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... Hugo Humberto Plácido da Silva

Researcher

Hugo Silva

Academic position: Researcher
Joining date: 09-01-2004
Roles in IT: Researcher
Thematic Line: Information and Data Sciences
Group: Pattern and Image Analysis – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

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Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 04-09-2015
  • MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2007
  • Licenciatura, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, 01-09-2004
  • Ordem dos Engenheiros, 23-10-2020, Senior Member
  • Instituto Superior Técnico, 02-09-2019, Invited Assistant Professor
  • ACM - Association for Computing Machinery, 01-01-2013, Senior Member
  • INSTICC, 01-01-2013,
  • Ordem dos Engenheiros, 01-01-2012 - 23-10-2020, Effective Member
  • IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-01-2010, Senior Member
  • Ordem dos Engenheiros, 01-01-2007 - 31-12-2011, Trainee Member
  • PLUX Wireless Biosignals, 01-01-2007, Board
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing
  • Biosignal Acquisition and Analysis
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction
3Lecture courses
  • Pattern Recognition, Escola Sup. Tecn. Inst. Pol. Setúbal, Mestrado em Informática de Gestão
  • Artificial Intelligence, Escola Sup. Tecn. Inst. Pol. Setúbal, Licenciatura em Engenharia Informática
  • Telemedicine, Escola Sup. Tecn. Inst. Pol. Setúbal, Licenciatura em Tecnologias Biomédicas
14Supervision of MSc theses
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
9Supervision of BSc theses
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
3Books
  • A. H. Holzinger, A. Pope, H. Silva, Physiological Computing Systems, Springer, Cham, 2019,
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  • R.M. Machado, H. Silva, JBF Filipe, European Projects in Knowledge Applications and Intelligent Systems, SciTePress, Setúbal, 2018,
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  • H. Silva, A. H. Holzinger, S. Fairclough, D. Majoe, Physiological Computing Systems, Springer, Heidelberg, 2014,
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12Books Chapters
  • D. Osório, E. Teixeira, F. Pimentel-Santos, H. Silva, H. Gamboa, C. Quaresma, Development and Validation of an Experimental Protocol to Evaluate Posture Control, Chapter in, Technological Innovation for Life Improvement, Springer, Cham, 2020
  • H. Silva, Biomedical Sensors as Invisible Doctors, Chapter in, Regenerative Design in Digital Practice: A Handbook for the Built Environment, Emanuele Naboni and Lisanne Havinga, Eurac Research, Bolzano, 2019
  • H. Lourenço, V. Sanfins, S. Ala, M. C. R Reis, H. Silva, Heart Rhythm Qualitative Analysis using Low-cost and Open Source Electrocardiography: A Study based on Atrial Fibrillation Detection, Chapter in, Physiological Computing Systems, Springer, Cham, 2019
  • A. Lemos, C. Oliveira, G. Telo, H. Silva, Bridging the clinic-home divide in muscular bridging the clinic-home divide in muscular rehabilitation, Chapter in, Biofeedback, Mark Schwartz, Intech Open, London, 2018
  • H. Silva, The Biosignal C.A.O.S.: Reflections on the usability of physiological sensing for human-computer interaction practitioners and researchers, Chapter in, Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II, Jaime Ibáñez, José González-Vargas, José María Azorín, Metin Akay, José Luis Pons, Springer International Publishing, , 2016
  • H. Silva, bioPLUX clinical - Dispositivo médico inovador para fisioterapia e medicina de reabilitação baseada em biofeedback, Chapter in, Engenharia pt - Uma via verde para o desenvolvimento tecnológico e económico de Portugal, Grupo Editorial Vida Económica, Porto, 2014
  • A. P. Alves Alves, João Martins Martins, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, H. F. Ferreira, Paper-based inkjet electrodes: Experimental study for ECG applications, Chapter in, Physiological Computing Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, 2014
  • A. Lourenço, S. Bulo Bulo, C. C. Carreiras, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, M. Pelillo, Dominant Set Approach to ECG Biometrics, Chapter in, CIARP 2013, Part I, LNCS 8258 proceedings, ?, Springer, Havana, 2013
  • H. Silva, R. S. Scherer, J. Sousa, A. R. Londral, Towards improving the usability of electromyographic interfaces, Chapter in, Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, 2013
  • A. R. Londral, N. Nunes, H. Silva, M. Carvalho, L. A. Azevedo, Enhancing communication through biosignals in severe neuromuscular conditions, Chapter in, Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, 2013
  • H. Gamboa, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Electrophysiological Multimodal Biometrics, Chapter in, Multibiometrics Systems: Modern Perspectives to Identity Verification, Dakshina Kisku, Phalguni Gupta and Massimo Tistarelli, Germany, 2012
  • H. Silva, S. P. Palma, H. Gamboa, AAL+: Continuous Institutional and Home Care Through Wireless Biosignal Monitoring Systems, Chapter in, Handbook of Digital Homecare, Lodewijk Bos, Adrie Dumay, Leonard Goldschmidt, Griet Verhenneman and Kanagasingam Yogesan, Springer, 2011
44Papers in Journals
  • L. Aly, H. Silva, G. Almeida, R. Penha, Appropriating Biosensors as Embodied Control Structures in Interactive Music Systems, human technology, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 45 - 80, June, 2021,
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  • R. Wagner, H. Silva, K. Gramann, Validation of a Low-Cost Electrocardiography (ECG) System for Psychophysiological Research, Sensors, Vol. 21, No. 13, pp. 4485 - 4485, June, 2021,
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  • A. Raposo, Luis Marques Marques, R. Correia, F. Melo, J. Valente, T. Pereira, L. Rosário, L. Froes, J. Sanches, H. Silva, e-CoVig: A Novel mHealth System for Remote Monitoring of Symptoms in COVID-19, Sensors, Vol. 21, No. 10, pp. 3397 - 3397, May, 2021,
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  • A. Banganho, M. Santos, H. Silva, Design and Evaluation of an Electrodermal Activity Sensor (EDA) with Adaptive Gain, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 8639 - 8649, March, 2021,
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  • A. Silva, H. Almeida, H. Silva, A. Oliveira, Design and evaluation of a novel approach to invisible electrocardiography (ECG) in sanitary facilities using polymeric electrodes, Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, No. 6222, pp. 1 - 11, March, 2021 | BibTex
  • J. Pinto, H. Silva, F. Melo, A. L. N. Fred, ScientIST: Biomedical Engineering Experiments Supported by Mobile Devices, Cloud and IoT, signals, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 110 - 120, September, 2020 | BibTex
  • P. Bota, C. Wang, A. L. N. Fred, H. Silva, Emotion Assessment Using Feature Fusion and Decision Fusion Classification Based on Physiological Data: Are We There Yet?, Sensors, Vol. 20, No. 17, pp. 4723 - 4723, August, 2020,
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  • D. Belo, N. Bento, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, H. Gamboa, ECG Biometrics Using Deep Learning and Relative Score Threshold Classification, Sensors, Vol. 20, No. 15, pp. 4078 - 4078, July, 2020,
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  • M. Abreu, A. L. N. Fred, J. Valente, C. Wang, H. Silva, Morphological Autoencoders for Apnea Detection in Respiratory Gating Radiotherapy, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. COMM, No. 105675, pp. 105675 - 105675, July, 2020,
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  • R. Baptista, H. Silva, M. Rocha, Design and development of a digital stethoscope encapsulation for simultaneous acquisition of phonocardiography and electrocardiography signals: the SmartHeart case study, Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, Vol. n.a., No. n.a., pp. 1 - 9, May, 2020,
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  • C. Tavares, M. F. Domingues, T. Paixão Paixão, N. Alberto, H. Silva, P. Antunes, Wheelchair Pressure Ulcer Prevention Using FBG Based Sensing Devices, Sensors, Vol. 20, No. 212, pp. 212 - 225, January, 2020 | BibTex
