Curriculum Vitae
NAME
João Miguel Queirós Magno Leitão
BIRTH
September 27, 1965, Porto, Portugal
ADDRESS
EMAIL
TELEPHONE
QUALIFICATIONS
ISEP
R. António Bernardino de Almeida, 437,
4022-072 Porto
[email protected]
+351 228340500 / +351 966058921
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering, 2000
University of Porto, Portugal
MSc. in Electronic and Computer Engineering, 1994
University of Porto, Portugal
Licenciate in Electronic and Computer Engineering, 1989
University of Porto, Portugal
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE Electronics and computer engineering
Digital systems, embedded systems and computers
Computer graphics
Telecommunications.
RESEARCH FIELDS
Image synthesis
Interaction devices
Visual simulation
Multimedia information systems
EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant (Monitor) at the Engineering Institute of Porto Polytechnic from
1986 to 1989.
Researcher at INESC, working on the areas of Computer Graphics, Telecommunications
and Multimedia Information Systems, since 1989.
Assistant Professor at the Engineering Institute of Porto Polytechnic from 1989, to July
1994.
Course Coordinator and Teacher in several Advanced Professional Courses in the fields
of Design, Multimedia, Computer Graphics, CAD/CAM, Automation and Electronics since
1990.
Adjunct Professor at the Engineering Institute of Porto Polytechnic from 1994, to 2001.
Coordinating Professor at the Engineering Institute of Porto Polytechnic since 2002.
Vice-President of Electronics and Computing Engineering at Porto Polytechnic from
2002 to 2004.
Miguel Leitão
Head of Department of Electronics and Computing Engineering at Porto Polytechnic,
from 2004 to 2006.
Invited Professor of Multimedia Technology at the School of Arts of Porto Polytechnic,
from 2006 to 2008.
Course Director of MEEC (Mestrado em Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores)
at Porto Polytechnic, from 2008 to 2010.
MEMBERSHIP
Effective member of “Ordem dos Engenheiros”, the Portuguese member of the
Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI), since 1989.
Member of EUROGRAPHICS – European Association for Computer Graphics, since
2004.
Member of GPCG, Grupo Português de Computação Gráfica, Portuguese association for
Computer Graphics, since 2003.
Founder member of Portuguese Eurocloud Association, the Portuguese chapter from
the European Eurocloud Association for cloud computing.
Member of ISOC – Internet Society since 2005.
Member of ACM, Association for Computing Machinery from 1996 to 2000.
PUBLICATIONS
A. Augusto Sousa; A. Cardoso Costa; J. Miguel Leitão; F. Nunes Ferreira, Ray-Tracing
Controlável Interactivamente para Produção de Imagens de Realismo Crescente;
Proceedings of the 3º Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica (Coimbra, Portugal,
1990).
J. Miguel Leitão; A. Augusto Sousa; A. Cardoso Costa; F. Nunes Ferreira, Estratégias e
Implementação de Realismo Crescente em Ray-Tracing, Proceedings of the 4º Encontro
Português de Computação Gráfica, (Lisboa, Portugal, 1991)
J. Miguel Leitão; A. Augusto Sousa; A. Cardoso Costa; F. Nunes Ferreira, Strategies and
Implementation of Ray-Tracing with Increasing Realism, Graphics Modeling and
Visualisation in Science and Technology, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3-540-55965-5, 1992.
J. Miguel Leitão; A. Augusto Sousa; A. Cardoso Costa; F. Nunes Ferreira, Ray-Tracing
para Imagens Estereoscópicas, Proceedings of the 6º Encontro Português de
Computação Gráfica (Braga, Portugal, 1994).
J. Miguel Leitão; A. Augusto Sousa; F. Nunes Ferreira, Ray-Tracing for Stereoscopic
Images; Modelling and Graphics in Science and Technology, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3540-60244-5., 1994.
J. Miguel Leitão; J. Miguel Losa, GipPDM - Aplicação desenvolvida por docentes do ISEP
vence prémio Decartes 95, Proceedings of the 2º Encontro de Docentes Investigadores
do IPP, (Porto, Portugal, 1996).
J. Miguel Leitão; A. Pires da Costa; J. Almeida Santos; F. Nunes Ferreira, DriS - A Virtual
Driving Simulator, Proceedings of the Symposium on the Design and Validation of
Driving Simulators, (Valencia - Espanha, Maio de 1996).
J. Miguel Leitão; F. Nunes Ferreira, DriS – A Virtual Driving Simulator; Proceedings of
the International Seminar on Human Factors in Road Traffic II, (Braga, Portugal, 1997).
