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See the last posts to identify recent research/project interests.
Candidates
Master Degree: please visit the Department of Computer Science’s webpage to see the deadline for the next admission process. The recommendations for PhD candidates are useful for you as well.
PhD: I understand Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from a problem-solving perspective, enriched by a socially responsible view. Currently, I am mainly interested in Human Values (especially those aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals) in technology design, evaluation and use in different domains, such as:
- Agile Methods
- Brain-computer Interaction
- Computational Thinking
- Game Design and Evaluation
- Human-Data Interaction
- Internet of Things
- Organizational Semiotics
- Requirements Engineering
- Smart Cities
- Social Software
- UX – User eXperience
Specific interests — I have different interests in mind and some of them are:
- Popularization of science and technology: I am currently editor of the SBC Horizontes Magazine. Actions to disseminate research and computing knowledge to a wider audience and to rescue the history of computing in Brazil are welcome. Maybe you can ally such actions with your research project 😉
- Conceptual problems: I am very excited about conceptual problems and solutions. For instance: What is interaction? Bring me yours…
- Ethics and Education: critical thinking, socially-responsible education, research and practice… I am curious about how we can educate better our students regarding our responsibility (social, ethical, moral…)
I appreciate candidates that enjoy investigating new issues in technology (design, implementation, use, evaluation, adoption, impact), and that want to change the world for better via technology. Participatory Design, eDemocracy, e-Citizenship, Ethics, Culture and Human Values are fields that interest me a lot. If that motivates you, we can do a good job together! 🙂
Research Project
Before writing a research project or paper, be sure you have read the material below:
– Method IMRAD
Portuguese only:
– Veja o meu Guia de Primeiros Socorros: Só me envie um texto após passar por esse checklist.
– Veja dois vídeos de apresentações minhas no curso de Metodologia de Pesquisa (se você não aguentar ver os dois vídeos, já é um sinal do universo dizendo para você repensar sua escolha 😛 )
– Se você está fazendo sua pesquisa em IHC ou está pensando em começar a pesquisar na área, leia a edição especial da revista Cadernos de Informática: Pensando e Reimaginando a Pesquisa em IHC: uma conversa com nossos pesquisadores. São 8 textos inspiradores.
– Veja esse guia com elementos ABNT para um projeto de pesquisa.
– Leia cuidadosamente as dicas da Profa. Mirella
Current Students
PhD and Masters
- Alisson Puska (co-supervisor: Lara Piccolo – The Open University)
- Bernardo Ferrari
- Caio Carvalho (co-supervisor: Macelle Mota – UFPA)
- Carolina Moreira
- Emerson Fedechen
- Heloise Acco Tives
- João Victor Cardoso (co-supervisor: Lara Piccolo – The Open University)
- Júlia dos Santos Bathke Ortiz
- Luiz Adolpho Baroni
- Michele Venturini
Co-supervisor
- Deógenes Junior (supervisor: Cecilia Baranauskas – UNICAMP/UFPR)
Previous students
- Krissia Menezes (2021), Masters
- Deógenes Junior (2020), Masters
- Andres J. Porfírio (2020), PhD
- Maira Codo Canal (2009), PhD
- Mateus Rambo Strey (2009), Masters
- Júlia dos Santos Bathke Ortiz (2019), Masters
- Emanuel Felipe Duarte (2015) State University of Maringá, Masters
- Douglas Toledo (2015) State University of Maringá, Masters