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Sobre

Professor Associado com Agregação da UTAD e Investigador Sénior do INESC TEC.

Doutorou-se, na UTAD, em 2002, em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e realizou, em 2007, as provas Públicas de Agregação em Informática/Acessibilidade. Passou a Professor Associado da UTAD em dezembro de 2012.

Foi Pró-reitor para a Inovação e Gestão da Informação da UTAD, de 23 Julho de 2010 a 29 Julho de 2013.

Produziu mais de 150 trabalhos académicos, entre capítulos de livros, artigos em revistas e artigos em atas de eventos ciêntificos. Orientou 40 trabalhos de pós-graduação (mestrados e doutoramentos).

Participou em 35 projetos de investigação e desenvolvimento (foi investigador principal em 15 destes projetos).

Participou na organização de vários encontros científicos de natureza internacional, em 2006 coordenou a equipa que criou a conferência “Software Development for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (www.dsai.ws/2016) e em 2016 a conferência Technology and Innovation is Sports, Health and Wellbeing (www.tishw.ws/2016).

As áreas principais de investigação são: Processamento Digital de Imagem, Acessibilidade e Interação pessoa Computador.

Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HBVvNYQAAAAJ&hl=en

SCOPUS: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=20435746800

Tópicos
de interesse
Detalhes

Detalhes

  • Nome

    João Barroso
  • Cargo

    Investigador Coordenador
  • Desde

    01 outubro 2012
012
Publicações

2024

Review of Platforms and Frameworks for Building Virtual Assistants

Autores
Pereira, R; Lima, C; Reis, A; Pinto, T; Barroso, J;

Publicação
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

Abstract
Virtual assistants offer a new type of solution to handle interaction between human and machine and can be applied in various business contexts such as Industry or Education. When designing and building a virtual assistant the developers must ensure a set of parameters to achieve a good solution. Various platforms and frameworks emerged to allow developers to create virtual assistant solutions easier and faster. This paper provides a review of available platforms and frameworks used by authors to create their own solutions in different areas. Big tech companies like Google with Dialogflow, IBM with Watson Assistant and Microsoft with Bot Framework, present mature solutions to build virtual assistants that provide to the developer all components of the basic architecture to build a fast and solid solution. Open-Source solutions focus on providing to the developer the main components to build a virtual assistant, namely language understanding and response generation. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

2023

A Model for Cognitive Personalization of Microtask Design

Autores
Paulino, D; Guimaraes, D; Correia, A; Ribeiro, J; Barroso, J; Paredes, H;

Publicação
SENSORS

Abstract
The study of data quality in crowdsourcing campaigns is currently a prominent research topic, given the diverse range of participants involved. A potential solution to enhancing data quality processes in crowdsourcing is cognitive personalization, which involves appropriately adapting or assigning tasks based on a crowd worker's cognitive profile. There are two common methods for assessing a crowd worker's cognitive profile: administering online cognitive tests, and inferring behavior from task fingerprinting based on user interaction log events. This article presents the findings of a study that investigated the complementarity of both approaches in a microtask scenario, focusing on personalizing task design. The study involved 134 unique crowd workers recruited from a crowdsourcing marketplace. The main objective was to examine how the administration of cognitive ability tests can be used to allocate crowd workers to microtasks with varying levels of difficulty, including the development of a deep learning model. Another goal was to investigate if task fingerprinting can be used to allocate crowd workers to different microtasks in a personalized manner. The results indicated that both objectives were accomplished, validating the usage of cognitive tests and task fingerprinting as effective mechanisms for microtask personalization, including the development of a deep learning model with 95% accuracy in predicting the accuracy of the microtasks. While we achieved an accuracy of 95%, it is important to note that the small dataset size may have limited the model's performance.