J. Miguel Leitão; F. Nunes Ferreira, Agentes Autónomos em Ambientes Artificiais,
Proceedings of the 8º Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica (Coimbra, Portugal,
1998).
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António Coelho; J. Miguel Leitão, F. Nunes Ferreira, Síntese de Som 3D em Ambientes
de Realidade Virtual - Aplicação a Simuladores de Condução, Proceedings of the 8º
Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica (Coimbra, Portugal, 1998).
Miguel Leitão; F. Nunes Ferreira, Aplicação Informática para Estudo de Percepção de
Movimentos, Proceedings of the Jornadas de Investigação no Ensino Superior
Politécnico (Santarém, Portugal, 1999).
Miguel Leitão; A. Augusto Sousa; F. Nunes Ferreira, An Image Generation Sub-system
for a Realistic Driving Simulator, Proceedings of the 1999 International Conference on
Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (Las Vegas - Nevada – USA, 1999).
Miguel Leitão; A. Augusto Sousa; F. Nunes Ferreira, A Evaluation of Driving Education
Methods in a Driving Simulator, Proceedings of the 1999 Eurographics Workshop on
Computer Graphics and Visualization Education (Coimbra, 1999).
Miguel Leitão; A. Augusto Sousa; F. Nunes Ferreira, A Scripting Language for Multi-level
Control of Autonomous Agents in a Driving Simulator, Proceedings of the 1999 Driving
Simulators Conference (Paris – France, 1999).
Miguel Leitão, A. Augusto Sousa, F. Nunes Ferreira. Tactical Control of Autonomous,
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Virtual Vehicles, Proceedings of the 19 IASTED International Conference on
Modelling, Identification and Control (MIC 2000), (Innsbruck - Austria, 2000).
Miguel Leitão, A. Augusto Sousa, F. Nunes Ferreira. Variação do Nível de Detalhe
Comportamental de Agentes em Ambientes Simulados, Proceedings of the 9º Encontro
Português de Computação Gráfica, (Marinha Grande, Portugal, 2000).
Miguel Leitão; A. Augusto Sousa; F. Nunes Ferreira, Graphical Control of Autonomous,
Virtual Vehicles, Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (Tokyo Japan, 2000).
Carlos Rodrigues; J. Miguel Leitão; Jorge A. Santos, Aplicações do Simulador de
Condução no Âmbito da Segurança Rodoviária, Actas do 1º Congresso Rodoviário
Português – Estrada 2000 (Lisboa, 2000).
Miguel Leitão, Evaluation of Global Optimisation Techniques for Visual Simulations,
Proceedings of the Ninth Annual IASTED International Modelling and Simulation
Conference (MS 2001), (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 2001).
Paula Viana; Pedro Assis; J. Carlos Oliveira; J. Miguel Leitão; J. Miguel Almeida,
Advanced Academic Network Services: do users really want them?, Proceedings of the
5th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2001)
(Orlando, USA, 2001).
Vitor Cunha, Miguel Leitão; Sistema de Realidade Virtual para Tratamento de Fobias,
Proceedings of the 12º Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica, Porto, Portugal,
2003
Carlos Campos, Miguel Leitão; Geração de Ambientes Rodoviários para Simulação de
Condução; Proceedings of the 12º Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica, Porto,
Portugal, 2003
Miguel Leitão, Vitor Cunha; Phobia Treatment Using a Virtual Reality System, Human
Computer Interaction: Theory and Practice (Part1), J. Jacko, C. Stephanidis (Editors),
1168-1172, ISBN 0-8058-4930-0, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003
Carlos Campos, Miguel Leitão, Carlos Rodrigues, Modelação de Ambientes Rodoviários
de Grandes Dimensões, Proceedings of the 15º Encontro Português de Computação
Gráfica, Oeiras, Portugal, 2007
Marta Pereira, Anabela Simões, Carlos Rodrigues, Miguel Leitão, Carlos Campos, MariePierre Bruyas, Sistemas de Informação e Comunicação Embarcados e Comportamento do
Condutor: Um Estudo Prático, 5º Congresso Rodoviário Português – Estrada 2008
(Estoril, 2008).
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Marta Pereira, Anabela Simões, Carlos Rodrigues, Miguel Leitão, Carlos Campos, MariePierre Bruyas, Aging and Fitness to Drive: Impacts of in-vehicle information and
communication systems. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied
Ergonomics (AE International), Las Vegas, USA, 14-17 July 2008
Artemisa R. Dores, Irene Carvalho, Carlos Abreu, João Nunes, Miguel Leitão, Alexandre
Castro-Caldas, VIRTUAL REALITY: Application to Cognitive Rehabilition after Acquired
Brain Injury, Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Development for
Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI’09), Oeiras, Portugal, June
2009
Artemisa R. Dores, Irene Carvalho, Carlos Abreu, S. Guerreiro, I. Almeida, L. Romero, C.
