Hugo Furtado

CEO

Dreamwaves

Vienna, Austria

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About

Hugo Furtado holds a Masters degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in the field of Augmented Reality in Surgery. He has a strong technical background in engineering, programming, virtual and augmented reality, having worked both in the industry as well as in scientific organizations.

In the course of his PhD he developed a prototype for visualization of catheters inside the human body during minimally invasive cardiac surgery, using augmented reality, as part of the Marie Curie EC project ARIS*ER - Augmented Reality in Surgery.

He worked as a post-doc researcher at the Medical University of Vienna in the field of real-time tumor motion tracking using 2D/3D image registration and deformable image registration for adaptive radiotherapy planning.

Currently, Hugo is the CEO of Dreamwaves, a company developing an intuitive audio navigation application for blind and visually impaired people.

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ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Big Data SolutionsMobile Services and Smartphone Apps

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Speaker sessions (1)

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

14:00 - 16:30

Let’s talk: Innovation! In cooperation with the Vienna Business Agency and co-financed by the European Union

Format:In-person
Track:
Location: UN Restaurant
  • Assistive technologies
  • ICT innovations
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Selected international startups take part in the Discover Vienna: Zero Barriers 2024 program – a unique opportunity to explore Vienna’s impact-driven ecosystem. In this interactive Session, you will engage in inspiring discussions with participants.