Sérgio M. Rebelo is a graphic designer, researcher, coder, and cross-media artist. His work revolves around procedural and simulation approaches to create audiovisual experiences and editorial designs. His work has been presented at several cultural events and venues, including the Aesthetica Art Prize, the Portuguese National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra (CAPC), Convento São Francisco, and the Golden Bee Design Biennale. Currently, Sérgio is a PhD candidate in the Cognitive and Media Systems group at the Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra. Additionally, he is invited teaching assistant in the Design and Multimedia program of the University of Coimbra.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Cultural Studies
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Scopus Publications
155
Scholar Citations
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Scopus Publications
Ruled by Utopia: Procedurally Generated Mega-structures Ceur Workshop Proceedings, 2025
ScanType: Evolutionary Letter Finding João Cristóvão, Alexandra Oliveira, Tiago Martins, Sérgio M. Rebelo, Pedro Martins Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 2025
Design Responsively: Exploring Computational Design Approaches for Creating Responsive Moving Posters Sérgio M. Rebelo, Daniel Lopes, Tiago Martins, Ricardo Gonçalves, Pedro Martins, João Bicker, Penousal Machado IEEE Access, 2025 Graphic Design media continuously evolve in response to technological and social changes. The recent proliferation of moving posters exemplifies this adaptability, as it transposes traditional print poster characteristics into the digital realm by integrating dynamic visuals. In this article, we present a <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">research through design</i> study focused on developing responsive moving posters. This investigation examines how computational design methods, involving the systematic and algorithmic use of computing for design creation, can generate context-aware visuals that respond to environmental data. We aim to understand and analyse the production, communication, and usage possibilities related to these designs while identifying the associated challenges. Our experimentation involved various approaches to creating moving posters that respond to environmental data both reactively and interactively, focusing on different design strategies, responsive techniques, and data acquisition methods. We conducted evaluation experiments to assess their production and usage potential, which included organising a hands-on workshop, urban placements, and evaluation sessions with people. Our findings indicate that responsive approaches can promote user customisation, facilitating more effective and engaging message delivery to the audience. These approaches also enable the creation of moving posters tailored to different environments, audiences, and contexts.
Preface Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 2024
Evaluation Metrics for Automated Typographic Poster Generation Sérgio M. Rebelo, J. J. Merelo, João Bicker, Penousal Machado Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 2024
From Pixels to Metal: AI-Empowered Numismatic Art Ijcai International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2024
Towards the automation of book typesetting Sérgio M. Rebelo, Tiago Martins, Diogo Ferreira, Artur Rebelo Visual Informatics, 2023 This paper proposes a generative approach for the automatic typesetting of books in desktop publishing. The presented system consists in a computer script that operates inside a widely used design software tool and implements a generative process based on several typographic rules, styles and principles which have been identified in the literature. The performance of the proposed system is tested through an experiment which included the evaluation of its outputs with people. The results reveal the ability of the system to consistently create varied book designs from the same input content as well as visually coherent book designs with different contents while complying with fundamental typographic principles.