  • C. Cepeda, R. Tonet, D. Osório, H. Silva, E. Battegay, M. Cheetham, H. Gamboa, Latent: a flexible data collection tool to research human behaviour in the context of web navigation, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 77659 - 77673, December, 2019,
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  • E. Félix, H. Silva, B. Olstad, J. Cabri, P.L. Correia, SwimBIT: A Novel Approach to Stroke Analysis During Swim Training Based on Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), Sports, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. 238 - 238, November, 2019,
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  • D. Osório, R. Viana-Soares, J. Marto, M. Mendonça, H. Silva, C. Quaresma, M. Viana-Baptista, H. Gamboa, H. Vieira, Autonomic nervous system response to remote ischemic conditioning: heart rate variability assessment, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. -, September, 2019 | BibTex
  • P. Bota, C. Wang, A. L. N. Fred, H. Silva, A Review, Current Challenges, and Future Possibilities on Emotion Recognition Using Machine Learning and Physiological Signals, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 140990 - 141020, September, 2019,
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  • DB Batista, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, C. F. Moreira, H. F. Ferreira, Benchmarking of the BITalino Biomedical Toolkit Against an Established Gold Standard, Healthcare Technology Letters, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 32 - 36, May, 2019,
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  • S. O’Sullivan, Z. Ali, X. Jiang, R. Abdolvand, S. Ünlü, H. Silva, J. Baca, B. Kim, S. Scott, M. Sajid, S. Moradian, H. Mansoorzare, A. H. Holzinger, Developments in Transduction, Connectivity and AI/Machine Learning for Point-of-Care Testing, Sensors, Vol. 19, No. 1917, pp. -, April, 2019,
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  • M. Martins, P. Gomes, C.O Oliveira, M. Coimbra, H. Silva, Design and Evaluation of a Diaphragm for Electrocardiography in Electronic Stethoscopes, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. ., No. ., pp. 1 - 3, April, 2019 | BibTex
  • J. Alho, H. Silva, V. Teodoro, G. Bonfait, A Simple Pendulum Studied with a Low-cost Wireless Acquisition Board, Physics Education, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 1 - 12, November, 2018,
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  • H. Silva, H. F. Ferreira, H. Silva, L. M. Rodrigues, The Venoarteriolar Reflex Significantly Reduces Contralateral Perfusion as Part of the Lower Limb Circulatory Homeostasis In Vivo, Frontiers in Physiology, Vol. 9, No. 1123, pp. 1 - 9, August, 2018,
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  • H. Silva, Physiological sensing now open to the world: New resources are allowing us to learn, experiment, and create imaginative solutions for biomedical applications, IEEE Pulse, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 9 - 11, March, 2018 | BibTex
  • S. O. Ouakinin, S. E. Eusébio, M. T. Torrado, H. Silva, I. N. Nabais, G. G. Gonçalves, L. B.-N. Bacelar-Nicolau, Stress reactivity, distress and attachment in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 424 - 438, December, 2015 | BibTex
  • B. Gamecho, H. Silva, J. Guerreiro Guerreiro, L. Gardeazabal, J. Abascal, Context-aware application to increase compliance of physical rehabilitation exercises at home via animatronic biofeedback in elderly users, Journal of Medical Systems, Vol. 39, No. 11, pp. 296 - 306, August, 2015,
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  • S. Fairclough, H. Silva, H. Gamboa, K. Gilleade, S. B. Badia, Applications and issues for physiological computing systems: An introduction to the special issue, Interacting with Computers, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 489 - 491, July, 2015 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, C. C. Carreiras, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, R. César das Neves, R. Ferreira, Off-the Person Electrocardiography: Performance Assessment and Clinical Correlation, Health and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 309 - 318, February, 2015,
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  • M. T. Torrado, H. Silva, S. E. Eusébio, A. L. N. Fred, S. O. Ouakinin, Alexithymia, physiological reactivity and cognitive appraisals of emotional stimuli in opiate dependents: A pilot study, Journal of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1 - 8, January, 2015 | BibTex
  • M. Lucas da Silva, D. Gonçalves, H. Silva, User-tuned Content Customization for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 27, No., pp. 441 - 448, November, 2014 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, RCM Martins, Biosignals for Everyone, IEEE Pervasive Computing, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 64 - 71, October, 2014 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, RCM Martins, BIT: Biosignal Igniter Toolkit, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 115, No. 1, pp. 20 - 32, June, 2014 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Harnessing the Power of Biosignals, IEEE Computer, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 74 - 77, March, 2014 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, N. Raposo, M. Aires-de-Sousa, Check Your Biosignals Here: A New Dataset for Off-the-Person ECG Biometrics, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 113, No. 2, pp. 503 - 514, February, 2014 | Full text (PDF 3 MBs) | BibTex
  • H. Silva, S. Fairclough, A. H. Holzinger, R. Jacob, D. Tan, Introduction to the special issue on physiological computing for human-computer interaction, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 1 - 4, January, 2014,
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  • A. R. Londral, H. Silva, N. Nunes, M. Carvalho, L. A. Azevedo, A wireless user-computer interface to explore various sources of biosignals and visual biofeedback for severe motor impairment, Journal of Accessibility and Design for All, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 117 - 135, November, 2013 | BibTex
  • H. Gamboa, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, HiMotion: A New Research Resource for the Study of Behavior, Cognition, and Emotion, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol., No., pp. 1 - 31, July, 2013 | BibTex
  • DPC Antão, H. Silva, H. Gamboa, A. L. N. Fred, M. A. T. Figueiredo, Novel fiducial and non-fiducial approaches to electrocardiogram-based biometrics systems, IET Biometrics, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 64 - 75, June, 2013,
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  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, M. T. Torrado, S. E. Eusébio, S. O. Ouakinin, Psychophysiological measurements in emotion analysis and research, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Vol. 82, No. 1 (suppl.), pp. 117 - 117, April, 2013 | BibTex
  • A. Lourenço, H. Silva, C. C. Carreiras, A. P. Alves Alves, A. L. N. Fred, A web-based platform for biosignal visualization and annotation, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. ?, No. ?, pp. 1 - 28, February, 2013,
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  • F. Pires, A. Gil Pascoal, H. Silva, The assessment of the pelvic floor muscles strenght using a perineometer and a time-based processing approach, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 45, No. 1 (suppl.), pp. S69 - S69, November, 2012 | BibTex
  • L. Warmerdam, H. Riper, M. Klein, P. van de Ven, A.R. Rocha, M. R. Henriques, E. Tousset, H. Silva, G. Andersson, P. Cujipers, Innovative ICT solutions to improve treatment outcomes for depression: The ICT4Depression project, Journal of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 181, No., pp. 339 - 343, September, 2012 | BibTex
  • M. Lucas da Silva, D. Gonçalves, T. Guerreiro, H. Silva, A Web-Based Application to Address Individual Interests of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 14, No., pp. 20 - 27, July, 2012,
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  • R. Tomás, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, V. Lee, S. Going, Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Vastus Lateralis Activation During Isometric and Dynamic Squatting, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol., No. 49, pp. 139 - 140, July, 2011,
