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PhD |
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IST and INESC-ID |
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IST Taguspark, Av. Prof. Dr. Cavaco Silva, 2744-016 Porto Salvo, Portugal |
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Interests
Joana Dimas is graduated in Social Psychology and has completed a PhD in Information Systems and Computer Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Rui Prada.
Her main interests are the improvement of computer game characters and enhancement of player's experience, through the combination of cognitive sciences and game design.
Current Projects
Publications
2023
When "I" Becomes "We": Modelling Dynamic Identity on Autonomous Agents
Inês Lobo and Joana Dimas and Samuel Mascarenhas and Diogo Rato and Rui Prada, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 26 (3), No. 9, pg. 29, 2023
2017
The Effects of Playing with Human vs. Computer- controlled Characters and Social Identity Cues on Enjoyment: Specifying the Mediation Effects of Social Presence, Similarity Identification, and Group IdentificationJorge Peña and Jannath Ghaznavi and Nick Brody and Rui Prada and Carlos Martinho and Pedro Santos and Hugo Damas and Joana Dimas, Journal of Media Psychology, Hogrefe Publishing, April, 2017
2014
Dynamic Identity Model for AgentsJoana Dimas and Rui Prada, Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIV, pg. 37-52, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014
Non-Player Characters and Artificial Intelligence
Gonçalo Pereira and António Brisson and João Dias and André Carvalho and Joana Dimas and Samuel Mascarenhas and Joana Campos and Marco Vala and Iolanda Leite and Carlos Martinho and Rui Prada and Ana Paiva, Psychology, Pedagogy, and Assessment in Serious Games, pg. 127-152, IGI GLobal, 2014
2013
A Serious Game Based on a Public Goods ExperimentMárcia Baptista and Joana Dimas and Rui Prada and Pedro Santos and Carlos Martinho, International Conference on Economic Computing, IEEE, 2013
One for all, all for one: Agents with social identities
Joana Dimas and Phil Lopes and Rui Prada, Proceedings of the 35 th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2013
Social Behaviour in Games: Dynamic Identity in NPCs
Joana Dimas and Rui Prada, Workshop on Social Believability in Games at The 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE), ACM, November, 2013
Social Identity Bias in Agents’ Rational Decision
Joana Dimas and Phil Lopes and Guida Preto and Pedro Santos and Rui Prada, Intelligent Virtual Agents 2013 - IVA 2013, pg. 460-461, Springer / Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 2013
You are who you hang out with: Agents with Dynamic Identity
Joana Dimas and Rui Prada, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2013), 2013
2012
The Role of Social Identity, Rationality and Anticipation in Believable AgentsRui Prada and Guilherme Raimundo and Márcia Baptista and Joana Dimas and Pedro A. Santos and Carlos Martinho and Jorge Peña and Luís Landeiro Ribeiro, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, pg. 1175-1176, IFAAMS, 2012
2011
A Game Prototype with Emotional ContagionGonçalo Pereira and Joana Dimas and Rui Prada and Pedro Santos and Ana Paiva, Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, pg. 315--316, Springer, Memphis, USA, October, 2011
A Generic Emotional Contagion Computational Model
Gonçalo Pereira and Joana Dimas and Rui Prada and Pedro Santos and Ana Paiva, Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, pg. 256--266, Springer, Memphis, USA, October, 2011
A Social Dilemma Videogame
Márcia Baptista and Joana Dimas and Carlos Martinho and Jorge F. Peña and Rui Prada and Guilherme Raimundo and Pedro Santos, Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of Videojogos, pg. 183-192, PRISMA, December, 2011
I'm happy if you are happy. A model for emotional contagion in computer games
Joana Dimas and Gonçalo Pereira and Pedro Santos and Rui Prada and Ana Paiva, Proceedings of The 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE), pg. 2195-2200, ACM, Lisbon, Portugal, November, 2011
2010
Pervasive Pleo: Long-term Attachment with Artificial Pets Joana Dimas and Iolanda Leite and André Pereira and Pedro Cuba and Rui Prada and Ana Paiva, Please enjoy!: Workshop on playful experiences in Mobile HCI, Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2010
