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PhD candidate in INFORMATICS ENGINEERING at the University of Coimbra. Master in COMPUTATIONAL KNOWLEDGE MODELING with specialization in Informatics in Education by the Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil (UFAL-BRAZIL). Postgraduate Certificate in SPECIALIST IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (2006) by College of Technology of Alagoas. Postgraduate Certificate in SPECIALIST IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (2004) and SPECIALIST IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT (2011) by UFAL-BRAZIL. Bachelor in COMPUTER SCIENCE in 2002 by UFAL-BRAZIL. I have held a public position as an Information Technology Analyst (IT ANALYST) at UFAL-BRAZIL since 2010/01, developing activities as Project Manager, Team Leader, and Software Requirements Analyst. Collaborator and Mentor in NSPIRA MENTORING - Program of female talent retention in Informatics of the Department of Informatics Engineering at the University of Coimbra (since 2022). Scientific Path. I published one article in a specialized magazine, the Brazilian Journal of Scientific Management, titled "A Strategy for Implementing Integrated Management Systems in Public Institutions" (2014). I published six papers at conferences and performed nine oral presentations, as follows: - XXIV International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE), Coimbra, 2022. – Publisher: IEEE - Early Career Researchers Workshop - ECSS2022, Hamburg, Germany, 2022 - Women in Informatics Research and Education (WIRE) - EUGAIN Workshop, Hamburg, Germany, 2022 - 1st International EUGAIN Summer Training School, Lugano, Switzerland, 2022 - XIV Women in Information Technology of the Brazilian Computer Society, Cuiabá, 2020. - XXVI Brazilian Symposium on Computers In Education, Maceió, 2015. - 6th EDaPECI National Seminar, Maceió, 2015. - Sixty International Conference on Concept Mapping, Santos, 2014. - XXIV Brazilian Symposium on Computers in Education, Campinas, 2013. I published one summary in the Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference, Honolulu, 2014. I participated in several congresses, symposiums, and scientific conferences in Brazil and Europe, for example, the European Computer Science Summit (2021, 2022); the 20th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (2022); the WIRE-EUGAIN Workshop (2021, 2022); the Women in Information Technology Workshops (2013, 2017, 2019); the Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society (2017, 2019); and the Brazilian Congress of Informatics in Education (2013, 2015). I participated in the Organizing Committee of Scientific Congresses in Brazil and Coimbra. I participated as a Scientific Initiation Scholarship holder in a project by CNPq-Brazil (1999-2000). Past Works. I have experience as a teacher-tutor online for the undergraduate course in Information Systems at UFAL-BRAZIL (2010-2022), where I offered academic support to the teachers and interaction with students. I worked in the Engineering Sciences and Technologies area with an emphasis on project management, software engineering, computer programming, and teaching informatics in positions in the industry (2003-2013).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sunny Kelma Oliveira Miranda

Citation names

  • Miranda, Sunny K. O.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7C10-9FDE-B604
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4916-5618

Email addresses

  • sunnymiranda@dei.uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/09 - 2026
Ongoing
 PhD IN INFORMATICS ENGINEERING (Doutoramento)
Major in Information Systems
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011 - 2017
Concluded
 MASTER IN COMPUTATIONAL KNOWLEDGE MODELING (Master)
Major in Informatics in Education
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
"Analysis of using a discussion forum tool based on concept maps: an experiment in the UAB-UFAL system." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010 - 2011
Concluded
 SPECIALIST IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Business Process Management
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
"Process Management: a proposal for improving the organization of processes at the Information Technology Center - NTI/UFAL." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2005 - 2006
Concluded
 SPECIALIST IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Software Engineering
Faculdade de Tecnologia de Alagoas, Brazil
"Object-Oriented Software Modeling Project for the Tax Debt System of the Treasury Department of the State of Alagoas." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003 - 2004
Concluded
 SPECIALIST IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Information Techology
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
"Electronic Auction in Public Administration in Brazil: Case Study of the Electronic Procurement Portal and the Federal Government's Electronic Auction System." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1999 - 2002
Concluded
 BACHELOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (Bachelor)
Major in Distributed Systems
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
"Study of Support Technologies for Distributed Object Applications: A Case Study of E-commerce Negotiation." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/01 - Current IT ANALYST Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
2008 - 2010 IT ANALYST Companhia Energética de Alagoas, Brazil
Companhia Energética de Alagoas, Brazil
2005 - 2008 IT ASSISTANT Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Brazil
2003 - 2007 IT MANAGER Secretaria de Estado da Fazenda de Alagoas, Brazil
Secretaria de Estado da Fazenda de Alagoas, Brazil

