Publications
During the year of 2022, the Interactive Technologies Institute research team has excelled in the production of scientific outputs. The team has successfully published 94 papers in journals, 76 in international conferences and 26 book chapters
2016
Quintal, Filipe; Jorge, Clinton; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno
Watt-I-See: A Tangible Visualization of Energy Conference
Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, ACM ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4131-8.
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abstract = {<p>This paper describes a tangible visualization that explores the link between the impact of energy feedback on household consumers and the resource demand impact on energy production. Specifically, it positions a novel perspective attempting to move beyond the known limitations of current eco-feedback systems and contributes to enhance our understanding of how consumers comprehend energy production. The work is informed by a comprehensive study of an installation that displays the ratio of current power generation sources and the percentage of grid renewables. The paper provides design insights for creating novel eco-feedback visualizations that leverage the balance between user lifestyles and the desire to influence consumption behaviors and practices. Evaluation results show an increase in energy literacy and awareness as well as identifies high consumer preferences towards simple, representative interfaces and ubiquitous immediate feedback. Our study shows potential in terms of future scenarios for eco-feedback in distributed energy micro-generation and other inevitable disruptive changes for the energy utility.</p>},
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<p>This paper describes a tangible visualization that explores the link between the impact of energy feedback on household consumers and the resource demand impact on energy production. Specifically, it positions a novel perspective attempting to move beyond the known limitations of current eco-feedback systems and contributes to enhance our understanding of how consumers comprehend energy production. The work is informed by a comprehensive study of an installation that displays the ratio of current power generation sources and the percentage of grid renewables. The paper provides design insights for creating novel eco-feedback visualizations that leverage the balance between user lifestyles and the desire to influence consumption behaviors and practices. Evaluation results show an increase in energy literacy and awareness as well as identifies high consumer preferences towards simple, representative interfaces and ubiquitous immediate feedback. Our study shows potential in terms of future scenarios for eco-feedback in distributed energy micro-generation and other inevitable disruptive changes for the energy utility.</p>
Nunes, Nuno; Nisi, Valentina; Rennert, Kara
beEco: Co-designing a Game with Children to Promote Environmental Awareness - A Case Study Conference
Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4082-3.
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title = {beEco: Co-designing a Game with Children to Promote Environmental Awareness - A Case Study},
author = {Nuno Nunes and Valentina Nisi and Kara Rennert},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2851581.2851585},
doi = {10.1145/2851581.2851585},
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year = {2016},
date = {2016-04-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
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abstract = {<p>In this paper we describe the goals and challenges posed by the development of beEco an interactive game aiming to increasing environmental awareness. Here we recount the HCI based process and design strategy for an interactive game aiming at promoting a new and more positive dialogue between the local population and a Nature Reserve Park. Recognizing the power of relationships and the creative potential and emotional impact of children, the team ended up involving local schools in the visual design of the interactive game. Here, we present and discuss our field research, design decisions and the results from several iterative prototype testing. We conclude with a discussion about our results compared to the aims of the project. The project targeted an increase of environmental awareness of the local professionals and the creation of a new and more positive dialogue between the local population and the Nature Park.</p>},
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<p>In this paper we describe the goals and challenges posed by the development of beEco an interactive game aiming to increasing environmental awareness. Here we recount the HCI based process and design strategy for an interactive game aiming at promoting a new and more positive dialogue between the local population and a Nature Reserve Park. Recognizing the power of relationships and the creative potential and emotional impact of children, the team ended up involving local schools in the visual design of the interactive game. Here, we present and discuss our field research, design decisions and the results from several iterative prototype testing. We conclude with a discussion about our results compared to the aims of the project. The project targeted an increase of environmental awareness of the local professionals and the creation of a new and more positive dialogue between the local population and the Nature Park.</p>
2014
Pereira, Lucas; Quintal, Filipe; calves, Rodolfo Gonc; Nunes, Nuno
SustData: A Public Dataset for ICT4S Electric Energy Research Conference
International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S textquoteright14), Atlantis Press Atlantis Press, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014.