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  • A. Lourenço, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Unveiling the Biometric Potential of Finger-Based ECG Signals, Vol. 2011, No. 5, pp. -, January, 2011,
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  • A. C. Conceição, S. P. Palma, H. Silva, H. Gamboa, H. L. Louro, Electromyography in Front Crawl Technique- Case Study, Open Sports Sciences Journal, Vol. 3, No., pp. 67 - 69, May, 2010,
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  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Pairwise Multi-Class Feature Selection: A Wrapper Framework, WSEAS Trans. on Systems and Control, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 212 - 217, February, 2007,
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104Papers in Conferences
  • A. Carmo, M. Abreu, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Single-channel EEG for seizure-specific automatic seizure detection, IEEE International Symp. on Computer-Based Medical Systems - CBMS, Conference online, Vol., pp. -, June, 2021 | BibTex
  • T. C. R. Cavaleiro Rodrigues, S. Samoutphonh, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, A low complexity R-peak detection algorithm with adaptive thresholding for wearable devices, International Conf. on Pattern Recognition - ICPR, Milan, Italy, Vol., pp. -, January, 2021 | BibTex
  • T. C. R. Cavaleiro Rodrigues, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, R-peak detector benchmarking using FieldWiz device and Physionet databases, International Conf. on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval - KDIR, Budapest, Hungary, Vol., pp. 302 - 309, November, 2020,
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  • P. Morouço, P.L. Correia, J. Pinto, E. Félix, H. Silva, Development of a Low-Cost IMU for Swimmers’ Evaluation, International Conference on Biomechanics in Sport, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Vol., pp. -, July, 2020,
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  • V. Charisis, S. Hadjidimitriou, D. Iakovakis, H. Silva, S. Bostantjopoulou, Z. Katsarou, L. Hadjileontiadis, Evaluation of Gastric Motility of Parkinson's Disease Patients Based on a Novel Wearable Device and Time-Frequency Analysis, American Academy of Neurology American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Vol., pp. -, April, 2020 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, M. Santos, Preliminary Evaluation of Non-Conventional Conductive Materials for Electrodermal Activity Data Acquisition, Sociedade Portuguesa de Fisiologia International Conference of the Portuguese Physiology Society SPFis, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, October, 2019,
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  • D. Silva, S. Castro, M. Macedo, H. Silva, Towards Improving the Usability of Muscle Sensing in Open Source Bionic Hand: Mechanomyography vs. Electromyography with Novel Electrodes, International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence and Embedded Systems AmiEs, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, September, 2019 | BibTex
  • P. F. Costa, M. Rocha, R. Baptista, H. Silva, GripIT: A Mobile Isometric Handgrip Test for Evaluation of Autonomic Cardiovascular Reflexes in Non-Clinical Applications, International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - EMBC, Berlin, Germany, Vol., pp. -, July, 2019,
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  • J. Pinto, A. L. N. Fred, H. Silva, Biosignal-Based Multimodal Emotion Recognition in a Valence-Arousal Affective Framework Applied to Immersive Video Visualization, International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - EMBC, Berlin, Germany, Vol., pp. 3577 - 3583, July, 2019,
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  • F. Sargo, A. L. N. Fred, H. Silva, C. Bentes, Analysis of Electrocardiographic Patterns for Epileptic Seizure Prediction, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, June, 2019,
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  • C. Tavares, M. F. Domingues, N. Alberto, A. Ramos, E. Rocon de Lima, P.S André, H. Silva, P. Antunes, Bio-inspired optical fiber sensor for simultaneous shear stress and vertical pressure monitoring, SPIE Optics+ Optoelectronics, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol., pp. -, April, 2019 | BibTex
  • J. Marques, S. Ramos, M. Macedo, H. Silva, Study of Mechanomyographic Alternatives to EMG Sensors for a Low-Cost Open Source Bionic Hand, European Alliance for Innovation International Conference on IoT Technologies for HealthCare HealthyIoT, Guimarães, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, November, 2018,
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  • D. Osório, A. Pitães, N. M. P. G. Gonçalves, R. Freitas, C. Ribeiro, R. Sá, H. Gamboa, H. Silva, Comparison of Different Polymeric Materials for Mobile Off-the-Person ECG, European Alliance for Innovation International Conference on IoT Technologies for HealthCare HealthyIoT, Guimarães, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, November, 2018,
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  • M.D. Reis, H. Silva, RepoBIT: Cloud-Driven Real-Time Biosignal Streaming, Storage, Visualisation and Sharing, European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO, Rome, Italy, Vol., pp. 777 - 781, September, 2018,
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  • H. Lourenço, V. Sanfins, S. Ala, F. Barros, H. Silva, M. Reis, Empirical evaluation of the potential of low-cost and open source "on-the-person" ECG for cardiopathy pre-screening, International Conf. on Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Seville, Spain, Vol., pp. 115 - 122, September, 2018,
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  • M. Martinho, A. L. N. Fred, H. Silva, Towards Continuous User Recognition by Exploring Physiological Multimodality: An Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Blood Volume Pulse (BVP) Approach, IEEE International Symposium on Sensing and Intrumentation in IoT Era ISSI, Shanghai, China, Vol., pp. -, September, 2018,
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  • M.D. Reis, H. Silva, LoggerBIT: An Optimization of the OpenLog Board for Data Logging with Low Cost Hardware Platforms for Biomedical Applications, International Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - ICINCO, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. 600 - 604, July, 2018,
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  • A. Manso, M. Martinho, H. Silva, A. Cabrita, A Novel Platform for Distributed and Remote Real-Time Monitoring of Animal Model Behavior in a Bioterium, International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - EMBC, Jeju, Korea, South, Vol., pp. ? - ?, July, 2017 | BibTex
  • D. Batista, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Experimental Characterization and Analysis of the BITalino Platforms Against a Reference Device, International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - EMBC, Jeju, Korea, South, Vol., pp. -, July, 2017 | Full text (PDF 773 KBs) | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Recent Advances in Pervasive Electrocardiography (ECG), Semana da Inovação ULisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, April, 2017 | BibTex
  • V. Charisis, K. Kyritsis, E. Konstantinidis, A. Delopoulos, P. Bamidis, S. Bostanjopoulou, A. Rizos, D. Trivedi, R. Chaudhuri, L. Klingelhoefer, H. Reichmann, J. Wadoux, N. Craecker, F. Karayannis, P. Fagerberg, I. Ioakeimidis, M. Stadtschnitzer, A. Esser, N. Grammalidis, K. Dimitropoulos, S. Dias, J. Diniz, H. Silva, G. Lyberopoulos, E. Theodoropoulou, L. Hadjileontiadis, Active and Healthy Ageing for Parkinson's Disease Patients' Support: A User's Perspective within the i-PROGNOSIS Framework, Int'l Conf. on Technology and Innovation in Sports, Health and Wellbeing TISHW, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. n.a., pp. 1 - 6, December, 2016 | BibTex
