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Sofia Cavaco is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics at the Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT), NOVA University Lisbon. She teaches core computer science courses including Algorithms, Multimedia Computing, and Serious Games across undergraduate and graduate programs.
Her academic background includes:
- Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, NOVA University Lisbon
- Master's in Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh
- Master's in Informatics, Carnegie Mellon University (equated to Master's in Applied AI at NOVA University Lisbon)
Her research pioneers the application of computing technologies to healthcare challenges, with emphasis on speech therapy systems and cognitive rehabilitation tools. She develops multimodal frameworks and serious games for Alzheimer's therapy, speech disorder assessment, and assistive applications for visually impaired users. Her work integrates music information retrieval, audio-visual processing, and interactive design to create clinically relevant solutions.
Professor Cavaco actively mentors graduate researchers, supervising over fifteen Master's and PhD theses on topics ranging from automatic musical instrument recognition to voice therapy platforms and educational games for blind students. Her collaborations with CMU and M-ITI demonstrate strong international research engagement despite no specific grants being documented in available sources.
