PhD students

I'm currently advising 2 PhD students.

Daniel Costa is concerned with the accessibility of Web applications on Connected TVs for blind people. He is researching how can adaptation improve their accessibility, but also checking how hardware, like tablets and remote controls, can help.

Rohit Kumar is exploring how can eye and cursor tracking help us identify interaction patterns in web pages, so that we can use that information from sighted users to transcode the webpage to make them more accessible to screen reader users.

In the past I've been honored to advise some wonderful students.

José Coelho researched how social networks can help fight social isolation of senior citizens. His work focused on disseminating the senior's family and friends contents posted on Facebook through more senior friendly platforms, like tablets and TV.

Inês Rodolfo, a PhD student at the New University of Lisboa, which I co-advised. Her work focused on the design of Personal Health Records for senior users, in order to increase their usefulness for both the senior and the national health system.

MSc students

I'm currently advising five MSc students, all working on the topic of digital accessibility.

Diogo Duarte is exploring ways to adapt an automated chart generator, so that the generated charts are accessible to screen reader users.

Filipe Martins is adding to QualWeb the possibility to identify and evaluate the accessibility of states in Single Page Applications.

Gonçalo Tristão is researching how can mobile screen reader users explore the layout of web pages by moving their fingers on the screen.

Luís Mestre is assessing the correctness and completeness of automated web accessibility evaluation tools.

Maria Matos is proposing a new methodology to conduct accessibility evaluations of mobile applications.

Teaching

In the first semester I will teach one one graduate course - Experiência de Utilização (User Experience).

In the second semester I will teach two undergraduate courses, Projeto de Sistemas de Informação (Information Systems Project) and Gestão de Projetos de Software (Software Project Management).

In both semesters I will also be teaching a course of our PhD programme: Research Topics.