About me
Hey! I'm Alexandre Pires, a Ph.D. student at the Socially Intelligent Artificial Systems (SIAS) Group, University of Amsterdam. My work focuses on understanding indirect reciprocity as a mechanism for cooperation under Human-AI hybrid populations. I'm supervised by Fernando P. Santos (SIAS) and Ana Paiva (GAIPS). The focus of my formal education is on artificial intelligence and complex systems. However, I always strive to bring perspectives from various fields, such music, art, history, economics, ecology and more.
Before this, I did my Computer Science and Engineering master's degree at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal, accompanied by professors Francisco C. Santos and Jorge M. Pacheco.
In addition to my work in computer science, I study jazz piano, video-game development, languages, and more. I'm part of the jazz-fusion band • Frog Jumps Out •.
Here you can find all my projects!
What I'm doing
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Research
My scientific focus is studying cooperation in human-AI hybrid populations, merging game theoretical models and experimental research. Other topics include complex systems, multi-agent systems, and pro-social AI.
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Jazz and Composition
I study jazz performance, composition and arrangement. My main instruments are the piano and saxophone. I'm the pianist, keyboardist and composer of the jazz-fusion band • Frog Jumps Out •.
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Video-games
I love doing all facets of video-game development, from programming to design, music, and art! My first fully-sized game, LIMITATIONS, is currently in development.
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Other activities
I do all sorts of other things, from language learning (currently, JP, IT and NL), poetry, digital art, photography and more!
News
August 24th, 2024 - • Frog Jumps Out • - News regarding my jazz fusion band, • Frog Jumps Out •, from concert dates to singles/album releases will be posted regularly on our instagram account!
August 18th, 2024 - EDAI 2024 - I will be at EDAI 2024, a workshop happening at ECAI 2024, where I will present my work-in-progress paper regarding the dynamics of human cooperation via indirect reciprocity in human-AI hybrid populations, happening at Santiago De Compostela in 19th of October.
July 4th, 2024 - ECAI 2024 - I'll be presenting my main-track paper regarding the dynamics of human cooperation via indirect reciprocity in human-AI hybrid populations at ECAI 2024, happening at Santiago De Compostela in 19-24th of October.
April 5th, 2024 - Zalencentrum van Limmikhof - I gave a small talk about human cooperation and indirect reciprocity to bachelor's students in Computational Social Science from the University of Amsterdam.
March 6th, 2024 - Joint CCSS-UvA Workshop - Together with prof. Fernando Santos, I gave a talk about my work in indirect reciprocity in hybrid populations to researchers at the University of Amsterdam and the Center for Computational Social Science, Kobe University.
