Professor José Luis Encarnação Award granted to Ana Rita Rebelo (NOVA FCT / NOVA LINCS)

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 edition of the Professor José Luis Encarnação Award.

Ana Rita Rebelo, PhD student at NOVA School of Science and Technology and researcher at NOVA LINCS, was distinguished for the article:

A. R. Rebelo, P. A. Ferreira and R. Nóbrega, “Techniques for Multiple Room Connection in Virtual Reality: Walking Within Small Physical Spaces,” IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 2310-2319, May 2025, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2025.3549895.

The 2025 edition featured high-quality journal papers in competition, highlighting the dynamism and vitality of the national community in the field of Computer Graphics.

The jury emphasized the scientific quality and impact of the winning article, underlining its innovative contribution to navigation techniques in Virtual Reality within small physical spaces.