  • V. Charisis, K. Kyritsis, E. Konstantinidis, A. Delopoulos, P. Bamidis, S. Bostanjopoulou, A. Rizos, D. Trivedi, R. Chaudhuri, L. Klingelhoefer, H. Reichmann, J. Wadoux, N. Craecker, F. Karayannis, P. Fagerberg, I. Ioakeimidis, M. Stadtschnitzer, A. Esser, N. Grammalidis, K. Dimitropoulos, S. Dias, J. Diniz, H. Silva, G. Lyberopoulos, E. Theodoropoulou, L. Hadjileontiadis, Active and Healthy Ageing for Parkinson's Disease Patients' Support: A User's Perspective within the i-PROGNOSIS Framework, Int'l Conf. on Technology and Innovation in Sports, Health and Wellbeing TISHW, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. n.a., pp. 1 - 6, December, 2016 | BibTex
  • N. Pombo, N. M. Garcia, H. Silva, P. Fazendeiro, A. Pinto Pinto, G. Dias, V. F. Felizardo, Electrocardiography, Electromyography, and Accelerometry Signals Collected with BITalino While Swimming: Device Assembly and Preliminary Results, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, September, 2016,
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  • J. Rosa, H. Silva, R.M. Matias, A web-based framework using a model-view-controller architecture for human motion analysis, IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering - ENBENG, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, February, 2015 | BibTex
  • B. Gamecho, J. Guerreiro Guerreiro, A. P. Alves Alves, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, L. Gardeazabal, J. Abascal, A. L. N. Fred, Evaluation of a Context-Aware Application for Mobile Robot Control Mediated by Physiological Data: The ToBITas Case Study, Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence. Personalisation and User Adapted Services UCAmI, Belfast, United Kingdom, Vol. 8867, pp. 147 - 154, December, 2014,
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  • A. Lourenço, C. C. Carreiras, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, ECG Biometrics: A template selection approach, IEEE International Symp. on Medical Measurements and Applications - MeMeA, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, June, 2014,
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  • H. Silva, J. Guerreiro Guerreiro, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, RCM Martins, BITalino: A Novel Hardware Framework for Physiological Computing, International Conf. Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. 246 - 253, January, 2014,
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  • A. P. Alves Alves, João Martins Martins, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, H. F. Ferreira, Experimental Study and Evaluation of Paper-based Inkjet Electrodes for ECG Signal Acquisition, International Conf. Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. 275 - 281, January, 2014,
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  • M. Lucas da Silva, H. Silva, D. Gonçalves, Inducing behaviour change of children with autism spectrum disorders by monitoring their attention, International Conf. on Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. 131 - 136, January, 2014 | BibTex
  • M. Lucas da Silva, H. Silva, D. Gonçalves, Rapid application development to create proof-of-concept software applications, International Conf. on Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. 299 - 306, January, 2014 | BibTex
  • J. Guerreiro Guerreiro, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Performance Comparison of Low-cost Hardware Platforms Targeting Physiological Computing Applications, Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers - CETC, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. ?, pp. 399 - 406, December, 2013,
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  • C. C. Carreiras, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, Exploring heartbeat sub-patterns for person identification, Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, November, 2013 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, A. K. Jain, Finger ECG Signal for User Authentication: Usability and Performance, IEEE International Conf. on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems - BTAS, Washington DC, United States, Vol., pp. 1 - 8, September, 2013,
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  • H. Silva, C. C. Carreiras, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, Off-the-person Electrocardiography, International Congress on Cardiovasular Technologies - CARDIOTECHNIX, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, September, 2013 | BibTex
  • C. C. Carreiras, A. Lourenço, H. Aidos, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Morphological ECG Analysis for Attention Detection, International Conf. on Neural Computation Theory and Applications - NTCA, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, September, 2013,
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  • C. C. Carreiras, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Comparative Study of Medical-grade and Off-the-person ECG Systems, International Workshop on Pervasive Electrocardiography - IWoPE, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, September, 2013,
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  • M. Lucas da Silva, D. Gonçalves, H. Silva, Simplifying user-tuned content management in assistive software, Conf. of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe AAATE, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol., pp. 321 - 325, September, 2013 | BibTex
  • A. R. Londral, J. Sousa, T. Araújo, H. Silva, Enhancing interaction of persons with cerebral palsy using biosignals detection, Conf. of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe AAATE, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol., pp. 1051 - 1055, September, 2013 | BibTex
  • A. L. N. Fred, J. Guerreiro Guerreiro, RCM Martins, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, BITalino:A Multimodal Platform for Physiological Computing, International Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - ICINCO, Reykjavik, Iceland, Vol. 1, pp. 500 - 506, July, 2013,
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  • A. P. Alves Alves, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, SignalBIT: A web-based platform for real-time biosignal visualization and recording, International Conf. on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, Reykjavik, Iceland, Vol., pp. 156 - 162, July, 2013,
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  • H. Silva, A. P. Alves Alves, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, I. Montalvão, L. Alegre, Towards the Detection of Deception in Interactive Multimedia Environments, Human-Computer Interaction & Knowledge Discovery HCI-KDD, Maribor, Slovenia, Vol., pp. 65 - 76, July, 2013 | BibTex
  • A. Lourenço, H. Silva, C. C. Carreiras, A. L. N. Fred, Outlier Detection in Non-Intrusive ECG Biometric System, International Conf. on Image Analysis and Recognition, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, June, 2013 | BibTex
  • C. C. Carreiras, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, A Unifying Approach to ECG Biometric Recognition Using the Wavelet Transform, International Conf. on Image Analysis and Recognition, Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, June, 2013,
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  • A. Lourenço, H. Silva, C. C. Carreiras, A. L. N. Fred, Outlier Detection in Non-intrusive ECG Biometric System, AIMI International Conf. on Image Analysis and Recognition - ICIAR, Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal, Vol. 7950, pp. 43 - 52, June, 2013,
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  • C. C. Carreiras, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, A Unifying Approach to ECG Biometric Recognition Using the Wavelet Transform, AIMI International Conf. on Image Analysis and Recognition - ICIAR, Póvoa do Varzim, Portugal, Vol. 7950, pp. 53 - 62, June, 2013,
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  • A. P. Alves Alves, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, I. Montalvão, Uncovering lying detection using blood volume pulse and electrodermal activity, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol., pp. 265 - 268, May, 2013 | BibTex
  • C. C. Carreiras, H. Aidos, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Exploratory EEG Analysis Using Clustering and Phase-Locking Factor, INSTICC International Conf. on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Biosignals, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 0, pp. 77 - 88, February, 2013,
