Eduarda Abrantes (DD17-1EA1-2E1E)

Curriculum Vitae

Eduarda Abrantes

Eduarda Abrantes has a PHD in Visual Arts and Intermedia of the Faculty of Fine Arts San Carlos of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain), with the thesis "Dynamic Narratives. Web Interactive Structures", having been approved with distinction (2013). Eduarda worked in areas of New Media Design, Photography and Illustration. She published editorial illustrations in various Portuguese newspapers and magazines, among which we can highlight Newspaper Expresso; Elle Magazine; DNA Magazine - Diário de Noticias and Jornal i (i Newspaper). Currently she is a professor of User Interface Design and Visual Art subjects in Games and Multimedia Undergraduate Degree at Higher School of Technologies and Management from Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal - a course she has already directed. She is interested in areas of Interactive Narratives, User Interface Design, Immersive Technologies, and Gamification Design. She is a Researcher at the Computer Graphics and Multimedia Research, a team from CIIC - Computer Science and Communication Research Center from Polytechnic University of Leiria, where she has been making research in serious games for children, immersive technologies and gamification design techniques.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Eduarda Abrantes
Gender: Female

Citation names

Eduarda Abrantes
Abrantes, Eduarda
Abrantes, E.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: DD17-1EA1-2E1E
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9150-636X

Addresses

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Departamento de Engenharia Informática. Campus 2 Morro do Lena - Alto do Vieiro Apartado 4163 2411-901 Leiria, 2411-901, Leiria, Leiria, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://www.estg.ipleiria.pt (Professional)
https://pt.linkedin.com/in/abranteseduarda (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Arts
Social Sciences - Media and Communications
Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2008 - 2013/07 Concluded	Artes Visuais y Intermedia / Visual Arts and Intermedia (Doutoramento) Major in Dynamic Narratives. Universidade Politécnica de Valência, Spain "Narrativas Dinámicas. Estructuras Interactivas de los Nuevos Medios en La Red" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Cum Laude
2006 - 2008 Concluded	Artes Visuales y Intermedia / Visual Arts and Intermedia (Diploma de especialização) Major in Artes Visuales y Intermedia Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain	Aprovado
2004/08 - 2006/06 Concluded	Audiovisuais, Multimédia e Interactividade / Audiovisuals, Multimedia and Interactivity (Mestrado) Major in Audiovisuais e Multimédia Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal "O Tempo nas Estruturas Interactivas." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
1999/09 - 2004/06 Concluded	Design e Tecnologias Multimédia / Design and Multimedia Technologies (Licenciatura) Major in Design and Audiovisuals Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	15

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/01/01 - Current	Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal

2014/10/08 - 2018/12/31	Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2014/09/19 - 2016/07/31	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2009/12 - 2014/10	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/09/01 - Current	Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Licenciatura em Games and Multimedia	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2018/10/08	Coordenador de Licenciatura em Jogos Digitais e Multimédia	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2017/05 - 2018/10	Conselho de Representantes	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2017/03 - 2018/10	Conselho científico/técnico-científico ou orgão correspondente	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2015/09 - 2017/08	Conselho Científico-Pedagógico do TeSP em Desenvolvimento de Produtos Multimédia	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2003/04 - 2009/11	Outra Situação (Técnica)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/03/01 - 2024/06/30	MORPHOPLAY - Playful strategies for assessing morphological knowledge 2022.02585.PTDC Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro de Investigação em Informática e Comunicações, Portugal Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/04 - 2023/06/30	Veggies4Heart - Creation of a digital game to promote the consumption of vegetables in preschool age Veggies4MyHeart2028 Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	Fundação Portuguesa de Cardiologia Concluded
2019/09/01 - 2023/02/28	GAMELABSNET - Interreg Sudoe SOE/P ... Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Centro de Investigação em Informática e Comunicações, Portugal	Interreg Sudoe Concluded
2017/04 - 2018/09	Repórter no Mundo - A region that brings us together: gamification as a new approach to storytelling, engagement and revenue for Região de Leiria newspaper ... Researcher Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal	Google Inc Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Silva, Maria Eduarda Moreira Abrantes Ferreira da. Narrativas Dinâmicas. Estruturas Interativas dos Novos Media na Rede.. Espanha, Portugal: Universidade Politécnica de Valência. 2013. Published
Book chapter	Anesio Neto; Eduarda Abrantes; Carlos Rabadão; Andreia Jesus; Gustavo Reis; Filipe Gonçalves; Gabriel Evangelista; Ricardo Antunes; Vítor Ferreira. "How Virtual and Augmented Reality Can Boost Manufacturing". 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-33890-8_2
Conference paper	Abrantes, Eduarda; Pinto, Carina; Carlos Guerra; Afonso Simão; Marta Fortes; Ivan Barroso; Filipe Gonçalves; Reis, Gustavo. "MorphoPlay - Designing a Serious Game to Diagnose Children with Speech Problems.". Paper presented in ICGI2023 - International Conference on Graphics and Interaction, Tomar, 2023. Published Silva, Maria Eduarda Moreira Abrantes Ferreira da. "Narrativas Dinâmicas Online". 2015. Eduarda Abrantes. "Bionarrativas. Experiências Participativas na Narração.". Paper presented in AVANCA \| CINEMA 2014 – Conferência Internacional de Cinama – Arte e Tecnologia, Comunicação, Avanca, 2014. Published Silva, Maria Eduarda Moreira Abrantes Ferreira da. "Ecology of Media Narratives.". Paper presented in 3ª Conferência Internacional de Cinema de Viana, Viana do Castelo, 2014. Published
Conference poster	Braga-Pontes, Cátia; Abrantes, Eduarda; Marlene Lages; Maria P Guarino; Mariana Borges ; Tiago Rosa; Reis, Gustavo; Ricardo Antunes. "Digital Game Veggies4myHeart". Paper presented in Open Day Indústria, 2023. Eduarda Abrantes; Cátia Pontes; Maria Guarino; Sara Dias; Marlene Lages; Gustavo Reis; Ricardo Antunes; et al. "Creation of a Food Education Instrument Based on Gamification". Paper presented in XXV Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa para Promoção da Saúde Pública, 2019. Eduarda Abrantes; Cátia Pontes; Maria Guarino; Sara Dias; Gustavo Reis; Ricardo Antunes; Tiago Duarte; et al. "Digital game to promote the consumption of vegetables in preschool children". Paper presented in Challenges in Cardiology 2019, 2019.
Journal article	Abrantes, Eduarda; Neto, Anesio; Rabadão, Carlos Manuel da Silva. "Conference Workshop: How Virtual and Augmented Reality Can Boost Manufacturing". Springer (2022): Submitted
Thesis / Dissertation	Vieira, Filipe José David. "2D Digital Game Islazoo : Graphic Design in the Creation of Digital Games for Children". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/3704. Zambujo, Luís Diogo Santos Silva e Cascalho. "Reporter in the World - Gamified Platform for Sharing and Communicating Information for the Diaspora". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/3873. Luís, Joel Fernando Ferreira. "Development of a mobile application for a social network based on gamification for the community of Leiria residents in Leiria and its diaspora". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/3871.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/11/02	MorphoPlay - Designing a Serious Game to Diagnose Children with Speech Problems	ICGI 2023 - 5th International Conference on Graphics and Interaction Polytechnic University of Tomar (Tomar, Portugal)
2023/05/26	"MorphoPlay - Prova de avaliação da consciência morfológica para crianças do 1o ciclo" / MorphoPlay - Morphological awareness assessment test for 1st cycle children	III Congresso Internacional Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapia da Fala / III International Congress Portuguese Society of Speech Therapy Centro Ismaili Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/09/30	GAMELabsNet Seminar Journée d ouverture du Visual Intelligence Lab, ESTIA, França. Présentacion du Projet GameLabsNet and état de l'art en Espagne, au Portugal et en France. Participação Online. 30 de Setembro de 2021.	GAMELabsNet Seminar Journée d’ouverture du Visual Intelligence Lab ESTIA - École Supérieure des Technologies Industrielles Avancées (Bidart, France)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/11 - 2018/06/29	Jogo digital 2D Islazoo: O design gráfico na criação de jogos digitais para crianças Supervisor	Design Gráfico (Master) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/02/25 - Current	GAMELabsNet Transnational Workshop, Immersive Technologies, Gamification and Video Game Technologies, Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal. (2022) Other (President of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021/10 - Current	ProDPM - International Conference of Progress in Digital and Physical Manufacturing - How Virtual Reality Can Boost Manufacturing, Anesio Neto, VRARA, Portugal. (2021/10) Conference (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021/06/19 - Current	GAMELabsNet Talk#1 - Industry (2021/06/19 - 2021/06/19) Round table (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2022/12/17 - 2022/12/17	GAMELabsNet - Emerging technology applications for industry (2022/12/17 - 2022/12/17) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2022/12/07 - 2022/12/07	GAMElabsNet Talk#5 Scientific Research on Immersive Technologies (2022/12/07 - 2022/12/07) Seminar	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal Institut National Universitaire Jean-François Champollion, France
2021/12/15 - 2021/12/15	GAMELabsNet - O BIM e a Realidade Aumentada na Indústria das Construções Metálicas (2021/12/15 - 2021/12/15) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021/11/29 - 2021/11/29	GAMElabsNet TALK#3 Videogames in Portugal (2021/11/29) Round table (Co-organisor)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021/09/27 - 2021/09/27	GAMElabsNet TALK#2 Healthcare (2021/09/27) Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/05/16 - Current	Poster Presentation "Jogo Digital Veggies4MyHeart" Other	ciTechCare Research Center 4th Anniversary Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2023/05 - Current	Game Design, Feminismo Especulativo de Convergência Transmedia, Patrícia Gouveia, Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Seminar	Game Design, Feminismo Especulativo de Convergência Transmedia, Patrícia Gouveia Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
2022/11 - Current	GAMELabsNet Workshop - Game Dev Tech - Unreal Engine para Realidade Virtual, por Gustavo Reis e Filipe Gonçalves Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal. Workshop	Game Dev Tech - Unreal Engine para Realidade Virtual Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2022/11 - Current	GAMELabsNet Workshop - Unity para Realidade Aumentada, por Ricardo Antunes e Roberto Ribeiro Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal. Workshop	Game Dev Tech - Unity para Realidade Aumentada Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2020/06 - Current	Jornadas Pedagógicas - Improvisos, Jogos e Aprendizagem com Catarina Cardoso. Online, Julho 2020. Round table	Jornadas Pedagógicas Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2022/11/08 - 2022/11/08	GAMELabsNet - Business Fair - Immersive Technologies and Gamification Congress	GAMELabsNet - Business Fair - Immersive Technologies and Gamification Conetic, Spain
2021/11/30 - 2021/12/02	GAMELabsNet - 1st Transnational Workshop, Presentation of the transnational network LABs: Leiria LAB-Industrial Technologies (Politécnico de Leiria), com Gustavo Reis. Bilbao, Espanha, 30 de Novembro de 2021. Workshop	GAMELabsNet - 1st Transnational Workshop GAIA - Association of Knowledge and Technology Industries of the Basque Country , Spain

