HUGO NICOLAU http://web.ist.utl.pt/hugo.nicolau/ h.nicolau@gmail.com BIOGRAPHY Hugo Nicolau is a Post-doctoral Researcher at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests include humancomputer interaction, accessibility, wearables, and mobile interfaces, focusing on the design, development, and evaluation of novel interaction techniques for people with disabilities, either induced by context or health factors. Hugo s goals comprise creating useful and usable technologies that improve people s access to information, products, and services by leveraging individual abilities within context. His work has been published in over 25 peer-reviewed scientific publications in many top venues, including ACM CHI, MobileHCI, ASSETS, INTERACT, UIST, UAIS, and IEEE Multimedia, from which he received three best paper awards (CHI 14, ASSETS 11, INTERACT 11). He has previously served as conference chair, organizing member, and program committee member on several international conferences and workshops in his field. He currently serves as newsletter editor for the Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing. He received his PhD in Information Systems and Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon in 2013. EDUCATION [Ph.D.] Information Systems and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Lisbon (2009-2013) Disabled R All Bridging the gap between Health- and Situationally-Induced Impairments and Disabilities Advisor: Joaquim Jorge Committee: Vicki Hanson, Luís Carriço, João Brisson [M.Sc.] Information Systems and Computer Engineering, IST - Technical University of Lisbon (2006-2008) Blobby: Mobile Guide for the Blind Advisor: Joaquim Jorge [B.Sc.] Information Systems and Computer Engineering, IST - Technical University of Lisbon (2003-2006) RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE [Post-Doctoral Researcher] University of Lisbon, July 2015 current date [Post-Doctoral Research Scientist] Rochester Institute of Technology, June 2014 May 2015 [Post-Doctoral Research Assistant] University of Dundee, SiDE Project, May 2013 April 2014 [Research Assistant] INESC-ID, PaeLife AAL European Project, February 2012 February 2013 [Research Assistant] INESC-ID, SATIN European Project, November 2007 May 2008 PUBLICATIONS REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES [J.4] Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Mobile Text-Entry and Visual Demands: Reusing and Optimizing Current Solutions. Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS), Special Issue on Mobile Accessibility, 2013.
[J.3] [J.2] [J.1] Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, David Lucas, and Joaquim Jorge. Mobile Touch Screen User Interfaces: Bridging the Gap between Motor-Impaired and Able-Bodied Users. Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS), Special Issue on Mobile Accessibility, 2013. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, Rita Pereira, Daniel Gonçalves, and Joaquim Jorge. Computer-assisted Rehabilitation: Towards Effective Evaluation. International Journal of Cognitive Performance Support, 2011. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Paulo Lagoá, Daniel Gonçalves, and Joaquim Jorge. From Tapping to Touching: Making Touch screens Accessible to Blind Users. IEEE Multimedia, Special Issue on Accessibility 2008. REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS [C.25] [C.24] [C.23] [C.22] [C.21] [C.20] [C.19] [C.18] [C.17] [C.16] [C.15] [C.14] Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, André Rodrigues, Vicki L. Hanson. Typing Performance of Blind Users: An Analysis of Touch Behaviors, Learning Effect, and In-Situ Usage. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 15). (to appear) André Rodrigues, Kyle Montague, Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro. Getting Smartphones to TalkBack: Understanding the Smartphone Adopting Process of Blind Users. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 15). (to appear) Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, André Rodrigues, and Vicki L. Hanson. HoliBraille: Multipoint Vibrotactile Feedback on Mobile Devices. In Proceedings of Web for All Conference (W4A '15). Florence, Italy, 2015. João Guerreiro, André Rodrigues, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, and Daniel Gonçalves. TabLETS Get Physical: Non-Visual Text Entry on Tablet Devices. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15). Seoul, South Korea, 2015. Kyle Montague, Hugo Nicolau, and Vicki Hanson. Motor-Impaired Touchscreen Interaction in the Wild. In Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'14). Rochester, New York, USA, 2014. Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, João Guerreiro, and Vicki Hanson. B#: Chord-based Correction for Multitouch Braille Input. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '14). Toronto, Canada, 2014. Best Paper Award Hugo Nicolau, João Guerreiro, and Tiago Guerreiro. UbiBraille: Designing and Evaluating a Vibrotactile Braille- Reading Device. In Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'13). Seattle, Washington, USA, 2013. Hugo Nicolau and Joaquim Jorge. Elderly Text-Entry Performance on Touchscreens. In Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'12). Boulder, Colorado, USA, October, 2012. Gabriel Barata, Hugo Nicolau, and Daniel Gonçalves. AppInsight: What have I been doing? In Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 12). Capri Island (Naples), Italy, May, 2012. Hugo Nicolau and Joaquim Jorge. Touch Typing using Thumbs: Understanding the Effect of Mobility and Hand Posture. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). Texas, USA, 2012. João Oliveira, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Blind People and Mobile Touch-based Text-Entry: Acknowledging the Need for Different Flavours. In Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'11). Dundee, Scotland, October, 2011. Best Student Paper Award João Oliveira, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. BrailleType: Unleshing Braille over Touch Screen Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT'11). Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2011. People s Choice Award
[C.13] [C.12] [C.11] [C.10] [C.9] [C.8] [C.7] [C.6] [C.5] [C.4] [C.3] [C.2] [C.1] Tiago Guerreiro, João Oliveira, João Benedito, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Blind People and Mobile Keypads: Accounting for Individual Differences. In Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT'11). Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2011. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge e Daniel Gonçalves. Rumo a Interfaces Tácteis Acessíveis. In Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interacção 2010). Aveiro, Portugal, October, 2010. Teresa Gama, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau e Joaquim Jorge. Reabilitar o Processo de Reabilitação. In Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interacção 2010). Aveiro, Portugal, October, 2010. Rita Pereira, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Daniel Gonçalves e Joaquim Jorge. Bases para Reabilitação Assistida. In Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interacção 2010). Aveiro, Portugal, October, 2010. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Towards Accessible Touch Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'10). Orlando, Florida, USA, October, 2010. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Proficient blind users and mobile textentry. In Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE'10). Delft, The Netherlands, August, 2010. Rita Pereira, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Daniel Gonçalves, and Joaquim Jorge. Laying the Ground for Assisted Rehabilitation. In Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE'10). Delft, The Netherlands, August, 2010. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Assessing Mobile Touch Interfaces for Tetraplegics. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI'10). Lisboa, Portugal, September, 2010. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge e Daniel Gonçalves. NavTap: um estudo de longa duração com utilizadores cegos. In Proceedings of the 17 Encontro Português de Computação Gráfica (EPCG 2009). Covilhã, Portugal, October, 2009. Best Student Paper Award Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. NavTap: a Long Term Study with Excluded Blind Users. In Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'09). Pittsburgh, USA, October, 2009. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, and Joaquim Jorge. Designing Guides for Blind People. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Development for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI'09). Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2009. Paulo Lagoá, Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, Daniel Gonçalves e Joaquim Jorge. Acessibilidade Móvel: Soluções para Deficientes Visuais. In Proceedings of the 3th National Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interacção 2008). Évora, Portugal, October, 2008. Tiago Guerreiro, Paulo Lagoá, Hugo Nicolau, Pedro Santana, and Joaquim Jorge. Mobile Text-Entry Models for People with Disabilities. In Proceedings of the 27th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE'09). Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September, 2008. REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS (WITH POSTERS) [P.9] Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, João Guerreiro, Diogo Marques, Tiago Guerreiro, Craig Stewart, and Vicki Hanson. Augmenting Braille Input through Multitouch Feedback. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 26th annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 13). St. Andrews, Scotland, 2013.
