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Valentina Nisi is a Full Professor in Design Thinking at the Computer Science Department of Instituto Superior Técnico, U. of Lisbon, PT, senior researcher and head of the scientific council of ITI/LARSyS, and affiliated faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, holding a Habilitation in Digital Media from the U. Porto, PT. She teaches and researches in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design Thinking, and Digital Interactive Media. She holds a First-Class Honours Degree in Fine Arts, a First-Class Honours MSc in Multimedia Systems, and a PhD in Interactive locative Media from the Computer Science Department of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. During her PhD, she was a Research Assistant at MIT MediaLab Europe. Afterwards, she co-founded and directed FattoriaMediale, a Digital Media and Culture foundation based in Amsterdam, NL. In 2008, U. of Madeira, Portugal, invited Valentina as Assistant Professor, where she co-founded the Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI/LARSyS), an institutional development of CMU Portugal partnership, serving since 2014 as Vice-President. Valentina proposed new undergrad, master's, and PhD programs in Interactive Media Design at IST and U.Madeira. She has graduated 8 Ph.D. students and supervises 9. She has published, exhibited, and taught internationally. She organized roles in key HCI conferences such as CHI, DIS, TEI, and Interact, to name a few. She is an active member of the Interactive Digital Narrative research community, part of the steering committee of the International Conference of Interactive Storytelling (ICIDS), founder and board member of the research Association for Interactive Narrative Design (ARDIN), and on the Editorial Board of the ETC press journal Interactive Narrative Research, and received several research awards, including honourable mentions at IMX 2020, CHI’2019, DIS’2019, and the Google IoT research award. She has acquired funds and coordinated several EU-funded projects totalling more than 15m€ for her institutions as PI.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
valentina Nisi

Citation names

  • Nisi, valentina
  • Valentina Nisi

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
121B-A629-000D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8051-3230

Email addresses

  • Valentina.Nisi@ist.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/06
Concluded
 Digital Media (Título de Agregado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008
Concluded
 Exact Sciences (Doctor of Philosophy)
Trinity College Dublin Faculty of Engineering Mathematics and Science, Ireland
"Location Aware Multimedia Narratives" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1999/09 - 2000/09
Concluded
 Multimedia Systems (Master)
Trinity College Dublin Faculty of Engineering Mathematics and Science, Ireland
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/01/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02 - Current Full Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa, Istituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal
2020/03/01 - 2024/02/01 Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa, Istituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2011 - 2020/03 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2013 - 2019 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2008/05 - 2011/03 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017 - 2019 Direção de Mestrado en Design de Media Interactivos Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Conselho pedagógico Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Coordenação ou direção de centro de investigação, departamento ou equivalente Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2013 - 2016 Coordenação ou direção de centro de investigação, departamento ou equivalente Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/04/01 - 2026/04/01 LoGaCulture
ID: 101094036
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Horizon 2020
Ongoing
2019/12 - 2022/11 MEMEX: MEMories and EXperiences for inclusive digital storytelling
870743
 European Commission
2016 - 2017 Ocean Stories: Safeguarding Vernacular Knowledge, Linking Communities and Improving Ocean Literacy
N/A
The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh College of Art, United Kingdom

Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
The University of Edinburgh
Concluded
2009/06 - 2012/12 SINAIS - Sustainable Interaction with social Networks, context Awareness and Innovative Services
Provided by PTCRIS: 83687
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 LARSyS - Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia
LA/P/0083/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0083/2020
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems
UIDP/50009/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50009/2020
Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia
UID/EEA/50009/2019
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/06 - 2015/06 Future Fabulator
2013-1659/001-001 CU7 COOP7
 Eu Culture and Media Framework
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 219 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/MAT/UI0219/2011
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Laboratório Regional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/06/01 - 2012/12/31 SINAIS - Interacção Sustentável através de Redes Sociais, Detecção de Contexto e Inovação em Serviços
CMU-PT/HuMach/0004/2008
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Cesário, V.; Matos, S.; Radeta, M.; Nisi, V.. Designing interactive technologies for interpretive exhibitions: Enabling teen participation through user-driven innovation. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-67744-6_16
  2. Cesário, V.; Coelho, A.; Nisi, V.. Enhancing Museums’ Experiences Through Games and Stories for Young Audiences. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-71027-3_41
  3. Dionisio, M.; Nisi, V.; Correia, N.. Leveraging on Transmedia Entertainment-Education to Offer Tourists a Meaningful Experience. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-71027-3_43
  4. Cesário, V.; Radeta, M.; Coelho, A.; Nisi, V.. Shifting from the children to the teens’ usability: Adapting a gamified experience of a museum tour. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-68059-0_52
  5. Bala, P.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.. Evaluating User Experience in 360º Storytelling Through Analytics. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-71027-3_23
  6. Ferreira, M.J.; Nisi, V.; Melo, F.; Paiva, A.. Learning and Teaching Biodiversity Through a Storyteller Robot. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-71027-3_45
  7. Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.; Oakley, I.. Preface. 2017.
