Ying Xu received her Bachelor of Engineering degree and an MPhil degree in Design from Wuhan University of Technology. She is working on her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at the Interactive Technologies Institute, Técnico-University of Lisbon, with Prof. Nuno Jardim Nunes as her supervisor and Prof. Jessica Hammer as her co-supervisor.
I am a landscape architect and researcher, specializing in the intersection of digital media, ecological design, and cultural heritage. With expertise in Ecology, Design and Human-Computer Interaction, I explore innovative ways to communicate natural heritage and foster sustainability through interactive technologies.
Mathilde is an Affiliated PhD candidate in Digital Media at ITI and CMU. She holds an MA in Visual Communication from Intuit Lab Paris and an MA in Sustainable Design from the University of Brighton. Outside of Academia, Mathilde worked as a designer for Nesta and Policy Lab to bring more innovation and human-centered approaches to UK policymaking.
Ziqi Huang holds a BA in Economics and Management from Wuyi University, China, and an MSc in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Shenzhen University, China. She is deeply passionate about sensing technologies and their role in environmental conservation.
Alessandro Gambetti is a PhD Student of Human-Computer Interaction at the Nova School of Science and Technology in the scope of the CMU Portugal Program, Lisbon, Portugal. He received an MSc in Finance from Nova SBE, majoring in Data and Business Analytics, and he holds a BSc in Economics & Finance from the Alma Mater Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. His research interests span from applied data science and machine learning in human-computer interaction, information systems, as well as healthcare.
Graduated in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, his main interest is the research and development in the field of Child-Computer Interaction and the participation of educative communities and children in these processes. His doctoral work aims to propose a platform to bridge school and household environments centered on informal learning.
Eduardo Silva graduated in the integrated master course of biomedical engineering and is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Digital Media at FEUP. With the theme “On forecasting emergency department visits”, his dissertation is focused on the construction and analysis of forecasting systems for healthcare demand in the emergency department, where it was possible to embark on the area of data science, classical or machine learning forecasting techniques, thus expanding an already vast area of knowledge.
I’m a LARSyS/INESC-ID researcher with an MSc degree in Interactive Media Design and transdisciplinary education plus professional experience. It led me to design my master’s study, focused on a series of multi-disciplinary practices, namely HCI, Design Research, and User-Centered Design which I seek to continue to explore in my current project.
I’m a designer, creative director and researcher concerned with climate change communications, sustainability and the future of the seas. I have extensive experience as a practitioner and I’ve come back to academia after 15+ years of industry work experience in tech and advertising.
