Since 1st August 2021, I am a Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Digital Health at the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University, in Wales (UK). Since February 2023, I am the Lead of the Human-Centred Computing research Unit. I joined Cardiff on the 1st November 2019 and I am part of the Human-Centred Computing Research Group and part of our new Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Human-Machine Systems (IROHMS). Since November 2020, I have been appointed as the IROHMS Cross-Cutting Themes (CCT) Academic Lead in charge of the academic issues related to the sustainable development goals and global challenges.
My research lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Design, and Social Sciences with particular interest in the Healthcare (e.g., home, hospital and community health) and Sustainability domains. Through a Design-oriented research approach, I combine user-centered and participatory design methods to further understand people’s everyday practices, different stakeholder’s needs and how people appropriate technology into their everyday life. I have been working in various projects related to healthcare, physical computing, and sustainable HCI. Most of my research is aligned with the turn to practice in HCI, in which the understanding of everyday practices plays a major role in system design. So, if you are a bachelor/master or a potential Ph.D. student looking for a thesis project in HCI/UbiComp/CSCW – healthcare or sustainability domains – send me an email to get in touch and discuss possible projects.
Before moving to Cardiff, I was Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction at the School of Informatics (former Department of Computer Science) at the University of Leicester from April 2016 to 15th October 2019. During my time at Leicester, I was also a NIHR CLAHRC East Midlands Faculty member. Before moving to Leicester in April 2016, I was a Postdoctoral researcher at the Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction Group – Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University in Aarhus-Denmark. My postdoc supervisor was Prof. Kaj Grønbæk. From August 2014, I was working in the EcoSense Project: “Collective Sensing and Macroscopic Analysis Methods for Reducing Environmental Footprints” + I was also teaching Advanced Physical Computing and Context Awareness Computing for bachelor and master students respectively.
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science – PervasiveHealthcare – from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Aarhus University in February 2014. My Ph.D. thesis advisor was Prof. Morten Kyng and co-advisor was Erik Grönvall. During my PhD studies, I was Research Assistant in the Use, Design and Innovation Group and the Centre for Pervasive Healthcare. In addition, I received a Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering-majoring in Technological Systems from Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL) in Guayaquil – Ecuador, degree in June 2009. My advisor at ESPOL was Prof. Guido Caicedo. Then, I got a scholarship from University of Trento (UNITN) in Trento – Italy and I was a student of the Second Level Professional Master in Human Language Technology and Interfaces (HLTI), degree in October 2010. My advisor at UNITN was Prof. Laure Vieu and co-advisor was Prof. Alessandro Oltramari.
- Workshops and Masterclasses Co-Chair for The 22nd European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2024), June 17-21, 2014, Rimini, Italy.
- Short Papers and Posters Co-Chair for The ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2023), August 16-19, 2013, Cape Town, South Africa
- Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair at The Nordic Conference for Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2022), 8th October 2022, Aarhus, Denmark.
- Conference Co-Chair for The 20th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2022), June 27th – 1st July, 2022. Coimbra, Portugal.
- PC member for The ACM conference on Supporting Group Work (Group 2022), January 23-26 in Sanibel Island, Florida.
- Associate Chair (AC) for the Health Subcommittee for the papers program for The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024).
- Associate Chair (AC) at the Nordic Conference for Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2022, NordiCHI 2024).
- Associate Chair (AC) for the for The ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS2022).
- Associate Chair (AC) for the Design subcommittee for the papers program for The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022, CHI 2023).
- Associate Chair (AC) for the for The ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2021, CSCW2022, CSCW2023, CSCW2024).
- PC member for the 10th Latin American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CLIHC 2021), November 22-23, 2021 .
- PC member for the Eighth Mexican Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (MexIHC 2021), Mexico, December 1-3, 2021.
- PC member for the International Conference on Advanced Research in Technologies, Information, Innovation and Sustainability (ARTIIS 2021), November 25-27, Salinas, Ecuador.
- PC member for the VII International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation for Society (CITIS 2021), Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, May 26-28, Ecuador
- Associate Chair (AC) for The 18th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021, August 30th – September 3rd, 2021 in Bari, Italy.
- Associate Chair (AC) for the Health subcommittee for the papers program for The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021), May 8-13, 2021 Yokohama, Japan
- Associate Chair (AC) for the Understanding People: Theory, Concepts and Methods – subcommittee for the papers program for The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020), 25 – 30 April 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- PC member for The 13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI2019), 2 – 5 December 2019 in Toledo, Spain
- PC member for The IX Latin American Conference on Human Computer Interaction (CLIHC 2019), 30 September to 4th October, 2019. Panama city, Panama.
- PC member for The 9th International Digital Public Health Conference (ACM DH 2019), 20th – 23rd November 2019 in Marseille, France
- PC member for The 9th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT 2019), 22nd – 25th October 2019 in Bilbao, Spain
- Associate Chair (AC) for The 17th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019, 2 – 6 September, 2019 in Paphos, Cyprus.
- Co-chair for Workshops at The 5th IEEE International Conference on Internet of People (IoP 2019), 19 – 23 August 2019, Leicester, UK
- Co-chair for Workshops and Masterclasses at The 17th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2019), 8 – 12 June 2019, Salzburg, Austria
- Associate Chair (AC) for the Health subcommittee for the papers program for The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019), 4 – 9 May 2019, Glasgow, UK
- PC member for the HCI Track of the 12th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2018), 4–7 December 2018, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
- Associate Chair for The 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2018), November 3-7, 2018, NYC, USA
- Program Committee for 3rd Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (IEEE ETCM 2018). Cuenca, Ecuador, October 15-19, 2018.
- PC member for The 10th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2018), 1-3 October 2018, Oslo, Norway.
