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Human-Centered Computing and Information Science

The Centre for Human-Centered Computing and Information Science (HumanISE) brings together engineers, scientists, and designers with expertise in Human-Centred Computing (HCC), Computer Science (CS), and Information Science (IS).


Interdisciplinarity, one of the Centre’s defining features, fosters the development of software systems, methods, and tools designed to empower individuals and their communities. The excellence and impact of HumanISE’s research, innovation, and consultancy activities allow addressing increasingly complex, volatile, heterogeneous, ambiguous, and uncertain challenges, while ensuring compliance with legal, ethical, and organisational standards and frameworks. Value transfer is achieved through close collaboration with academia and industry partners.


HumanISE’s core research areas include Human-Computer Interaction; Computer Graphics and Interactive Digital Media; Information Management and Information Systems; Software Engineering; and Large-Scale and Special-Purpose Computing Systems, Languages, and Tools; as well as Computing for Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems. HumanISE also explores innovation domains like Earth, Ocean and Space Sciences; Personalised Health Research; Geospatial Information Systems Engineering; and Applied Information Systems and Computing.

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Consultoria para o acompanhamento da implementação de uma Plataforma de Gestão Urbana na CIM de Terras de Trás-os-Montes

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2026

Adaptive Wine Recommendation in Online Environments

Authors
de Azambuja R.X.; Morais A.J.; Filipe V.;

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Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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Deep learning and large language models (LLMs) have recently enabled studies in state-of-the-art technologies that enhance recommender systems. This research focuses on solving the next-item recommendation problem using these challenging technologies in Web applications, specifically focusing on a case study in the wine domain. This paper presents the characterization of the framework developed for the object of study: adaptive recommendation based on new modeling of the initial data to explore the user’s dynamic taste profile. Following the design science research methodology, the following contributions are presented: (i) a novel dataset of wines called X-Wines; (ii) an updated recommender model called X-Model4Rec—eXtensible Model for Recommendation supported in attention and transformer mechanisms which constitute the core of the LLMs; and (iii) a collaborative Web platform to support adaptive wine recommendation to users in an online environment. The results indicate that the solutions proposed in this research can improve recommendations in online environments and promote further scientific work on specific topics.

2026

UAbALL: Automata Learning Lab

Authors
Rúdi Gualter de Oliveira; André Maciel Sousa; Mara Pinto; Nuno Almendra e Viana; A. Jorge Morais;

Publication
Lecture notes in networks and systems

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2026

ClaimPT: A Portuguese Dataset of Annotated Claims in News Articles

Authors
Campos, R; Sequeira, R; Nerea, S; Cantante, I; Folques, D; Cunha, LF; Canavilhas, J; Branco, A; Jorge, A; Nunes, S; Guimarães, N; Silvano, P;

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CoRR

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2026

CitiLink: Enhancing Municipal Transparency and Citizen Engagement through Searchable Meeting Minutes

Authors
Silva, R; Evans, JP; Isidro, J; Marques, M; Fonseca, A; Morais, R; Canavilhas, J; Pasquali, A; Silvano, P; Jorge, A; Guimarães, N; Nunes, S; Campos, R;

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CoRR

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2026

VotIE: Information Extraction from Meeting Minutes

Authors
Evans, JP; Cunha, LF; Silvano, P; Jorge, A; Guimarães, N; Nunes, S; Campos, R;

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CoRR

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