Veronica Costa Teixeira Pinto Orvalho

Verónica Orvalho

Academic position:	Assistant Professor
Joining date:	02-01-2008
Roles in IT:	Senior Researcher
Thematic Line:	Networks and Services
Group:	Networked Systems – Po

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Address: IT Branch – Porto
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29-12-2020

IT spin-off Didimo leading the future of digital “humans”

In a connected world increasingly meadiated by technology, placing human experience at the center of our virtual interactions becomes key. It’s what Didimo set out to do in 2016 and, four years on, the IT-born startup is already running pilot projects with big company names like Sony and Amazon.

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade Polytecnica de Catalunya, 01-01-2007

Affiliations

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 01-01-2008, -

Expertise Topics

Computer Graphics
Human-Computer Interaction
Geometric Modeling and Deformation
Character Animation
Facial Animation
Multimedia Systems

Academic Activities

5Lecture courses

Computação Gráfica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Licenciatura em Ciência de Computadores
Sistemas Multimédia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Licenciatura em Ciência de Computadores
Desenho e Análise de Algoritmos, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Licenciatura em Ciência de Computadores
Interação Pessoa-Máquina, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Licenciatura em Ciência de Computadores
Sistemas Gráficos e Animação 3D, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Mestrado em Multimédia

7Supervision of PhD theses

As Supervisor

Virtual Marionette: Interaction Model for Digital Puppetry, PhD Student, Luís Miguel Barbosa da Costa Leite, Defended 02-2018
Intelligent facial animation: Creating emphatic characters with stimuli based animation, PhD Student, José Mário Figueiredo Serra, Defended 12-2017
Facial Skin Shading Parametrization System for Real Time Rendering of Emotions, PhD Student, Teresa de Jesus Baptista Vieira, Defended 12-2016
Simulation of Deformable Solid and Rigid Bodies on Facial Models, PhD Student, Cumhur Ozan Cetinaslan, Defended 07-2016
Real-time Motion Capture Facial Animation, PhD Student, Catarina Alexandre Nunes Runa Miranda, Defended 11-2015
Easy Facial Rigging And Animation Approaches, PhD Student, Pedro Tavares Barata Bastos, Defended 04-2015
Intuitive Real Time Facial Interaction and Animation, PhD Student, José Carlos Guedes dos Prazeres Miranda, Defended 03-2013

6Supervision of Research grants

As Supervisor

VERE: Virtual Embodiment and Robotic re-Embodiment, Research Grant, Rui Luís Sousa de Albuquerque D'Orey, Concluded 11-2015
3D Facial Scanning, Research Grant, Ivan Alexandre Coelho Pinto da Silva, Concluded 10-2015
Reactive Character Framework, Research Grant, Hugo Miguel dos Reis Pereira, Concluded 11-2014
VERE, Research Grant, Jacqueline Rodrigues Fernandes, Concluded 02-2014
Construção de uma mesa digital Multi-touch e desenvolvimento de uma aplicação de animação facial, Research Grant, Pedro Henrique Silva Rodrigues, Concluded 03-2013

As Co-supervisor

Reactive Character Framework, Research Grant, Hugo Miguel dos Reis Pereira, Concluded 11-2014

Publications

3Books Chapters

J.M Miranda, T. Fernandes, V. Orvalho, Interactive Technology: Teaching People with Autism to Recognize Facial Emotions, Chapter in, Autism / Book 1, InTech, In-Tech, 2011
V. Orvalho, T. Fernandes, J.C. Miranda, Teaching People with Autism to Recognize Facial Emotions, Chapter in, Autism Spectrum Disorders - From Genes to Environment, Tim Williams, In-Tech, 2011
V. Orvalho, Character Animation: Past, Present and Future, Chapter in, Business, Technological and Social Dimensions of Computer Games, Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Vitor Hugo Carvalho, Paula Tavares, IGI global, Medical Information Science Reference, 2010

15Papers in Journals

C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Stabilized blendshape editing using localized Jacobian transpose descent, Graphical Models, Vol. 112, No. 0, pp. 101091 - 101091, October, 2020,
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C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Sketching Manipulators for Localized Blendshape Editing, Graphical Models, Vol. 108, No. 0, pp. 101059 - 101059, January, 2020,
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J. Serra, C. Çetinaslan, S. Ravikumar, V. Orvalho, D. P. Cosker Cosker, Easy Generation of Facial Animation Using Motion Graphs, Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 97 - 111, February, 2018,
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E. Tidoni, M. Scandola, V. Orvalho, M. Candidi, Apparent Biological Motion in First and Third Person Perspective, i-Perception, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 1 - 6, September, 2016,
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R. Horta, R. Nascimento, J. Vilas-Boas, F. Sousa, V. Orvalho, A. Silva, J. Amarante, Thermographic analysis of facially burned patients, Burns, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 236 - 238, February, 2016,
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C. Campos, F. Mesquita, A. M. Marques, M. J. Trigueiros, V. Orvalho, N. Rocha, Feasibility and acceptability of an exergame intervention for schizophrenia, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Vol. 19, No. ., pp. 50 - 58, March, 2015,
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K.J.B. Blom, A.R. Rivas, X. Alvarez, C. Çetinaslan, B. Oliveira, V. Orvalho, M. S. Slater, Achieving Participant Acceptance of their Avatars, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 287 - 299, October, 2014,
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C.F. Fuentes, C.R. Miranda, X. Alvarez, V. Orvalho, P. H. Haggard, Does My Face FIT?: A Face Image Task Reveals Structure and Distortions of Facial Feature Representation, PLoS ONE, Vol. 8, No. 10, pp. e76805 - e76805, October, 2013,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 734 KBs) | BibTex
L. Leite, V. Orvalho, Inter-Acting: Understanding interaction with performance-driven puppets using low-cost optical motion capture device, Intrnl. Journal of Advanced Computer Science, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 0 - 0, February, 2013,
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C. L. Loconsole, N. Barbosa, A. F. Frisoli, V. Orvalho, A New Marker-Less 3D Kinect-Based System for Facial Anthropometric Measurements, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7378, No. 2012, pp. 124 - 133, July, 2012,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 620 KBs) | BibTex
J.M Miranda, X. Alvarez, J. Orvalho, D. G. Gutierrez, A.A.S Sousa, V. Orvalho, Sketch Express: Facial Expressions Made Easy, Computers and Graphics, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 585 - 595, March, 2012,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 13 MBs) | BibTex
J. Jimenez Jimenez, T. Scully, N. Barbosa, C. Donner, X. Alvarez, Vieira, P. Matts, V. Orvalho, D. G. Gutierrez, T. Weyrich, A Practical Appearance Model for Dynamic Facial Color, ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 141:1 - 141:9, December, 2010 | Full text (PDF 25 MBs) | BibTex
L. Dutreve, A. Meyer, V. Orvalho, S. Bouakaz, Easy Rigging of Face by Automatic Registration and Transfer of Skinning Parameters, Computer Journal, Vol. 6374, No. 2010, pp. 333 - 341, September, 2010,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 4 MBs) | BibTex
V. Orvalho, J.C. Miranda, A.A.S Sousa, Facial Synthesis of 3D Avatars for Therapeutic Applications, Journal of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 144, No. 1, pp. 96 - 98, January, 2009,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 860 KBs) | BibTex
V. Orvalho, E. Zacur, A. S. Susin, Transferring the Rig and Animations from a Character to Different Face Models, Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 1997 - 2012, December, 2008 | BibTex

31Papers in Conferences

C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Direct Manipulation of Blendshapes Using a Sketch-Based Interface, International Conference on Web3D Technology, Poznan, Poland, Vol., pp. -, June, 2018,
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C. Çetinaslan, J. Lewis, V. Orvalho, Transposition Based Blendshape Direct Manipulation, International Conf. on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - GRAPP, Porto, Portugal, Vol. ., pp. . - ., February, 2017,
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J. Serra, V. Orvalho, D. P. Cosker Cosker, Behavioural facial animation using motion graphs and mind maps, ACM Motion in Games, San Francisco, United States, Vol. 0, pp. 161 - 166, October, 2016,
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C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Localized Verlet Integration Framework For Facial Models, Conf. on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects - AMDO, Palma, Mallorca, Spain, Vol. 9756, pp. 01 - 15, July, 2016,
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C. Çetinaslan, J. Lewis, V. Orvalho, Sketch-Based Controllers for Blendshape Facial Animation, Eurographics, Zurich, Switzerland, Vol. 1, pp. 25 - 28, May, 2015,
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C.R. Miranda, V. Orvalho, Assessing Facial Expressions in Virtual Reality Environments, International Conf. on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - VISAPP, Rome, Italy, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, February, 2015,
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L. Leite, V. Orvalho, Inversus - The Sensitive Machine, IARIA International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions - ACHI, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 8th, pp. 69 - 71, February, 2015,
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JF Freitas, M. D. Dias, V. Orvalho, The IRIS Project: A Liaison between Industry and Academia towards Natural Multimodal Communication, IberSPEECH - Jornadas en Tecnología del Habla and IV Iberian SLTech Workshop - IberSPEECH, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 338 - 347, November, 2014,
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C. L. Loconsole, C.R. Miranda, V. Orvalho, Real-Time Emotion Recognition: a Novel Method for Geometrical Facial Features Extraction, International Conf. on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - VISAPP, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 01, pp. 378 - 385, January, 2014,
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V. Orvalho, C. L. Loconsole, C.R. Miranda, G. A. K. Kyriazis, A. F. Frisoli, Real-Time Emotion Recognition: a Novel Method for Geometrical Facial Features Extraction, International Conf. on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - VISAPP, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, January, 2014,
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J. Serra, M.R. Ribeiro, J.F. Freitas, V. Orvalho, M. D. Dias, A proposal for a visual speech animation system for European Portuguese, ATVS Biometric Recognition Group of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Spanish Thematic Network on Speech Technology (RTTH) and the ISCA Special Interest Group on Iberian Languages (SIG-IL). IberSPEECH, Madrid, Spain, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 10, November, 2012,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 378 KBs) | BibTex
J.C. Miranda, X. Alvarez, J.A. Soleno, A.A.S Sousa, I.F Fernández, V. Orvalho, Perceiving Interactive Sketching Through Facial Expressions, ACM Symp. on Applied Perception - SAP, Los Angeles, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, August, 2012,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 208 KBs) | BibTex
N. Barbosa, C. L. Loconsole, A. F. Frisoli, V. Orvalho, A new marker-less 3D Kinect-based system for facial anthropometric measurements, Conf. on Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects - AMDO, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 10, July, 2012,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 620 KBs) | BibTex
T. Fernandes, J. Serra, J. O. Órdoñez, V. Orvalho, Mind Maps as Behavior Controllers for Virtual Characters, Austin, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, May, 2012,
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V. Orvalho, S. Jain Jain, B. T. Tamersoy, Y. Zhang, J. Aggarwal, An Interactive Game for Teaching Facial Expressions to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, IEEE International Symp. on Control, Communications and Signal Processing - ISCCSP, Rome, Italy, Vol. 4, pp. 1 - 4, May, 2012,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 130 KBs) | BibTex
V. Orvalho, F. Parke Parke, X. Alvarez, A Facial Rigging Survey, Eurographics, Cagliari, Italy, Vol. 32, pp. 10 - 32, May, 2012,
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L. Leite, V. Orvalho, Shape Your Body: Control a Virtual Silhouette Using Body Motion, ACM SIGCHI - Conf. on Human Factors in Computing Systems - SIGCHI, Austin, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1913 - 1918, May, 2012,
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J. Serra, J.F. Freitas, M. D. Dias, V. Orvalho, Automatic Visual Speech Animation, International Conf. on Computational Processing of Portuguese - PROPOR, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, April, 2012,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 79 KBs) | BibTex
P.B Bastos, X. Alvarez, V. Orvalho, A Demo of a Facial UI Design Approach for Digital Artists, ACM SIGART SIGCHI International Conf. on Intelligent User Interfaces - IUI, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 17, pp. 307 - 308, February, 2012,
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B. A. Abirached, J. Aggarwal, B. T. Tamersoy, Y. Zhang, T. Fernandes, J.M Miranda, V. Orvalho, Improving Communication Skills of Children with ASDs through Interaction with Virtual Characters, IEEE International Conf. on Serious Games and Applications for Health - SEGAH, Braga, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, November, 2011,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 237 KBs) | BibTex
L. Leite, V. Orvalho, AnimActor: Understanding Interaction with Digital Puppetry using Low-Cost Motion Capture, International Conf. on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology - ACE, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 8, pp. 488 - 501, November, 2011,
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T. Fernandes, S. A. Alves, J.M Miranda, C. Q. Queirós, V. Orvalho, LIFEisGAME: An approach to the utilization of serious games for therapy for children with ASD, Conf. on Enterprise Information System - International Workshop on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies - CENTERIS HCIst, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, October, 2011,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 113 KBs) | BibTex
P.B Bastos, X. Alvarez, V. Orvalho, A Demo of A Dynamic Facial UI for Digital Artists, IFIP TC13 Conf. on Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 6949, pp. 358 - 359, September, 2011,
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J.C. Miranda, X. Alvarez, D. G. Gutierrez, A.A.S Sousa, V. Orvalho, Sketch Express: Facial Expressions Made Easy, SBIM EUROGRAPHICS Symp. on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling (SBIM), Vancouver, Canada, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, August, 2011 | Full text (PDF 837 KBs) | BibTex
J. Jimenez Jimenez, T. Scully, N. Barbosa, C. Donner, X. Alvarez, Vieira, P. Matts, V. Orvalho, D. G. Gutierrez, T. Weyrich, A Practical Appearance Model for Dynamic Facial Color, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia - SA, New York, United States, Vol. 29(6), pp. 141:9 - 141:1, December, 2010 | Full text (PDF 25 MBs) | BibTex
V. Orvalho, J.C. Miranda, A.A.S Sousa, What a Feeling: Learning Facial Expressions and Emotions, VideoJogos - VJ, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 10, pp. 1 - 11, November, 2010 | Full text (PDF 146 KBs) | BibTex
V. Orvalho, LIFEisGAME: LearnIng of Facial Emotions usIng Serious GAMEs, Body Representation in Physical and Virtual Reality with Application to Rehabilitation, Ascona, Switzerland, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, September, 2010 | Full text (PDF 48 KBs) | BibTex
L. Dutreve, A. Meyer, V. Orvalho, S. Bouakaz, Easy Rigging of Face by Automatic Registration and Transfer of Skinning Parameters, International Conf. on Computer Vision and Graphics, Warsaw, Poland, Vol. 6374, pp. 333 - 341, September, 2010,
| Abstract | BibTex
X. Alvarez, J.C. Miranda, A.A.S Sousa, D. G. Gutierrez, J. Orvalho, V. Orvalho, Painting on Canvas: A Facial Sketching Control System, Symp. on Computer Animation - SCA, Madrid, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 2, July, 2010 | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
L. Dutreve, A. Meyer, V. Orvalho, S. Bouakaz, Easy Rigging of Face by Automatic Registration and Transfer of Skinning Parameters, International Conf. on Computer Vision and Graphics, Warsaw, Poland, Vol. --, pp. 1 - 10, March, 2010,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 5 MBs) | BibTex
V. Orvalho, M. Coimbra, M. D. Dias, M. S. Slater, D. G. Gutierrez, J. F. Flores, T-Life: Therapeutic Learning of Facial Emotions, European Future Technologies Conf. and Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. ., pp. . - ., April, 2009 | BibTex

Projects

Closed Projects7

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
FACE EXPRESS	FACE EXPRESS	PT Inovação, FCT, UT Austin	01-03-2012	01-03-2013
GOLEM	GOLEM: Realistic Virtual Humans	EU/FP7	01-09-2010	01-09-2014
LIFEisGAME	LIFEisGAME: LearnIng of Facial Emotions usIng Serious GAMEs	FCT, UT Austin	01-07-2010	01-07-2014
Move4Health	Move4Health	PT Inovação	01-03-2013	01-03-2014
NanoSTIMA	NanoSTIMA – Macro-to-Nano Human Sensing: Towards Integrated Multimodal Health Monitoring and Analytics	Norte2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte	01-07-2015	01-12-2018
VERE	VERE: Virtual Embodiment and Re-Embodiment	EC/FP7	01-06-2010	01-06-2015
Viltal Responder	Vital Responder: Monitoring Stress among First Responder Professionals	FCT/CMU	01-01-2009	01-12-2012

Other Scientific Achievements

18Awards

C. Çetinaslan, V. Orvalho, Direct Manipulation of Blendshapes Using Sketch-Based Interface, 2nd Best Paper Award, 01-06-2018
C. Çetinaslan, J. Lewis, V. Orvalho, Best Paper Award, Transposition Based Blendshape Direct Manipulation, 01-02-2017
V. Orvalho, Women Startup Challenge VR and AI, Women Who Tech, On February 15, 2017, the Women Startup Challenge VR and AI showcased 10 amazing, women-led tech startups at a pitch competition held at Google in New York City. The $50,000 top prize was awarded to Veronica Orvalho of Didimo, a startup that creates automatic 3D virtual avatars starting from a single photo in only 2 minutes., 01-02-2017
V. Orvalho, C. Çetinaslan, Best Paper Award, Cetinaslan, O (Outra), Orvalho, V (FCUP) Localized Verlet Integration Framework for Facial Models p. 1 - 15, 15 páginas, 2016, 01-07-2016
O. C, V. Orvalho, Best Paper Award, Cetinaslan, O (Outra), Orvalho, V (FCUP) Localized Verlet Integration Framework for Facial Models p. 1 - 15, 15 páginas, 2016, 01-06-2016
V. Orvalho, C.R. Miranda, P. Mendes, X. Alvarez, BEST TIC Award at iUP25k 2015, BEST TIC Award at iUP25k 2015 Project 'FaceDecode – We make faces' Promoting entity: Entrepreneurship Club of University of Porto (CEDUP) / University of Porto Innovation Office (UPIN) / Banco Santander Totta, 01-05-2015
V. Orvalho, C.R. Miranda, P. Mendes, X. Alvarez, 1st Prize of the iUP25k 2015, 1st Prize of the iUP25k 2015 Project 'FaceDecode – We make faces' Promoting entity: Entrepreneurship Club of University of Porto (CEDUP) / University of Porto Innovation Office (UPIN) / Banco Santander Totta, 01-05-2015
V. Orvalho, MO Oliveira, A.M. Marques, C. Q. Queirós, Usabilidade de um videojogo português (protótipo) para a promoção do reconhecimento emocional facial em crianças com perturbação do espectro do autismo, Best Paper Award | IX Congresso Iberoamericano de Psicologia | 2º Congresso da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses | Lisbon, Portugal, 01-09-2014
V. Orvalho, J. Miranda, Perceiving Interactive Sketching Through Facial Expressions, Best Demo and Best Poster | ACM Symposium on Applied Perception, SAP, 01-08-2013
L. Leite, V. Orvalho, AnimActor: Understanding Interaction with Digital Puppetry using Low-Cost Motion Capture, Character animation has traditionally relied on complex and time- consuming key frame animation or expensive motion capture techniques. These methods are out of reach for low budget animation productions. We present a low-cost performance-driven technique that allows real-time interactive control of puppets for performance or film animation. In this paper we study how users can interpret simple actions like, walking, with different puppets. The system was deployed for the Xbox Kinect and shows how low-cost equipment’s can provide a new mean for motion capture representation. Last, we performed a pilot experiment animating silhouettes and 3D puppets in real-time, based on body movements interpreted by non-expert artists, representing different Olympic Sports that vary on visual representation for other participants to identify. As a result, interaction with 2D puppets needs more interpretation than with 3D puppets., 01-11-2011
V. Orvalho, Sketch Express: Facial Expressions Made Easy, Best Paper Award at SBIM EUROGRAPHICS Symp. on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling (SBIM) | Vancouver, Canada, 01-08-2011
V. Orvalho, Animactor: understanding interaction with digital puppetry using low cost motion capture, Best Breaking Results. Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conf., ACE., 01-01-2011
V. Orvalho, Easy Rigging of Face by Automatic Registration and Transfer of Skinning Parameters, Best Presentation at Int. Conf. Computer Vision & Graphics. ICCVG., 01-01-2010
V. Orvalho, Facial Rigging: create once, use many, IBM Scientific Award | Honorable Mention in recognition of high scientific merit in computer theory and application to young researchers. Awarded by the Minister of Science and Technology. | Electing body: Portuguese National Scientific Board. | http://www-05.ibm.com/pt/events/pc/premio.html/ | Lisbon, Portugal, 01-01-2009
V. Orvalho, Face In Motion, 1st Place Alumnidea | In recognition of the most innovative idea and best business plan. | Electing body: Universidade do Porto. | http://alumnidea.fe.up.pt/ | Porto, Portugal, 01-01-2006
V. Orvalho, Face Puppet, Automatic Facial Animation, Finalist Award Innovact | In recognition of innovative idea. | Electing body: L'Etudiant et L'Express | http://www.innovact.com/ | Reims, France, 01-01-2006
V. Orvalho, Photorealistic Facial Animation and Recognition, 3rd Place IV Concurso Innova | In recognition of innovative idea. Electing body: UPC, EAE and CIDEM. | http://pinnova.upc.es/ | Barcelona, Spain, 01-01-2004
V. Orvalho, Photorealistic Facial Animation for the Entertainment Industry, Finalist Award Innovact | In recognition of innovative idea. | Electing body: L'Etudiant et L'Express | http://www.innovact.com/ | Reims, France, 01-01-2004

39Miscellaneous

V. Orvalho, The fundamentals behind facial rigging: morphologies and behaviors, Invited Talks, XX EPCG, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 01-10-2012
V. Orvalho, A Game About Emotions, Invited Talks, IC2 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA, 01-09-2012
V. Orvalho, Facial Morphologies, its representation, its challenges and the recognition of emotions in non-verbal communication, Invited Talks, DSAI'12 - Microsoft Workshop on Natural User Interaction, Douro Museum, Regua, Portugal, 01-07-2012
V. Orvalho, LIFEisGAME: Learning Facial Emotions using Serious GAMEs, a new approach, Invited Talks, 1st International Seminar of Special Education, Auditório do Parque Biológico, V. N. de Gaia, Portugal, 01-07-2012
V. Orvalho, Facial Morphologies and their challenges in Computer Graphics, Invited Talks, VERE Plenary Meeting, Pisa, Italy, 01-06-2012
V. Orvalho, A Game About Emotions, Invited Talks, IC2 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA, 01-05-2012
V. Orvalho, Virtual Avatars for Smart Cities, Invited Talks, Polaris Future Cities, Porto, Portugal, 01-10-2011
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation for CG Films and Videogames, Invited Talks, Portugal Girl Geek Dinner, Porto, Portugal, 01-03-2011
V. Orvalho, A Utilização da Tecnologia da Realidade Virtual na Reabilitação, Invited Talks, I Congresso Internacional de Saúde - ESTSP, Porto-Gaia, Portugal, 01-09-2010
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation Made Easy, Invited Talks, UT School of Information, Austin, USA, 01-08-2010
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation Made Easy, Invited Talks, UT School of Information, Austin, USA, 01-08-2010
V. Orvalho, Panel: Mesa de nuevas tecnologias, Invited Talks, CIMA, Santiago de Com- postela, Spain, 01-08-2010
V. Orvalho, Game Industry and Game Technology, Invited Talks, Game Design Seminar Using XNA at IPP, Porto, Portugal, 01-05-2010
V. Orvalho, Facial Emotions: Go Behind the Scenes, Invited Talks, ENEI - 5 Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Informática, Coimbra, Portugal, 01-04-2010
V. Orvalho, Panel: Technologies for Interactive Media, Invited Talks, Forum on Interactive Technologies and Services for Digital Media, Lisbon, Portugal, 01-02-2010
V. Orvalho, Technologies for Interactive Media, Invited Talks, Innovation Forum on Services and Technologies for Interactive Media (NET-STIM), Porto, Portugal, 01-02-2010
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation Fast and Easy, Invited Talks, SHiFT, Lisbon, Portugal, 01-10-2009
V. Orvalho, Research with XNA Technology, Invited Talks, Microsoft Dev Days '09, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, 01-02-2009
V. Orvalho, New Trends on Facial Animation and Motion Capture, Invited Talks, Digital Games'08, Porto, Portugal, 01-11-2008
V. Orvalho, Videogame Development for Microsoft XNA Platform, Invited Talks, ISEP, Porto, Portugal, 01-03-2008
V. Orvalho, Videogame Development for Microsoft XNA Platform, Invited Talks, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal, 01-03-2008
V. Orvalho, Make Faces: Automatically Transfer Expressions Between Characters, Invited Talks, SONY, Foster City, USA, 01-01-2008
V. Orvalho, Make Faces: Automatically Transfer Expressions Between Characters, Invited Talks, 7th International Conference on Neuroesthetics, UC Berkeley, Berkley, USA, 01-01-2008
V. Orvalho, Fast and Reusable Facial Rigging and Animation, Invited Talks, EA (Electronic Arts Europe), London, UK, 01-10-2007
V. Orvalho, Fast and Reusable Facial Rigging and Animation, Invited Talks, UCL (University College London), London, UK, 01-10-2007
V. Orvalho, Videogame Development for Microsoft XNA Platform, Invited Talks, Microsoft, GPCG'07, Lisbon, Portugal, 01-10-2007
V. Orvalho, Fast and Reusable Facial Rigging and Animation, Invited Talks, Blur Studios, Los Angeles, USA, 01-08-2007
V. Orvalho, Facial Synthesis and The Medical Industry, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 01-06-2007
V. Orvalho, PhD Symposium for the PRESENCCIA project, Invited Talks, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 01-05-2007
V. Orvalho, A Facial Animation System for CG Films and Videogames, Invited Talks, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 01-02-2007
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation for Films and Videogames, Invited Talks, Electronic Artas, Vancouver, Canada, 01-11-2006
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation for Films and Videogames, Invited Talks, AMORE, University British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 01-11-2006
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation for Films and Videogames, Invited Talks, HCT Lab, University British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 01-11-2006
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation for Films and Videogames, Invited Talks, Mainframe-Rainmaker, Vancouver, Canada, 01-11-2006
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation for Films and Videogames, Invited Talks, Mercury Filmworks, Vancouver, Canada, 01-11-2006
V. Orvalho, Facial Animation for Films and Videogames, Invited Talks, Radical Entertainment, Vancouver, Canada, 01-11-2006
V. Orvalho, Videogame Design and Content Development for Videogame, Invited Talks, Faculdade de Jornalismo, Universidade Porto, Porto, Portugal, 01-10-2005
V. Orvalho, The Video Game Industry, Invited Talks, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, 01-04-2005
V. Orvalho, Videogame Design, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, 01-04-2005

1Tutorials

V. Orvalho, C.R. Miranda, J. Lewis, 3D Characters for Virtual Reality

Other Contributions

6Conference Committees

International Conf. on Physiological Computing Systems - PhyCS, Technical Programme Committee, 2014
IEEE International Conf. on Serious Games and Applications for Health - SEGAH, Technical Programme Committee, 2013
International Conf. on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - GRAPP, Technical Programme Chairman, 2013
Conf. Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação - CISTI, Technical Programme Committee, 2012
Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica - EPCG, Technical Programme Chairman, 2012
International Conf. on Digital Arts, Technical Programme Committee, 2012

2Refereeing Journals

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
2013, 1 review(s);
Computers and Graphics

IT Member Profile

Verónica Orvalho

29-12-2020

IT spin-off Didimo leading the future of digital “humans”

Scientific Achievements

As Supervisor

As Supervisor

As Co-supervisor

Closed Projects7