Ph.D. student in INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION IN DIGITAL PLATFORMS at the University of Aveiro and University of Porto/Portugal, master’s degree from Pontifícia Universidade do Rio de Janeiro PUC-Rio (1997), and a degree in Computer Science from Universidade Estadual do Ceará (1992). A Brazilian living in Portugal. Professor at UNIFOR (www.unifor.br) from 2001 to 2021. Interest Fields:  Embodied Conversational Assistants design, Interfaces and Interaction design, Requirements Analysis, Agile Methodologies, and Innovation. Currently, researcher at DIGIMEDIA, Universidade de Aveiro.