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  • H. Aidos, C. C. Carreiras, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Evidence Accumulation Approach applied to EEG Analysis, International Conf. on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - ICPRAM, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 0, pp. 479 - 484, February, 2013,
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  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, F. A. L. Canento, A. L. N. Fred, ECG Biometrics: Principles and Applications, International Conf. on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Biosignals - INSTICC, , Spain, Vol., pp. 215 - 220, February, 2013,
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  • A. P. Alves Alves, H. F. Silva, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, BITalino: A Biosignal Acquisition System based on the Arduino, INSTICC International Conf. on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Biodevices, Barcelona, Spain, Vol., pp. 261 - 264, February, 2013,
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  • M. S. Santos Santos, A. L. N. Fred, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, EIGEN HEARTBEATS FOR USER IDENTIFICATION, International Conf. on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Biosignals - INSTICC, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. -, pp. - - -, February, 2013,
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  • C. C. Carreiras, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, StorageBIT: A Metadata-aware, Extensible, Semantic, and Hierarchical Database for Biosignals, INSTICC International Conf. on Health Informatics - Healthinf, Barcelona, Spain, Vol., pp. 65 - 74, February, 2013,
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  • M. Canovas Cânovas, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, MobileBIT: A Framework for Mobile Interaction Recording and Display, INSTICC International Conf. on Health Informatics - Healthinf, Barcelona, Spain, Vol., pp. 366 - 369, February, 2013,
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  • F. A. L. Canento, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, On Real Time ECG Algorithms for Biometric Applications, International Conf. on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Biosignals - INSTICC, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, February, 2013,
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  • A. H. Holzinger, C. S. Stocker, M. B. Bruschi, A. A. Auinger, H. Silva, H. Gamboa, A. L. N. Fred, On Applying Approximate Entropy to ECG Signals for Knowledge Discovery on the Example of Big Sensor Data, International Conference on Active Media Technology AMT, Macau, China, Vol., pp. 646 - 657, December, 2012 | BibTex
  • H. C. Chandra, I. O. Oakley, H. Silva, Designing to Support Prescribed Home Exercises: Understanding the Needs of Physiotherapy Patients, Nordic Conf. on Human-Computer Interaction - NordiCHI, Copenhagen, Denmark, Vol., pp. 607 - 616, October, 2012,
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  • A. P. Alves Alves, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, A biosignal acquisition platform based on Arduino and Android, Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, October, 2012 | BibTex
  • M. Canovas Cânovas, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, F. A. L. Canento, A. L. N. Fred, Mobile framework for biosignal acquisition and remote processing, Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, October, 2012 | BibTex
  • C. Simões, F. Botelho, H. Silva, M. Lucas da Silva, Troc@s - A Multimedia Platform for Communicative Competence Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, European Educational Research Association European Conf. on Educational Research - ECER, Cádiz, Spain, Vol., pp. -, September, 2012 | BibTex
  • A. Lourenço, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, ECG-Based Biometrics: A Real Time Classification Approach, IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing, Santander, Spain, Vol., pp. -, September, 2012 | BibTex
  • R. S. Santos, J. Sousa, C. M. Marques, H. Gamboa, H. Silva, Towards emotion related feature extraction based on generalized source-independent event detection, International Workshop on Computing Paradigms for Mental Health - MindCare, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol., pp. 71 - 78, September, 2012 | BibTex
  • J. Santinha, J. Sousa, H. Gamboa, H. Silva, Real time dose response assessment tool applicable in exercise therapy, International Workshop on Computing Paradigms for Mental Health - MindCare, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol., pp. 91 - 95, September, 2012 | BibTex
  • A. R. Londral, N. Nunes, H. Silva, M. Carvalho, L. A. Azevedo, Enhancing Communication Through Biosignals in Severe Neuromuscular Conditions, International Conf. on NeuroRehabilitation - ICNR, Toledo, Spain, Vol., pp. -, August, 2012,
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  • H. Silva, R. S. Scherer, J. Sousa, A. R. Londral, Towards Improving the Usability of Electromyographic Interfaces, International Conf. on NeuroRehabilitation - ICNR, Toledo, Spain, Vol., pp. -, August, 2012,
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  • H. Silva, NA Alagha, S. E. Eusébio, M. T. Torrado, S. O. Ouakinin, Feature Extraction for Psychophysiological Load Assessment in Unconstrained Scenarios, International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - EMBC, San Diego, United States, Vol., pp. 4784 - 4788, August, 2012,
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  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, A. Lourenço, Electrodermal Response Propagation Time as a Potential Psychophysiological Marker, International Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - EMBC, San Diego, United States, Vol., pp. 6756 - 6760, August, 2012,
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  • F. Pires, A. Gil Pascoal, H. Silva, The Use of a Periniometer on the Pelvic Floor Muscle Force Assessment, European Society of Biomechanics Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2012,
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  • H. C. Chandra, I. O. Oakley, H. Silva, User Needs in the Performance of Prescribed Home Exercise Therapy, ACM Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI, Austin, United States, Vol., pp. 2369 - 2374, May, 2012,
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  • H. Silva, P. van de Ven, E. Tousset, M. R. Henriques, M. Hoogendoorn, M. Klein, User-friendly ICT Tools to Enhance Self-Management and Effective Treatment of Depression in the EU, International Educational and Networking Forum for eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT - Med-e-Tel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Vol., pp. 123 - 123, April, 2012 | BibTex
  • J. Sousa, H. Silva, Smart Wearable Sensors for Biomedical Data Monitoring in the Treatment of Depression, International Educational and Networking Forum for eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT - Med-e-Tel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Vol., pp. 122 - 122, April, 2012 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, S. E. Eusébio, S. O. Ouakinin, M. T. Torrado, Statistical Study on Psychophysiological Changes During the Response to Clinical History Questionnaires, Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados - JOCLAD, Tomar, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, March, 2012 | BibTex
  • A. Lourenço, H. Silva, R. L. Lourenço, P. L. Leite, A. L. N. Fred, Realtime Electrocardiogram Segmentation For Finger Based ECG Biometrics, International Conf. on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Biosignals - INSTICC, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol. ?, pp. ? - ?, February, 2012,
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  • R. L. Lourenço, P. L. Leite, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, DPC Antão, A. L. N. Fred, Experimental Apparatus for Finger ECG Biometrics, INSTICC International Conf. on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Biodevices, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol., pp. 196 - 200, February, 2012,
