Coordinators

Doris Kosminsky

Designer, researcher and assistant professor at Visual Communication Design Undergraduate Course and Visual Arts Graduate Program from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She holds a master degree and a PhD in design from PUC-Rio . She had been working with Arts and Design for a long time and was an art director at the news department of Globo TV, the most popular television network in Brazil.(CV lattes)

Claudio Esperança

Claudio Esperança received a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering (1980), and a M.Sc. in Computer Science (1990), both from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, as well as a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from University of Maryland (1995). He is an associate professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro since 1996, where he lectures and conducts research in several areas related to Computer Graphics and Databases. These include Visualization, Geometric Modeling, Geographical Information Systems, Spatial Databases and Computational Geometry.

Pós-Doutores

Júlia Rabetti Giannella

Designer, professor and researcher interested in the areas of information design, interaction design and data visualization. PhD in Design and Technology from ESDI-UERJ. She is currently a substitute professor of the Visual Design Communication course at UFRJ, a postdoctoral fellow at the Postgraduate Program in Design at EBA – UFRJ and a researcher at LabVis.

Researchers

Lucas Barcellos Oliveira

Computer and Information Engineering undergraduate student at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Participated in the development of Visualizing VIsualizers and the research project regarding intentions and design characteristics of data visualization media.

Igor Falconieri

Graduated in Graphic Design from the State University of Minas Gerais, works as a user experience designer focused on digital interfaces and visualization. Currently researching data visualization at the Graduate Program in Design at UFRJ

Rodolfo Almeida

Visual journalist at Nucleo, data designer at Kunumi, master's student in design at EBA-UFRJ and researcher at LabVis. Worked at Nexo Jornal, producing hundreds of data stories and infographics and produced video stories at Estadão newspaper. Collaborated with dozens of outlets and institutions such as The Intercept, Piauí, Greenpeace, WWF, and more, having his work recognized by Malofiej, SND, Sigma Awards and part of Biennale di Venezia's 2018 catalog.

Luis Ludwig

Graduated in Graphic Design from the State University of Minas Gerais, works as a user experience designer focused on digital interfaces and visualization. Currently researching data visualization at the Graduate Program in Design at UFRJ

Contributors

Bárbara Castro

Is artist-researcher and designer. PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Poetics in the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she got her Master Degree in 2013. She has worked as a researcher trainee at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics and as a motion designer at TV GLOBO. She has participated in conferences and exhibitions in France, Denmark and Brazil. In Labvis, she supervises undergraduate students and develops computational art with data visualization coding.

Egressos

Luana Carolina da Silva

Visual Communication Design undergraduate student at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Designer and researcher, she participate in the development of project regarding intentions and design characteristics of data visualization media. Besides the projects on the area, have been worker on the Nacional Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES).

Gabriel Henrique Fermiano

Visual Communication Design undergraduate student at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He is a PIBIAC fellow at LabVis and has been on the team since May 2020. His main areas of interest in design are UX, UI and data visualization.

Anna Beatriz Bruzaca

Visual Communication Design undergraduate student at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), PIBIAC fellow at LabVis and part of the team since September 2021. Her main areas of interest in design are UX and data visualization.

Ana Carolina Ataliba

Visual Communication Design undergraduate student at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Currently she is working as Designer and Front-end Developer. She held a PIBIAC scholarship granted by LabVis from October to December 2021.