Research
📑 Funding
2026-2027 UoM/KTH/SU Seed Fund 180KSEK {Project Leader} - Exploring Extended Reality for Aphantasics.
2026 [Grant for quality development of education] 290KSEK {Project member} - Virtuella patienter och en virtuell utbildningsklinik: förutsättningar för träning och examination av kliniska färdigheter hos framtidens psykologer
2023-2026 Wallenberg Foundation 4.5MSEK *{Project Member} Let us talk about non-verbal communication: Investigation of interpersonal psychotherapeutic interactions and their effect on treatment outcomes using AI and time series analysis.
2022–2023 Startup Funding - Fondo Emprender 20kEUR {Project Leader} Seed funding to startup PortalSense (Manizales Colombia) for VR real estate visualization.
📑 Publications
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2026
BagheriFard, Z., Vasiliu, M. M., Pretty, E. J., Quintero, L., Edvinsson, B., Romero, M., & Guarese, R. (2026). Situated visualization towards manufacturing maintenance training: Scoping review, design and user study. Computers&Graphics, 134, 104500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cag.2025.104500
Fredriksdotter K, Kuratomi A, Mondrejevski L, Quintero L. SepsisVision: Web-Based Support Tool for Sepsis Mortality Risk Screening through Explanatory and Exploratory User Interfaces. In IXAIT Workshop in European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD) 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19105-2_11
Gryschek G, Quintero L, Kuratomi A. Trustworthiness and Usefulness of Explainability in ML-Supported Depression Screening within Primary Care. In HuMINE Workshop in European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD) 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19096-3_32
2025
Quintero, L., Solsona, J., Pinheiro Braga, A., Björn, M., Fors, U., Verhagen, H. Shared Engagement in Digital Environments with Extended Reality and Tangible Interaction (pp. 81-87). Huminfra Conference 2025 https://www.huminfra.se/resources/humevents/hic-2025_proceedings.pdf
Dudeja, K., McMillan, D., Quintero, L. MR-Monitor: Mixed-Reality Monitoring of Urban Maps Through Hand-Based Interactions. (pp. 268–275). GoodIT ’25: International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3748699.3749801
Lakes, A., Quintero, L., & Papapetrou, P. (2025). EXTREMUM: A Web-Based Tool to Generate and Explore Counterfactual Explanations on Tabular and Time-Series Data. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 491–496). Applied Data Science Track and Demo Track. ECML PKDD 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 16022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06129-4_37
BagheriFard, Z., Guarese, R., Quintero, L., Johnson, F., Edvinsson, B., & Romero, M. (2025). Enhancing Manufacturing Training Through Augmented Situated Visualization. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2025. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 66–71). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05008-3_14
Quintero, L., Bennaceur, E., Ahlnäs, L., & Bjorn, M. (2025). Hands-On Orchestra: Hand-based Interactive Manipulation of Spatial 3D Audio in Mixed Reality. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences. IMX’25 (pp. 342–345). https://doi.org/10.1145/3706370.3731713
Quintero, L., Pinheiro Braga, A. M. B. M., Petersson, N., & Fors, U. G. (2025). Transitional Portals for Participatory Co-Located Cross-Reality Experiences. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (pp. 368–371). IMX’25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706370.3731708
2024
Ulrichs J, Matviienko A, Quintero L,. Effects of Third-Person Locomotion Techniques on Sense of Embodiment in Virtual Reality. ACM Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM) https://doi.org/10.1145/3701571.3701598
Stepanova Ekaterina, …, Quintero L, … et al., Envisioning Ubiquitous Biosignal Interaction with Multimedia. ACM Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM) https://doi.org/10.1145/3701571.3701609
Dodieva M, Quintero L ,. Comparing Early-Stage Symptoms of Spatial Disorientation Between Virtual Reality Navigation and Paper-Based MoCA Test. ACM Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM) https://doi.org/10.1145/3701571.3703380
Ekman J, Solsona J, Quintero L,. Codeseum: Learning Introductory Programming Concepts through Virtual Reality Puzzles. ACM Interactive Media Experiences (IMX) https://doi.org/10.1145/3639701.3656306
Gnacek M, Quintero L, Mavridou I et al. AVDOS-VR: Affective Video Database with Physiological Signals and Continuous Ratings Collected Remotely in VR. Nature Scientific Data https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02953-6
2023
[PhD Thesis] Quintero, L. User Modeling for Adaptive Virtual Reality Experiences: Personalization from Behavioral and Physiological Time Series. Stockholm University, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences.