Preface Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 2023
Evolving Urban Landscapes Jorge Santos, Rafael Murta, João M. Cunha, Sérgio M. Rebelo, Tiago Martins, Pedro Martins Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 2023
Preface Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 2022
Casa das Máquinas: An Artificial Dialogue of Portuguese Poetry Mariana Seiça, João Couceiro e Castro, Sérgio Rebelo, Pedro Martins, Ana Boavida, Penousal Machado Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 2021
Portraits of No One: An Internet Artwork Tiago Martins, João Correia, Sérgio Rebelo, João Bicker, Penousal Machado Mm 2020 Proceedings of the 28th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2020
Experiments in algorithmic design of web pages Ceur Workshop Proceedings, 2020
Portraits of no one: An interactive installation Tiago Martins, João Correia, Sérgio Rebelo, João Bicker, Penousal Machado Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 2020
Assessing usefulness of a visual blending system: “Pictionary has used image-making new meaning logic for decades. We don't need a computational platform to explore the blending phenomena”, do we? Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computational Creativity Iccc 2019, 2019
Computational creative experiments in the development of visual identities Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computational Creativity Iccc 2018, 2018
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Design Responsively: Exploring Computational Design Approaches for Creating Responsive Moving Posters SM Rebelo, D Lopes, T Martins, R Gonçalves, P Martins, J Bicker, ... IEEE Access 13, 211775-211795 , 2025 2025
Designing Coins with Evolutionary Computation P Machado, T Martins, J Correia, LE Santo, N Lourenço, J Cunha, ... ACM SIGEVOlution 17 (2), 1-9 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
ScanType : Evolutionary Letter Finding J Cristóvão, A Oliveira, T Martins, SM Rebelo, P Martins EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 54-65 , 2024 2024
From Pixels to Metal: AI-Empowered Numismatic Art. P Machado, T Martins, J Correia, LE Santo, N Lourenço, JM Cunha, ... IJCAI, 7717-7725 , 2024 2024 Citations: 4
Evaluation metrics for automated typographic poster generation SM Rebelo, JJ Merelo, J Bicker, P Machado International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art … , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Evolving Urban Landscapes J Santos, R Murta, JM Cunha, SM Rebelo, T Martins, P Martins EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 64-76 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Towards the automation of book typesetting SM Rebelo, T Martins, D Ferreira, A Rebelo Visual Informatics 7 (2), 1-12 , 2023 2023 Citations: 7
Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design: 12th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2023, Held as Part of EvoStar 2023, Brno, Czech Republic, April 12–14, 2023 … C Johnson, N Rodríguez-Fernández, SM Rebelo Springer Nature , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
Visual Informatics SM Rebelo, T Martins, D Ferreira, A Rebelo 2023
Springer Nature: Cham C Johnson, N Rodríguez-Fernández, SM Rebelo Switzerland , 2023 2023 Citations: 6
Essys* sharing# uc: An emotion-driven audiovisual installation SM Rebelo, M Seiça, P Martins, J Bicker, P Machado 2022 IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP), 70-79 , 2022 2022 Citations: 1
Using Computational Approaches in Visual Identity Design: A Visual Identity for the Design and Multimedia Courses of Faculty of Sciences and Technology of University of Coimbra SM Rebelo, T Martins, A Rebelo, J Bicker, P Machado arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.03420 , 2022 2022 Citations: 3
Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design: 11th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2022, Held as Part of EvoStar 2022, Madrid, Spain, April 20–22, 2022, Proceedings T Martins, N Rodríguez-Fernández, SM Rebelo Springer Nature , 2022 2022 Citations: 10
Ruled by Utopia: Procedurally Generated Mega-structures GL Almeida, JM Cunha, SM Rebelo, T Martins 2022
Promoting climate awareness through the design of interactive moving posters R Gonçalves, SM Rebelo, D Lopes, A Rebelo 2022 Citations: 5
Real-Time Dynamic Digital Scenography: An Electronic Opera as a Use Case C Roça, CA Augusto, SM Rebelo, P Martins International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation, 155-167 , 2021 2021
