Supervisions

PhD Theses

PhD Theses: 2

2022

Sara Lampreia Lopes
Advisors: Aristides I. Ferreira and Rui Prada
Sick but still productive? The impact of presenteeism climate and health conditions on workers' productivity
PhD Thesis at ISCTE, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, May. 2022 [bibTex]

2021

Mojgan Hashemian
Advisors: Rui Prada and Pedro Santos
Persuasive Social Agents using Social Power Dynamics
PhD Thesis at instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Jun. 2021 [bibTex]

MSc Theses

MSc Theses: 14

2022

Pedro José Ribeiro Tornada
Advisors: Rui Prada and Manuel Lopes
Automated Multiplayer Playtesting through Quality-Diversity Optimisation
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Nov. 2022 [bibTex]
Miguel Filipe Vitória Malheiro
Advisors: Rui Prada and Daniel Simões Lopes
Gamifying Touch on Chemistry: An Educational Organic Chemistry VR Game
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Nov. 2022 [bibTex]
Tiago Manuel Severino Gonçalves
Advisors: Rui Prada and Joaquim Armando Pires Jorge
Predicting Motion Sickness in VR
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Nov. 2022 [bibTex]
Carlos Alberto Azevedo Marques
Advisors: Rui Prada
Social Agents in Minecraft
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Nov. 2022 [bibTex]

2021

Miguel Cardoso Valério
Advisors: Luísa Coheur and Rui Prada
Chronicles of Crime: Alexa, the Little Assistant Detective
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Nov. 2021 [bibTex]
Gabriel Salvador Fernandes
Advisors: Carlos António Roque Martinho and Rui Prada
Deep QL-APF: An Automated Playtesting Framework for Unreal Engine
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Nov. 2021 [bibTex]
Lourenço Silveiro de Lobato Cortesão
Advisors: Rui Prada
Alexa What Have You Done? Making a Mystery Game with the Virtual Suspect
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]
Diogo Miguel Barradas Eusébio
Advisors: Rui Prada
Artificial Populations in Games with Dynamic Social Roles
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]
Gonçalo João Neves Gaspar
Advisors: Rui Prada and Daniel Simões Lopes
ChemTouch: A new way of seeing Chemistry
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]
Tiago Alexandre dos Santos Taveira
Advisors: Rui Prada and Tânia Sousa
ExergyX as an Educational Game
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]
Luís Fernandes
Advisors: Rui Prada and Manuel Lopes
Learning User Profiles for Automatic Test of Games
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]
Miguel Lourenço Gonçalves
Advisors: Rui Prada
SocialCraft: A social NPC framework for Minecraft
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]
David Garcia Pereira
Advisors: Rui Prada
Testing Interactive Narratives using Personality Types
MSc Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]
Diogo Henrique Caria Ferreira
Advisors: Rui Prada and Dulce Elisabete Bornes Teixeira Pereira Simão
Touch on Chemistry: Interaction System
MSc Thesis, Oct. 2021 [bibTex]