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Research Topics

Before merging with Ideias Lab », our research topics included:

Semiotics and Signification in Contemporary AI

This is a recent topic for SERG, launched in July 2017 in collaboration with IBM Research Brazil ». We are applying Semiotic Engineering to investigate Explainable AI (XAI), Deep Learning Model Interpretability, Abductive Reasoning and Sense Making. The people working on these include:

Ana Cristina Bicharra Garcia
Carla Leitão
Clarisse de Souza
João Bastos
José Cezar de Souza Filho
Juliana Ferreira
Luiz Marques
Renato Cerqueira
Simone Barbosa

Human-Centered Computing

This topic broadly touches on research issues at the interface between Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering and Development. The people working on these include:

Adriana Lopes Damian
Alessandro Fabricio Garcia
Clarisse de Souza
João Antonio Marcondes Dutra Bastos
Juliana Ferreira
José Cezar de Souza Filho
Luiz Marques
Rafael Brandão
Renato Cerqueira
Simone Barbosa
Tayana Uchôa Conte

End User Development

This is one of the most enduring topics of research at SERG. In the 1990's much of the research around this topic touched on End User Programming. Today, as end users produce all kinds of software and frequently share them with others, there is more to this research than programming. The people working with EUD at SERG include:

Alberto Raposo
Andreia Sampaio
Bruno Azevedo Chagas
Clarisse de Souza
David Redmiles
Ingrid Monteiro
Simone Barbosa