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Mr. Luis Valente
BSc, computer science, 2002, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil)
MSc, computer science, 2005, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil)
PhD candidate, informatics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Brazil
Luis is a PhD candidate in informatics at Brazil’s Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and a member of VisionLab at that university. As an undergraduate and a master’s degree candidate, he conducted research in computer graphics and game development for PCs. His work has helped to start a research programme on game development at the graduate program of the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF-Brazil).
Currently, his research focuses on digital entertainment for mobile phones. This includes pervasive games, new ways –such as gestures and other cool things -- of interacting with phone games.
In the mobile industry, he has been selected as a Forum Nokia Champion twice (in 2007 and 2008), and he’s part of the Forum Nokia Wiki administration team.
Luis has won Nokia contests, including:
# Python Code Camp in Rio de Janeiro, 2008
# Flash Lite Code Camp in São Paulo, 2008
# Four-Day Kickoff Summer Contest, 2007
Development Areas of Interest
Mobile platforms
Python for S60, Symbian OS, Java™ ME
Application categories
Entertainment and games
Programming languages
C++, Java, Python
Integrated development environments (IDEs)
Microsoft Visual Studio
Personal Competencies
Languages
Portuguese (native)
English
Mobile competencies
S60 development
Forum Nokia Community activity areas
Forum Nokia Wiki administration
Forum Nokia Blogs (occasionally)
Forum Nokia Discussion Board user name
lpvalente
Main Achievements
Applications
Accelerinvaders, the first game for the Nokia N95 that uses the accelerometer, is available at MOSH and, at the time of this writing, the download count (at MOSH, all revisions of the game) was over 57,000. A video is available on YouTube.
Awards
Python Code Camp, Rio de Janeiro, 2008
Flash Lite Code Camp, São Paulo, 2008
Four-Day Kickoff Summer Contest Winner (Forum Nokia Wiki), 2007
Forum Nokia Champion, 2007 and 2008
Mobile communities
Contact Information
Personal Web pages
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