Publications

My research interests include assistive technologies, human–computer interaction, user-centred design, intelligent environments, human–robot interaction, machine learning, and evolutionary computation.

Theses

Condado, P. A. (2009). Quebra de barreiras de comunicação para portadores de paralisia cerebral [Doctoral thesis, University of Algarve]. Portugal.

Journal Articles

Condado, P. A. & Lobo, F. G. (2023). Security and privacy concerns in assisted living environments. Journal of Smart Cities and Society, 2(2), 99-121. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/SCS-230015
Condado, P. A., Lobo, F. G. & Carita, T. (2022). Towards Richer Assisted Living Environments SN Computer Science, 3(1), 96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00983-0
Godinho, R., Condado, P. A., Zacarias, M. & Lobo, F. G. (2015). Improving accessibility of mobile devices with easywrite. Behaviour & Information Technology, 34(2), 135-150. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2014.981584
Datta, D., Deb, K., Fonseca, C. M., Lobo, F. G., Condado, P. A. & Seixas, J. (2007). Multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for land-use management problem. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research, 3(4), 371-384.

Conference Papers

Condado, P. A., & Lobo, F. G. (2015). A system for controlling assisted living environments using mobile devices. In Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '15) (pp. 33-38). ACM Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2700648.2809839
Condado, P. A., Godinho, R., Zacarias, M., & Lobo, F. G. (2011). EasyWrite: A touch-based entry method for mobile devices. In Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 international conference on human-computer interaction (INTERACT 2011), Workshop on Mobile Accessibility (MOBACC 2011).
Condado, P. A., & Lobo, F. G. (2008). EasyVoice: Breaking barriers for people with voice disabilities. In K. Miesenberger, J. Klaus, W. Zagler, & A. Karshmer (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 5105, pp. 1228-1235). Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_185
Condado, P. A., & Lobo, F. G. (2007). EasyVoice: integrating voice synthesis with Skype. In Proceedings of the 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '05) (pp. 235-236). ACM Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1296843.1296889
Norte, S., Condado, P. A., & Lobo, F. G. (2007). Learning Logo at a high school: Constructionism versus objectivism. In Proceedings of the 11th Eurologo Conference. Bratislava, Slovakia.
Norte, S., Castilho, N., Condado, P. A., & Lobo, F. G. (2005). GoGoBoard and Logo programming for helping people with disabilities. In Proceedings of the 10th Eurologo Conference (pp. 171-178). Warsaw, Poland.
Condado, P. A., Miquelina, P. F., Norte, S., Castilho, N., Lobo, F. G., & Shahbazkia, H. R. (2004). Information and communication technologies for people with disabilities. In Proceedings of the ICL 2004: Interactive Computer Aided Learning International Conference. Carinthia Technology Institute, Villach, Austria.
Miquelina, P. F., Condado, P. A., Carvalho, C. L., Shahbazkia, H. R., & Lobo, F. G. (2004). Toque de voz: Sistema de síntese de voz com um teclado virtual para o auxílio de pessoas com necessidades educativas especiais. In Proceedings of RiBiE2004: 7th Ibero-American Congress on Computers in Education (pp. 650–659). Monterrey, Mexico.
Condado, P., & Lobo, F. G. (2003). Communication and information technology in pre-primary school. In Proceedings of m-ICTE 2003: Second International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education (Vol. 3, pp. 1455-1457). Badajoz, Spain.
Condado, P., Tomaz, F., Shahbazkia, H. R., & Lobo, F. G. (2003). Information and communication technologies for special needed persons: A case study with a student with cerebral paralysis. In Proceedings of m-ICTE 2003: Second International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education (Vol. 3, pp. 1470-1474). Badajoz, Spain.

Technical Reports

Lobo, F. G., Zacarias, M., Condado, P. A., Romão, T., Godinho, R., & Moreno, M. (2011). Evaluating accessible synchronous CMC applications (arXiv Report No. 1005.1200v3). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1005.1200
Condado, P. A., & Lobo, F. G. (2007). EasyVoice: Integrating voice synthesis with Skype (UAlg-ILab Report No. 200705). UAlg Informatics Laboratory, University of Algarve. Also available as arXiv:0706.3132.
Condado, P. A., & Lobo, F. G. (2006). Breaking barriers for people with voice disabilities: Combining virtual keyboards with speech synthesizers, and VoIP applications (UAlg-ILab Report No. 200604). UAlg Informatics Laboratory, University of Algarve. Also available as arXiv:cs/0606088.