Featured Papers and Presentations

Featured in April, 2012

Clarisse de Souza's chapter on Semiotics and HCI for the Encyclopedia of HCI has been published. Check it out at:

http://www.interaction-design.org/encyclopedia/semiotics_and_human-computer_interaction.html

The chapter includes commentary by Alan Blackwell.

A Special Issue of the Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, in memory of Piero Mussio, includes an article on Prof. Mussio's Semiotic Turn. The article was written by Clarisse de Souza upon invitation from Prof. Stefano Levialdi, co-editor of JVLC.

See more at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1045926X11000796

Clarisse de Souza's abstract for her chapter in the Encyclopedia of HCI is this:

"[The]chapter covers why and how Semiotics can help advance some of the major goals of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and be useful when designing interactive products. It begins with brief definitions and explanations of a few central concepts in Semiotics. This is followed by a discussion of harder challenges involved in bringing Semiotics into the domain of HCI research and the consequences of viewing computers as media. Following Semiotic Engineering concepts, which we have been developing and using for two decades now, we then revisit computer-mediated communication in view of 21st century literacy issues. First, we show that basic computing skills exhibited by contemporary users are in fact semiotic engineering abilities of the same sort as required from professional designers. Then we show how these skills can leverage an individual’s participation in a variety of social processes. In conclusion, the chapter presents our personal answer to the question that most readers certainly have in mind: ‘So, what’s in it for me?’"

de Souza's article in memory of Piero Mussio reports the author's personal collaboration with Piero Mussio. It begins with an analysis of Mussio's increasing involvement with semiotic concepts while working with visual languages. In conclusion, the author proposes follow-up questions, in continuation to an ongoing intellectual conversation that current and future researchers may help to sustain.

The full text is available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1045926X11000796

Featured in January, 2012

Está disponível para o público que lê português o material apresentado por Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza na palestra nacional convidada que proferiu no VIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas Colaborativos (SBSC'2011), em Paraty, no dia 7 de outubro.