  8. Radeta, M.; Cesario, V.; Matos, S.; Nisi, V.. Gaming Versus Storytelling: Understanding Children’s Interactive Experiences in a Museum Setting. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-71027-3_14
  9. Cesário, V.; Nisi, V.; Coelho, A.. Clueking: Allowing parents to customize an informal learning environment for children. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-51055-2_4
  10. Dionisio, M.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.; Bala, P.. Transmedia storytelling for exposing natural capital and promoting ecotourism. 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-48279-8_31
  11. Bala, P.; Dionisio, M.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.. IVRUX: A tool for analyzing immersive narratives in virtual reality. 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-48279-8_1
  12. Jorge, C.; Nisi, V.; Hanna, J.; Nunes, N.; Caldeira, M.; Marinho, A.. MStoryG: Exploring serendipitous storytelling within high anxiety public spaces. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-22723-8_27
  13. Nisi, V.; Dionisio, M.; Hanna, J.; Ferreira, L.; Nunes, N.. Yasmine’s adventures: An interactive Urban experience exploring the sociocultural potential of digital entertainment. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-24589-8_26
  14. Dionisio, M.; Barreto, M.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.; Hanna, J.; Herlo, B.; Schubert, J.. Evaluation of Yasmine’s adventures: Exploring the socio-cultural potential of location aware multimedia stories. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-27036-4_24
  15. Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.; Isarankura, K.; Forlizzi, J.. "Cozinha da Madeira": A sustainable tourism service concept for Madeira Island. 2014.
    10.4018/978-1-4666-6543-9.ch036
  16. Keane, K.; Nisi, V.. Experience prototyping: Gathering rich understandings to guide design. 2013.
    10.4018/978-1-4666-4623-0.ch011
  17. Jorge, C.; Hanna, J.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.; Caldeira, M.; Innela, G.; Marinho, A.. Storytelling and the use of social media in digital art installations. 2013.
    10.1007/978-3-319-02756-2_29
  18. Dionísio, M.; Teixeira, D.; Shen, P.; Dinis, M.; Chen, M.; Nunes, N.; Nisi, V.; Paiva, J.. Eat&Travel: A new immersive dining experience for restaurants. 2013.
    10.1007/978-3-319-03161-3_46
  19. Quintal, F.; Barreto, M.; Nunes, N.; Nisi, V.; Pereira, L.. WattsBurning on my mailbox: A tangible art inspired eco-feedback visualization for sharing energy consumption. 2013.
    10.1007/978-3-642-40498-6_10
  20. Nisi, V.; Isarankura, K.; Nunes, N.; Forlizzi, J.. "Cozinha da Madeira": A sustainable tourism service concept for Madeira Island. 2013.
    10.4018/978-1-4666-4490-8.ch033
  21. Nisi, V.; Wood, A.; Davenport, G.; Oakley, I.. Hopstory: An interactive, location-based narrative distributed in space and time. 2004.
Book chapter
  1. Valentina Nisi; Stuart James; Paulo Bala; Alessio Del Bue; Nuno Jardim Nunes. "Inclusive Digital Storytelling: Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality to Re-centre Stories from the Margins". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-47655-6_8
  2. Cristina Da Milano; Elisabetta Falchetti; Pascuala Migone; Valentina Nisi. "Digital storytelling, cultural heritage, and social inclusion: the MEMEX project". 2023.
