2021

• XIX Brazilian Week of Biomedical Informatics (Semana Brasileira da Informática Biomédica) - October 20

• 9th International Conference on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2021) - September 28 – October 1

• Grace Hopper Celebration: Conference - September 27 – October 1

• ACM international joint conference on pervasive and ubiquitous computing (UbiComp) - September 21st to 24th

• 13th Annual Innovations In Teaching & Learning conference - September 20th to 24th

• Podcast - Emilias UTFPR - Invited Guest - August 19th

• NSF - Spring 2021 - Virtual Grants Conference - June 7th to 11th

• Human Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) Symposium - May 27th

• NSF Convergence Accelerator - Disability Inclusion in the Workplace - May 18th to 25th

• Microsoft Ability Summit - May 5th to 6th - Online

• Talk: Assistive Smartwatches to Support Self-Regulation for Neurodiverse Adults - April 21st - UW DUB Seminar [Video]

• Talk: Assistive Smartwatches to Support Self-Regulation for Neurodiverse Adults - January 28th - Georgia Tech GVU Seminar Series

2020

• WebMedia (Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas Multimídia e Web) - Keynote Speech - December 2nd, 2020 - Online

• Federal University of Uberlandia - Doctoral Colloquium - Research Talk - November 16th, 2020 - Online

• 2020 CRA-WP Early and Mid Career Mentoring Workshop - November 14th, 2020 - Online

• APA Technology, Mind and Society - November 13th, 2020 - Online

• Evaluating a Smartwatch Application for Inclusive Education: Developing an Assistive Technology to Include Neurodiverse Students - UNIFESP – Lecture - Research Talk - November 3rd, 2020

• Mental Health and Well-Being Workshop - September 12th, 2020 - Ubicomp - Online

• Privacy Con - Federal Trade Commission - July 21st, 2020 - Online

• Machine Learning Discrimination: Bias in, Bias Out. Online talk - July 8th, 2020 - Online

• ASEE Virtual Panel: Anti-Racism in Engineering Education: From Dialogue to Action - June 16, 2020 - Online

• UW What and How to Teach Accessibility Panel - June 16, 2020 - Online

• NSF iCorps - Atlanta Cohort - April 20th to June 5th - Online

• HCIL Symposium - May 28th - Online

• Microsoft Ability Summit - May 27-28th - Online

• Talk: Smart Home Devices and Privacy - February 16th - GMU Fairfax

• Talk: Wearable Technologies - Engineer Youth Week - February 16th - GMU Fairfax

• Voyant short course - February 11th - GMU Fairfax

• Visiting Scholar at Federal University of Sao Carlos LIFES/UFSCar - January 7 - January 20 - Sao Carlos Brazil

2019

• Visiting Scholar at University of Washington DUB/CSE - October 7 - November 22 - Seattle

• ACM SIGDOC - Special Interest Group on Design for Communication - October 4 - 6 - Portland OR

• Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing - October 1 - 4 - Orlando, FL

• Usable Privacy for Smart Home Devices - Talk - October 1st - University of Central Florida - Orlando FL

• SCAH - Addressing Grand Challenges in Healthcare through Smart Clothing - September 10th - London UK

• 17th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - September 2 - 7 - Paphos Cyprus

• Talk on Assistive Smartwatches - August 28 - University of Sao Paulo USP RP - Brazil

• Talk on Smart Home Devices and Privacy - August 24 - Apple PI [Flyer]

• Experience Sampling and Programmed Intervention Method (ESPIM) - External Collaborator - August 15 - 30 - University of Sao Paulo ICMC - Brazil

• Summer School on Inbodied Interaction - August 5-9 - Southampton UK

• HCII - International Conference on Human Computer Interaction - July 26-31 - Orlando FL

• CSST - The Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST) : 2019 Summer Research Institute - June 18 to 21 - Rutgers University

• Bentley Symposium on Modern Privacy - June 10th - Boston - USA [Slides]

• EAI Pervasive Health - Trent, Italy - May 19 to 22

• ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Glasgow, Scotland - May 4 to 9

• HCIL (Human-Computer Interaction Lab) Annual Symposium, University of Maryland - April 4 - Maryland - USA

• Conceptualizing the Future of Privacy Workshop - iConference - March 31st, UMBC - USA