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  • H. Silva, J. Sousa, H. Gamboa, Study and Evaluation of Palmar and Finger Blood Volume Pulse for Heart Rate Monitoring, International Workshop on Computing Paradigms for Mental Health - MindCare, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol., pp. 35 - 40, February, 2012,
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  • F. A. L. Canento, H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Applicability of Multi-Modal Electrophysiological Data Acquisition and Processing to Emotion Recognition, International Workshop on Computing Paradigms for Mental Health - MindCare, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol., pp. 59 - 70, February, 2012,
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  • A. R. Londral, N. Nunes, H. Silva, Wireless User-Computer Interface Platform for Mental Health Improvement through Social Inclusion, International Workshop on Computing Paradigms for Mental Health - MindCare, Vilamoura, Portugal, Vol., pp. 114 - 118, February, 2012 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, In-Vehicle Driver Recognition Based on Hands ECG Signals, ACM SIGART SIGCHI International Conf. on Intelligent User Interfaces - IUI, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. 25 - 28, February, 2012,
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  • M. Lucas da Silva, H. Silva, C. Simões, F. Botelho, Bridging the communicative barriers of children with autism spectrum disorders, Int’l Conf. on Digital Exclusion in the Information and Knowledge Society SEMIME, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, January, 2012 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, JBF Filipe, Clinical Data Privacy and Customization via Biometrics Based on ECG Signals, Information Quality in eHealth - USAB, Graz, Austria, Vol., pp. 121 - 132, November, 2011,
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  • F. A. L. Canento, A. L. N. Fred, H. Silva, H. Gamboa, A. Lourenço, Multimodal Biosignal Sensor Data Handling for Emotion Recognition, IEEE Sensors, Limerick, Ireland, Vol., pp. 647 - 651, October, 2011,
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  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, R. L. Lourenço, P. L. Leite, DPC Antão, A. L. N. Fred, Study and Evaluation of a Single Differential Sensor Design Based on Electro-textile Electrodes for ECG Biometrics Applications, IEEE Sensors, Limerick, Ireland, Vol., pp. 1764 - 1767, October, 2011,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 268 KBs) | BibTex
  • A. L. N. Fred, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, Palm based ECG biometrics, Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, October, 2011 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, A. Lourenço, Check Your Biosignals Here: Experiments on Affective Computing and Behavioral Biometrics, Portuguese Conf. on Pattern Recognition - RecPad, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, October, 2011,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 251 KBs) | BibTex
  • M. Lucas da Silva, C. Simões, D. Gonçalves, T. Gonçalves, H. Silva, F. Botelho, TROCAS: Communication Skills Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders via ICT, IFIP TC13 Conf. on Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 6949/2011, pp. 644 - 647, September, 2011,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 186 KBs) | BibTex
  • M. Lucas da Silva, C. Simões, D. Gonçalves, T. Guerreiro, H. Silva, F. Botelho, TROCAS: Communication skills development in children with autism spectrum disorders via ICT, IFIP TC13 Conf. on Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. 644 - 647, September, 2011 | BibTex
  • R. Tomás, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, V. Lee, S. Going, Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Vastus Lateralis Activation During Isometric and Dynamic Squatting, World Congress of International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - ISPRM, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Vol., pp. -, June, 2011 | BibTex
  • B. Pavic, P. Daponte, L. de Vito, H. Silva, A Case Study on Muscle Activation Analysis in Post-stroke Rehabilitation Patients, IEEE International Symp. on Medical Measurements and Applications - MeMeA, Bari, Italy, Vol., pp. 360 - 365, May, 2011,
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  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, R. Tomás, V. Lee, S. Going, Accelerometry-based Study of Body Vibration Dampening During Whole-Body Vibration Training, IEEE International Symp. on Medical Measurements and Applications - MeMeA, Bari, Italy, Vol., pp. 98 - 102, May, 2011,
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  • R. Tomás, A. Lourenço, H. Silva, Efeitos da Vibração Corporal na Activação do Vastus Lateralis Durante o Agachamento Isométrico e Dinâmico, Portuguese Physical Rehabilitation Society Congress - SPMFR, Albufeira, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, March, 2011 | BibTex
  • M. Lucas da Silva, C. Simões, H. Silva, F. Botelho, Rapid Application Development Using Web Technologies: An Application to Communicative Competence Promotion of Children with ASD, INSTICC International Conf. on Health Informatics - Healthinf, Rome, Italy, Vol., pp. 582 - 586, January, 2011,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
  • A. Lourenço, H. Silva, D. P. Santos, A. L. N. Fred, Towards a Finger Based ECG Biometric System, INSTICC International Conf. on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Biosignals, Rome, Italy, Vol., pp. -, January, 2011 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, N. Paz, Real-Time Biosignal Acquisition and Telemedicine Platform for AAL Based on Android OS, INSTICC International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - AAL, Rome, Italy, Vol., pp. 111 - 121, January, 2011,
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  • J. Sousa, S. P. Palma, H. Silva, H. Gamboa, aal@home: a New Home Care Wireless Biosignal Monitoring Tool for Ambient Assisted Living, INSTICC International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - AAL, Rome, Italy, Vol., pp. 98 - 107, January, 2011,
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  • H. Gamboa, Silva, H. Silva, Patient Tracking System, ICST International Conf. on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Munich, Germany, Vol., pp. 1 - 2, March, 2010,
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  • H. Silva, G. Martins, S. P. Palma, P. Mil-Homens, M. Valamatos, An Automated Athlete Performance Evaluation System. From theory to practice, INSTICC International Conf. on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Biodevices, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. 239 - 244, January, 2009,
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  • H. Silva, G. Martins, P. Mil-Homens, M. Valamatos, Athletic Performance Evaluation System, European College of Sports Science - ECSS, Estoril, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2008 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, Silva, H. Gamboa, Automatic Fall Detection and Alert System: A Compact GPS/GSM Enabled Unit Based on Accelerometry, INSTICC International Conf. on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Biodevices, Funchal, Portugal, Vol. 2, pp. 186 - 189, January, 2008,
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  • H. Teixeira, H. Silva, P. Mil-Homens, Vertical Jump Flight Time Measurement: A New Method Based on Acceleration Signals, Congress of European College of Sport Science - ECSS, Jyväskylä, Finland, Vol., pp. 200 - 200, July, 2007 | Full text (PDF 40 KBs) | BibTex
  • H. Silva, H. Gamboa, A. L. N. Fred, One Lead ECG Based Human Identification with Feature Subspace Ensembles, International Conf. on Machine Learning and Data Mining - MLDM, Leipzig, Germany, Vol., pp. 770 - 783, July, 2007 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Feature Subspace Ensembles: A Parallel Classifier Combination Scheme using Feature Selection, International Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems MCS, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol., pp. 261 - 270, May, 2007 | BibTex
  • H. Silva, H. Gamboa, A. L. N. Fred, Applicability of Lead V2 ECG Measurements in Biometrics, International Educational and Networking Forum for eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT - Med-e-Tel, , Luxembourg, Vol., pp. 177 - 180, April, 2007,
