Rui João Peixoto José

Algoritmi | User | Rui João Peixoto José

At LASI

Integrated Researcher with PhD

Member of the CALG R&D Unit

Academic Degree

PhD

Current Position

Assistant Professor with Habilitation at Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho

Personal Webpage

Personal Email

rui@dsi.uminho.pt

Orcid

0000-0003-3547-2131

Researcher ID

B-6314-2009

FCT Public Key

J0102100X4Q

Ciência ID

6,18E+15

Google Scholar

About Me

Rui José is Associate Professor at the Information Systems Department, School of Engineering, University of Minho. He received his PhD in Computer Science in 2001 from Lancaster University, UK. At UMinho, he taught over 100 courses, mainly in the areas of Ubiquitous Systems, Distributed Systems, Digital Innovation, Service Engineering and Urban Informatics, to various graduate and post-graduate courses, including Doctoral Programs in Informatics, Information Systems and Telecommunications. Rui José is a full member of Centro Algoritmi, where he leads the Urban Computing group. His research interests include Smart Cities, more specifically the design and development of novel urban platforms, and locative services that blend digital information with specific physical and social settings. He has over 150 publications in books, book chapters, journals and proceedings of international and national conferences, 100 of which are indexed (WoS, Scopus) and 24 are international collaborations (co-authored with researchers from non-Portuguese institutions). He has 585 citations in Scopus (h-index = 11) and over 1300 citations in Google Scholar (h-index = 16, index-i10=24). Publications include top journals and conferences, such as Ubicomp Conferences, IEEE Computer, Sensors, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE Pervasive Computing or Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. Rui José collaborated in 12 research projects and 12 industry projects, all of which with competitive funding. He has been PI or co-PI in 9 of those projects, including projects funded by international programs, such as FP7, FET-OPEN and Portugal/CMU. In the last 10 years, he was directly responsible for managing over 2000 K€ of research funding. He has been involved in collaborative projects with Bosch Car Multimedia to addressing the challenges of soft smart mobility Rui José has an extensive experience in peer-reviewing for scientific publications, as Program Committee member or reviewer for Ubicomp, Pervasive, CHI, PerDis, DIS, MUM, IE, EICS, Mobile HCI, ACE, IPIN, Interact, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Pervasive Computing, Mobile Computing and Communications Review (MC2R) and many others. He has been involved in more than 80 Program Committees. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of RISTI and ADCAI. He was General Chair or TPC chair of 2 international conferences. He has worked as expert in the evaluation of research proposals in national and international programs, including the Portuguese Innovation Agency (ANI), COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) and Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Program. Rui José is also an entrepreneur, having created 3 companies, two of which were officially awarded the label of University of Minho spin-offs.

Publications (98)

A Review on Key Innovation Challenges for Smart City Initiatives

Smart Cities

2024 | journal-article

Algoritmi | User | Rui João Peixoto José

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