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Mara Dionisio is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering at the University of Madeira, where she teaches courses in the International Master of Interactive Media Design and the Master in Informatics Engineering. She is also an Integrated Member at the Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI), LARSyS. She completed her Ph.D. in Digital Media at NOVA University and received MSC and BSc degrees in Informatics Engineering from the University of Madeira; she also has a Dual Master in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, and the University of Madeira. Her area of research interest is at the cross between Entertainment Technologies, Digital Media, and Human-Computer Interaction.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mara Sofia Gomes Dionísio

Citation names

  • Dionísio, Mara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
361E-C42D-B3C4
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0684-7512

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
Education
Degree Classification
2015/10/01 - 2021/02/02
Concluded
 Digital Media (Doutoramento)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
2008 - 2014
Concluded
 Master in Informatics Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade da Madeira Centro de Competência de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
2011 - 2013
Concluded
 Master in Entertainment Technology (Mestrado)
Carnegie Mellon University, United States
2004 - 2008
Concluded
 Informatics Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade da Madeira Centro de Competência de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/05 - Current Researcher (Research) Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/09 Postdoc (Research) Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
2013/07 - 2015/09 Research Assistant (Research) Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/02 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira Centro de Competência de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
2020/04 - 2022/02 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira Centro de Competência de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/10 - 2011/08 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Secretaria Regional de Educação, Portugal
2009/11 - 2010/06 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) MRS – Management and Teaching Company, Portugal
MRS – Management and Teaching Company, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/06 - 2021/12 INTERTAGUA - Interfaces Aquáticas Interativas para Detecção e Visualizacão da Megafauna Marinha Atlântica e Embarcações na Macaronésia usando Marcadores Rádio-transmissores
MAC2/1.1a/385
Post-doc
Concluded
2015/10 - 2020/12 MADEIRA 14-20 FEDER funded project Beanstalk
M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000002
Researcher
Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
2009/06 - 2013/05 Madeira Life
MADFDR-01-0190-FEDER_001
Master Student Fellow
Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 LARSyS - Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems
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
2022/01/14 - 2024/01/13 Connecting children and teenagers to nature through the design of sensory, experiential and aesthetic experiences
EXPL/ART-DAQ/1444/2021
10.54499/EXPL/ART-DAQ/1444/2021
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems
UIDB/50009/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50009/2020
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems
UIDP/50009/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50009/2020
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 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 Laboratory for Robotics and Engineering Systems
UID/EEA/50009/2019
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

