Sebastião Pais

Sebastião Pais

Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science, University of Beira Interior

Ph.D. Students

Research areas: Computational Mental Health, Multimodal and Temporal Mental Health Retrieval, Affective Computing, Explainable and Trustworthy Large Language Models.

The PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at UBI is open to students holding an MSc in Computer Science or a related field. It includes 60 ECTS of advanced coursework in the first year, followed by research towards the doctoral thesis.

  • Mishell Mendonza. Started: 2026 - Ongoing. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Beira Interior.

  • Anilson Monteiro. Started: 2026 - Ongoing. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Beira Interior.

  • Alexandra Ferreira. Started: 2026 - Ongoing. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Beira Interior.

  • Luís Silva. Started: 2025 - Ongoing. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Beira Interior.

  • António Caldeira. Started: 2025 - Ongoing. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Beira Interior.

  • Farzaneh Lashgari. Multi-Level Suicide Detection & Intervention. Started: 2024 - Ongoing. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Beira Interior.

  • Ramos Pedro. Started: 2023 - Ongoing. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Beira Interior.

  • Faustino Muetunda. Multimodal Mental Health Profiling. Started: 2022 - Ongoing. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Beira Interior.

  • Luqman Jamil. Aiding Mental Disorders Diagnosis through Emotion, Sentiment, and Personality Analysis in Online Texts and Discourse. Started: 2022 - Ongoing. Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Beira Interior.