Casa das Máquinas : An Artificial Dialogue of Portuguese Poetry M Seiça, JC Castro, S Rebelo, P Martins, A Boavida, P Machado International Conference on Entertainment Computing, 509-512 , 2021 2021
Algorithmic Experiments in the Design of Brutalist Web Pages J N. Rebelo, S M. Rebelo, A Rebelo Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Digital and Interactive … , 2021 2021
The X-faces behind the portraits of no one J Correia, T Martins, S Rebelo, J Bicker, P Machado SN Computer Science 2 (4), 236 , 2021 2021 Citations: 3
Exploring automatic fitness evaluation for evolutionary typesetting SM Rebelo, T Martins, J Bicker, P Machado Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, 1-9 , 2021 2021 Citations: 10
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Evolutionary Experiments in the Development of Typographical Posters S Rebelo, CM Fonseca, J Bicker, P Machado 6th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X (xCoAx 2018) , 2018 2018 Citations: 19
Generative type design: Creating glyphs from typographical skeletons FA Pereira, T Martins, S Rebelo, J Bicker Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Digital and Interactive … , 2019 2019 Citations: 16
Designing posters towards a seamless integration in urban surroundings: A computational approach S Rebelo, C Pires, P Martins, J Bicker, P Machado Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Digital and Interactive … , 2019 2019 Citations: 12
Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design: 11th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2022, Held as Part of EvoStar 2022, Madrid, Spain, April 20–22, 2022, Proceedings T Martins, N Rodríguez-Fernández, SM Rebelo Springer Nature , 2022 2022 Citations: 10
Exploring automatic fitness evaluation for evolutionary typesetting SM Rebelo, T Martins, J Bicker, P Machado Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, 1-9 , 2021 2021 Citations: 10
Evolutionary Experiments in Typesetting of Letterpress-Inspired Posters. S Rebelo, J Bicker, P Machado ICCC, 110-113 , 2020 2020 Citations: 9
Using Computer Vision Techniques for Moving Poster Design S Rebelo, P Martins, P Bicker, João Machado ETD 17, 6th Ergotrip Design Conference , 2017 2017 Citations: 8
Towards the automation of book typesetting SM Rebelo, T Martins, D Ferreira, A Rebelo Visual Informatics 7 (2), 1-12 , 2023 2023 Citations: 7
Springer Nature: Cham C Johnson, N Rodríguez-Fernández, SM Rebelo Switzerland , 2023 2023 Citations: 6
Portraits of no one: an interactive installation T Martins, J Correia, S Rebelo, J Bicker, P Machado International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art … , 2020 2020 Citations: 6
Assessing Usefulness of a Visual Blending System:" Pictionary Has Used Image-making New Meaning Logic for Decades. We Don't Need a Computational Platform to Explore the … JM Cunha, S Rebelo, P Martins, P Machado ICCC, 296-300 , 2019 2019 Citations: 6
Promoting climate awareness through the design of interactive moving posters R Gonçalves, SM Rebelo, D Lopes, A Rebelo 2022 Citations: 5
Building Typefaces as Programs: A node-based approach for modular type design T Martins, S Rebelo, J Bicker, P Machado 9th Typography Meeting , 2018 2018 Citations: 5
Typography as Image: Experiments on Typographic Portraits S Rebelo, T Martins, J Bicker, P Machado 9th Typography Meeting , 2018 2018 Citations: 5
From Pixels to Metal: AI-Empowered Numismatic Art. P Machado, T Martins, J Correia, LE Santo, N Lourenço, JM Cunha, ... IJCAI, 7717-7725 , 2024 2024 Citations: 4
Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design: 12th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2023, Held as Part of EvoStar 2023, Brno, Czech Republic, April 12–14, 2023 … C Johnson, N Rodríguez-Fernández, SM Rebelo Springer Nature , 2023 2023 Citations: 4
Experiments in algorithmic design of web pages J Rebelo, S Rebelo, A Rebelo Proceedings of the Joint Proceedings of the ICCC , 2020 2020 Citations: 4
Evaluation metrics for automated typographic poster generation SM Rebelo, JJ Merelo, J Bicker, P Machado International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art … , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Using Computational Approaches in Visual Identity Design: A Visual Identity for the Design and Multimedia Courses of Faculty of Sciences and Technology of University of Coimbra SM Rebelo, T Martins, A Rebelo, J Bicker, P Machado arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.03420 , 2022 2022 Citations: 3
The X-faces behind the portraits of no one J Correia, T Martins, S Rebelo, J Bicker, P Machado SN Computer Science 2 (4), 236 , 2021 2021 Citations: 3