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/09/01 - 2019/08/31 Fostering engagement and awareness about local nature and cultural capitals through mobile interactive entertainment
PD/BD/114142/2015
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/06/01 - Current eGames Lab
C645022399-00000057
 European Commission
Ongoing
2014/02 - 2015/09 Future Fabulators
2013-1659/001-001 CU7 COOP7
Researcher
Universidade da Madeira Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
 European Commission Creative Europe
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Dionisio, M.; Barreto, M.; Nisi, V.; Nunes, N.; Hanna, J.; Herlo, B.; Schubert, J.. Evaluation of Yasmines adventures: Exploring the socio-cultural potential of location aware multimedia stories. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-27036-4_24
  5. Nisi, V.; Dionisio, M.; Hanna, J.; Ferreira, L.; Nunes, N.. Yasmines adventures: An interactive Urban experience exploring the sociocultural potential of digital entertainment. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-24589-8_26
Book chapter
  1. Francisco Vasconcelos; Mara Dionísio; Sandra Câmara Olim; Pedro Campos. "Game ON! a Gamified Approach to Household Food Waste Reduction". 2023.
    10.1007/978-981-99-8248-6_11
  2. André Freitas; Francisco Fernandes; Mara Dionísio; Sandra Olim. "Mystery in the Ecological Park: An Interactive Narrative to Promote Interaction with Biodiversity". 2023.
    10.1007/978-981-99-8248-6_32
  3. Louis Michael Sousa Rodrigues; João Freitas; Mara Dionísio; Sergi Bermudez i Badia. "Lucky Hero's Legacy: An Interactive Game that Explores the Potential of 3D Scenarios to Engage Teenagers in Cultural Heritage". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-05434-1_16
  4. Dionísio, Mara; Nisi, Valentina; Xin, Jin; Bala, Paulo; James, Stuart; Nunes, Nuno Jardim. "Amnesia in the Atlantic: An AI Driven Serious Game on Marine Biodiversity". In Entertainment Computing ¿ ICEC 2021, 427-432. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-89394-1_35
  5. Dionisio, Mara; Bala, Paulo; Oliveira, Sarah; Nisi, Valentina. "Tale of T(r)ails: The Design of an AR Comic Book for an Animal Welfare Transmedia". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 281-284. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-62516-0_25
  6. Bala, Paulo; Dionisio, Mara; Oliveira, Sarah; Andrade, Tânia; Nisi, Valentina. "Tell a Tail: Leveraging XR for a Transmedia on Animal Welfare". In Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2020, 223-239. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-65736-9_19
  7. Bala, Paulo; Dionisio, Mara; Andrade, Tânia; Nisi, Valentina. "Tell a Tail 360: Immersive Storytelling on Animal Welfare". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 357-360. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-62516-0_35
  8. Dionisio, Mara; Silva, Cláudia; Nisi, Valentina. "Fostering Interaction Between Locals and Visitors by Designing a Community-Based Tourism Platform on a Touristic Island". In Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019, 768-787. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-29384-0_46
  9. Mara Dionísio; Paulo Bala; Valentina Nisi; Ian Oakley; Nuno Nunes. "Step by Step: Evaluating Navigation Styles in Mixed Reality Entertainment Experience". 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-76270-8_3
  10. Dionisio, Mara; Nisi, Valentina; Correia, Nuno. "Leveraging on Transmedia Entertainment Education to Augment Tourists’ Awareness Towards Social Issues". In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 646-651. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-030-04028-4_77
Conference paper
  1. Nisi, Valentina; Dionísio, Mara; Silva, Claudia; Nunes, Nuno Jardim. "A participatory platform supporting awareness and empathy building between tourists and locals". 2019.
    10.1145/3351995.3352049
  2. Bala, Paulo; Dionísio, Mara; Trindade, Rui; Olim, Sandra; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno. "Evaluating the influence of location and medium applied to mobile VR storytelling". 2017.
    10.1145/3152832.3156617
  3. 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
  4. DIonisio, M.; Paulino, T.; Suri, T.; Autzen, N.; Schöning, J.. ""In search of light": Enhancing touristic recommender services with local weather data". 2017.
    10.1145/3098279.3122140
  5. Bala, Paulo; Dionísio, Mara; Trindade, Rui; Olim, Sandra; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno. "Evaluating the influence of location and medium applied to mobile VR storytelling". Paper presented in International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM), 2016.
    Published • 10.1145/3152832.3156617
  6. Dionísio, M.; Gujaran, A.; Pinto, M.; Esteves, A.. "Fall of humans: Interactive tabletop games and transmedia storytelling". 2015.
    10.1145/2817721.2823477
  7. 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
  8. Dionisio, M.; Bala, P.; Trindade, R.; Nisi, V.; Hanna, J.. "Lucid peninsula: DreamScope: An interactive physical installation". 2015.
    10.1145/2757226.27573827,5
  9. Dionísio, Mara. "Eat&Travel: A New Immersive Dining Experience for Restaurants". 2013.
    10.1007/978-3-319-03161-3_46
  10. "iLand: a tangible location aware narrative experience". 2011.
    10.1145/1935701.1935803
  11. Dionísio, Mara. "The iLand of Madeira location aware multimedia stories". 2010.
    10.1007/978-3-642-16638-9_19
Exhibition catalog
  1. Dionísio, Mara; Rebecca Rouse. Looking Forward, Looking Back: Interactive Digital Storytelling and Hybrid Art Approaches.. Carnegie Mellon University: ETC Press, Pittsburgh, 2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/7406924.
Journal article
  1. Dionisio, Mara; Mendes, Mafalda; Fernandez, Marc; Nisi, Valentina; Nunes, Nuno. "Aqua: Leveraging Citizen Science to Enhance Whale-Watching Activities and Promote Marine-Biodiversity Awareness". Sustainability 14 21 (2022): 14203. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142114203.
    10.3390/su142114203
  2. 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
  3. Nisi, Valentina; Dionisio, Mara; Barreto, Mary; Nunes, Nuno. "A mixed reality neighborhood tour: understanding visitor experience and perceptions". (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/4517.
    10.1016/j.entcom.2018.04.002
  4. 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
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Dionísio, Mara Sofia Gomes. "Leveraging the transmedia entertainment-education framework to augment tourists` awareness of local values". PhD, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/116444.
  2. Dionisio, Mara Sofia Gomes. "Seven stories: location based story-delivery system". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/866.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. Lucid Peninsula - Festival Intimate Spaces 2014. 2014.
Curatorial / Museum exhibition
  1. 2016. "7 Stories in Deep Design: Pace, Place, and Personhood". In 7 Stories.