Clarisse de Souza’s Short CV (as of December 2014)

Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza Born 23.09.57 in Bento Gonçalves, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Academic degrees PhD, Applied Linguistics – Computational Linguistics, PUC‐Rio, 1988. MA, Portuguese Language, PUC‐Rio, 1982. BA, Written, Consecutive and Simultaneous Translation (Portuguese, English, French), PUC‐Rio, 1979. Positions 1982-1988 Head of Natural Language Database Querying Systems Design Group at EMBRATEL (Brazilian Telecommunications Company) 1987-1988 Visiting Professor at the Department of Informatics, PUC-Rio 1988-2006 Assistant/Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics, PUC-Rio 1989 Visiting Researcher at Philips Research Labs, Surrey UK (2 months) – with Donia Scott Visiting Scholar at CSLI (Center for the Study of Language and Information), Stanford 1991-1992 University (6 months) – with Terry Winograd Visiting Researcher (for short Winter visits, 1-2 months) at the Computer Science 1998…2001 Department, University of Waterloo (Canada), as part of collaboration with Tom Carey Visiting Professor at the Information Systems Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County (4 months) – with Jenny Preece 2002 Full Professor at the Department of Informatics, PUC-Rio.

2006-to date

Research areas Human‐computer interaction. Semiotics and HCI. HCI theories. End User Development. Computer‐Mediated Communication. Cultural Dimensions in HCI. Awards and Distinctions 2010: ACM SIGDOC Rigo Award, “for extraordinary contributions to the field of ”. (http://sigdoc.acm.org/awards/rigo‐award/) 2013: Inducted to ACM SIGCHI CHI Academy. (http://www.sigchi.org/about/awards/2013‐ ‐awards‐1) 2014: IFIP TC13 Pioneer in Human‐Computer Interaction (award to be handed over at INTERACT 2015 in Bamberg, September 2015 http://interact2015.org/)

PhD supervising Currently principal supervisor of 4 PhD projects and co-supervisor of 2 PhD projects. 21 finished PhDs (16 as main supervisor + 5 as co-supervisor). Chairing and administrative experience Program Chair of the Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computer Systems (IHC) / 2000, 2011 General Co-Chair of the Latin American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CLIHC) 2003 Program Co-Chair of the Latin American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CLIHC) 2011 Head of Graduate Studies Program at the Informatics Department, PUC-Rio (2003-2005; 2007-2009) Member of the Computer Science Advisory Committee at CNPq, the Brazilian National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (2007-2012) Head / Academic Director of the Semiotic Engineering Research Group at PUC-Rio (1996 to date)

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Main projects Grant holder and research manager of the following projects (from 2000): Oré ‐ organizar, refletir, evoluir (http://www.inf.puc‐rio.br/~clarisse/ore/) Computer‐mediated communication and information management infrastructure for social volunteering organizations, supported by CNPq/PROTEM/SocInfo (2002‐2004) ICDL Brasil (http://www.icdl‐br.inf.puc‐rio.br/) Cultural Adaptation of the International Children’s Digital Library (UMD‐PUC‐Rio) supported by CNPq/NSF (2006‐2009). The Web Navigation Helper (http://www.serg.inf.puc‐rio.br/wnh) A user agent to mediate scripted interaction on the Web, with partial support form CNPq, IBM Research Almaden, IBM Research São Paulo, and FAPERJ (2007 to date) Scalable Game Design Brasil (http://www.sgd‐br.inf.puc‐rio.br) Computer infrastructure and programming environments for the teaching and learning of Computational Thinking, with partial support from CNPq, FAPERJ, CAPES and The AMD Foundation (2010‐ to date) Research management Head of the Semiotic Engineering Research Group ‐ SERG (1996 to date). Clarisse de Souza has been a Research Scientist supported by CNPq (a distinction for the most productive Brazilian scientists) since 1989 and a Senior Researcher of the State of Rio de Janeiro suported by FAPERJ (the Rio de Janeiro State Foundation to foment research) since 2009. Publications More than 150 entries in Google scholar, H‐index 20, 26 papers in periodicals, 7 book chapters, more than 70 full papers in peer‐reviewed conferences, 3 international books. Ten main publications include, in chronological order, three books, two book chapters and five journal papers:

1. de Souza, C.S. (1993) The semiotic engineering of user interface languages. International Journal of Man‐Machine Studies, vol. 39 (5), pp. 753‐773. 2. Barbosa, S.D.J. and de Souza, C.S. (2001) Extending software through metaphors and metonymies. Knowledge‐Based Systems, vol. 14 (1‐2), pp. 15‐27. 3. de Souza, C.S. and Preece, J. (2004) A Framework for Analyzing and Understanding Online Communities. Interacting with Computers, vol. 16 (3), pp. 579‐610. 4. de Souza, C.S. (2005) Semiotic engineering: Bringing designers and users together at interaction time. Interacting with Computers, vol. 17 (3) pp. 317‐341. 5. de Souza, C.S. (2005) The semiotic engineering of human‐computer interaction. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press 6. de Souza, C.S.; Barbosa, S.D.J. (2006) A semiotic framing for end‐user development. In: Henry Lieberman; Fabio Paternò; Volker Wulf. (Org.). End User Development: people to flexibly employ advanced information and communication technology. New York, NY: Springer. pp. 401‐426. 7. de Souza, C.S. and Leitão, C.F. (2009) Semiotic engineering methods for scientific research in HCI. San Francisco, Calif.: Morgan & Claypool 8. de Souza, C.S., Leitão, C.F., Prates, R.O., Bim, S.A., da Silva, E.J. (2010) Can inspection methods generate valid new knowledge in HCI? The case of semiotic inspection. International Journal of Human‐Computer Studies, vol. 68 (1‐2), pp. 22‐40 9. de Souza, C.S. (2012‐2013) Semiotics and human‐computer interaction. In: Soegaard, Mads and Dam, Rikke Friis. (Org.). Encyclopedia of Human‐Computer Interaction. 2nd edition. Aarhus: Interaction Design Foundation. Volume 25. Available online at http://www.interaction‐design.org/encyclopedia/semiotics_and_human‐ computer_interaction.html 10. Salgado, L.C.C., Leitão, C.F. and de Souza, C.S. (2012‐2013) A journey through cultures. Metaphors for guiding the design of cross‐cultural interactive systems. London: Springer

Clarisse is one of the Notable Women in Computing selected by the CRA‐W and Anita Borg Institute Wikipedia Project (more at bit.ly/NotableW) and figures as 10 of spades in the Notable Women in Computing Card Deck (2014 edition).

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