Nuno Palmeiro Otero

Dr Nuno Otero PhD

Senior Lecturer in Data Science (AI Privacy)

Nuno Otero is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. He is interested in theories and conceptual frameworks in HCI, and Technology-Enhanced Learning. In a nutshell, the question driving his research concerns the understanding of how the properties of distinct devices, computational artefacts and embedded external representations impact on people’s activities (from work-related activities to educational and ludic contexts).

He has received support for his research from the: European Commission, Swedish Research Council, Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal). He has been involved in grants in worth in excess of £5m.

Before his current appointment:

  • Associate Professor of Media Technology, Linnaeus University, Sweden, 2016–2022
  • Senior Lecturer of Media Technology, Linnaeus University, Sweden, 2013-2016
  • Senior Researcher, University of Minho, Portugal, 2008–2013
  • Senior Researcher, University of Hertfordshire, UK, 2005-2008
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, INESC- ID, Portugal, 2002-2005

Computer science and computing Computer science

Responsibilities within the university

Module leader

  • User Interface Design
  • Accessible User Interfaces
  • Research Methods for Game Design

Awards
Research Grants
2020–2022

Erasmus+ (European Union funding), project coordinator, “Science4Girls”, Grant agreement: 2020-1-SE01-KA201-077811, project number: 202100-627. Budget for Linnaeus University: €48.501

2015–2017 Erasmus+ (European Union funding), PI for Linnaeus University, “Empowering the School IT infrastructures for the Implementation of Sustainable Instructional Patterns" (eSIT4SIP), budget for the Linnaeus University: €83,295
2012–2015 European Commission FP7 framework, co-I (PI for Linnaeus University: Prof. Marcelo Milrad), “JuxtaLearn”, budget for the Linnaeus University: €417,936
2012–2015 Swedish Research Council, co-I (PI for Linnaeus University: Prof. Marcelo Milrad), “Places”, budget for the Linnaeus University: €400,000
2010–2013 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal, co-I (PI: Dr. Pedro Branco), “Processing of Social Signals”, budget for the University of Minho: €106,000
2010–2013 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal, co-I (PI for University of Minho: Dr Rui José), “Mobipag”, €337,852
2010–2013 European Commission FP7 framework, co-I (PI for University of Minho: Dr Rui José), “PD-Net”, €389,760
2009–2012

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal, co-I (PI for University of Minho: Dr Rui José), “WESP”, €81,670

Recognition
Advisory Groups

External evaluator for the Portuguese higher education accreditation agency (A3ES).

Advisory board for the research group DigiMedia, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Research / Scholarly interests

Research topics

  • Ethical issues concerning the adoption and use of Learning Analytics in Education.
  • AI literacy and the understanding of ethical issues from a users’ perspective.
  • Technology-enhanced learning.

Research supervision

Doctoral Students
  • Maxmilian Muller (co-supervisor, Linnaeus University, since 2013).
  • Martin Ostlund (co-supervisor, Linnaeus University, since 2013).
  • Johanna Velander (co-supervisor, Linnaeus University, since 2021).
  • Dag Sverre Syrdal (co-supervisor, University of Hertfordshire, finished in 2018).

Recent publications