Roberto Pereira

Professor and researcher at the Department of Informatics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil.  From 2015 to 2023, I have served as Associate Editor for the Brazilian Journal on Computers in Education, Editor-in-Chief of the Horizontes Magazine, and as a member of the special Human Computer Interaction (IHC) committee in Brazil (2016-2021). Currently, I am serving as: Editor-in-Chief of the Journal on Interactive Systems (JIS)(2020-), Associate Editor of the ACM Journal on Responsible Computing (2022-), and Coordinator of the UFPR’s Graduate Program in Computer Science.

Research areas: Human-Computer Interaction, Computing Education, Social Software, Computational Thinking, Human Values and Culture in Interactive Systems Design, Sociotechnical Systems.

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Contact: rpereira inf ufpr br
Department of Computer Science, Office room 87. Phone: +55 41 3361 3685
Rua Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, 100 Centro Politécnico, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

SELECTED publications:
  1. Ascari, REOS, Silva L, Pereira R. MyPGI-a methodology to yield personalized gestural interaction. Universal Access in the Information Society. 2023 Jan 3:1-26.
  2. Pereira, R., Reis, R., Derenievicz, G., Peres, L. M., Silva, F. Sua Jornada Começa Aqui: gamificando uma disciplina introdutória de computação com uma narrativa distópico-crítica. Revista Brasileira de Informática na Educação, [S. l.], v. 31, p. 1128–1164, 2023. [Portuguese]
  3. Choma, J., Guerra, E.M., Alvaro, A., Pereira, R. and Zaina, L., Influences of UX factors in the Agile UX context of software startups. Information and Software Technology152, p.107041. 2022.
  4. Ortiz, J. S., Moreira, C., Menezes, K., Ferrari, B., Silva Junior, D., & Pereira, R.  Computational Thinking and Mental Models: Promoting Digital Culture in the Youth and Adult Education. Interacting with Computers. 2022.
  5. Pereira, R. Dez Pontos que Precisamos Discutir e Repensar na Pós-Graduação Pública. Revista de Educação Pública. Vol. 31. pp. 1-26. 2022. [Portuguese]
  6. Piccolo, L.S. and Pereira, R., Culture-based artefacts to inform ICT design: foundations and practice. AI & SOCIETY, 34(3), pp.437+453. 2019.
  7. Pereira, R., Baranauskas, M.C.C. and Liu, K., An Essay on Human Values in HCI. Journal on Interactive Systems9(1), pp. 4-16. 2018.
  8. Pereira, R. and Baranauskas, M.C.C., Systemic and Socially Aware Perspective for Information SystemsI GranDSI-BR, p.148. 2018.
  9. Pereira, R., Baranauskas, M.C.C. A value-oriented and culturally informed approach to the design of interactive systems. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 80: 66-82. 2015.
  10. Baranauskas, M.C.C., de Souza, C.S, Pereira, R. I GranDIHC-BR — Grand Research Challenges in Human-Computer Interaction in Brazil. Brazilian Computer Society. 2015.
Partners

Federal University of Paraná, Centro Politécnico. Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.