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2020/05	Entre a Terra e o Mar. Registos Fotográficos do Porto de Pesca da Ericeira. (Thesis) Main arguer	Luís Miguel Oliveira de Aguiar Monteiro (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
2020/02/05	Wolfpack, O Jogo como Contributo para a Consciencialização da Solidão. (Thesis) Main arguer	Maria Simões Belo (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
2020/02/05	Labirinto Urbano. Ludificação como Forma de Comunicação Cívica e Urbana. (Thesis) Main arguer	Tiago Miguel Montês Pereira Mindrico (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
2015/11	Hybrid Spaces: Architectures Emerging From Physical-Virtual Interaction. Thesis Member	Laura Rodriguez Moscatel (PhD) Universidade Politécnica de Valência, Spain
2015	A Obra Faça-você-mesmo: Estética da Participação nas Artes Digitais. (Thesis) Arguer	Margarida Ribeiro Ferreira de Carvalho (PhD) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2023/06/05 - Current	Specialist member for Mina GHOBRIAL thesis committee Member	Institut National Universitaire Champollion, France

Distinctions

Award

2022	Veggies4myHeart Digital Game - Project of the Year in Community Nutrition and Public Health
2021	2nd Regional Prize - Poliempreende Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2020	Seed Money for Joint Swiss-Portuguese Academic Projects Conselho Coordenador dos Institutos Superiores Politécnicos, Portugal
2018	1st Prize - Challenges Accelerator Prize - 8th Challenges in Cardiology
2017	Prémio financiamento Google DNI Fund - Digital News Initiative Google Inc, United States
2005	Jovens Criadores - Design Gráfico / Young Creators - Graphic Design Clube Português de Artes e Ideias, Portugal
2001	CTT Postais CTT, Portugal

Other distinction

2022	Morphoplay - Playful strategies for assessing morphological knowledge (Serious Game) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal