Arminda Guerra
Biography
Arminda Guerra Lopes has been a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal, for twenty-five years. Arminda holds a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from Leeds Metropolitan University in the U.K. She is a research fellow at Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI/LARSyS) in Portugal.
Arminda had several management duties at her institution: school vice director and President of the scientific and pedagogical boards. Her research interests are Social Informatics, Interaction Design, Human Work Interaction Design, Creativity and Innovation, Collaborative Work, and Quality of Life Technologies. Arminda has collaborated on different research projects either in Portugal or internationally.
Publications
2013
A Gestural Recognition Interface for Intelligent Wheelchair Users Journal Article
In: Int. J. Sociotechnology Knowl. Dev., vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 63–81, 2013.
2010
Artefacts as a Cultural and Collaborative Probe in Interaction Design Proceedings Article
In: Forbrig, Peter; Paternò, Fabio; Pejtersen, Annelise Mark (Ed.): Human-Computer Interaction - Second IFIP TC 13 Symposium, HCIS 2010, Held as Part of WCC 2010, Brisbane, Australia, September 20-23, 2010. Proceedings, pp. 281–284, Springer, 2010.
2009
Interaction Design as a Multimodal Conversation Proceedings Article
In: Katre, Dinesh S.; Orngreen, Rikke; Yammiyavar, Pradeep; Clemmensen, Torkil (Ed.): Human Work Interaction Design: Usability in Social, Cultural and Organizational Contexts - Second IFIP WG 13.6 Conference, HWID 2009, Pune, India, October 7-8, 2009, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 235–251, Springer, 2009.
2008
Adaptation of powered wheelchairs for quadriplegic patients with reduced strength Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of 13th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2008, September 15-18, 2008, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 1104–1107, IEEE, 2008.
2006
Design as Dialogue - a New Design Framework Proceedings Article
In: Clemmensen, Torkil; Campos, Pedro F.; Orngreen, Rikke; Pejtersen, Annelise Mark; Wong, William (Ed.): Human Work Interaction Design: Designing for Human Work - The first IFIP TC 13.6 WG Conference: Designing for Human Work, HWID 2006, February 13-15, 2006, Madeira, Portugal, pp. 241–250, Springer, 2006.
2002
Gestural Language Multimedia Application Proceedings Article
In: Hamza, M. H. (Ed.): Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications, IMSA 2002, August 12-14, 2002, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA, pp. 248–251, IASTED/ACTA Press, 2002.