About me
Daniel Mendes, PhD
I am an Auxiliary Researcher at INESC TEC and an Invited Assistant Professor at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Received my PhD (2018), MSc (2011) and BSc (2008) degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. My work is manily focused on virtual and augmented reality, multimodal interfaces, 3D user interfaces and touch / gesture-based interactions. I was in the organizing committee of the ACM ISS 2020 and Eurographics 2016 conferences. I am member of ACM, IEEE, Eurographics and the Portuguese Group for Computer Graphics.Projects
Publications
2021
Graceful Degradation for Real-time Visualization of Streaming Geospatial Data
EuroVis 2021
Immersive Multimodal and Procedurally-Assisted Creation of VR Environments
TrainingXR Workshop (IEEE VR 2021)
A Novel Tool for Immersive Authoring of Experiential Learning in Virtual Reality
TrainingXR Workshop (IEEE VR 2021)
2020
Collaborative Tabletops for Blind People: The Effect of Auditory Design on Workspace Awareness
ISS 2020 
Best Paper Award
Best Paper Award
Evaluating Animated Transitions between Contiguous Visualizations for Streaming Big Data
VIS 2020
2019
Negative Space: Investigating Workspace Awareness in 3D Face-to-face Remote Collaboration
VRCAI 2019
Adventures in Hologram Space: Exploring the Design Space of Eye-to-eye Volumetric Telepresence
VRST 2019
Anatomy Studio: a Tool for Virtual Dissection Through Augmented 3D Reconstruction
Computers & Graphics (In Press)
2018
Investigating Workspace Awareness in 3D Face-to-Face Remote Collaboration
ICGI 2018 Best Poster Award
Best Poster Award
Smart Choices for Deviceless and Device-Based Manipulation in Immersive Virtual Reality
VR 2018
A Survey on 3D Virtual Object Manipulation: from the Desktop to Immersive Virtual Environments
Computer Graphics Forum
2017
Manipulação de Objetos Virtuais em VR utilizando Eixos de Transformação Personalizados
EPCGI'17
2016
2015
2014
Modelação Expedita de Terrenos e Subsolo via Interacção Espacial e Superfícies Interactivas
EPCG 2014
2013
Combinação de técnicas de recuperação com deteção de cores para exploração de pesquisas de imagens
Interação 2013
2011
2010
Students
PhD
- João Moreira, IncidentalVis, ongoing. (co-adviser to Daniel Gonçalves)
MSc
- Guilherme Neves, Immersive and Collaborative 3D Content Creation, ongoing. (co-adviser to Rui Rodrigues)
- Guilherme Amaro, Navigation Techniques for Seated VR, ongoing.
- Bruno Carvalho, Procedural content creation in VR, ongoing. (co-adviser to António Coelho)
- João Rafael, FastGeo - Visualizing large amounts of geospatial data in real time, 2021. (co-adviser to Daniel Gonçalves)
- Filipa Castanheira, FastViz: Visualizing Dynamically Evolving Big Data, 2021. (co-adviser to Daniel Gonçalves)
- Sofia Reis, Auditory Collaborative Surfaces, 2019. (co-adviser to Hugo Nicolau)
- Tiago Pereira, VisMillion (and Change) Visualizando Big Data em Evolução Dinâmica, 2019. (co-adviser to Daniel Gonçalves)
- Rodrigo Lorena, Manipulating 3D Objects in Mid-Air using Virtual Rails, 2017. (co-adviser to Alfredo Ferreira)
- Filipe Relvas, DOF Separation in Mid-air 3D Object Manipulation, 2016. (co-adviser to Alfredo Ferreira)
- Eduardo Cordeiro, Out-of-Reach interactions in VR, 2016. (co-adviser to Alfredo Ferreira)
- Ricardo Ferreira, Interaction Techniques for CSG Modeling in VR, 2016. (unnoficial co-adviser to Alfredo Ferreira and Joaquim Jorge)
- Vasco Rodrigues, Manipulações de Modelos 3D no Espaço em Ambientes Virtuais (Semi-)Imersivos, 2015. (unnoficial co-adviser to Alfredo Ferreira)
- Sara Martins, Especificação de Interrogações para Recuperação 3D em Ambiente Imersivo, 2015. (unnoficial co-adviser to Alfredo Ferreira)
- Miguel Nixo, Modelling on Interactive Surfaces for 3D Fabrication, 2015. (unnoficial co-adviser to Alfredo Ferreira)
- Maurício Sousa, Remote Proxemics for Collaborative Virtual Environments, 2014. (unnoficial co-adviser to Joaquim Jorge and Alfredo Ferreira)
- Diogo Henriques, LSpeakIt:Interface Imersiva para Pesquisa de Objectos, 2014. (unnoficial co-adviser to Alfredo Ferreira and Isabel Trancoso)
- Fernando Fonseca, Manipulações no espaço sobre mesas interativas com estereoscopia, 2013. (unnoficial co-adviser to Alfredo Ferreira)
Teaching
2020 / 2021 Summer Semester
- Computação Gráfica (Computer Graphics) - MIEIC, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
2020 / 2021 Winter Semester
- Realidade Virtual e Aumentada (Virtual and Augmented Reality) - MIEIC, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
- Jogos Digitais (Digital Games) - MM, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
2019 / 2020 Winter Semester
- Visualização de Informação (Information Visualization) - MEIC-A, IST / University of Lisbon
2015 / 2016 Summer Semester
- Interfaces Pessoa-Máquina (Human-Computer Interfaces) - LEIC-A, IST / University of Lisbon
2014 / 2015 Summer Semester
- Interfaces Pessoa-Máquina (Human-Computer Interfaces) - LEIC-A, IST / University of Lisbon
2013 / 2014 Winter Semester
- Interfaces Pessoa-Máquina (Human-Computer Interfaces) - LEIC-T, IST / University of Lisbon
Contacts
E-mail: daniel.mendes at inesctec.pt / danielmendes at fe.up.pt / danielmendes at tecnico.ulisboa.pt / danielmendes at acm.org / danielmendes at ieee.org
Tel: +351 934 120 489
Tel: +351 934 120 489