Abreu, João Nunes, Miguel Leitão, J. Barbosa, Alexandre Castro Caldas, New Answers
For Old Questions In The Domain Of The Cognitive Rehabilitation, Proceedings of the
IADIS Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction 2009, Algarve, Portugal, 17–23 June
2009,
Vitor Cunha, Miguel Leitão, Exploração da Remoção Hierárquica por Oclusão em
Simulações em Tempo Real, Proceedings of the 17º Encontro Português de Computação
Gráfica, Covilhã, Portugal, 2009
Carlos Campos, Miguel Leitão, Carlos Rodrigues: Design and Modeling of Road
Environments, Proceedings of the DSIE’11 - 6th Doctoral Symposium on Informatics
Engineering, Porto, Portugal, 2011
Artemisa R. Dores, Irene P. Carvalho, Fernando Barbosa, Isabel Almeida, Sandra
Guerreiro, Miguel Leitão, Liliana de Sousa, Alexandre Castro-Caldas; Serious Games: Are
They Part of the Solution in the Domain of Cognitive Rehabilitation?; Proceedings of The
Second International Conference on Serious Games Development & Applications (SGDA
2011), Lisbon, Portugal, Setembro 2011
Giulio F. Piccinini, Anabela Simões, Carlos M. Rodrigues, Miguel Leitão; A method to
investigate drivers’ acceptance of Blind Spot Detection System; Work 41 (2012) 42134217, DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0123-4213, IOS Press, 2012
Giulio F. Piccinini, Anabela Simões, Carlos M. Rodrigues, Miguel Leitão; Assessing
driver’s mental representation of Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and its possible effects on
behavioural adaptations; Work 41 (2012) 4396-4401, DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-07364396, IOS Press, 2012
Jorge Sousa, Pedro Assis, Miguel Leitão; Cloud Computing: Return On Investment;
Proceedings of The 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services
Science, CLOSER 2012, Porto, Portugal, April 2012
Carlos Campos, Miguel Leitão, António Coelho; Modelação Procedimental de Ambientes
Rodoviários para Simulação de Condução; 20º Encontro Português de Computação
Gráfica, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, October 2012.
SELECTED PROJECTS Graphical toolkit for using standard graphical adaptors (EGA or VGA) in a Transputer
network. , INESC, 1989
Externally controllable didactic simulator of a volume transportation system, ISEP,
1987-1989.
Computer based controller for a video recorder. FEUP, 1989
ASIC for remote acquisition of analog signals. Presented in Eurochip show, Grenoble,
France, 1993.
MEDICO, Clinical Data Sharing and Visualization. Supported by Luso-German
Integrated Actions (CRUP-DAAD), 1993
Informatics System for Ground Use Management (GipPDM). Awared with Decartes
Prize, CNIG, 1995
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Analog sinal acquisition system. Contracted by Efacec , 1994.
DriS, Realistic Driving Simulator for Scientific Experiments, University of Porto, since
1994,
ASI – Analysis and Synthesis of Images in Real and Virtual Road Environments.
Supported by JNICT/PRAXIS XXI from 30/12/1996 to 30/12/1999. Ref: 2/2.1/TIT/1642/95
Visual Perception evaluation system. Contracted by School of Psychology, University
of Minho, 1997
Robnatura – Autonomous vehicle for outside environments. Porto Polytechnic,
1998.
Virtual Reality System for Phobia Treatment (VRFobias). Contracted by School of
Psychology, University of Minho.
HASTE (Human Machine Interface And the Safety of Traffic in Europe), Growth
Task 2.2.5/6, Project GRD1/2000/25361 S12.319626, 2002-2005
Time to Collision and Road Safety: Frontal Collision Study. Supported by
POCTI/ECM/11299/98, 2003-2005.
Synatel - In-Vehicle Information and Communication Systems, 2004-2006
Gerico, “Global EneRgy management and driver Interface for a Citizen Optimal
driving behavior”. France’s Ministry of the Environment, 2005-2007
OPIIS – On-seat Passenger Interactive Information System. Embedded interactive
device aimed to in-vehicle use in train and avionics. Academic project, ISEP, 2006
INTERACTION - Differences and similarities in driver interaction with in-vehicle
technologies., European Project Ref. 218560, 2008-2012.
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