Sofia Reis concluded her PhD in Computer Science in December 2013 at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and her research was funded by a doctoral degree grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. As part of her PhD she did an internship at Telefónica Research, in Barcelona.
Her research interests are human computer interaction, pervasive games, mobile games, casual games and serious games.