About
Diana Carvalho is an Invited Assistant Professor at University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) and received her PhD in Computer Science from UTAD and her M.Sc. in Multimedia from FEUP. Her main research interests are in the domain of Human-Computer Interaction, specifically on the study of natural user interfaces focusing on multimodal interaction and user experience. She achieved the international scientific award for best research Premio Jesús Lorés, and several awards for best conference papers. Furthermore, produced more than 30 academic works, including book chapters, articles and communications in books of proceedings; supervised several undergraduate projects and integrated the Jury Committee of several post-graduate works. In the curriculum, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Multimedia; Multimodal Interaction; Natural User Interfaces; Gesture-based Interfaces; Tangible Interfaces; Multitouch interfaces; Ubiquitous Computing; User-centered design; User Experience (UX); User Interface (UI); Multisensory environments. She is the co-founder of ZENI (Creative Agency), since 2013, and IGNIX (Interactive Solutions for Advertising), since 2018.