• Engineer Youth Week - Wearable Technologies - February 17th-18th, GMU - USA

• CASBBI Seminar - Smartwatch Applications as Assistive Technologies: .Assisting Neurodiverse Students in Inclusive Education - February 8th - GMU, USA

• UX DC Meetup - Privacy by Design - January 23rd - McLean, USA

2018

• Caring For The Caregiver Hack - GMU Team Coach - Richmond, Virginia - October 27 - 28 [3rd Prize Winner]

• CCC Early Career Symposium - August 1 and 2 - Washington DC, USA

• Mapping Privacy and Surveillance Dynamics in Emerging Mobile Ecosystems: Practices and Contexts - Workshop at University of Maryland - Maryland, June 25 - 26

• NIH mHealth Showcase - June 4 - Bethesda USA

• HCIL (Human-Computer Interaction Lab) Annual Symposium, University of Maryland - May 24 - Maryland - USA

• ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Montreal, Canada - April 21st to 26th

• Eradicating the Opioid Crisis Symposium - GMU - April 19th

• Diversity, Inclusion, Well Being Summit - GMU - April 13th

• Technology, Mind and Society 2018 - APA & SIGCHI Conference - Washington DC - April 5th to 7th

• Creativity and Collaboration: Revisiting Cybernetic Serendipity - Colloquia at National Academy of Sciences - Washington DC - March 11th to 14th

• Guest Lecture Hosted at GRAND Seminar Series - Protean Image Exploration and Learning by Yekaterina Kharitonova - February 26th

• GMU Engineers Week - Demonstration of the applications and poster presentation: WELI and zCare - February 21st

• Wearable Technologies: Human Factors, Healthcare and Privacy - Engineering Youth Conference - February 17th

• CTD - Wearables as Supports for Executive Functioning and Independence - Online talk by Luis Perez - Center on Technology and Disability - February 7th

• Proposal Defense - Prakruthi Karuna - George Mason University - Fairfax VA - USA January 16th

• Wearable Technologies: Applications, Human Factors and Privacy - Guest Lecture - University College Dublin (UCD) - Ireland - January 5th

2017

• Qualification Exam - Harnessing Augmented Reality as a control mechanism for assistive devices - GMU Electrical and Computing Engineering (ECE) PhD- December 7th

• Master Thesis Defense - Acceptance of Social Commerce Framework - Sarah Alotaibi - GMU Information Sciences and Technology (IST) - December 4th

• Caring For The Caregiver Hack - Richmond, Virginia - November 4 - 5 [Video] [Blog post]

• Amulet Project Retreat - Dartmouth College - October 23rd - 24th - Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

• SIGCHI sponsored Summer School on Pervasive Computing Interaction for Binational Challenges - CICESE - Ensenada, Mexico - September 18-22

• Human Computer Interaction International - Vancouver, Canada - July 11th - 14th

• IARPA CREATE Technical Visit - GMU - June 26th and 27th

• Cybertech Fairfax - McLean VA - June 13th

• Launching Academics on the Tenure-Track: An Intentional Community in Engineering - Bainbridge Seattle WA - May 18-21

• Mason's Responsible Conduct of Research Seminar - GMU - April 24th

• 2017 Biotech and Health Sciences Research Symposium - GMU - April 21st

• Comprehensive Exam - Modeling and Manipulating Comprehension Burden of Text Documents using Automated Text Manipulation Algorithms - April 18th

• UXDC Impact - Washington DC - April 14th - 15th

• Financial Services Training - Banner Finance - GMU - April 11th

• Proposal Defense - Bahman Rashidi - Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond VA - USA April 10th

• Multidisciplinary Research Initiative in Modeling, Simulation, and Data Analytics - Idea Testing Session - April 7th GMU

• 2017 NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop - CMMI - April 2-4 - Portland USA

• NSF Career Workshop CISE - Arlington - March 19th - USA

• Wearable Technologies: Applications, Human Factors and Privacy - Invited talk at Virginia Commonwealth University - March 17th - Richmond USA [Flyer]

• IARPA CREATE Performers Kickoff Meeting - Mclean - February 14-16th - USA

• Math Modeling - Mini Hackathon - Department of Mathematical Sciences at George Mason University - February 10th - USA

• Wearable Technologies: Applications, Human Factors and Privacy - Invited talk at Virginia Tech - February 10th - USA [Flyer]

• Blackboard Basics - Online Course - January 16-20th - USA

2016

• Wearable Health: Applications, Human Factors and Privacy - Guest Lecture at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) - December 1st - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

• CRA-W Early and Mid Career Mentoring Workshop - November 19th and 20th - Washington DC, USA

• Fall 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference - November 14th and 15th - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

• Wearable Technologies: Applications, Human Factors and Privacy - Guest Lecture at George Mason University - October 27th - Fairfax, VA, USA

• Wearable Technologies: Applications, Human Factors and Privacy - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University - October 15th - Fairfax, VA, USA [Newsletter]

• Amulet Project Retreat - Dartmouth College - October 10th - Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

• ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communication - September 23 - 24th - Silver Spring, USA

• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - Annual Meeting - September 19 to 23rd - Washington DC

• Orientation Sessions - August 22nd and 23rd - George Mason University - Center for the Arts - Fairfax, VA

• eNTERFACE - July 18th to August 12th - University of Twente - Enschede - The Netherlands

• Data Science Innovation Lab Hub 2016 - June 14th -19th - UCLA, CA - USA [33% acceptance rate]

• Global mHealth Training - Fogarty NIH - June 6-9 - Bethesda, Maryland - USA [17.5% acceptance rate]

• Mental Health First Aid - George Mason University - Fairfax, VA - USA

• HCIL (Human-Computer Interaction Lab) Annual Symposium, University of Maryland - May 26 - Maryland - USA

• Writing Retreat - Fenwick Library - George Mason University - May 23-25 - Fairfax, VA, USA

• Computing Research: Addressing National Priorities and Societal Needs - May 9-10, International Trade Center - Washington DC - USA [Video] [Media coverage]

• Designing and Teaching for All Learners - May 3rd, Research Hall - George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

• Writing Winning Grants: Grant Development as a Faculty Researcher - April 26th, Science and Technology Campus - GMU - Manassas, USA

• Panel: ABI.DC Event: CODE — Debugging the Gender Gap - April 8th, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Alexandria, DC, USA

• Avances de la Ingeniería Biomédica y las ciencias de las tecnologías de información en el desarollo de dispositivos "wearables" - March 28-20th, CIET - UCSP - Arequipa, Peru

• Breaking Barriers in Science: Women in International Collaborations CRDFGlobal- March 8th, Top of the Town - Arlington, VA

• Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing Conference - March 4th-5th, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA

• Diversity and Inclusion Fuels Innovation in STEM - The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) - March 2nd-3rd, Capitol Hill Outreach Event, DC, VA

• Lecture Series: The Internet at the Speed of Light - February 24th, Research Hall - George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

• George Mason University Provost's Multidisciplinary Security Symposium - February 12th, Mason Global Center - George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

• Cybersecurity of Health Mobile Apps and Medical Devices - February 3rd, Volgenau School of Engineering - George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

• Context Enabled Computing - January 12th, Software Engineering Institute - Carnegie Mellon University - SEI Webminar Series

2015

• A Conversation with Bill Gates: The Future Generation's Role in Addressing the World's Greatest Challenges - November 2nd, Clemson University, SC, USA

• HFES Annual Meeting - October 26th - 30st, Los Angeles, CA, USA

• UX Day @ HFES Annual Meeting - October 28th, Los Angeles, CA, USA

• Workshop: Improving your communication - October 23rd, Clemson University, SC, USA

• Workshop: Controversial Topics and Difficult Dialogues: Effectively Engaging Students in Critical Conversations in the Classroom - October 20th, Clemson University, SC, USA

• MatLab seminar: Data Analysis with MatLab by MathWorks - October 6th, Clemson University, SC, USA

• An Overview of Wearable Applications for Health Care: Requirements and Challenges - September 18th, Seminar of Computing, Invited Talk, Clemson University, SC, USA [PDF]

• 'Representing Data for Human Observers: Nuggets of Wisdom from Research in Vision and Cognition' by Dr. Bernice Rogowitz - July 14, Clemson University, SC, USA

• Georgia Tech Symposium on Design & Wearable Technology - May 8-9, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA

• Computing Community Consortium - Privacy Enabling Design Workshop - May 7-8, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA. Report: [PDF]

• Wearable Computing: Human Factors & Privacy - May 4 - Invited Talk, George Mason University, USA