- Co-Chair for the Doctoral Consortium at 12th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth 2018), 21-24 May 2018, New York, United States.
- PC member for the 8th International Digital Health Conference – DH 2018, April 23rd-26th 2018, Lyon, France.
- PC member for the Cuarto Congreso Salesiano de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Sociedad [Fourth Salesian Congress of Science, Technology and Innovation for the Society] – CITIS 2017, 29 Nov to 1st December 2017, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Program Committee for 2nd Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (IEEE ETCM 2017), Salinas- Samborondon, Ecuador, October 16-20, 2017.
- Doctoral Colloquium Panel member for the 15th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW2017). Sheffield, UK. 29th August, 2017.
- Program Committee for the International Workshop on Healthcare Interoperability and Pervasive Intelligent Systems . In conjunction with The 7th International Conference on Current and Future Trends of Information and Communication Technologies in Healthcare (ICTH 2017), Lund, Sweden, September 18-20, 2017.
- Program Committee for The International Workshop on Information and Knowledge in the Internet of Things (IKIT 2017). In conjunction with The 5th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2017), Prague, Czech Republic, August 21-23, 2017.
- PC member for the 7th International Conference on Digital Health – DH 2017, July 2nd-5th 2017, London, UK.
- Poster and Demos Co-Chair for The 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth 2017), Barcelona, Spain, May 23-26, 2017.
- Workshop Program Committee for The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017), Denver, CO, USA, May 6-11, 2017.
- PC member for the Tercer Congreso Salesiano de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Sociedad [Third Salesian Congress of Science, Technology and Innovation for the Society] – CITIS 2016, 30 Nov and 1 – 2 December 2016, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Program Chair for the 6th EAI International Symposium on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health (MindCare 2016), Barcelona, Spain, Nov 28-29, 2016.
- PC member for the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2016), Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct 23-27, 2016.
- Associate Chair for CHI 2016 Late-Breaking Work category (CHI 2016 LBW), San Jose, CA, USA, May 7-12.
- Guest Editor for the Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) focus section on “Experiences of Technology Appropriation: Unanticipated Users, Usage, Circumstances, and Design” . Summer 2016.
- PC member for the 10th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth 2016), Cancún, México, May 16-19, 2016.
- PC member for the CHI 2016 workshop on Advances in DIY Health and Wellbeing – DIY 2016, 7 or 8 May 2016, San Jose, California, USA.
- PC member for the Pervasive Information Systems Workshop – PIS 2016, 22 – 24 March 2016, Recife, Brazil
- PC member for the Segundo Congreso Salesiano de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Sociedad [Second Salesian Congress of Science, Technology and Innovation for the Society] – CITIS 2015, 2 – 3 December 2015, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- PC member for the Workshop on Health Information Quality (HealthIQ 2015), Dallas, Texas USA on October 21-23, 2015.
- SV Co-chair for the fifth decennial Aarhus conference, Critical Alternatives – Aarhus 2015, 17 – 21 August 2015, Aarhus, Denmark
- Guest Editor for the Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) focus section on “Designing Self-Care for Everyday Life”.
- PC member for the Pervasive Information Systems Workshop – PIS 2015, 1 – 3 April 2015, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
- PC member for Posters and Demos of the 5th Indian Human Computer Interaction conference – IndiaHCI 2014, Dec. 7 – 9, 2014 – ITT Delhi, India.
- PC member for the ACM GROUP 2014 Workshop on Collaboration and Coordination in the Context of Informal Care, Nov. 9, 2014 – Sanibel Island, Florida, USA.
- PC member for the ACE 2014 Workshop on “Designing Systems for
Health and Entertainment: what are we missing?”, Nov. 11, 2014 – Madeira, Portugal. - Reviewer for CSCW 2020 (2 “Special Recognitions” received), NordiCHI 2020, CHI 2020 (a “Special Recognitions” received), CSCW 2019 posters, CLIHC 2019, IoT 2019, DPH 2019, CHI 2019 (two “Special Recognitions” received), CHI 2018, INTERACT 2017, DIS 2017 (a “Special Recognitions” received), CHI 2017 (four “Special Recognitions” received), CSCW 2017 posters, DIS 2016 (two “Special Recognitions” received), CHI 2016 (a “Special Recognitions” received), CSCW 2016, MUM 2015, UbiComp 2015, Aarhus 2015, CHI 2015 (a “Special Recognitions” received), CSCW 2015, NordiCHI 2014, MobileHCI 2014, DIS 2014, PervasiveHealth 2014, CHI 2014 (a “Special Recognitions” received), and PervasiveHealth 2013.
- Reviewer for the ACM Transaction on Computer-Human Interaction – TOCHI Journal.
- Reviewer for the Computer Supported Cooperative Work – CSCW – Journal.
- Reviewer for the CoDesign Journal.
- Reviewer for the Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal.
- Reviewer for the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
- Reviewer for the Interacting with Computers Journal.
- Reviewer for the Behavior and Information Technology Journal.
- Reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
- Reviewer for the Entertainment Computing Journal, Elsevier.
- Reviewer for the Journal of Language Resources and Evaluation.
- Student Volunteer at NordiCHI 2014, October 26-30, 2014 – Helsinki, Finland.
- Student Volunteer at ICHI 2013, September 9-11, 2013 – Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Student Volunteer at NordiCHI2012, October 14-17, 2012 – Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Student Volunteer at CHI 2012, May 5-10, 2012 – Austin, Texas, USA.
- Student Volunteer at ECSCW 2011, September 24-28, 2011 – Aarhus, Denmark.
- Student Volunteer at Ubicomp 2011, September 17-21, 2011 – Beijing, China.
- Student Volunteer at Ubicomp 2010, September 26-29, 2010 – Copenhagen, Denmark.