Name: Paula Alexandra Gomes da Silva
Nationality: Portuguese
Email: palexa ¦at¦ gmail.com
Education
2007-2004 – PhD student in Computer Science by the Computing Department of the University of Lancaster, being supervised by Professor Alan Dix in the field of Creativity and Design.
2002 – Master degree in Multimedia Technology (Tecnologia Multimédia) by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of OPorto.
- 1999, Curricular Year.
- Dissertation on User Interfaces Usability, Analysis, Design and Evaluation Focused on the World-Wide Web User. Supervisor - Professor Joaquim Armando Pires Jorge, Higher Technical Institute/INESC-ID.
1997 – Graduation (B.A. Honours) in New Technologies of Communication (Licenciatura em Novas Tecnologias da Comunicação) by the University of Aveiro.
1996 –During graduation, studied at the University of Reading - United Kingdom during a semester as a Socrates/Erasmus student.
Teaching activities and professional Experience
2005
Teaching sessions on usability evaluation techniques for the Advanced Interactive Systems Design course of the Master in Design and Evaluation of Advanced Interactive Systems of Lancaster University
2003-1999
Lecturer at the Computer Science Department of the Higher Institute for Accountancy and Administration of the University of Aveiro (Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração da Universidade de Aveiro).
Teaching the following courses:
- Databases
- Computer Science for Management
2002-2001
Co-worker of the Team-Hos Project (http://www.team-hos.net) at the Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering Department of the University of Aveiro (IEETA-UA). Responsible for the analysis and development of user interfaces for health units.
2002-1997
Professional trainer certified by the Scientific and Teaching Committee for Ongoing Training (FOCO) on Educational Technology - Computer Science and Audiovisual Means.
Promoted and oriented training courses with the following headings:
- Introduction to Computer Science (1997 – 1999);
- Telematics and Internet use in Education (1997 – 1999);
- Web Sites Development (2001).
2001
Lecturer of a module on Web Usability Interfaces of a Post-graduate Degree named Enforce Skills in Computer Science at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of OPorto.
1999
Lecturer at the Higher Institute of Information and Communication Sciences, teaching a course on New Information Technologies.
1999-1997
Lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu – Higher School of Education.
Taught the following courses:
- Introduction to Computer Sciences
- Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies
- Information Technologies in Science Teaching
- Computer Science and Communication I and II
- Education Technology
- Graduation training and final year projects on Multimedia Technologies, as supervisor.
Other Activities
2007-2004
Member of the Humans Group – Computing Department of the University of Lancaster– Lancaster, UK (http://polo.lancs.ac.uk/humans/)
2003-2001
Member of the Intelligent Multimodal Interfaces Group – National Institute of Systems and Computers Engineering – Lisbon, PT (http://immi.inesc.pt)
2003-2000
Member of the Teaching Committee (Conselho Pedagógico) of the Higher Institute for Accountancy and Administration of the University of Aveiro.
2003-2001
Member of the Senate (Assembleia de Representantes) of the Higher Institute for Accountancy and Administration of the University of Aveiro.
2002 - 2000
Member of the admission jury for a senior technician on computer science at the Higher Institute for Accountancy and Administration of the University of Aveiro.
2002 – 2000
Member of the jury for appraisal of candidatures to the 2nd cycle of Graduation Courses on Accounting and Auditing and on Accounting and Management at the Higher Institute for Accountancy and Administration of the University of Aveiro.
1996 – 1995
Member of the Executive Committee for the following events at the University of Aveiro:
- 1st Workshop on New Communication Technologies, March 1996
- First Experimental Television Broadcasting, June 1996.
- Colloquium on Information Deontology, June 1995
Research activities
Journal papers
Alves, Paulo, and Paula Silva. 2001. Financial reporting – The new paradigm of information technologies. Estudos do ISCAA (Aveiro – Portugal), 2nd Series, Nr. 5.
Alves, Paulo, and Paula Silva. 2001. New technologies as a vehicle for disseminating financial information. Revista de Contabilidade & Finanças (São Paulo – Brazil) 16, Nr. 27 (September – December).
Workshop papers/posters
Dix, A.; Ormerod, T.; Twidale, M.; Sas, C.; Silva, P. A. and McKnight, L. 2006. Why bad ideas are a good idea. HCIEd2006, Limerick, Ireland.(paper)
Silva, Paula Alexandra. 2006. Understanding materials. Convivio Faculty Forum Workshop “Teaching Design for HCI”, Graz. Austria. (Convivio web-zine. Issue 5. available at: http://webzine.convivionetwork.net/)(paper)
Symposium papers/posters
Silva, P & Dix, A. 2006. Chindogu and Scrapheap Spirit as Creativity Triggers. First International Symposium on Culture, Creativity and Interaction Design. London.UK. (poster)
Conference papers/posters
Silva, Paula and van Laerhoven, Kristof. 2007. Creativity in Ubiquitous Computing Research. HCI Educators 2007 “Creativity3: Experiencing to educate and design”, March, Aveiro(Portugal). (paper)
Bauman, Konrad et al. 2007. EISH – Exercises in Studying HCI. HCI Educators 2007 “Creativity3: Experiencing to educate and design”, March, Aveiro(Portugal). (poster)
Alves, Paulo, and Paula Silva. 2001. New technologies as a vehicle for disseminating financial information. 13th Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, October, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). (paper)
Alves, Paulo, and Paula Silva. 2001. Financial reporting in the digital era. XI Congress of the Spanish Association of Accounting and Business Administration, September, Madrid (Spain). (paper)
Alves, Paulo, and Paula Silva. 2000. Financial reporting – Impact of the Information Technologies. XI Congress of the Portuguese Association of Accounting Professors, September, Viseu (Portugal). (paper)
Awards
Alves, Paulo, and Paula Silva. 2001. New technologies as a vehicle for disseminating financial information. Prize for the best Portuguese or Spanish paper presented at the 13th Asian Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues (The Sid Craig School of Business – United States of America and Faculty of Economy, Management and Accounting – Brazil). (paper)
Ongoing Training
Courses
Intensive course of PHP and MySQL – 20 hours at Galileu in Aveiro, February 2006.
Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores – 98 hours at FoConsultores in Aveiro, September – November 2005.
Java Language: Basic concepts – online training at Evolui.com, March - June 2004.
WebCt Course – 15 hours – University of Aveiro, January 2002.
Adobe PageMaker 6.0 Course – 20 hours at Intermédia in Coimbra, February 1998.
Workshops and Symposiums
The First International Symposium on Culture, Creativity and Interaction Design. 12nd of September of 2006. London, UK.
HCI Educators’ Workshop 2006-2 The HCI Educators’ Yellow Book Workshop. 11st of September of 2006. London, UK.
Third Joint Workshop on Computational Creativity. 28th and 29th August of 2006. Riva del Garda, Italy.
HCI Educators’ Workshop 2006-1 Inventivity: Teaching theory, design and innovation in HCI. 23rd and 24th of March of 2006, Limerick, Ireland.
Fourth LeonardoNet Workshop. 20th of June of 2006. London, UK.
Third LeonardoNet Workshop. 24th of November of 2005, Lancaster, UK.
Physicality.6th and 7th of February of 2006, Lancaster, UK.
No One Open Attachments Anymore, 4th and 5th of November, Lancaster, UK
Chici day, 17 de September, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
7th HCI Educators Workshop, 1st and 2nd of April, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Workshop on E-learning at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of OPorto, 27th, 28th January 2003
Workshop on XML at the Fourth European Conference of Accounting Information Systems, 21st April 2001, Athens, Greece.
Conferences and Congresses
HCI 2006: Engage. 11st to the 15th of September of 2006. . London, UK.
The 17th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 28th of August to the 1st of September of 2006. Riva del Garda, Italy.
Interacção 2006, 16th to 18th of October, Braga, Portugal
Equator All Hands Meeting, 23rd to 25th of February, Bristol, UK
Interacção 2004, 12th to 14th of July, Lisboa, Portugal
HCI 2004: Design for Life, 6th to 10th of September, Leeds, UK
Fourth European Conference of Accounting Information Systems, 21st April 2001, Athens, Greece.
VIII Congress of Accounting and Auditing, Accounting on the Turn-off of the Millennium: from historic information to on-line information, 17th – 20th May 2000, Aveiro.
9th Meeting of Computer Graphics, 16th - 18th February 2000, Marinha Grande.
Journey of Telecommunications and Multimedia, Association of Northern Universities, 25th, 26th March 1999, Valença.
Seminars, colloquiums and talks
Interacting with a Cubicle: Is Calibration Vital in Playful Experience? Masitah Ghazali. 14th of March of 2006. Lancaster, UK.
Understanding and designing tangible interaction: a framework on physical space and social interaction, Eva Hornecker. 15th of November of 2005. Lancaster, UK.
Developing an Investigation Project, November 2001 at ISCA – Aveiro. Eugénia Correia.
Multimedia and Computer Graphics XXI – The Future, 4th May 2001, Lisbon.
Colloquium Information Future: Future of Information, José Alberto Carvalho, Higher School of Education, Viseu, 20th June 1998.
Internet and E-commerce, 21st March 2000, Aveiro.
The Media: From Globalisation to Local Experiences, Open University, 19th March 1999, OPorto.
Evaluation of Teacher’s Education, Manuel Matos, Higher School of Education, Viseu, 6th May 1998.
To Praise and To Libel in Journalistic Writing. Afonso Praça, Higher School of Education, Viseu, 20th November 1997.
Institutional Evaluation and Development. Maria do Carmo Clímaco, Higher School of Education, Viseu, 12th November 1997. |