    10.4324/9781003277606-2
  3. Vanessa Cesário; Albert Acedo; Nuno Nunes; Valentina Nisi. "Promoting Social Inclusion Around Cultural Heritage Through Collaborative Digital Storytelling". 248-260. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_17
  4. Paulo Bala; Stuart James; Alessio Del Bue; Valentina Nisi. "Writing with (Digital) Scissors: Designing a Text Editing Tool for Assisted Storytelling Using Crowd-Generated Content". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-22298-6_9
  5. Mara Dionísio; Valentina Nisi; Jin Xin; Paulo Bala; Stuart James; Nuno Jardim Nunes. "Amnesia in the Atlantic: An AI Driven Serious Game on Marine Biodiversity". 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-89394-1_35
  6. Marta Ferreira; Nuno Nunes; Valentina Nisi. "Interacting with Climate Change: A Survey of HCI and Design Projects and Their Use of Transmedia Storytelling". 338-348. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-92300-6_33
  7. Sandra Câmara Olim; Valentina Nisi; Teresa Romão. "Towards Identifying Augmented Reality Unique Attributes to Facilitate Chemistry Learning". 513-516. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-85607-6_69
  8. Vanessa Cesário; Valentina Nisi. "Collecting Qualitative Data During COVID-19". 377-381. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-85607-6_41
  9. Diogo Cabral; Deborah Castro; Jacob M. Rigby; Harry Vasanth; Mónica S. Cameirão; Sergi Bermúdez i Badia; Valentina Nisi. "To Binge or not to Binge: Viewers’ Moods and Behaviors During the Consumption of Subscribed Video Streaming". 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-65736-9_33
  10. Sandra Câmara Olim; Valentina Nisi. "Augmented Reality Towards Facilitating Abstract Concepts Learning". 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-65736-9_17
  11. Vanessa Cesário; Sandra Olim; Valentina Nisi. "A Natural History Museum Experience: Memories of Carvalhal’s Palace – Turning Point". 339-343. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-62516-0_31
  12. Mara Dionísio; Paulo Bala; Valentina Nisi; Ian Oakley; Nuno Nunes. "Step by Step: Evaluating Navigation Styles in Mixed Reality Entertainment Experience". 32-45. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-76270-8_3
  13. Filipe Quintal; Lucas Pereira; Nuno Nunes; Valentina Nisi; Mary Barreto. "WATTSBurning: Design and Evaluation of an Innovative Eco-Feedback System". In Human-Computer Interaction ¿ INTERACT 2013. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-40483-2_32
  14. Filipe Quintal; Valentina Nisi; Nuno Nunes; Mary Barreto; Lucas Pereira. "HomeTree ¿ An Art Inspired Mobile Eco-feedback Visualization". In Advances in Computer Entertainment, 545-548. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-34292-9_55
Conference paper
  1. Neeta Khanuja; Madalena Freire; Joana Lameiras; Nicolau, Hugo; Jodi Forlizzi; Valentina Nisi. "Using cultural probes to understand students' mental wellbeing". Paper presented in International Association of Societies of Design Research, 2023.
    10.21606/iasdr.2023.744
  2. Tiago Silva; Valentina Nisi; Nuno Jardim Nunes. "Harnessing the power of transient Non-fungible Tokens in support of preserving natural landscapes as heritage in the face of climate change". 2023.
    10.1145/3605390.3605392
  3. Chiara Ceccarini; Marta Ferreira; Catia Prandi; Nuno Nunes; Valentina Nisi. "Unusual suspects - visualizing unusual relationships of complex social phenomena with climate change". 2023.
    10.1145/3582515.3609572
  4. Marta Ferreira; Valentina Nisi; Nuno Nunes. "Interactions with Climate Change: a Data Humanism Design Approach". 2023.
    10.1145/3563657.3596003
  5. Valentina Nisi; Paulo Bala; Hollie Bostock; Vanessa Cesário; Nuno Jardim Nunes. "“Before gentrification, we claim for habitation”". 2023.
