events

A list of events and special issues I was part of

Special Issues Editorial

2018
Special Issue on Crossmodal Learning
Elsevier Cognitive Systems Research
2019
Closing the Loop - From Human Behavior to Multisensory Robots
Frontiers in Neurorobotics
2021
Special Issue on Automated Perception of Human Affect from Longitudinal Behavioral Data
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
2023
Special Issue on Human-aligned reinforcement learning for autonomous agents and robots
Springer Neural Computing and Applications

Workshops Organization

2017
Workshop on Computational Models for Crossmodal Learning
IEEE ICDL-EPIROB - Lisbon, Portugal
2018
Workshop on Intelligent Assistive Computing
IEEE WCCI - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018
International Workshop on Affective and Assistive Robotics
Recife, Brazil
2018
Workshop on Crossmodal Learning for Intelligent Robotics
IEEE/RSJ IROS 2018 - Madrid, Spain
2019
Workshop on Empathy Modelling in Real-World Scenarios - Lessons Learned from the OMG Empathy Prediction Challenge
IEEE FG 2019 - Lille, France
2021
Workshop on Human-aligned Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Agents and Robots
IEEE ICDL - Rancagua, Chile (Online)
2024
Dungeons, Neurons, and Dialogues - Social Interaction Dynamics in Contextual Games
ACII 2024 - Glasgow, Scotland
2025
Dungeons, Neurons, and Dialogues 2nd edition - Social Interaction Dynamics in Contextual Games
HRI 2025 - Melbourne, Australia

Invited Talks

2022
Who is Afraid of Non-Universal (Deep Learned) Facial Perception?
Invited Talk at the University of Cambridge
2022
Who is Afraid of Non-Universal Facial Recognition?
FEEL-COG Workshop - ICDL 2022, London, UK
2023
How can we overcome feature-based and contextual biases when learning facial expression representations?
LEAP-HRI worksho at HRI 2023, Stockholm, Sweeden
2023
(Simply) the Best - Modeling Social Components when Designing Competitive Reinforcement Learning Agents
Lacoro 2023, Santiago, Chile
2024
Discussion Panel on Human-aligned Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Agents and Robots
HARL workshop at ICRA 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Challenges and Competitions Organization

2018
OMG-Emotion Recognition Challenge 2018
WCCI/IJCNN 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019
OMG-Empathy Prediction Challenge 2019
IEEE FG 2019, Lile, France
2021
Chef`s Hat Cup
ICPR 2021, Milan, Italy
2023
Chef`s Hat Cup - Revenge of the Agent
IEEE LACCI 2023, Recife, Pernambuco