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Pedro Silva is a cross-media designer and researcher at the Computational Design and Visualization Lab within the Centre for Informatics and Systems, affiliated with the Department of Informatics Engineering at the University of Coimbra. He holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Design and Multimedia from the same university. Currently pursuing a PhD with a focus on Casual Information Visualization and Data Aesthetics, Pedro is engaged in developing visualization tools tailored for the general public, aiming to enhance understanding of societal data. His primary research area centers around Information Visualization, while his broader interests encompass Data Aesthetics, Computational Art, Generative Design, as well as Typography, Editorial, and Graphic Design. Additionally, he has authored and co-authored publications featured in various esteemed International Conferences and journals specialized in Information Visualization and Computer Graphics, including renowned venues such as SIGGRAPH.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Nuno Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3813-B617-13A5
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7885-5768
Google Scholar ID
L5ehXtYAAAAJ

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/07/09 - 2024/01/09
Ongoing
 Engenharia Informática (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"CASUAL INFORMATION VISUALIZATION: UNBOXING TODAY’S BLACK BOXES " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/07/13
Concluded
 Mestrado em Design e Multimédia (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Identidade visual, interface gráfica e materiais de divulgação para aplicação mobile Legattus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16.433
2015
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Design e Multimédia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"n.a." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14,6
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/10/15 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/01/01 - Current Multimedia Designer C.A.D.E.C. - Centro de Animação Desportiva e Cultural, Portugal
2017/11/15 - 2018/05/15 Researcher Development of Time Series Visualization Models Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
2016/09/15 - 2017/07/15 UX/UI Designer; MedicineOne, Life Sciences Computing S.A., Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/09/01 - 2023/10/31 Casual Information Visualization – Unboxing Today's Blackboxes (PhD Individual Grant)
SFRH/BD/144283/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/11/15 - 2018/03/01 STRATIO - AI
LIS/IPN Project 711
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
 Universidade de Coimbra
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/07/01 - Current MomentumZai
Lugus - PS0616
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
Concluded
2018/10 - 2019/09 LEXIA
PS0738 LEXIA | DITS09-2018-341
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
2018/06 - 2019/06 Altice Vis
Lugus PS0646 ALTICE LABS, SA
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
 Altice Labs
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pedro Silva; Catarina Maçãs; João Correia; Penousal Machado; Evgheni Polisciuc. "ANTENNA: Visual Analytics of Mobility Derived from Cellphone Data". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-45725-8_7
Conference paper
  1. Silva, Pedro; Lopes, Daniel; Parente, Jéssica; Licinio Gomes Roque; Machado, Penousal. "Can Creativity be Enhanced by Computational Tools?". Paper presented in International Conference on Computational Creativity, Waterloo, 2023.
    Published
  2. Silva, Pedro; Maçãs, Catarina; Correia, João; Machado, Penousal; Polisciuc, Evgheni. "ANTENNA: A Tool for Visual Analysis of Urban Mobility based on Cell Phone Data". Paper presented in Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP), Online, 2022.
    Published • 10.5220/0010902200003124
  3. Silva, Pedro; Martins, Pedro; Machado, Penousal. "Personal Instants". Paper presented in Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, Graz, 2021.
    Accepted
  4. Silva, Pedro; Martins, Pedro; Machado, Penousal. "Money Leave(s) Portugal: an Aesthetic Exploration of Public Investments". 2020.
    Published • 10.1109/iv51561.2020.00031
  5. Silva, Pedro; Machado, Penousal; Maças, Catarina; Polisciuc, Evgheni; Lourenço, Nuno. "Visualisation Tool to Support Fraud Detection". Paper presented in EuroVis, Porto, 2019.
    Submitted
Journal article
  1. Pedro Silva; Pedro Martins; Penousal Machado. "PhDs—Portugal has Doctors: A Visualization of Academia Achievements in Portugal From 1970 to 2022". IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (2024): https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2024.3405656.
    10.1109/MCG.2024.3405656
  2. Silva, Pedro; Lopes, Daniel; Martins, Pedro; Machado, Penousal. "Field of Leaves". Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques 5 4 (2022): 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3533683.
    10.1145/3533683
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, Pedro. "Identidade Visual, interface gráfica e materiais de divulgação para aplicação mobile Legattus". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2017. http://estagios.dei.uc.pt/cursos/mdm/ano-lectivo-2016-2017/propostas-com-aluno-atribuido/?idestagio=2465.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. O Brain my Brain. 2023.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/12 - 2023/08/16 Design e Desenvolvimento de uma Intranet para a AZORES X
Supervisor
 Design e Multimédia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/12 - Current Processing Community Day @ Coimbra, Portugal (2021 – 2023) (2021/12)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
2021/04/28 - 2021/05/19 Ciclo de Conversas Design + Multimédia (2021 – 2022) (2021/04/28)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/12/09 - Current Workshop – P5.js makes interactive webpages
Meeting
 Processing Day @ Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/12/29 The work "PhDs – Portugal has Doctors" was featured as an article in a newsletter about visualization Pastel de Data
Distinctions

Award

2023 Feedzai Excellence Teaching Award
2021 Uma Janela Para o Cérebro initiative awarded by the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (IIIUC), through the program "Promotion of Scientific Culture 2021"
2019 Imagem Gráfica das Comemorações dos 25 Anos do DEI
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 Instamorphs – The Phaistos Project – Forty-five Symbols