2014

• World Usability Day - November 21st, 2014, Clemson University, SC, USA

• UX Day (User Experience Day) - October 29th, 2014, Chicago, USA

• HFES (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting) - October 27-31, 2014, Chicago, USA

• MobileHCI 2014 (September 23-26, 2014), Toronto, Canada

• UbiComp/ISWC 2014 (ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing), Seattle, USA

• ASGA 2014: Atelier on Smart Garment and Accessories (September 14th, 2014), Seattle, USA

• Ethics Across the Curriculum seminar (Short Course, August 11-13, 2014), Clemson, SC, USA

• ER-CAS 2014 (Escola Regional de Computação aplicada à Saúde) - Invited Talk (May 24th, 2014)

  • HFES Clemson (Human Factors and Ergonomic Society Clemson) - Invited Talk, Clemson, SC, USA

• ThatCamp Upstate - April, 18th, 2014, Clemson, SC, USA

• CWIC'2014: Carolinas Women in Computing, Charleston, SC, USA

2013

• • WebMedia'2013: 19th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web. Salvador, BA, Brazil.

  • SIGDOC'2013: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) 2013. Greenville, NC, USA.

  • CHI Belgium Barcamp: Adapting GUIs to the context of use. On October 23, 2013 - Ghent, Belgium.

• CASFE’2013 Workshop Context-Aware Adaptation of Service Front-Ends (CASFE’2013). London, England.

• EICS'2013: 5th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, London, England.

  • RCIS'2013: 7th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, May 29-31 2013, Paris, France

• WWW'2013: 22nd International World Wide Web Conference, May 13th - 17th, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2012

• CASFE’2012 Workshop Context-Aware Adaptation of Service Front-Ends (CASFE’2012). Pisa, Italy.

• AVI'2012 Advanced Visual Interfaces. Animated Transitions between User Interface Views. 2012. Capri, Italy.

• NordiCHI. Assessing Lag Perception in Electronic Sketching. 2012. Copenhagen, Denmark.

• CHI Belgium Barcamp. Adapting GUIs according to the context of use. iMinds - Ghent - Belgium.

2011

• 11th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2011). Multi-Dimensional Context-Aware Adaptation of Web Applications. 2011. Paphos, Cyprus.

• INTERACT 2011 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Lisbon, Portugal

• UIDL’2011 – Software Support for User Interface Description Language – Interact Workshop. Lisbon, Portugal

• ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems. A Computational Framework for Multi-Dimensional Context-aware Adaptation. 2011. Pisa, Italy.

• CHI Belgium Autumn 2011 - Alan Dix keynote on the Dynamics of Internal Cognition and the Web as External Representation. September 21st, Antwerp, Belgium.

2010

• SecAppDev (Secure Application Development) - Leuven, Belgium

• 8th European Conference on European interactive Television Conference. Collaborative Annotation of Videos: Watching and Commenting (YouTube) Videos. 2010. Tampere, Finland.

• human.interaction.design2010. 2010. Brussels, Belgium.

2009

• 7th European Interactive Television Conference. Collaborative synchronous video annotation via the watch-and-comment paradigm. 2009. Leuven, Belgium.

• ERBASE (Regional School on Computer Science - Bahia/Alagoas/Sergipe) - Ilhéus, BA, Brazil

2008

• Google Developer Day. 2008 (June 27th-28th) - São Paulo - SP, Brazil.

• 11th Symposium of Thesis and Dissertations of the PostGraduation Program in Computer Sciences and Mathematics. 2008. São Carlos, SP, Brazil.

• 3rd Workshop PAE (Enhancement Plan for Education / Programa de Aperfeiçoamento do Ensino). São Carlos, SP, Brazil.

2007

• • 13th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web (WebMedia 2007). Gramado, RS, Brazil

• 2nd Workshop PAE (Enhancement Plan for Education / Programa de Aperfeiçoamento do Ensino). São Carlos, SP, Brazil.

• International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, 2007, Búzios, RJ, Brazil

2006

• 10th Conference on Health Informatics (CBIS) - Florianopólis, SC, Brazil.

• SIICUSP - International Symposium of Scientific Initiation. 2006. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

• 1st Workshop for RUTE (University Network for Telemedicine / Rede Universitária para Telemedicina). 2006. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

• 3rd Workshop Tidia FAPESP. Educational Games about Leprosy. 2006. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.