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title = {SustData: A Public Dataset for ICT4S Electric Energy Research},
author = {Lucas Pereira and Filipe Quintal and Rodolfo Gonc calves and Nuno Nunes},
url = {http://www.atlantis-press.com/php/pub.php?publication=ict4s-14},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-08-01},
booktitle = {International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S textquoteright14)},
publisher = {Atlantis Press},
address = {Stockholm, Sweden},
organization = {Atlantis Press},
abstract = {<p class="p1">Energy and environmental sustainability can benefit a lot from advances in data mining and machine learning techniques. However, those advances rely on the availability of relevant datasets required to develop, improve and validate new techniques. Only recently the first datasets were made publicly available for the energy and sustainability research community. In this paper we present a freely available dataset containing power usage and related information from 50 homes. Here we describe our dataset, the hardware and software setups used when collecting the data and how others can access it. We then discuss potential uses of this data in the future of energy eco- feedback and demand side management research.</p>},
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<p class="p1">Energy and environmental sustainability can benefit a lot from advances in data mining and machine learning techniques. However, those advances rely on the availability of relevant datasets required to develop, improve and validate new techniques. Only recently the first datasets were made publicly available for the energy and sustainability research community. In this paper we present a freely available dataset containing power usage and related information from 50 homes. Here we describe our dataset, the hardware and software setups used when collecting the data and how others can access it. We then discuss potential uses of this data in the future of energy eco- feedback and demand side management research.</p>
2013
Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno; Quintal, Filipe; Barreto, Mary
SINAIS from Fanal: design and evaluation of an art-inspired eco-feedback system Proceedings
ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2013, ISBN: 978-1-4503-2061-0.
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title = {SINAIS from Fanal: design and evaluation of an art-inspired eco-feedback system},
author = {Valentina Nisi and Nuno Nunes and Filipe Quintal and Mary Barreto},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2499149.2499151},
isbn = {978-1-4503-2061-0},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-09-01},
journal = {Proceedings of the Biannual Conference of the Italian Chapter of SIGCHI. [Acceptance Rate: 49%]},
pages = {3:1–3:10},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
abstract = {<p>In this paper we present the challenges exposed during the designing, implementing and assessment of a novel eco-feedback system resulting from the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), and Digital Art. We explore how a digital art mode of inquiry can contribute to expose existing challenges in eco-feedback technology. Our new art inspired eco-feedback visualization, maps electricity consumption to effects on natural elements of the local natural landscape. The feedback was piloted with eight local families for four weeks. Reactions of the users were assessed through interviews and quantitative measures. Our findings showed that users found the mapping of the eco-feedback to artistic representations of elements of the natural environment somehow compelling, despite lacking of clear quantitative information. In conclusion, the conducted study provide useful findings and insights into future deployment of eco-feedback using artistic visualizations, information visualization and motivating behavior change</p>},
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<p>In this paper we present the challenges exposed during the designing, implementing and assessment of a novel eco-feedback system resulting from the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), and Digital Art. We explore how a digital art mode of inquiry can contribute to expose existing challenges in eco-feedback technology. Our new art inspired eco-feedback visualization, maps electricity consumption to effects on natural elements of the local natural landscape. The feedback was piloted with eight local families for four weeks. Reactions of the users were assessed through interviews and quantitative measures. Our findings showed that users found the mapping of the eco-feedback to artistic representations of elements of the natural environment somehow compelling, despite lacking of clear quantitative information. In conclusion, the conducted study provide useful findings and insights into future deployment of eco-feedback using artistic visualizations, information visualization and motivating behavior change</p>
2012
Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno; Ayudhya, K Isarankura; Forlizzi, J
Cozinha da Madeira: A Sustainable Service Concept for Madeira Island Conference
Third International Workshop on. Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage (HCITOCH 2012), Venice, Italy, 2012.
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title = {Cozinha da Madeira: A Sustainable Service Concept for Madeira Island},
author = {Valentina Nisi and Nuno Nunes and K Isarankura Ayudhya and J Forlizzi},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-11-01},
booktitle = {Third International Workshop on. Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage (HCITOCH 2012)},
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Quintal, Filipe; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno
Towards Mobile Emotional Energy Awareness Proceedings
Kathmandu, Nepal, 2012.
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title = {Towards Mobile Emotional Energy Awareness},
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year = {2012},
date = {2012-11-01},
journal = {International Conference in Advances in Computer Entertainment Conference},
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2011
Scott, Michelle; Barreto, Mary; Quintal, Filipe; Oakley, Ian
Understanding Goal Setting Behavior in the Context of Energy Consumption Reduction Proceedings
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, vol. 6946, 2011, ISBN: 978-3-642-23773-7.
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title = {Understanding Goal Setting Behavior in the Context of Energy Consumption Reduction},
author = {Michelle Scott and Mary Barreto and Filipe Quintal and Ian Oakley},
editor = {Pedro Campos and Nicholas Graham and Joaquim A. Jorge and Nuno Nunes and Philippe A. Palanque and Marco Winckler},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23774-4_13},
isbn = {978-3-642-23773-7},
year = {2011},
date = {2011-01-01},
journal = {Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2011, [Acceptance Rate: 28%]},
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Scott, Michelle; Barreto, Mary; Quintal, Filipe; Oakley, Ian
Understanding Goal Setting Behavior in the Context of Energy Consumption Reduction Proceedings
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, vol. 6946, 2011, ISBN: 978-3-642-23773-7.
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