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010 - 2021/12 TUTOR-TEACHER Universidade Aberta do Brasil - UAB-UFAL, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
2012/11 - 2013/06 IT PROFESSOR Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Alagoas - Campus Maceió, Brazil
Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Alagoas, Brazil
2001 - 2003 WEB DEVELOPER Artecetera Comunicação Integrada, Brazil
Artecetera Comunicação Integrada, Brazil
1998 - 1998 IT INTERN Colégio INEI, Brazil
Colégio INEI, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
1999 - 2000 FIACI Project - Synchronism and Graphic Programming in the Context of the Sianalco Project
cnpq-SINALCO
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/04 - Current INSPIRA MENTORING - Program of female talent retention in Informatics
INPIRA-DEIUC
Collaborator/Mentor
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal
Not funded
2019 - Current Katie Extension Project: coming out of the black hole and boosting girls in Computer Science.
PJ104-2022
Collaborator
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
 Universidade Federal de Alagoas
Ongoing
2021 - 2024/10 COST ACTION CA19122 - EUGAIN - European Network For Gender Balance in Informatics
CA19122
Collaborator
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Miranda, Sunny K. O.; MELO, FJ; ROCHA, HJB; COSTA, EB; PARAGUAÇU, FÁBIO. "A Formal Model for Supporting Negotiated Interactions among Apprentices in Discussion Forums". Paper presented in Intelligent Tutoring Systems 2014 Conference, Honolulu, 2014.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Miranda, Sunny K. O.; Marcelino, Maria; Silva, Paula. "Influences on IT-Related Courses Choices: A Gendered Analysis Based on Social Cognitive Career Theory". Paper presented in CSEDU - International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Porto, 2025.
    Published • 10.5220/0013292900003932
  2. Sousa, Francisca; Tejo, Leonor; Miranda, Sunny K. O.; Silva, Paula. "Shaping the Digital Content of Mentoring Programs for Women in Informatics: Insights from an Exploratory Study". Paper presented in CSEDU - International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Porto, 2025.
    Published • 10.5220/0013286000003932
  3. Miranda, Sunny K. O.; Marcelino, Maria José; Silva, Paula Alexandra. "An Ontology to Trace the Computer Science Student Profile". Paper presented in 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), College Station, 2023.
    Published • 10.1109/fie58773.2023.10342999
  4. Miranda, Sunny K. O.. "Mapping the Academic Profile of the Computer Science Student from School to University: Pathway Tracing and Gender Analysis". Paper presented in XXIV International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE), Coimbra, 2022.
    Published • 10.1109/siie56031.2022.9982311
  5. Andrade, Ester De Lima Pontes; Benevides, Kamila Almeida; Silva, Kelly Bianca Araujo; Medeiros, Letícia; Ferreira, Luana Júlia Nunes; Sousa, Natália De Assis; Almeida, Eliana; Miranda, Sunny K. O.. "Katie: saindo do buraco negro e impulsionando as meninas para a computação". Paper presented in XIV Women in Information Technology, Cuibá, 2020.
    Published • 10.5753/wit.2020.11302
  6. Miranda, Sunny K. O.; Ferreira, Fernanda; Costa, Evandro; Paraguaçu, Fábio. "Experimento de uma ferramenta de fórum baseado em mapas conceituais: uma nova forma de interação". Paper presented in XXVI BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION, Maceió, 2015.
    Published • 10.5753/cbie.sbie.2015.917
  7. FERREIRA, FERNANDA JOSIRENE DE MELO; Miranda, Sunny K. O.. "Um Modelo de Aprendizagem de Apoio à Interação entre Aprendizes em Fóruns de Discussão baseado em Mapas Conceituais". Paper presented in Sixty International Conference On Concept Mapping, Santos, 2014.
    Published
  8. Ferreira, Fernanda Josirene de Melo; Miranda, Sunny K. O.; Costa, Evandro De Barros; Da Costa, Fábio Paraguaçu Duarte; Rocha, Hemilis Joyse Barbosa. "Um Modelo de Fórum de Discussão com Suporte às Interações entre Aprendizes utilizando Mapas Conceituais". Paper presented in XXIV BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION, Campinas, 2013.
    Published • 10.5753/cbie.sbie.2013.416
  9. LIMA, Maria Doris A; Gomes, Rose Mary P.; Miranda, Sunny K. O.. "Information Technologies and Communication and Professional Activities: Relationship of Applicability by Students of a Master's Degree in Education". Paper presented in V Education Research Meeting in Alagoas - EPEAL, Maceió, 2010.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Silva Filho, Reinaldo Cabral; Miranda, Sunny Kelma Oliveira; Silva Júnior, Luiz Cláudio Ferreira da; Oliveira, Thiago Araújo Silva. "Uma estratégia para implantação de sistemas integrados de gestão em instituições públicas". Revista Brasileira de Administração Científica 5 2 (2014): 235-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.6008/spc2179-684x.2014.002.0018.
    Published • 10.6008/spc2179-684x.2014.002.0018
Manual
  1. Miranda, Sunny K. O.. Corresponding author: Miranda, Sunny K. O.. Uncisal's Digital Inclusion. Maceió, Brazil. 2006.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Miranda, Sunny Kelma Oliveira. "Análise da utilização de uma ferramenta de fórum de discussão baseado em mapas conceituais: um experimento no sistema UAB-UFAL". Master, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 2017. http://www.repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/2069.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/22 Co-creating futures together within INSPIRA, a mentoring program for women in Informatics. WomENcourage 2023: 10th ACM Celebration of Women in Computing
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Trodheim, Norway)
2023/10/19 An Ontology to Trace the Computer Science Student Profile 2023 IEEE ASEE Frontiers in Education
Texas A&M University’s (TAMU) (College Station, United States)
