Pedro Pestana (2714-8A7B-5CCA)

Curriculum Vitae

Pedro Pestana

Pedro Duarte Pestana is currently an Assistant Professor at the Science and Technology Department of the Open University (UAb), after one decade with the Science and Arts department at the Catholic University (UCP) where he coordinated the Sound and Image undergraduate degree. He is a researcher at the Center of Science and Technology of the Arts (CITAR) at UCP, of which he was the Director between 2016 and 2018. He also consults as Lead Audio Research at Mixgenius, a company that specializes in intelligent audio production software. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Music at the UCP, specialising in adaptive digital audio effects for automatic mixing. He has investigated topics pertaining to perception and cognition in audio, machine learning systems, acoustics, interactive sound design and digital audio effects. He has been an active member of the Audio Engineering Society for over a decade, and won the best paper award at the 134th AES Convention in Rome. He has 17 published papers in journals and conferences with an h-index of 8 and over 250 total citations. He actively collaborates in artistic projects of international visibility and holds one patent.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Pedro Pestana

Citation names

Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2714-8A7B-5CCA

Email addresses

pedro.pestana@uab.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Palácio Ceia, Rua da Escola Politécnica, n.º 147, 1269-001, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://paginapessoal.uab.pt/ppestana (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences
Humanities - Arts
Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Italian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2009 - 2013 Concluded	Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes - Informática Musical (Doutoramento) Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal "Automatic Mixing Using Adaptive Digital Audio Effects" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
2013 Concluded	Tecnologia das Artes - Informática Musical (Doutoramento) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola das Artes, Portugal "Automatic Mixing Using Adaptive Digital Audio Effects" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
1998 - 2000 Concluded	European Master’s in Multimedia and Audiovisual Business Administration (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal "A Peer-To-Peer, Autonomous Multi-Agent System For Information Retrieval Across The World Wide Web" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2000 Concluded	European Master in Multimedia and Audiovisual Business Administration (Master) Haute Ecole Groupe ICHEC ISC Saint-Louis ISFSC, Belgium "A Peer-to-peer, Autonomous Multi-Agent System For Information Retrieval on the World Wide Web" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17
1997 Concluded	Economia (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal "Sem tese" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	13

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014/06 - 2021/03/01	Principal Investigator (Research)	LandR, Canada

2015/10 - 2019/10	Principal Investigator (Research)	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

2013/05 - 2016/09	Researcher (Research)	Mixgenius, Canada

2000/09 - 2006/07	Coordinating Researcher (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/03 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Aberta, Portugal

2013/09/01 - 2022/03	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

2006/09 - 2022/03	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2006/09 - 2013/07	Outra Situação (Docente-Ens. Sup. Politécnico)	RESTART, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2018 - 2021	SCReLPRog - Auto e Corregulação na Aprendizagem Online de Programação de Computadores POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030040 Researcher	Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2020/12/31	Projecto CHIC (Cooperative Holistic View on Internet and Content) POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024498 Researcher

