My Name is Kenia Sousa. I am currently doing my PhD in Université catholique de Louvain (UCL). I am a doctorate researcher in the Belgian Laboratory of Computer-Human Interaction (BCHI) at UCL. I am a member of the ACM SIGCHI Belgian Chapter.
I have finished my Diplôme D’études Approfondies (DEA) in UCL in September 2008 with great distinction. I have graduated in Computer Science from the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR) in 2003 and received my Masters degree at the Master in Applied Computer Science in 2005 at UNIFOR, in Brazil.
Since 2002, I have been working with Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), more specifically on processes, methods, and models of UI design and evaluation; and on the integration of HCI with Software Engineering (SE).
My most relevant publications were in TAMODIA 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007, CADUI 2002 and 2008, INTERACT 2003, HCI INTERNATIONAL 2003 and 2005, workshops on the integration of HCI and SE in ICSE 2003, 2004, and 2005 and ACM SAC 2008.
In the private marketplace, I have provided consulting services for software organizations on the definition of the software development process from 2004 until 2006. I have worked for software organizations on the pharmaceutical, financial, and health insurance businesses.
In the academic environment, I have worked on research projects related to HCI and Distance Learning at UNIFOR. I have worked on a research project for the definition of the Brazilian Digital Television System, financed by the Brazilian Government. During 2005, I was the Vice-Chair of the ACM BR-CHI Organizing Comittee.