2022/11/18 Doctoral Consortium: Mapping the Academic Profile of the Computer Science Student from School to University: Pathway Tracing and Gender Analysis XXIV International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE)
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/10/26 My Path towards PhD Women in Informatics Research and Education (WIRE) - EUGAIN Workshop
Informatics Europe (Hamburgo, Germany)
2022/10/24 Poster: Mapping of the Academic Profile of the Computer Science Student from School to University Early Career Researchers Workshop - ECSS2022
Informatics Europe (Hamburgo, Germany)
2022/06/07 Poster: Mapping of the Academic Profile of the Computer Science Student from School to University: Pathway Tracing and Gender Analysis 1st International EUGAIN Summer Training School
European Network For Gender Balance in Informatics - EUGAIN (Lugano, Switzerland)
2015 The bMC Forum tool and its protocols. 6th. EDaPECI National Seminar
Universidade Federal de Alagoas (Maceió, Brazil)
2015 Experimento de uma ferramenta de fórum baseado em mapas conceituais: uma nova forma de interação. XXVI BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION
Universidade Federal de Alagoas (Maceió, Brazil)
2014 "A Learning Model to Support Interaction Among Learners in Discussion Forums Based on Conceptual Maps". Sixty International Conference On Concept Mapping
School of Arts, Sciences and Humanity (Santos, Brazil)
2011 Collaboration in the Context of Learning Activities in AVAs: a case study implementing the Salmon e-tivities model and modeling through Networks of Petri. VIII Academic Congress of UFAL
Universidade Federal de Alagoas (Maceió, Brazil)
2010 Information Technologies and Communication and Professional Activities: Relationship of Applicability by Students of a Master's Degree in Education V Education Research Meeting in Alagoas - EPEAL
Universidade Federal de Alagoas (Maceió, Brazil)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/07 - 2022/07 The 20th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (2022/07 - 2022/07)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 - 2013 VII- WIT-Women in Information Technology / Congress of the Brazilian Computing Society (2013 - 2013)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
2011 - 2011 VIII Academic Congress of Ufal (2011 - 2011)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
2010 - 2010 VII Academic Congress of Ufal (2010 - 2010)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/18 - 2023/10/21 2023 IEEE ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference
Conference
 2023 IEEE ASEE Frontiers in Education
Texas A&M University, United States
2023/09/20 - 2023/09/22 WomENcourage 2023: 10th ACM Celebration of Women in Computing
Conference
 WomENcourage 2023: 10th ACM Celebration of Women in Computing
Association for Computing Machinery, United States
2023/03/10 - 2023/03/11 EdTech Summit Portugal
Conference
 EdTech Summit Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11 - 2022/11 XXIV International Symposium on Computers in Education
Seminar
 XXIV International Symposium on Computers in Education
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/10/26 - 2022/10/26 WIRE-EUGAIN Workshop - "Workforce for the Digital Transformation - Attracting and Retaining Female Students from Bachelor and Master to PhD"
Seminar
 WIRE-EUGAIN Workshop - "Workforce for the Digital Transformation"
Universität Hamburg, Germany
2022/10/24 - 2022/10/25 18th European Computer Science Summit
Symposium
 18th European Computer Science Summit
Universität Hamburg, Germany
2022 - 2022 The 20th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Conference
 The 20th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/10/27 - 2021/10/27 WIRE-EUGAIN Workshop: "Sustainability and Gender Balance – How to Retain Girls and Women in Computer Science"
Seminar
 WIRE-EUGAIN Workshop: "Sustainability and Gender Balance – How to Retain Girls and Women in Computer Science"
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
2021/10/25 - 2021/10/26 17th European Computer Science Summit
Symposium
 17th European Computer Science Summit
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
2019/07/15 - 2019/07/16 XIII Women in Information Technology
Symposium
 XIII Women in Information Technology
Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
2019 - 2019 XXXIX Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society
Congress
 XXXIX Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society
Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
2017 - 2017 XXXVII Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society
Congress
 XXXVII Congress of the Brazilian Computer Society
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2017 - 2017 XI Women in Information Technology
Symposium
 XIV Women in Information Technology
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil
2016 - 2016 XV Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS).
Symposium
 XV Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality (SBQS).
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
2015/10 - 2015/10 IV CBIE - Brazilian Congress of Informatics in Education
Congress
 IV CBIE - Brazilian Congress of Informatics in Education
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
2013/11/25 - 2013/11/29 CBIE 2013 - Brazilian Congress of Informatics in Education: "Informática na Educação: da pesquisa à ação"
Congress
 CBIE 2013 - Brazilian Congress of Informatics in Education
Universidade de Campinas Centro de Computação em Engenharia e Ciências, Brazil

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2012 - 2013 Informatics (Magister) Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Alagoas, Brazil
2005 - 2008 Digital Inclusion Project for Uncisal Employees Digital Inclusion Project for Uncisal Employees (Magister (2nd cycle)) Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Brazil

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2010 - 2021/12 Academic support to the teachers and interaction with students. tutoring classes rather than a specific student