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  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Pairwise vs Global Multi-Class Wrapper Feature Selection, WSEAS International Conf. on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering and Data Bases, Corfu, Greece, Vol. 6, pp. 1 - 6, February, 2007 | Full text (PDF 113 KBs) | BibTex
  • H. Silva, H. Gamboa, V. Viegas, A. L. N. Fred, Wireless Physiologic Data Acquisition Platform, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, April, 2005 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
  • H. Silva, H. Gamboa, V. Viegas, António Veloso Veloso, Sistema sem fios para aquisição de dados fisiológicos, Congresso Nacional de Biomecânica, Abrantes, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, February, 2005 | BibTex
11Patents
  • Device and method to support the diagnostics of cardiopathies based on the acquisition and fusion of phonocardiographic, electrocardiographic and FNIRS signals, PCT/IB2020/051077, PCT, 11-02-2020
  • Device and method to support the diagnostics of cardiopathies based on the acquisition and fusion of phonocardiographic, electrocardiographic and FNIRS signals, PT115306, Pending, 11-02-2019
  • Device and method for continuous biometric recognition based on electrocardiographic signals, US 9603556 B2, PCT, 28-03-2017
  • Device and method for continuous biometric recognition based on electrocardiographic signals, JP6100800B2, PCT, 22-03-2017, Japan
  • DISPOSITIVO E MÉTODO PARA MEDIÇÃO DO TEMPO DE PROPAGAÇÃO DA RESPOSTA GALVÂNICA DA PELE, 106509, 01-09-2014
  • Device and method for continuous biometric recognition based on electrocardiographic signals, US 14/373,099, PCT, 14-01-2013, United States
  • Device and method for continuous biometric recognition based on electrocardiographic signals, US 20140361871 A1, PCT, 14-01-2013, United States
  • Dispositivo e método para medição do tempo de propagação da resposta galvânica da pele, PT106509, Granted, 24-08-2012
  • Device and Method for Continuous Biometric Recognition Based on Electrocardiographic Signals, Patente de Invenção Nacional nº 106102, 01-01-2012
  • Blood Vessels Pricking Aiding Electronic Device, Patente de Invenção Nacional nº 104343, 01-03-2009
  • Device and method for continuous biometric recognition based on electrocardiographic signals, WO 2013109154, PCT, 23-01-1900

Currently running projects3

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
AIMHealth AI-based Mobile Applications for Public Health Response FCT 01-02-2021 31-01-2023
SafeFire Human and ambient monitoring integrated sensors in firefighter workwear for increase safety FCT 24-01-2021 01-01-2025
SMART New technologies and strategies for stem cell manufacturing bioprocess monitoring and artificial intelligence-based modeling FCT 01-01-2021 01-01-2025

Closed Projects8

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
Affective Mouse Affective Mouse QREN 01-10-2008 01-09-2012
E-Health4workplace Plataforma e-Health para otimização de condições no local de trabalho (confidential) 01-04-2020 31-03-2021
FORTO Smart self-assessment of muscle fatigability Active and Assisted Living (AAL) 01-07-2020 30-11-2020
HCI Reconhecimento de Padrões Cognitivos e Afectivos na Interacção Pessoa-Computador INSTICC 09-03-2004 09-12-2007
HeartBIT Novel pervasive technologies for the prevention and monitoring of cardiovascular diseases IT/LA 01-01-2014 01-12-2015
LearnBIG Unsupervised and Semi-Supervised Learning from Big Data FCT/PTDC 01-05-2016 01-06-2018
SmartHeart Smarter Cardiac Sensing via Integrated Signal Processing IT 01-01-2017 01-03-2018
VITALIDI Android Biometrics Demonstrator IT/LA 01-11-2011 01-12-2013
19Awards
  • E. Félix, P. Morouço, P.L. Correia, H. Silva, Prémio Ciências do Desporto - Treino Desportivo, Comité Olímpico de Portugal, Vencedor do Prémio "Ciências do Desporto" na categoria de "Treino Desportivo". Prémio atribuído pelo Comité Olímpico de Portugal (COP) e pela Fundação Millennium bcp, com a parceria da revista Visão. Em 2019 reuniu mais de 60 trabalhos submetidos à análise do júri de especialistas. Trabalho: "Desenvolvimento de uma unidade de medida inercial de baixo custo para controlo e avaliação do treino de nadadores" Autores: Eduardo Félix, Pedro Morouço, Paulo Lobato Correia, Hugo Silva, 01-09-2020
  • D. Osório, E. Teixeira, F. Pimentel-Santos, H. Silva, H. Gamboa, C. Quaresma, Best Paper Award at DoCEIS 2020, Best Paper Award at DoCEIS 2020, with the work 'Development and Validation of an Experimental Protocol to Evaluate Posture Control', 01-07-2020
  • H. Silva, Career Award alumniIPS, Every year, the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal distinguishes a graduate that, for personal or professional merit, has gathered achievements that constitute a reference for the students and the community., 01-10-2018
  • H. Silva, 1st place at the European Commission Innovation Radar Prize in the "Industrial and Enabling Tech" Category, BITalino was distinguished by the European Commission's DG-CONNECT as the best european development in the "Industrial and Enabling Tech" category at the Innovation Radar Awards 2017, 01-11-2017
  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, Featured Researcher at the Sparks “Beyond the Lab: The DIY Science Revolution” Exhibition, To complement the stories of common citizens contributing to scientific research and the artworks presented in ‘Beyond the Lab: The DIY science revolution’, each venue hosting the exhibition presents a local example of how RRI is or can be applied in research in the field of medicine and healthcare. Sparks partners have worked within local partnerships with researchers, universities, NGOs and citizens to identify the object or the research that would be featured in the local corner of the exhibition. Our work with BITalino was the selected showcase in Portugal., 01-01-2017
  • H. Silva, RP-edisoft Pereira, P. Pires, 2nd place at PixelsCamp (former CodeBits), These awards recognised the best projects developed during the 3 days hackathon Pixels Camp (former Codebits), which is one of the biggest national tech-events. The devised project, dubbed Wolverino, is a multimodal plug & play controller for artificial limbs, human augmentation and/or animatronics pieces, which can use muscle signals or remote control over a mobile app to trigger specific actions on the pieces. Wolverino´s target audience are people with prosthetic limbs, cosplayers and bio-hackers. The award has been assigned to a working demo application inspired by the claws of the world famous Marvel Comics character Wolverine., 01-10-2016
  • H. Silva, 1st place at Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro 2014, Ordem dos Engenheiros, 01-05-2015
  • H. Silva, Most Innovative Product/Technology (1st place), MIT Portugal - E3 Forum, 01-05-2014
  • H. Silva, A. P. Alves Alves, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, I. Montalvão, L. Alegre, Best Paper Award at SouthCHI 2013, Best Paper Award at SouthCHI 2013, with the work 'Towards the Detection of Deception in Interactive Multimedia Environments', 01-07-2013
  • A. L. N. Fred, H. Silva, A. Lourenço, 1st Prize of contest INOVPORTUGAL, 1st Prize on the portuguese contest of innovation and entrepreneurship, INOVPORTUGAL, with the project VITALIDI, 01-05-2013
  • M. Lucas da Silva, C. Simões, H. Silva, Prémio Engenheiro Jaime Filipe, This award, promoted by the Portuguese Social Security Institute, distinguishes yearly the most innovative and autonomy enabling solution within the domain of rehabilitation engineering, and at a National level it currently stands as the highest recognition in this field., 01-12-2011
  • H. Silva, A. Lourenço, A. L. N. Fred, JBF Filipe, Best Paper Award at USAB 2011, Best Paper Award at the USAB 2011 conference, with the work ''Clinical Data Privacy and Customization via Biometrics Based on ECG Signals'', 01-11-2011
  • M. Lucas da Silva, C. Simões, H. Silva, F. Botelho, Exame Informática Software Award (Honorable Mention), ''The Best of Technological Portugal'' by Exame Informática is a conference aimed at the distinction of individuals and companies that stand out in Portugal, and in the world, in the field of new technologies., 01-11-2010