Other

	Designation	Funders
2015/10 - 2018/10	Design Sonoro Interactivo em Contextos de Mediação Social Gulbenkian Professorship Researcher Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book	Gomes, Maria Ivette; Oliveira, Teresa Paula Costa Azinheira; Amílcar Oliveira; Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Xu, Min. International Conference on Statistics and Data Science (ICSDS): Program Book. IMS Editions. 2023. Published • Editor Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Pestana, Dinis Duarte; Maria Ivette Gomes; Carlos Ventura. Glossários de Termos Estatísticos. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto Nacional de Estatística. 2013. Published
Conference paper	Tiago Romão; Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Morgado, Leonel. "A Systematic Review of Teacher-Facing Dashboards for Collaborative Learning Activities and Tools in Online Higher Education". Paper presented in 4th International Computer Programming Education Conference (ICPEC 2023), 2023. Published Felipe Marques; Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Filipe, Vítor. "Pylung: a supporting tool for comparative study of ViT and CNN-based models used for lung nodules classification". Paper presented in 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2023), 2023. Pedrosa, D., Fontes, M. M., Araújo, T., Morais, C., Bettencourt, T., Pestana, P. D., ... & Cravino, J.. "Metacognitive challenges to support self-reflection of students in online Software Engineering Education". Paper presented in 4th International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE), 2021. Gradim, R. & Pestana, P.D.. "Overview of Generative Processes in the work of Brian Eno". Paper presented in UbiMUS, 2020. Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Francisco Bernardo; Luís Gustavo Martins. "The Smart Stage: Designing 3D interaction metaphors for immersive and ubiquitous music systems". Paper presented in International Conference on New Music Concepts (ICNMC 2015), Treviso, 2015. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Reiss, Joshua D.; Barbosa, Álvaro. "Cross-Adaptive Polarity Switching Strategies for Optimization of Audio Mixes". Paper presented in 138th Audio Engineering Society Convention, Varsóvia, 2015. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Reiss, Joshua D.. "Intelligent audio production strategies informed by best practices". Paper presented in 53rd International Conference: Semantic Audio. Audio Engineering Society, Londres, 2014. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Reiss, Joshua D.. "A Cross-Adaptive Dynamic Spectral Panning Technique". Paper presented in 17th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-14), Erlangen, 2014. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Reiss, Joshua D.; Barbosa, Álvaro. "Loudness Measurement of Multitrack Audio Content using Modifications of ITU-R BS.1770". Paper presented in Audio Engineering Society Convention, Roma, 2013. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Reiss, Joshua D.; Ma, Zheng; Black, Dawn; Barbosa, Álvaro. "Spectral Characteristics of Popular Commercial Recordings 1950-2010". Paper presented in Audio Engineering Society Convention, New York, 2013. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Pestana, Dinis Duarte. "Philip Glass' Façades — a Case Study on the Complexity of Music Scores". Paper presented in Chaos 2012 — 5th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, Atenas, 2012. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Pestana, Dinis Duarte. "Music with Repetitive Structures, Complexity of Music Scores and Algorithms in Computational Music Composition". Paper presented in Notas e Comunicações do CEAUL, Lisboa, 2012. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Reiss, Joshua D.; Barbosa, Álvaro. "Accuracy of ITU-R BS.1770 Algorithm in Evaluating Multitrack Material". Paper presented in Audio Engineering Society Convention, San Francisco, 2012. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes. "Lindenmayer Systems and the Harmony of Fractals". Paper presented in 4th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, Agios Nikolaos, Crete Greece, 2011. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes. "Sir Pinski Rides Again". Paper presented in Chaotic Modeling and Simulation (CMSIM), Agios Nikolaos, 2011. Published
Encyclopedia entry	Brilhante, Maria de Fátima; Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes. "BetaBoop Function, BetaBoop Random Variables and Extremal Population Growth". In International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science, Lovric, M. (Ed.), edited by Milan Lovric. Springer, 2024. Accepted Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Rocha, Maria Luísa; Sequeira, Fernando. "Cyber-Vulnerabilities Life Cycle and Risk Assessment". In International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science, Lovric, M. (ed.), edited by Milan Lovric. Springer, 2024. Accepted
Journal article	Fontes, Mario Madureira; Morgado, Leonel; Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Daniela Pedrosa; Cravino, José Paulo. "Viewing puzzles as two-faced: theoretical and practical implications for Puzzle-based Learning". Thinking Skills and Creativity (2024): Accepted Pestana, Dinis; Brilhante, M. Fátima; Gomes, Maria Ivette; Mendonça, Sandra; Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes. "Population Growth and Geometrically Thinned Extreme Value Theory". (2024): Submitted Brilhante, M. Fátima; Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Rocha, Maria Luísa; Sequeira, Fernando. "Risk assessment of vulnerabilities exploitation". (2024): Submitted Brilhante, Maria de Fátima; Pestana, Dinis; Pestana, Pedro; Rocha, Maria Luísa. "Measuring the Risk of Vulnerabilities Exploitation". AppliedMath 4 1 (2023): 20-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/appliedmath4010002. Published • 10.3390/appliedmath4010002 Menexopoulos, Dimitris; Pestana, Pedro; Reiss, Joshua. "The State of the Art in Procedural Audio". Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 71 12 (2023): 825-847. http://dx.doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0108. Published • 10.17743/jaes.2022.0108 Brilhante, M. Fátima; Pestana, Dinis; Rocha, Maria Luísa; Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Sequeira, Fernando. "A Metrologia e a Transição Digital: Medição da Severidade de Vulnerabilidades e Risco de Exploração". Medições e Ensaios 17 (2023): 3-34. Open access • Published Brilhante, M. Fátima; Gomes, M. Ivette; Mendonça, Sandra; Pestana, Dinis; Pestana, Pedro. "Generalized Beta Models and Population Growth: So Many Routes to Chaos". Fractal and Fractional 7 2 (2023): 194. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract7020194. Published • 10.3390/fractalfract7020194 Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Barbosa, Álvaro; Reiss, Joshua D.. "User Preference on Artificial Reverberation and Delay Time Parameters". Journal of the Audio Engineering Society Special Is (2017): 13-16. Published Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes; Ma, Zheng; Black, Dawn; Reiss, Joshua D.; Brecht DeMan. "Intelligent Multitrack Dynamic Range Compression". Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 63 6 (2015): 412-426. Published
Newspaper article	Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes. "The Advantages of an Acoustically Large Recording Room.", Inside EP, 2011