2023

Artificial intelligence applied to potential assessment and talent identification in an organisational context

Autores
Franca, TJF; Mamede, HS; Barroso, JMP; dos Santos, VMPD;

Publicação
HELIYON

Abstract
Our study provides valuable insights into the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and Human Resource Management (HRM). We have minimised bias and ensured reliable findings by employing a systematic literature review and the PRISMA statement. Our comprehensive syn-thesis of the studies included in this research, along with a bibliometric analysis of articles, journals, indexes, authors' affiliations, citations, keyword co-occurrences, and co-authorship analysis, has produced robust results. The discussion of our findings focuses on critical areas of interest, such as AI and Talent, AI Bias, Ethics and Law, and their impact on Human Resource (HR) management. Our research highlights the recognition by organisations of the importance of talent management in achieving a competitive advantage as higher-level skills become increas-ingly necessary. Although some HR managers have adopted AI technology for talent acquisition, our study reveals that there is still room for improvement. Our study is in line with previous research that acknowledges the potential for AI to revolutionise HR management and the future of work. Our findings emphasise the need for HR managers to be proactive in embracing technology and bridging the technological, human, societal, and governmental gaps. Our study contributes to the growing body of AI and HR management knowledge, providing essential insights and rec-ommendations for future research. The importance of our study lies in its focus on the role of HR in promoting the benefits of AI-based applications, thereby creating a larger body of knowledge from an organisational perspective.

2023

A Machine Learning Tool to Monitor and Forecast Results from Testing Products in End-of-Line Systems

Autores
Nunes, C; Nunes, R; Pires, EJS; Barroso, J; Reis, A;

Publicação
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL

Abstract
The massive industrialization of products in a factory environment requires testing the product at a stage before its exportation to the sales market. For example, the end-of-line tests at Continental Advanced Antenna contribute to the validation of an antenna's functionality, a product manufactured by this organization. In addition, the storage of information from the testing process allows the data manipulation through automated machine learning algorithms in search of a beneficial contribution. Studies in this area (automatic learning/machine learning) lead to the search and development of tools designed with objectives such as preventing anomalies in the production line, predictive maintenance, product quality assurance, forecast demand, forecasting safety problems, increasing resources, proactive maintenance, resource scalability, reduced production time, and anomaly detection, isolation, and correction. Once applied to the manufacturing environment, these advantages make the EOL system more productive, reliable, and less time-consuming. This way, a tool is proposed that allows the visualization and previous detection of trends associated with faults in the antenna testing system. Furthermore, it focuses on predicting failures at Continental's EOL.

2023

Design of Context-Aware Information Systems in Manufacturing Industries: Overview and Challenges

Autores
Santos, A; Lima, C; Reis, A; Pinto, T; Nogueira, P; Barroso, J;

Publicação
Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions I, 20th International Conference, Guimaraes, Portugal, 12-14 July 2023.

Abstract
In the last 30 years, several academic and commercial projects have explored the context-awareness concept in multiple domains. Ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence are features associated with the 4th generation industry empowering space to interact and respond appropriately according to context. In the scope of Industry 4.0, context-aware systems aim to improve productivity in smart factories and offer assistance to workers through services, applications, and devices, delivering functionalities and contextualised content. This article, through descriptive research, discusses the concepts related to context, presents and analyses projects related to ubiquitous computing and associated with Industry 4.0, and discusses the main challenges in systems and applications development to support intelligent environments for increased productivity, supporting informed decision-making in the factories of the future. The study results indicate that many research questions regarding the analysed projects remain the same, leading the research in the context-aware systems area to minimise issues related to context-aware features, improving the incorporation of Industry 4.0 paradigm concepts. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Teses
supervisionadas

2023

Data Analytics in Military Training

Autor
Gustavo Speranzini Tosi Tavares

Instituição
UP-FEUP

2023

Inven!RA Authoring Immersive Education & Training

Autor
José Ricardo Vieira Gomes

Instituição
UP-FEUP

2022

Contribuições e limitações do Designer em Contextos de Sensibilização e Mobilização Cívica na Atualidade: relato da experiência de estágio na U. DREAM

Autor
Joana Catarina Mota Figueiredo

Instituição
UP-FEUP

2022

On the Summarization of Complex Networks

Autor
Isac Daniel de Figueiredo Novo

Instituição
UP-FCUP

2022

Secure In-Vehicle Storage

Autor
José Pedro Martins Moreira Teixeira de Sousa

Instituição
UP-FCUP