  • H. Gamboa, H. Silva, Silva, ISCTE-IUL MIT Portugal Life Sciences Award, The ISCTE-IUL MIT Portugal Competition — launched by ISCTE-IUL in partnership with MIT School of Engineering, the Deshpande Center, and the MIT Sloan School of Management — aims to foster the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit in Portugal., 01-09-2010
  • H. Gamboa, Silva, H. Silva, Biggest Innovation Award, Hit Barcelona is a unique global event with a format that integrates spaces dedicated to knowledge, revolutionary ideas and great business opportunities., 01-06-2010
  • H. Gamboa, Silva, H. Silva, Portugal Startup Award, Ignite Portugal is a set of events open to the participation of all that spin around the topics of innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and technology., 01-05-2010
  • H. Silva, Prémio Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Award for recognized academic merit during the pursuit and completion of the Sc. B. degree., 01-09-2005
  • H. Silva, Bolsa de Estudo por Mérito, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Scholarship for academic merit, 01-09-2004
  • H. Silva, Bolsa de Estudo por Mérito, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Scholarship for academic merit, 01-09-2003
56Short Courses and Seminars
  • H. Silva, Biomedical signal acquisition, Brazil, 10-2020
  • H. Silva, A. L. N. Fred, M. Abreu, P. Bota, Biomedical devices, systems, and applications, Portugal, 07-2020
  • H. Silva, M. Abreu, P. Bota, Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation and Data Science, Portugal, Leiria, 02-2020
  • A. Valjamae, H. Silva, IFI7303DT Affective and Physiological Computing, Estonia, Tallinn, 11-2019
  • H. Silva, Making noise with biosignals, Estonia, Tallinn, 11-2018
  • H. Silva, Fundamentals of Biomedical Signal Acquisition and Processing, Italy, Benevento, 08-2018
  • H. Silva, Physiological computing with BITalino, Portugal, 11-2017
  • H. Silva, Technological entrepreneurship, Portugal, 06-2017
  • H. Silva, Biosignals in interaction design, Portugal, 05-2017
  • H. Silva, Biosignals in interaction design, Italy, 04-2017
  • H. Silva, Signal processing for biomechanics research using Python, Portugal, 04-2017
  • H. Silva, Modernizing biofeedback rehabilitation, Uzbekistan, 11-2016
  • H. Silva, Biosignals in interaction design, Italy, 05-2016
  • H. Silva, Rapid prototyping of biomedical applications, Portugal, 05-2016
  • H. Silva, Signal acquisition and instrumentation in bioengineering, Portugal, 02-2016
  • H. Silva, Pervasive electrocardiography (ECG), Portugal, Lisboa, 11-2015
  • H. Silva, A few personal projects as a biohacker, Portugal, Lisboa, 10-2015
  • H. Silva, Workshop on physiological computing, Spain, Barcelona, 06-2015
  • H. Silva, Rapid prototyping of biomedical applications, Portugal, Lisbon, 05-2015
  • H. Silva, BITalino: DiY body signals, Portugal, Barcelinhos, 03-2015
  • H. Silva, BITalino: DiY body signals, Mexico, Puerto Vallarta, 10-2014
  • H. Silva, Tech strategy: The BITalino case study, Portugal, Lisboa, 09-2014
  • H. Silva, Getting started with BITalino, Portugal, Oeiras, 06-2014
  • H. Silva, BITalino: DiY body signals, United States, New York, 11-2013
  • H. Silva, What if the city could sense your body?, Portugal, Porto, 11-2013
  • H. Silva, Physiological computing, India, Vellore, 10-2013
  • H. Silva, Biomedical technologies and the future of sports sciences research, Portugal, Vilamoura, 09-2013
  • H. Silva, BITalino: Do More!, Portugal, things.pt Portuguese Makers Hangout #4, 08-2013
  • H. Silva, Vitalidi: Your Heart (h)as a Key!, Portugal, Setúbal, 07-2013
  • H. Silva, Physiological Computing: To Infinity and Beyond, Portugal, Lisbon, 05-2013
  • H. Silva, Medical Devices + Computer Interaction: To Infinity and Beyond, Spain, San Sebastian, 02-2013
  • H. Silva, Physiological Computer Interaction, Spain, San Sebastian, 02-2013
  • H. Silva, Biosignals: Motivating Scenarios and Applications, United States, Gainesville, Florida, 10-2012
  • H. Silva, Biosignals: Motivating Scenarios and Applications, Austria, Graz, 07-2012
  • F. Carnide, H. Silva, ERGOplux: Biosignals Applied to Occupational Health, Portugal, Barreiro, 07-2012
  • H. Silva, Entrepreneurship in Health: From Theory to Practise, Portugal, Castelo Branco, 05-2012
  • H. Silva, PLUX: An Entrepreneurial Story, Portugal, Lisbon, 03-2012
  • H. Silva, Biomedical Engineering: A Machine Learning Approach, Portugal, Setúbal, 01-2012
  • M. Lucas da Silva, H. Silva, C. Simões, F. Botelho, Bridging the Communicative Barriers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Portugal, Cruz Quebrada, 01-2012
  • H. Silva, Modern Biofeedback Techniques for Pelvic Floor Assessment and Training, Portugal, Alcoitão, 01-2012
  • H. Silva, Clinical Biofeedback: Case Studies and New Trends, Portugal, Lisbon, 12-2011
  • H. Silva, The Potential of Biosignals in the Design of Novel Interfaces, Portugal, Lisbon, 12-2011
  • H. Silva, Smart objects beyond the hype: A reality check, Portugal, Aveiro, 09-2011
  • H. Silva, Smart Objects Beyond the Hype: A Reality Check (Panelist), Portugal, Aveiro, 09-2011
  • H. Silva, Wireless Sensing in a Connected World, Portugal, Braga, 05-2011
  • H. Silva, Biofeedback: Closing the Loop with the Patient, Portugal, Lisbon, 11-2010
  • H. Silva, Biomedical Engineering: From Ideas to Products, Portugal, Setúbal, 11-2010
  • H. Silva, C.SPORTUP.2010 - Ideias para o Futuro, Portugal, Rio Maior, 05-2010
  • H. Silva, Internet do Futuro: Desafios e Oportunidades, Portugal, Aveiro, 05-2010
  • H. Silva, PDA- Toda a informação numa mão, Portugal, Lisbon, 04-2010
  • H. Silva, Wireless Biosignals: From Research to Market, Portugal, Braga, 04-2010
  • H. Silva, Feature Selection in Pattern Recognition Systems, Portugal, Setúbal, 01-2010
  • H. Silva, Seminar on Medical Devices, Portugal, Setúbal, 01-2009
  • H. Silva, Seminar on Medical Devices, Portugal, Lisbon, 01-2009
  • H. Silva, Seminar on Medical Devices, Portugal, Vila do Conde, 01-2009
  • H. Silva, Seminar on Medical Devices, Portugal, Setúbal, 01-2008
6Prototypes
  • M.D. Reis, H. Silva, RepoBIT: Cloud-Driven Real-Time Biosignal Streaming, Storage, Visualisation
  • M.D. Reis, H. Silva, LoggerBIT: Optimization of the OpenLog Board as a Data Logger for BITalino
  • M. Lucas da Silva, H. Silva, C. Simões, F. Botelho, myTROC@S: Multimedia Platform for Development of the Communicative Competence in Autistic Children
  • H. Silva, The Organized CxO
  • H. Gamboa, Silva, H. Silva, bioPLUX Wireless Biosignal Acquisition System
  • H. Silva, H. Gamboa, Silva, V. Viegas, Wireless Physiologic Data Acquisition Platform
12Conference Committees
  • International Conf. on Pattern Recognition - ICPR, Technical Programme Committee, 2021
  • INSTICC International Conf. on Neurotechnology and Physiological Computing Systems NeuroPhyCS, Conference Chairman, 2019
  • INSTICC International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications CHIRA, Conference co-chair, 2019
  • IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering ENBENG, Organizing Committee, 2019
  • INSTICC International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications CHIRA, Conference co-chair, 2018
  • International Conf. on Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Conference Chairman, 2018
  • INSTICC International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications CHIRA, Conference co-chair, 2017
  • International Conf. on Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Conference Chairman, 2017
  • International Conf. on Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Conference Chairman, 2016
  • International Conf. on Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Conference Chairman, 2015
  • International Workshop on Computing Paradigms for Mental Health - MindCare, Organizing Committee, 2014
  • International Conf. on Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Conference Chairman, 2014
5Editorial Committees
  • Editorial Board, signals, 01-07-2020 - 31-07-2020
  • Guest Editor, frontiers of computer science, 01-09-2019 - 31-12-2020
  • Editorial Board, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 27-07-2016 - 31-03-2017
  • Special Issue Guest Editor, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 01-01-2014 - 31-12-2015
  • Special Issue Guest Editor, Interacting with Computers, 01-01-2014 - 31-12-2015
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