    10.1145/3563657.3596124
  6. Shuhao Ma; Paulo Bala; Valentina Nisi; John Zimmerman; Nuno Jardim Nunes. "Uncovering Gig Worker-Centered Design Opportunities in Food Delivery Work". 2023.
    10.1145/3563657.3596123
  7. Paulo Bala; Pedro Sanches; Vanessa Cesário; Sarah Leão; Catarina Rodrigues; Nuno Jardim Nunes; Valentina Nisi. "Towards Critical Heritage in the wild: Analysing Discomfort through Collaborative Autoethnography". 2023.
    10.1145/3544548.3581274
  8. Eleonora Mencarini; Christina Bremer; Chiara Leonardi; Jen Liu; Valentina Nisi; Nuno Jardim Nunes; Robert Soden. "HCI for Climate Change: Imagining Sustainable Futures". 2023.
    10.1145/3544549.3573833
  9. Sandra Monica Camara Olim; Valentina Nisi; Elisa Rubegni. "“Periodic Fable Discovery” Using Tangible Interactions and Augmented Reality to Promote STEM Subjects". 2023.
    10.1145/3569009.3572804
  10. Claudia Silva; Catia Prandi; Nuno Nunes; Valentina Nisi. "Addressing children and caregivers’ concerns in the design of child-targeted locative systems". 2022.
    10.1145/3568444.3568449
  11. Sandra Camara; Valentina Nisi; Teresa Romão. "Enhancing Children Spatial Skills with Augmented Reality Serious Games". 2021.
    10.1145/3450337.3483470
  12. Shuao Ma; Valentina Nisi; Augusto Esteves; Catia Prandi; Hugo Nicolau; Gianni Tumedei; João Nogueira; Francesco Boschi; Nuno Nunes. "Crowdsensing-enabled service design for floating students during the COVID-19 pandemic". Paper presented in Proceedings of the International Association of Societies of Design Research, 2021.
    In press
  13. Câmara Olim, Sandra; Maria Jose Ferreira; Raquel Oliveira ; Valentina Nisi. Corresponding author: Maria Jose Ferreira. "Let's Learn Biodiversity with a Virtual "Robot"?". Paper presented in International Conference on Social Robotics, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-62056-1_17
  14. Miguel Ribeiro; Valentina Nisi; Catia Prandi; Nuno Nunes. "A data visualization interactive exploration of human mobility data during the COVID-19 outbreak: a case study". 2020.
    10.1109/iscc50000.2020.9219552
  15. Nunes, N.; Ribeiro, M.; Prandi, C.; Nisi, V.. "Beanstalk - A community based passive Wi-Fi tracking system for analysing tourism dynamics". 2017.
    10.1145/3102113.3102142
  16. Nisi, V.; Dionísio, M.; Bala, P.; Gross, T.; Nunes, N.J.. "DreamScope: Evaluating interactive 360° virtual reality in a physical narrative art installation". 2017.
    10.1145/3106548.3106601
  17. Prandi, C.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.. "Bus stops as interactive touchpoints -improving engagement and use of public transport". 2017.
    10.1145/3125571.3125593
  18. Cesário, V.; Radeta, M.; Matos, S.; Nisi, V.. "The Ocean game: Assessing children's engagement and learning in a museum setting using a treasure-hunt game". 2017.
    10.1145/3130859.3131435
  19. Cesario, V.; Coelho, A.; Nisi, V.. "Audio guides and human tour guides: Measuring children's engagement & learning at a museum setting". 2017.
  20. Silva, C.; Nisi, V.; Straubhaar, J.D.. "Share yourself first: Exploring strategies for the creation of locative content for and by low-literacy communities". 2017.
    10.1145/3083671.3083698
  21. Catia Prandi; Nuno Nunes; Miguel Ribeiro; Valentina Nisi. "Enhancing sustainable mobility awareness by exploiting multi-sourced data: The case study of the Madeira islands". 2017.
    10.23919/sustainit.2017.8379799
  22. Cesário, V.; Nisi, V.; Freitas, P.; Pimentel, D.. "Children's books: Paper vs digital, what do they prefer?". 2016.
    10.1145/2930674.2936004
  23. Cesário, V.; Rodrigues, J.; Li, H.; Wu, I.; Nisi, V.. "Crescendo: Routine learning app for children with Autism spectrum disorders". 2016.