[P.8] [P.7] [P.6] [P.5] [P.4] [P.3] [P.2] [P.1] João Guerreiro, Daniel Gonçalves, Diogo Marques, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, and Kyle Montague. The Today and Tomorrow of Braille Learning. In Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 13). Seattle, Washington, USA, 2013. Hugo Nicolau. Disabled R All: Bridging the Gap between Health and Situational Induced Impairments and Disabilities. In Doctoral Consortium of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'11). Dundee, Scotland, October, 2011. João Benedito, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge e Daniel Gonçalves. O Tacto e a Interacção Móvel. In Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interacção 2010). Aveiro, Portugal, October, 2010. David Lucas, Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro e Joaquim Jorge. NavTilt: Interface Gestual para Cegos. In Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interacção 2010). Aveiro, Portugal, October, 2010. João Oliveira, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau e Daniel Gonçalves. CogniMobile: Diferenças Cognitivas e os Dispositivos Móveis. In Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interacção 2010). Aveiro, Portugal, October, 2010. João Benedito, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, and Daniel Gonçalves. The Key Role of Touch in Non-Visual Mobile Interaction. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI'10). Lisboa, Portugal, September, 2010. Hugo Nicolau, Renato Nunes, and Joaquim Jorge. Personal Mobile Controller for Blind People. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI'10). Lisboa, Portugal, September, 2010. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro and Joaquim Jorge. Blobby: How to Guide a Blind Person. In Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'09). Boston, USA, 2009. REFEREED WORKSHOP PAPERS [W.7] [W.6] [W.5] [W.4] [W.3] [W.2] Hugo Nicolau, Joao Guerreiro, and Tiago Guerreiro. Stressing the Boundaries of Mobile Accessibility. In Mobile Accessibility Workshop at ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 13). Paris, France, April, 2013. Hugo Nicolau and Joaquim Jorge. The Disability Continuum: Investigating Health and Situational Induced Impairments and Disabilities. In 14 th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI 12) Workshop on Mobile Accessibility. San Francisco, California, USA, September, 2012. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Mobile Text-Entry: The Unattainable Ultimate Method. In Pervasive 2012 Workshop on Frontiers in Accessibility for Pervasive Computing. New Castle, UK, 2012. Slim Kammoun, Cristophe Jouffrais, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, and Joaquim Jorge. Guiding Blind People with Haptic Feedback. In Pervasive 2012 Workshop on Frontiers in Accessibility for Pervasive Computing. New Castle, UK, 2012. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Towards Mobile Touch Screen Inclusive User Interfaces: Differences and Resemblances between Motor-Impaired and Able-Bodied Users. In Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT'11), Mobile Accessibility Workshop. Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2011. David Lucas, Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, and Joaquim Jorge. Investigating the Effectiveness of Assistive Technologies on Situationally Impaired Users. In Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human- Computer Interaction (INTERACT'11), Mobile Accessibility Workshop. Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2011.
[W.1] Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, João Oliveira, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Understanding Individual Differences: Towards Effective Mobile Interface Design and Adaptation for the Blind. In Dynamic Accessibility Workshop of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11), Canada, 2011. OTHER PUBLICATIONS [O.3] [O.2] [O.3] Anke Brock, Slim Kammoun, Christophe Jouffrais, Hugo Nicolau, and Tiago Guerreiro. SIG: Non-Visual Interaction (NVI). Special Interest Group at ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 13). Paris, France, April, 2013. Hugo Nicolau. Disabled R All: Bridging the gap between Health- and Situationally-Induced Impairments and Disabilities. PhD Dissertation, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Departamento de Engenharia Informática. Hugo Nicolau. Blobby: Guia Móvel para Cegos. MSc Dissertation, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Departamento de Engenharia Informática. RESEARCH GRANTS [FCT] [Seed Funding] Nicolau, H. (2009-2013). Doctoral funding from Portuguese National Science Foundation. Disabled R All: Bridging the gap between Health- and Situationally-Induced Impairments and Disabilities [SFRH/BD/46748/2008]: 50,040. Nicolau, H., Hanson, V. (2015). Seed funding from B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. Investigating the Use of Eyewear Computers as Assistive Devices in Classroom Environments: $11,600. RESEARCH AWARDS [Best Paper Winner] CHI 14 Conference (2014) Received a best paper award at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems for the paper B#: Chordbased Correction for Multitouch Braille Input. [Best Student Paper Winner] ASSETS 11 Conference (2011) Received the best student paper award at ASSETS 11 for the paper Blind People and Mobile Touch-based Text-Entry: Acknowledging the Need for Different Flavours. [People s Choice Award] INTERACT 11 Conference (2011) Received the people s choice award for the best short paper at INTERACT 2011 for the paper BrailleType: Unleshing Braille over Touch Screen Mobile Phones. [1st Place José Luís Encarnação Award] (2010) Received 1 st place for the annual José Luís Encarnação award, as co-author of the paper NavTap: a Long Term Study with Excluded Blind Users. [Best Student Paper Winner] EPCG 09 Conference (2009) Received the best student paper award at 17 th EPCG conference for the paper NavTap: um estudo de longa duração com utilizadores cegos. [Finalist ZON Award] Creativity and Multimedia (2008) Finalist on the Application track with the project: Accessible Touch Interfaces for Blind People. RESEARCH PROJECTS
MULTI-POINT VIBROTACTILE FEEDBACK Improving chord-input on touch surfaces through multi-point vibrotactile feedback. Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, André Rodrigues, and Vicki L. Hanson. HoliBraille: Multipoint Vibrotactile Feedback on Mobile Devices. In Proceedings of Web for All Conference (W4A '15). Florence, Italy, 2015. Hugo Nicolau, João Guerreiro, and Tiago Guerreiro. UbiBraille: Designing and Evaluating a Vibrotactile Braille-Reading Device. In Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'13). Seattle, Washington, USA, 2013. Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, João Guerreiro, Diogo Marques, Tiago Guerreiro, Craig Stewart, and Vicki Hanson. Augmenting Braille Input through Multitouch Feedback. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 26th annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 13). St. Andrews, Scotland, 2013. João Guerreiro, Daniel Gonçalves, Diogo Marques, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, and Kyle Montague. The Today and Tomorrow of Braille Learning. In Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 13). Seattle, Washington, USA, 2013. DISABLED R ALL Understanding the overlap of problems faced by older adults and situationally impaired users when using their mobile devices. Designing new solutions that can cope with their main differences and similarities. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Mobile Text-Entry and Visual Demands: Reusing and Optimizing Current Solutions. Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS), Special Issue on Mobile Accessibility, 2012. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, David Lucas, and Joaquim Jorge. Mobile Touch Screen User Interfaces: Bridging the Gap between Motor-Impaired and Able-Bodied Users. Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS), Special Issue on Mobile Accessibility, 2012. Hugo Nicolau and Joaquim Jorge. Elderly Text-Entry Performance on Touchscreens. In Proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'12). Boulder, Colorado, USA, October, 2012. (to appear) Hugo Nicolau and Joaquim Jorge. The Disability Continuum: Investigating Health and Situational Induced Impairments and Disabilities. In 14 th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI 12) Workshop on Mobile Accessibility. San Francisco, California, USA, September, 2012. Hugo Nicolau and Joaquim Jorge. Touch Typing using Thumbs: Understanding the Effect of Mobility and Hand Posture. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). Texas, USA, 2012. Hugo Nicolau. Disabled R All: Bridging the Gap between Health and Situational Induced Impairments and Disabilities. In Doctoral Consortium of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'11). Dundee, Scotland, October, 2011. David Lucas, Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, and Joaquim Jorge, Investigating the Effectiveness of Assistive Technologies on Situationally Impaired Users. In Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT'11), Mobile Accessibility Workshop. Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2011.
TOUCH-BASED INPUT FOR BLIND PEOPLE Improving accessibility of touch-based devices through new text-entry techniques for blind people. João Guerreiro, André Rodrigues, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, and Daniel Gonçalves. TabLETS Get Physical: Non-Visual Text Entry on Tablet Devices. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15). Seoul, South Korea, 2015. Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, João Guerreiro, and Vicki Hanson. B#: Chord-based Correction for Multitouch Braille Input. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '14). Toronto, Canada, 2014. Best Paper Award João Oliveira, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. BrailleType: Unleshing Braille over Touch Screen Mobile Phones. In Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT'11). Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2011. People s Choice Award Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Paulo Lagoá, Daniel Gonçalves and Joaquim Jorge. From Tapping to Touching: Making Touch screens Accessible to Blind Users. IEEE Multimedia, Special Issue on Accessibility 2008. KEYPAD-BASED TEXT-ENTRY FOR BLIND PEOPLE Designing novel input techniques for blind users and understanding their effect on social inclusion. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Proficient blind users and mobile text-entry. In Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE'10). Delft, The Netherlands, August, 2010. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge and Daniel Gonçalves. NavTap: a Long Term Study with Excluded Blind Users. In Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'09). Pittsburgh, USA, October, 2009. Tiago Guerreiro, Paulo Lagoá, Hugo Nicolau, Pedro Santana and Joaquim Jorge, Mobile Text-Entry Models for People with Disabilities. In Proceedings of the 27th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE'09). Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September, 2008. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG BLIND PEOPLE Investigating how blind users individual abilities relate with device demands. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Mobile Text-Entry: The Unattainable Ultimate Method. In Pervasive 2012 Workshop on Frontiers in Accessibility for Pervasive Computing. New Castle, UK, 2012. João Oliveira, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Blind People and Mobile Touch-based Text-Entry: Acknowledging the Need for Different Flavours. In Proceedings of the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'11). Dundee, Scotland, October, 2011. Best Student Paper Award Tiago Guerreiro, João Oliveira, João Benedito, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Blind People and Mobile Keypads: Accounting for Individual Differences. In Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT'11). Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2011.
Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, João Oliveira, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Understanding Individual Differences: Towards Effective Mobile Interface Design and Adaptation for the Blind. In Dynamic Accessibility Workshop of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11), Canada, 2011. João Benedito, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, and Daniel Gonçalves. The Key Role of Touch in Non-Visual Mobile Interaction. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human- Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI'10). Lisboa, Portugal, September, 2010. NAVIGATION AND ORIENTATION FOR BLIND PEOPLE Understanding navigational behavior of blind people. Developing new feedback techniques to improve navigation and orientation. Slim Kammoun, Cristophe Jouffrais, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, and Joaquim Jorge. Guiding Blind People with Haptic Feedback. In Pervasive 2012 Workshop on Frontiers in Accessibility for Pervasive Computing. New Castle, UK, 2012. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro and Joaquim Jorge, Designing Guides for Blind People. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Development for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI'09). Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2009. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro and Joaquim Jorge, Blobby: How to Guide a Blind Person. In Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'09). Boston, USA, 2009. IMPROVING THE REHABILITATION PROCESS Exploring effective evaluation procedures and games in rehabilitation. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, Rita Pereira, Daniel Gonçalves, and Joaquim Jorge. Computerassisted Rehabilitation: Towards Effective Evaluation. International Journal of Cognitive Performance Support, 2011. Rita Pereira, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Daniel Gonçalves, and Joaquim Jorge. Laying the Ground for Assisted Rehabilitation. In Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE'10). Delft, The Netherlands, August, 2010. TOUCH INTERACTION FOR MOTOR-IMPAIRED USERS Mobile touch input for motor-impaired users. Kyle Montague, Hugo Nicolau, and Vicki Hanson. Motor-Impaired Touchscreen Interaction in the Wild. In Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS'14). Rochester, New York, USA, 2014. Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Towards Mobile Touch Screen Inclusive User Interfaces: Differences and Resemblances between Motor-Impaired and Able- Bodied Users. In Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT'11), Mobile Accessibility Workshop. Lisbon, Portugal, September, 2011. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Towards Accessible Touch Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and
Accessibility (ASSETS'10). Orlando, Florida, USA, October, 2010. Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge, and Daniel Gonçalves. Assessing Mobile Touch Interfaces for Tetraplegics. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI'10). Lisboa, Portugal, September, 2010. APPINSIGHT: MAKING SENSE OF COMPUTER USAGE Understanding computer usage behavior through interactive visualizations. Gabriel Barata, Hugo Nicolau, and Daniel Gonçalves. AppInsight: What have I been doing? In Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 12). Capri Island (Naples), Italy, May, 2012. PRESS COVERAGE 1. Expresso. Um smartphone para cegos. July 5, 2014. 2. VISÃO. Smartphone para cegos: uma invenção portuguesa. June 26, 2014. 3. Canal Superior. Portugueses querem revolucionar uso de smartphones para cegos. June 19, 2014. 4. Público Newspaper. Cientistas portugueses melhoram o uso de smartphones para cegos. June 18, 2014. 5. TheConversation.com. Good Vibrations bring Braille into the 21st century. May 30, 2014. 6. School of Computing News. Research Assistant Receives SIGCHI Best Paper Award 2014. March 5, 2014. 7. RTP2 Sociedade Civil. Design Inclusivo. June, 18, 2012. 8. Público Newspaper. SMS para cegos. November 21, 2010. 9. Jornal i. BloNo. Telemóvel para cegos à espera de empresas interessadas. July 1, 2010. 10. SIC Ovo de Colombo. Cegos podem enviar mensagens escritas no telemóvel. May 6, 2010. 11. 2010 TV Show. Mobile Accessibility for Blind Users. September 29, 2008. STUDENTS SUPERVISED 1. João Martins, Master student, 2009 2. Jorge Sepúlveda, Master student, 2009-2010 3. João Benedito, Master student, 2009-2010 4. Rita Pereira, Master student, 2009-2010 5. João Oliveira, Master student, 2010-2011 6. Teresa Gama, Master student, 2009-2011 7. David Lucas, Master student, 2010-2012 8. Parin Shah, Master student, 2014-2015 9. Randolph Duke II, Master student, 2014-10. Shreya Tadas, Master student, 2014-11. Alessandra Brandão, Master student, 2015-12. Stefan Aleksic, Undergrad student, 2015- SERVICE TO MY FIELD CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1. Web Chair, ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 14 (2014) 2. Logistics Chair, TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 11 (2011)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEES 1. CHI Special Interest Group Meeting on Non-Visual Interaction (2013) PROGRAM COMMITTEES 1. Web for All Conference, W4A 15 (2015) 2. ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 14 (2014) 3. Workshop on Inconspicuous Interaction, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 14 (2014) 4. Workshop on Mobile Accessibility, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 13 (2013) 5. Workshop on Frontiers in Accessibility, International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Pervasive 12 (2012) 6. Workshop on Mobile Accessibility, Int. Conf. on HCI with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 12 (2012) 7. Workshop on Mobile Accessibility, TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT (2011) SESSION CHAIR 1. End-User Tools, Web for All Conference, W4A 15 (2015) JOURNAL PEER REVIEWING 1. ACM Transaction on the Web, TWEB (2014) 2. ACM Transaction on Accessible Computing, TACCESS (2013) 3. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, IJCHS (2013) 4. Universal Access in the Information Society, UAIS (2012) CONFERENCE PEER REVIEWING 1. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI (2013-2015) 2. Int. Conf. on HCI with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI (2013-2014) 3. ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (2013-2015) 4. International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, MUM (2013) 5. International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC (2012) 6. International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI (2012) 7. TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT (2011) 8. ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS (2010) STUDENT VOLUNTEER 1. International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI (2012) 2. TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT (2011) TECHNICAL SKILLS [Programming Languages] [Platforms] [Other] C, C++, C#, Objective-C, Lisp, Visual Basic, SQL, OpenGL, OpenSG, Java, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Protovis, D3, Processing, Arduino. Windows, Linux, Windows Mobile, Android, Google Glass, Google Wear, Arduino, ios. Requirement analysis, User testing, Statistical analysis, Machine learning, Illustrator.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Software Engineer, Millennium BCP, Lisbon (Summer 2007) Responsible for the development and maintenance of database systems. Consultant and Web Developer, Associação de Praças, Lisbon (2006-2007) Development of an authentication and account managing system.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 1. HoliBraille: Multipoint Vibrotactile Feedback on Mobile Devices. W4A 15, Florence, Italy. 2. B#: Chord-based Correction for Multitouch Braille Input. CHI 14, Toronto, Canada. 3. UbiBraille: Designing and Evaluating a Vibrotactile Braille-Reading Device. ASSETS 13, Seattle, WA, USA. 4. Elderly Text-Entry Performance on Touchscreens. ASSETS 12, Boulder, CO, USA. 5. The Disability Continuum: Investigating Health and Situational Induced Impairments and Disabilities. Mobile Accessibility Workshop, San Francisco, CA, USA. 6. Touch Typing using Thumbs: Understanding the Effect of Mobility and Hand Posture. CHI 12, Texas, USA. 7. Disabled R All: Bridging the Gap Between Health and Situational Impairments and Disabilities. ASSETS 11 Doctoral Consortium, Scotland. 8. BrailleType: Unleshing Braille over Touch Screen Mobile Phones. INTERACT 11, Portugal. 9. Towards Mobile Touch Screen Inclusive User Interfaces: Differences and Resemblances between Motor-Impaired and Able-Bodied Users. INTERACT'11 Mobile Accessibility Workshop, Portugal. 10. Assessing Mobile Touch Interfaces for Tetraplegics. Mobile HCI 10, Lisbon, Portugal. 11. The Key Role of Touch in Non-Visual Mobile Interaction. Mobile HCI 10, Lisbon, Portugal. 12. Personal Mobile Controller for Blind People. In Proceedings of Mobile HCI 10, Lisbon, Portugal. 13. Rumo a Interfaces Tácteis Acessíveis. Interacção 10, Portugal. 14. O Tacto e a Interacção Móvel. Interacção 10, Portugal. 15. Bases para Reabilitação Assistida. Interacção 10, Portugal. 16. NavTap: um estudo de longa duração com utilizadores cegos. EPCG 09, Portugal. 17. Designing Guides for Blind People. In Proceedings of DSAI 09, Portugal. 18. Blobby: How to Guide a Blind Person. CHI 09, Boston, USA. 19. Acessibilidade Móvel: Soluções para Deficientes Visuais. Interacção 08, Portugal. INVITED TALKS (NON- TEACHING) 1. Braille in the 21st century (2014), Rochester Institute of Technology, SIGCHI Student Chapter. 2. Designing for Individuals and Situations (2013), University of Lisbon. 3. Mobile Text-Entry for Blind Users (2009), Technical University of Lisbon. PRESENTATIONS TO INDUSTRY 1. Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy (2013), BBC Research Manchester. 2. BloNo (2009), Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL), 4 a Jornadas da Inovação. 3. A New and Refreshed Website (2007), Invited Speaker, 3 rd National Congress of Associação de Praças.