Augusto Esteves
Associate Professor
Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolAugusto Esteves is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Lisbon with 11 years of academic experience specializing in Human-Computer Interaction and Spatial Computing. He leads the HCI Lab at the Interactive Technologies Institute, where his interdisciplinary team designs and evaluates novel interaction techniques for future computing platforms. Augusto combines a strong research background—PhD in HCI—with extensive international collaborations and visiting positions across Europe and Asia, bringing a global perspective to teaching and investigation. He serves as a principal investigator for RELISH, an associate editor at Elsevier, and a board member at the Interactive Technologies Institute, reflecting a mix of leadership, editorial, and project stewardship. Known for bridging rigorous research with practical technology transfer (including founding a startup), he frequently works at the intersection of academia, industry and policy. Based in Lisbon, he brings a rare blend of hands-on lab innovation and institutional leadership that shapes how people will interact with emerging spatial and interactive systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction at Universidade da Madeira
Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, French
Stackoverflow
115reputation
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1answer
11questions
Github Skills (33)
ranking10
react9
science9
computer-science9
eye-tracker9
android-library8
package8
eye-tracking8
pyinstaller8
barcode-scanner8
py2app7
zxing7
python7
py2exe7
android-webview6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AugustoEst/gazetrack
Oct 2014 - Jun 2022
This library enables the use of different eye-trackers on the Processing environment.
Contributions:63 commits, 1 PR, 30 pushes in 7 years 9 months
eye-tracker
AugustoEst/CSrankings
Oct 2020 - Nov 2024
A web app for ranking computer science departments according to their research output in selective venues.
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
reactscienceresearch-outputselectivedepartments
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