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Quintero L, Fors U, and Papapetrou P. Personalized Feature Importance Ranking for Affect Recognition From Behavioral and Physiological Data. IEEE Transactions on Games. Journal 📖 https://doi.org/10.1109/TG.2023.3263070
[EU Report] Co-author in report for European Commission. Extended reality: opportunities, success stories and challenges (health, education). Publications Office of the European Union https://doi.org/10.2759/121671
2022
Bernsland M, Moshfegh A, Lindén K, Bajin S, Quintero L, Solsona J, and Rostami A. CS:NO – an Extended Reality Experience for Cyber Security Education. ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX ‘22). 287–292. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3505284.3532971
Quintero L, Papapetrou P, Muñoz JE, De Mooij J, and Gaebler M. Excite-O-Meter: an Open-Source Unity Plugin to Analyze Heart Activity and Movement Trajectories in Custom VR Environments. IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (IEEE VR - Workshops), (virtual). 2022. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00017
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2021
Quintero L, Papapetrou P, Hollmén J, Fors U. Effective Classification of Head Motion Trajectories in Virtual Reality using Time-Series Methods. 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR), Taichung, Taiwan (virtual). 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/AIVR52153.2021.00015
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Quintero L, Muñoz JE, De Mooij J., and Gaebler M. Excite-O-Meter: Software Framework to Integrate Heart Activity in Virtual Reality. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Bari, Italy (virtual). 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR52148.2021.00052
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Muñoz JE, Quintero L, Stephens CL and Pope AT. Taxonomy of Physiologically Adaptive Systems and Design Framework. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2021), Adaptive Instructional Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp 559-576. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77857-6_40
2020
Quintero L. Understanding research methodologies when combining virtual reality technology with machine learning techniques . In The 13th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference (PETRA’20), Corfu, Greece. ACM, 4 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3389189.3394093
Muñoz JE, Quintero L, Stephens CL and Pope AT. A Psychophysiological Model of Firearms Training in Police Officers: A Virtual Reality Experiment for Biocybernetic Adaptation. Frontiers in Psychology. 11:683. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00683 Journal (Open Access) 📖
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2019
Quintero L, Muñoz JE, Papapetrou P. Open-Source Physiological Computing Framework using Heart Rate Variability in Mobile Virtual Reality Applications. 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR), San Diego, CA, USA. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/AIVR46125.2019.00027
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Quintero L, Papapetrou P, Muñoz JE, Fors U. Implementation of Mobile-based Real-time Heart Rate Variability Detection for Personalized Healthcare. Workshop TMDM in IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDMW), Beijing, China. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDMW.2019.00123
Muñoz JE, Pope AT, Quintero L.V.. Integrating Biocybernetic Adaptation in Virtual Reality Training Concentration and Calmness in Target Shooting. International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems (PhyCS). 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27950-9_12
[Master’s Thesis] Quintero, L. Facilitating Technology-based Mental Health Interventions with Mobile Virtual Reality and Wearable Smartwatches. Karolinska Institutet | Stockholm University. Master’s Programme in Health Informatics.
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2018
Badia, S. B. i, Quintero, L. V., Cameirao, M. S., Chirico, A., Triberti, S., Cipresso, P., & Gaggioli, A. Towards Emotionally-Adaptive Virtual Reality for Mental Health Applications. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2018.2878846 Journal (Open Access) 📖
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