    10.1145/2930674.2935997
  24. Quintal, F.; Jorge, C.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.. "What-I-see: A Tangible visualization of energy". 2016.
    10.1145/2909132.2909270
  25. Prandi, C.; Salomoni, P.; Roccetti, M.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.J.. "Walking with Geo-Zombie: A pervasive game to engage people in urban crowdsourcing". 2016.
    10.1109/ICCNC.2016.7440545
  26. Nunes, N.J.; Nisi, V.; Rennert, K.. "BeEco - Co-designing a game with children to promote environmental awareness - A case study". 2016.
    10.1145/2851581.2851585
  27. Nuno Nunes; Lucas Pereira; Valentina Nisi. "Towards using Low-Cost Opportunistic Energy Sensing for Promoting Energy Conservation". Paper presented in INTERACT 2015, Bamberg, 2015.
    Published
  28. Dionisio, M.; Bala, P.; Trindade, R.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.; Up, T.. "DreamScope catcher: A Touch sensitive interface to catch dreams". 2015.
    10.1145/2817721.2823481
  29. Marfia, G.; Muzzarelli, F.; Matteucci, G.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.J.. "Rethinking user generated location rating: Where does the lion get its share?". 2015.
    10.1145/2808435.2808456
  30. Quintal, F.; Pereira, L.; Nunes, N.J.; Nisi, V.. "What-a-Watt: Exploring electricity production literacy through a long term eco-feedback study". 2015.
    10.1109/SustainIT.2015.7101365
  31. Salomoni, P.; Prandi, C.; Roccetti, M.; Nisi, V.; Jardim Nunes, N.. "Crowdsourcing urban accessibility: Some preliminary experiences with results". 2015.
    10.1145/2808435.2808443
  32. Prandi, C.; Nisi, V.; Salomoni, P.; Nunes, N.J.. "From gamification to pervasive game in mapping urban Accessibility". 2015.
    10.1145/2808435.2808449
  33. Quintal, F.; Nunes, N.J.; Nisi, V.. "Exploring the dimensions of eco-feedback in the wild". 2015.
    10.1109/SustainIT.2015.7101374
  34. Dionisio, M.; Bala, P.; Trindade, R.; Nisi, V.; Hanna, J.. "Lucid peninsula: DreamScope: An interactive physical installation". 2015.
    10.1145/2757226.27573827,5
  35. Mendes, M.; Ângelo, P.; Correia, N.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.; Costa, D.. "Hug a tree in Africa". 2014.
    10.1145/2662155.2662220
  36. Buenafe, S.; Guzman, L.; Kannan, N.; Mendoza, K.; Nunes, N.J.; Nisi, V.; Campos, P.; et al. "Yarn: A product for unraveling stories". 2014.
    10.1145/2639189.2670284
  37. Lyra, O.; Karapanos, E.; Gouveia, R.; Barreto, M.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.J.; Zimmerman, J.; Forlizzi, J.. "Towards persuasive sociometric technologies for inclusive educational settings". 2013.
    10.1145/2499149.2499163
  38. Keane, K.; Nisi, V.; Ciolfi, L.. "Experience prototyping: Gathering rich understandings to guide design". 2012.
  39. Mónica Mendes; Pedro Ângelo; Valentina Nisi; Nuno Correia. "Digital art, HCI and environmental awareness evaluating play with fire". 2012.
    10.1145/2399016.2399079
  40. Nisi, V.; Nicoletti, D.; Nisi, R.; Nunes, N.J.. "Beyond eco-feedback-Using art and emotional attachment to express energy consumption". 2011.
    10.1145/2069618.2069706
  41. Mónica Mendes; Pedro Ângelo; Valentina Nisi; Nuno Correia. "Play with fire". 2011.
    10.1145/2071423.2071530
Journal article
  1. Valentina Nisi; Catia Prandi; Shuhao Ma; Marta Ferreira; Hugo Nicolau; Augusto Esteves; Nuno Nunes. "The design of Tecnico GO!: catering for students¿ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemics". Multimedia Tools and Applications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-16320-x.