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition	Bill Fontana - Shadow Soundings. 2017. João Onofre - Orchestral, Untitled. 2017. Baltazar Torres and Vitor Joaquim - Hic et Nunc. 2016. Vitor Joaquim - Filament, Culturgest. 2013.
Musical performance	Teresa Salgueiro - O Mistério. 2012.
Sound design	Vasco Mendonça (Writer / Producer). 2019. Home is where the heart is (Installation/Performance).. Rui Veiga (Writer / Producer). 2018. Mysteries of the Wild (Short film): Sound Design, Sound Direction..

Other

Other output

LandR. Software. 2015. Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes.
Automatic Mixing Using Adaptive Digital Audio Effects. 2013. Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes.
System and Method for Performing Automatic Multi-Track Audio Mixing (Patent Application WO/2015/035492 CA2013/050706). Processo. 2013. Pestana, Pedro Duarte Leal Gomes.

Activities

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020 - Current	Intelligent assistants for audio mixing tasks. Supervisor	Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2019 - Current	Intelligent Systems for Light Design Supervisor	Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2019 - Current	Neural Sonification in Hospital Recovery Contexts Supervisor	Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2018 - Current	Hierarquia de processos auditivos na segregação e seleção de estímulos sonoros Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2017 - 2017	Portuguese emotional speech database Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2017 - 2017	História da gravação sonora em Portugal Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2016 - 2016	A Sound is Worth a Thousand Words: Exploring the Taxonomic and Causal Link Between Emotions and Sound Objects Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Degree) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Caracterização de Sons Confortáveis e Stressantes Através da Aprendizagem Máquina Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Música para Cinema: Empatia e Percepção Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2016 - 2016	Loudness: Faz sentido aplicar uma norma de regularização na masterização musical? Supervisor
2016 - 2016	Percepção e Inteligibilidade - a dimensão, manipulação e integração dos diálogos como elemento estruturante e condicionante do filme Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2015 - 2015	O Papel do Laptop Performer Enquanto Agente Transformador das Práticas Musicais Co-supervisor	Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2015 - 2015	Agentes Criativos de Música Eléctronica em Portugal Co-supervisor	Comunicação Social (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - 2014	Mistura de Som para Cinema em Surround 5.1: Uma Análise de Tendências Estabelecidas Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2014 - 2014	O Impacto da Evolução Tecnológica nos Efeitos Sonoros dos Filmes de Terror Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2014 - 2014	The Drum Kit and the Studio: A Spectral and Dynamic Analysis of the Relevant Components Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2014 - 2014	Guitarra elétrica, uma abordagem de modulação sonora, e de interação aumentada Supervisor	Som e Imagem (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018	DAFx ’18 Conference
2017 - 2017	European Broadcast Union Production Techniques Seminar, Geneva, Switzerland Conference	European Broadcast Union Production Techniques Seminar, Geneva, Switzerland
2017 - 2017	Arte Pública na Era da Criatividade Digital Conference
2017 - 2017	5th International Conference of Creative Cities Conference
2016 - 2016	EU DG-Connect STARTS (Science, Technology and the Arts) Symposium, Brussels, Belgium Symposium	EU DG-Connect STARTS (Science, Technology and the Arts) Symposium, Brussels, Belgium
2016 - 2016	Monsenhor José de Castro Congress Congress
2016 - 2016	AIM Conference Conference
2016 - 2016	Musical Gesture Conference Conference
2012 - 2012	132nd Audio Engineering Society Convention, Budapest, Hungary Conference	132nd Audio Engineering Society Convention, Budapest, Hungary
2009 - 2009	126th Audio Engineering Society Convention, Munich, Germany. Conference	126th Audio Engineering Society Convention, Munich, Germany.
2008 - 2008	124th Audio Engineering Society Convention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Congress	124th Audio Engineering Society Convention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2017	Embriaguez	Luís Fernandes (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2017	HO-BO: Creation of a Musical Identity	Rolando Babo (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2017	El Rupe - Suite 3.14	Pedro Ribeiro (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2017	The Player and the Character: Building Identity Through Game Audio	Mariana Costa (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2017	Automatic Transcription of Drums and Vocalised Percussion	António Ramires (Master) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017	Interactive Manipulation of Musical Melody in Audio Recordings	Miguel Rocha e Silva (Master) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017	Acoustical Characterisation with Parametric Loudspeakers for Virtual Space Modelling	Tiago Brilhante (Master) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016	A New Chemistry of Sound: The Technique of Multiphonics as a Compositional Element for Guitar and Am- plified Guitar	Rita Luzes Torres (PhD) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2014	The Impact of Internet and New Technologies in Portuguese Musical Creation and Production	Celine Valente (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal
2014	Multimedia Applications as Support Tools for Cultural Promotion in Museology	Nuno Silva (Master) Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal
2014	Listening: Sound Awareness in Everyday Contexts	Vasco Pucarinho (Master) Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Escola das Artes, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2019 - Current	ISO/TC 43/SC1 Action, International Standards Organisation.	Representante Nacional
2013 - Current	SP Acustica
2009 - Current	CITAR
2001 - Current	AES
1993 - Current	SP Autores
2011 - 2015	CEAUL
2009 - 2011	C4DM - QMUL

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2017/12/13 - Current	Audio Engineering Society
2013 - Current	International Society on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR)
2015 - 2020	CITAR Journal

Distinctions

Other distinction

2013	Best peer-reviewed paper award, AES 134 Convention Audio Engineering Society, Portugal
2013	Best Peer-reviewed paper award (AES 134)
2002	Melhor software educacional Microsoft, Portugal
2002	Microsoft’s 2002 award for best educational software for the CD-ROM collection “E-Tutor”. Project Manager. Microsoft Portugal, Portugal
1997	Melhor aluno de Investigação Operacional e Optimização Unysis/UNL, Portugal
1997	Unysis award for best student in Operational Investigation and Optimization at the Economics Faculty, New University of Lisbon.