Pedro Filipe Pereira Campos

Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering

Penteada University Campus , Floor 2, Office 2.80

pcampos@staff.uma.pt

(+351) 291 705 287 / 5287

Biographical Notes

Pedro Filipe Pereira Campos is Full Professor of Computer Engineering and Interactive Media Design at the University of Madeira, with a highly distinguished scientific and academic career in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Interactive Media, Computer Engineering, and Interaction Design. Throughout his scientific activity, he has supervised 7 doctoral theses and 6 postdoctoral theses, and is currently supervising 5 doctoral theses and 3 postdoctoral theses. He has supervised or co-supervised more than 60 master's dissertations at the Universities of Madeira and Lisbon, as well as 15 scientific projects and 1 science and technology management grant.
His scientific output exceeds 200 peer-reviewed publications. He is also the co-author of "Introduction to Interface Design" (FCA), a reference work in Portuguese in the areas of interface design and Human-Computer Interaction. At the same time, he held positions of high scientific responsibility, having been vice president for scientific affairs at ITI - Institute of Interactive Technologies, a unit integrated into the LARSYS associated laboratory, classified as Excellent by the FCT. He was a visiting researcher at Aalto University in Finland and in the VIMMI group at INESC-ID in Lisbon.

Publications

Bridging Cultural Gaps: Insights from Communication in Migrant-Inclusive Cultural Initiatives, Vanessa Cesário, Pedro Campos, Societies, 2025

Can Virtual Nature Enhance the Emotional State of Informal Caregivers?, Beatriz Peres, Hildegardo Noronha, Joana Câmara, Daniel S Lopes, Joaquim Jorge, Pedro Campos, Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2025, 2025

Combining Interactive Narratives and Augmented Reality to Promote Engagement between Children and Nature, Luís Francisco Fernandes, Paulo Bala, Sandra Câmara Olim, Pedro F Campos, Mara Dionisio, Proceedings of the 24th Interaction Design and Children, 2025

Creat?AI: Using Tangible Storytelling to Teach AI to Children, Carolina Marçal, Ana Carolina Baptista, Hugo Nicolau, Pedro F Campos, Ana Cristina Pires, Proceedings of the 24th Interaction Design and Children, 2025

DreamScape: Fostering Financial Cognition through a Serious Game, Ana Santos, Constança Freitas, Paulo Bala, Pedro F Campos, Mara Dionisio, Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Creativity and Cognition, 2025

Effects of Exergaming on Physical Fitness of Youth with Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis, Cíntia França, Sadaf Ashraf, Adilson Marques, Andreas Ihle, Helder Lopes, Pedro Campos, Élvio Rúbio Gouveia, Games for health journal, 2025

Empowering cultural heritage professionals: designing interactive exhibitions with authoring tools, Vanessa Cesário, João Freitas & Pedro Campos, Museum Management and Curatorship, 2025

En-join: Speculative LLM Play for Energy Community Engagement and Sustainability Awareness, Luiz Sachser, Andrés Isaza-Giraldo, Anna Jiskrová, Vanessa Cesário, Pedro F Campos, Lucas Pereira, Paulo Bala, ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2025

Evaluating Mystiria: Insights from a Pilot Study on Intergenerational Collaborative Gameplay for Climate Change Awareness, Joana Spínola, Lígia Gonçalves, Pedro Campos, Mara Dionísio, Paulo Bala, Proceedings of the 24th Interaction Design and Children, 2025

Exploring the Potential of Interacting with a Virtual Dog in a Virtual Forest for Well-Being: A Study with Informal Caregivers of People with Dementia, Peres, B., Motti, L., Nobrega, G., Janković, J., Gouveia, D.M., Campos, P., 2025

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Engenharia Informática, 2006, University of Madeira

Current Duties

Membro of the Department of Computer Engineering and Interactive Media Design