    10.1007/s11042-023-16320-x
  2. Sandra Câmara Olim; Valentina Nisi; Teresa Romão. "Periodic fable discovery: an augmented reality serious game to introduce and motivate young children towards chemistry". Multimedia Tools and Applications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-17526-9.
    10.1007/s11042-023-17526-9
  3. Valentina Nisi; Paulo Bala; Vanessa Cesário; Stuart James; Alessio Del Bue; Nuno Jardim Nunes. ""Connected to the people": Social Inclusion & Cohesion in Action through a Cultural Heritage Digital Tool". Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (2023): https://doi.org/10.1145/3610168.
    10.1145/3610168
  4. Vanessa Cesário; Valentina Nisi. "Lessons Learned on Engaging Teenage Visitors in Museums with Story-Based and Game-Based Strategies". Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (2023): https://doi.org/10.1145/3575867.
    10.1145/3575867
  5. Vanessa Cesário; Valentina Nisi. "Designing mobile museum experiences for teenagers". Museum Management and Curatorship (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2022.2111329.
    10.1080/09647775.2022.2111329
  6. Sabrina Scuri; Nuno Nunes; Valentina Nisi. "A Questionnaire for Assessing Immersive Websites". Strategic Design Research Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.4013/sdrj.2022.152.06.
    10.4013/sdrj.2022.152.06
  7. Chiara Ceccarini; Valentina Nisi; Catia Prandi. "Exploring proximity-based recommendation criteria as a tool for information exchange and interactions between locals and tourists". Multimedia Tools and Applications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-13369-y.
    10.1007/s11042-022-13369-y
  8. Nuno Nunes; Greta Adamo; Miguel Ribeiro; Bruna R Gouveia; Elvio Rubio Gouveia; Pedro Teixeira; Valentina Nisi. "Modeling Adoption, Security, and Privacy of COVID-19 Apps: Findings and Recommendations From an Empirical Study Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology". JMIR Human Factors (2022): https://doi.org/10.2196/35434.
    10.2196/35434
  9. Vanessa Cesário; Valentina Nisi. "Designing with teenagers: A teenage perspective on enhancing mobile museum experiences". International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100454.
    10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100454
  10. Catia Prandi; Valentina Nisi; Miguel Ribeiro; Nuno Nunes. "Sensing and making sense of tourism flows and urban data to foster sustainability awareness: a real-world experience". Journal of Big Data (2021): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-021-00442-w.
    10.1186/s40537-021-00442-w
  11. Mara Dionisio; Valentina Nisi. "Leveraging Transmedia storytelling to engage tourists in the understanding of the destination’s local heritage". Multimedia Tools and Applications (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-10949-2.
    10.1007/s11042-021-10949-2
  12. José A. Cordeiro; Deborah Castro; Valentina Nisi; Nuno J. Nunes. "BWDAT: A Research Tool for Analyzing The Consumption of VOD Content at Home". Addictive Behaviors Reports (2020): 100336-100336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100336.
    10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100336
  13. Miguel Ribeiro; Nuno Nunes; Valentina Nisi; Johannes Schöning. "Passive Wi-Fi monitoring in the wild: a long-term study across multiple location typologies". Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-020-01441-z.
    10.1007/s00779-020-01441-z
  14. Catia Prandi; Chiara Ceccarini; Valentina Nisi; Paola Salomoni. "Designing interactive infographics to stimulate environmental awareness: an exploration with a University community". Multimedia Tools and Applications (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-09140-w.
    10.1007/s11042-020-09140-w
  15. Cláudia Silva; Lucia Palmer; Valentina Nisi; Joseph Straubhaar. "Teaching Social History through Locative Media: A Case Study in Austin, Texas". Anuario electrónico de estudios en Comunicación Social "Disertaciones" (2018): https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/disertaciones/a.6066.
    10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/disertaciones/a.6066
  16. Silva, Cláudia; Valentina Nisi; Joseph Straubhaar. "I blamed this all on moving to Texas¿: Fostering Sense of Place through Locative Literature among US Latina Girls". Materialities of Literature 6 2 (2018): 149-166. https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/matlit/article/view/5418.
