Paulo Menezes has a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a specialization in Informatics since 2007. He is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Coimbra and is responsible for the courses on Computer Architecture, Computer Graphics and Augmented Reality, and Interactive Systems and Robotics. He is also a senior researcher at the Institute of Systems and Robotics, and the head of the Immersive Systems and Sensorial Stimulation Laboratory that develops activities and advises 6 PhD students in areas such as Machine Learning, Affective Computing, Human-Robot Interaction, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Human Behaviour Analysis. He is currently involved in several national projects in the areas of telemedicine, Augmented Reality for Manufacture, Intelligent Assistive Environments, Brain-Computer Interfaces for Safe Industrial Robotics, Cognitive Stimulation Games for Autistic Children, and Serious Games for Emotional Learning in Children in Public Schools. At the European level he has been involved in several projects, currently is responsible for the Robotic Social Interaction WP on the H2020 RISE Lifebots Exchange project. He is a member and the vice-president of the Portuguese Chapter of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and a Member of the IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society.

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