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Position

I am a Professor at the University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, in the Center of Technological Sciences (CCT), where I am a faculty member for the BSc in Computer Science and the MSc and PhD programs in Applied Informatics (PPGIA). Before joining PPGIA-UNIFOR, I was a Visiting Lecturer during two years at the Department of Computing - UFC, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.

I was the General Chair and Program Co-chair for the 2002 and 2005 Brazilian Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images (SIBGRAPI), respectively, and also the Program Chair (Computing Track) for the 2015 Simpósio Brasileiro de Jogos e Entretenimento Digital (SBGames'15). In 2016, I acted as the Guest Editor for the journals Elsevier Entertainment Computing (ECJ) and SBC Journal on Interactive Systems (JIS), and as a Program Committee member for the 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH'17) and Co-Chair for the 2017 Workshop on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Wearable Technologies (a SeGAH'17 Special Track).

From July 2017 to July 2018 I was working as a Visiting Research Scholar at ETC Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA. In 2017, I was Co-chair for the Workshop of Theses and Dissertations (a SVR'17 Special Track) and Program Committee member for the Computing Track of SBGames 2017. I was also a member of the editorial review board of the International Journal of Handheld Computing Research (IJHCR).

Research Interests

I am interested in Serious Games, Interactive Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, and Mobility. My research has focused on Interactive Ray Tracing for Games; Game Engines, Visibility Culling Techniques and Spatial Data Structures; Fast, Precise and Scalable Broad Phase Collision Detection Algorithms; 3D Computer Animation and Multi-Platform Games; Physics Engines; GPU Programming; Advanced Interactive Interfaces (haptic and motion sensing input devices); Virtual Environments for Training in Healthcare; and Music Visualization.

If you are interested in graduate studies (MSc and PhD degrees) in the above research areas (or closely related to them), please check out the link "Projects" and publications pages and contact me by E-mail.

Academic Background

- PhD degree (1999) in Computer Science from Imperial College London, London, UK.
- MSc degree (1993) in Computer Graphics from the Department of Computing, School of Electrical Engineering, at State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
- BSc degree (1989) in Computational and Applied Mathematics at State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

Contact Details

Maria Andréia Formico Rodrigues Professor

Universidade de Fortaleza-UNIFOR Programa de Pós-Graduação em Informática Aplicada - PPGIA

Av. Washington Soares, 1321 60.811-905 Fortaleza-CE Brazil

Phone: +55 (85) 3477-3268

Fax: +55 (85) 3477-3061 andreia dot formico at gmail dot com

ResearchGate:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Andreia_Rodrigues