    Published
  17. Valentina Nisi; Mara Dionisio; Mary Barreto; Nuno Nunes. "A Mixed Reality neighborhood tour: Understanding visitor experience and perceptions". Entertainment Computing 27 (2018): 89-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2018.04.002.
    10.1016/j.entcom.2018.04.002
  18. Filipe Quintal; Mary Barreto; Clinton Jorge; Valentina Nisi; Nuno J Nunes. "Watt-I-See: Design and Evaluation of an Interactive Installation Using Eco-feedforward Strategies". Interacting with Computers 30 1 (2018): 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwx016.
    10.1093/iwc/iwx016
  19. Prandi, C.; Roccetti, M.; Salomoni, P.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.J.. "Fighting exclusion: a multimedia mobile app with zombies and maps as a medium for civic engagement and design". Multimedia Tools and Applications 76 4 (2017): 4951-4979. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84979233532&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11042-016-3780-9
  20. Nisi, V.; Costanza, E.; Dionisio, M.. "Placing Location-Based Narratives in Context Through a Narrator and Visual Markers". Interacting with Computers 29 3 (2017): 287-305. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027080943&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/iwc/iww020
  21. Nisi, V.; Jorge, C.; Nunes, N.; Hanna, J.. "Madeira Story Generator: Prospecting serendipitous storytelling in public spaces". Entertainment Computing 16 (2016): 15-27. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84975473056&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.entcom.2016.05.003
  22. Mendes, M.; Ângelo, P.; Correia, N.; Nisi, V.. "Appropriating Video Surveillance for Art and Environmental Awareness: Experiences from ARTiVIS". Science and Engineering Ethics (2016): 1-24. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959165528&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11948-016-9762-5
  23. Hanna, J.; Jorge, C.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.; Caldeira, M.; Innella, G.; Marinho, A.. "Island stories: The madeira story generator project". New Writing 11 1 (2014): 4-12. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897646338&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/14790726.2013.854810
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Andrade, Tânia Esteves de. ""Tell a Tail": the design of an interactive cinematic VR for an animal welfare transmedia". Master, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/2760.
  2. Quintal, Filipe Magno Gouveia. "Exploring the dimensions of eco-feedback in the wild". PhD, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/1141.
  3. Dionísio, Mara Sofia Gomes. "Seven stories: location based story-delivery system". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/866.
  4. Pereira, Joana Gonçalves. "Cozinha da Madeira website: the online touchpoint for a sustainability oriented service of Madeira Island". Master, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/992.
  5. Dias, César Manuel Nascimento. "Breadcrumbs: location and context aware mobile platform for story sharing". Master, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/1051.
  6. Sousa, Cátia Sofia Ferreira de. "Social fabrics". Master, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/340.
  7. Nisi, Valentina. "Location aware multimedia narratives". PhD, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/1389.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 Bats Across Lisbon - A pervasive scavenger-hunt gaming experience to promote the bat preservation cause and eco-friendly entertainment
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 - 2020 "Tell a Tail" The design of na interactive cinematic VR for na animal welfare transmedia.
Supervisor
 Design de Media Interativos (Master)
Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Tell a Tail The design of na AR comic Book for na animal welfare transmedia
Supervisor
 Design de Media Interativos (Master)
Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Leveraging eXtented Reality & Human-Computer Interaction for User Experience in 360º Video
Supervisor
 Media Digitais (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Leveraging the Transmedia Entertainment-Education Framework to Augment Tourists’ Awareness of Local Values
Supervisor
 Media Digitais (PhD)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Enhancing museum experiences for teenagers through gamification and storytelling frameworks
Supervisor
 Media Digitais (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Breadcrumbs: Location and context aware mobile platform for story sharing.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática (Master)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2014 - 2014 7 Stories: Location Based Stroy-Delivery System
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática (Master)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Cozinha da Madeira website - the online touchpoint for a sustainability oriented service for Madeira Island.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática (Master)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2011 - 2011 "Exploring the dimensions of Eco-feedback in the Wild"
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Informática (PhD)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2010 - 2010 A Design Methodology for a Affective Co-experience in Real Physical Spaces
Supervisor
 Engenharia Informática (PhD)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal