaries of HCI, assistive robotics, and digital health, ensuring technology is empowering for diverse user needs.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Joana Barros de Brito
Date of birth: 1997/05/03
Gender: Female

Citation names

Brito, Joana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2114-58D8-1115
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9437-6142

Telephones

Mobile phone

966437130 (Personal)

Addresses

Praça Infante D Duarte, N10, 4direito, 2670-386, Loures, Lisboa, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cE7_1xcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao (Scholar)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanabbrito/ (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/09/23 - 2027/09 Ongoing	Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/07/24 - 2023/07/28 Concluded	Summer School on Artificial Intelligence (ESSAI) & Advanced Course on Artificial Intelligence (ACAI) (Outros) University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Slovenia
2018/10/01 - 2021/06/18 Concluded	Biomedical Engineering (Master) Major in Biomedical Signals & Instrumentation Technische Universität Wien Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Austria "Elliptical method for time-domain quantification of the arterial baroreflex" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	1.47 (excellent(1), good(2), satisfactory(3), sufficient(4), insufficient (5))
2015/09/18 - 2018/07/06 Concluded	Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Biomédica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	16/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/04/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/02/01 - 2023/03/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2021	Research Trainee (Research)	Technische Universität Wien Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Austria

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/11 - Current	Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/10/01 - 2025/12	EMPOWER EU: Design and evaluation of technological support tools to empower stakeholders in digital education 101060918 PhD Student Fellow Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal	European Commission
2022 - 2023	JRC/IPR/2021/VLVP/3145: Neurosecurity and Experimental Communication JRC/IPR/2021/VLVP/3145 Research Fellow	European Commission Joint Research Centre Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Anouk Neerinex; Joana Brito; Marta Couto; Joana Campos; Maartje de Graaf; Judith Masthoff; Ana Paiva. "Social Robotics in Psychological Interventions for Children". In Digital Technologies for Learning and Psychological Interventions, edited by Cristina Costescu, 123-147. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. 10.1007/978-3-031-76414-1_6
Conference paper	Brito, Joana; Regina de Brito Duarte; Correia da Fonseca, Henrique; Joana Campos Carvalho; Filipa Isabel Nogueira Correia; Paiva, Ana. "Assistant Robots with an Agenda foster Uncooperative Behaviors". Paper presented in IEEE RO-MAN 2025, Eindhoven, 2025. Submitted Marcos L. P. Bueno; Arina Schipper; Monika Kazlauskaite; Brito, Joana; Joana Campos Carvalho; Lucía Vera; Diana Stillwell; et al. Corresponding author: Marcos L. P. Bueno. "Predicting Performance in Gamified Cognitive Executive Functioning Tasks for Neurodiverse Children using Machine Learning". Paper presented in 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Gothenburg, 2025. Accepted Brito, Joana; Mohan, Mayumi; Anouk Neerincx; Demiana R. Barsoum; Isabel Neto. "Workshop YOUR Study Design 2025! Participatory Critique and Refinement of Participants' Studies". Paper presented in 2025 ACM/IEEE Conference on Human Robot Interaction, Melbourne, 2025. Published Mohan, Mayumi; Brito, Joana; Neerincx, Anouk; Alves-Oliveira, Patrícia; Fitter, Naomi T.. "Workshop YOUR Study Design 2024! Participatory Critique and Refinement of Participants' Studies". Paper presented in 2024 ACM/IEEE Conference on Human Robot Interaction, Boulder, CO, 2024. Published • 10.1145/3610978.3638167
Journal article	Patrícia Bota; Joana Brito; Ana Fred; Pablo Cesar; Hugo Silva. "A real-world dataset of group emotion experiences based on physiological data". Scientific Data (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02905-6. 10.1038/s41597-023-02905-6 Babak Dabiri; Joana Brito; Eugenijus Kaniusas. "Cardiovagal Baroreflex Hysteresis Using Ellipses in Response to Postural Changes". Frontiers in Neuroscience (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.720031. 10.3389/fnins.2021.720031
Thesis / Dissertation	"Elliptical method for time-domain quantification of the arterial baroreflex". Master, Technische Universität Wien Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, 2021. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2021.90345. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2021.90345

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/03/11	Presentor and Moderator of the Workshop YOUR Study Design, held at the ACM/IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI'24)	2024 ACM/IEEE Conference on Human Robot Interaction (Boulder, CO, United States)
2023/06	Design and execution of an interactive science-art installation - proof-of-concept demonstration on user engagement measured by peripheral physiological signals in response to fake news.	Demonstration Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, Tartu University (Tallin, Estonia)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - Current	Social Media Team - responsible for maintaining the department's social media platforms, as well as organizing internal and public events, including talks by visiting researchers (2024/01/01) Other (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
2025/03/03 - 2025/03/03	President of the Organising Committee of the Workshop YOUR Study Design 2025, held at the ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference (HRI'25) (2025/03/03 - 2025/03/06) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)	ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference 2025, Australia
2024/06/03 - 2024/06/05	Student Volunteer at the 4th TAILOR (EU GA 952215) conference "Trustworthy AI from lab to market" - responsible for organising poster sessions, registration and check-in, information desk, logistics and setup of the venue and organizing materials, as well as social media and communication during the event (2024/06/03 - 2024/06/05) Conference (Other)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/03/11 - 2024/03/11	Member of the Organising Committee of the Workshop YOUR Study Design 2024 held at the ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference (HRI'24) (2024/03/11 - 2024/03/15) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference 2024, United States

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/10/07 - 2024/10/08	5th EMPOWER Project Meeting Meeting	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Campus Taguspark, Portugal
2024/04/22 - 2024/04/24	4th EMPOWER Project Meeting Meeting	Høgskulen på Vestlandet, Norway
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/27	3rd EMPOWER Project Meeting Meeting	Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/10/15 - 2024/11/15	ACM / IEEE Conference on Human-Robot Interaction	ACM/IEEE

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2025/05/01 - 2025/07/01	Artificial Intelligence	Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/11/21 - 2024/01/12	Logic for Programming	Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Distinctions

Other distinction

2021	TU Wien - Academic distinction (2019-2021) Technische Universität Wien Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Austria
2018	IST Diploma of Academic Merit (2015-2018) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal