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Hugo Paredes (male) received B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Minho (2000 and 2008), and the Habilitation title from the University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro - UTAD (2016). He was software engineer at SiBS, S.A. and software consultant at Novabase Outsoursing, S.A. Since 2003, he has been at UTAD, where he is a Full Professor. In 2017 he co-founded Robocode Generation, Lda, a start-up company, UTAD spin off, where he was scientific consultant until 2021. During 2017 he was a visiting faculty at Human Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He was Pro-Rector for Digital Transition and Administrative Transformation at UTAD from May 2021 to September 2023.He is a Research Coordinator at the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) and Co-Coordinator of the Centre for Human-Centered Computing and Information Science (HumanISE, formerly CSIG). His main research interests are in the domain of Human-Computer Interaction, namely the topic of Human-AI applied to climate change, accessibility, health and active and healthy ageing. He is a member of the J.UCS board of editors, was guest editor of four Special Issues in journals indexed by the Journal Citation Reports and collaborates with the organization of several international conferences. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 refereed journal, book chapters and conference papers. He is one of the inventors of a granted patent and a patent pending request. He coordinated the H2020 VR2Care project (Grant 951978), and participated and lead several projects, including national and international projects, with public and private funding.Key topics: Human-AI; Human Centred Artificial Intelligence; Active and Healthy Living; Universal Access; Mobile Accessibility; CSCW/Groupware; Social Interaction; Virtual Communities; Dynamic Software Architectures

Listed skills include Computer Science, Software Engineering, Programming, Research, and 30 others.