ISABEL NETO FOOTPRINT

Social Robotics - Accessibility - Children

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

 Arthur C. Clarke

About me

Hello, I am an Assistant Professor in Faculdade de Ciências, University of Lisbon. I have a Computer Science PhD from IST - Technical Institute, University of Lisbon.

My research focused on novel experiences between mixed-ability children, exploring social development and group engagement within Human Robots Interactions, improving accessibility, and valuing individual abilities to create inclusive experiences.

With 20 + years of experience in senior leadership, design, business, people, and change in the IT and Telecommunications Industry, embraced several technical and management areas in Digital, Customer Operations, and IT. Collaborated with many talented people having a long experience in a customer-centric approach, leading design thinking methods and agile teams to build and develop personalized and ethical experiences in digital channels & assisted channels

I aim to leverage artificial intelligence, human-centered AI, and social robots to foster a more inclusive society and design exceptional experiences, products, and services with a strong societal purpose.

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Isabel Neto

I am curious, creative, energetic and reliable.

" We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done "

Alan Turing

Research

01 01
Inclusion in
education

Fostering social engagement and participation for all children.

02 02
Creative and collaborative
activities

Valuing the differences, openness to fail, co-creation, and joint knowledge production

03 03
Robots and
multimodal interfaces.

Augmenting classrooms with technologies that account students mixed visual abilities.

04 04
User-centred
approach

Involving stakeholders in a iterative process of ideation, prototyping and test.

" The secret of getting ahead is getting started "

Mark Twain

  • Robots in Inclusive Classrooms

    Using Social Robots to Create Inclusive Classroom Experiences for Children with Mixed Visual Abilities

  • Tailor Network

    Developing the scientific foundations for Trustworthy AI through the integration of learning, optimisation and reasoning

  • HALO Project

    Exploring the Development of AI Personas for Individuals Who Have Lost Their Voice

  • ARCADE

    proposes leveraging interactive and digital technologies to create context-aware workspaces to improve physical rehabilitation practices.

Related Publications

Investigating crossmodal correspondences between vibrotactile stimuli, colour, and emotions IJHCS 2025 | Jan 2025

Neto I.; Soares I.; Paiva A.; Nicolau H.

"Inclusion as a Process: Co-Designing an Inclusive Robotic Game with Neurodiverse Classrooms ASSETS 2024 | Oct 2024

Piedade P.; Neto I.; Pires A.; Prada R.; Nicolau H.

"Ethical Concerns whenWorking with Mixed-Ability Groups of Children ASSETS 2024 | Oct 2024

Henriques A.; Piedade P.; Rocha F.; Neto I.; Nicolau H.

"I'm Not Touching You. It's The Robot!": Inclusion Through A Touch-Based Robot Among Mixed-Visual Ability Children HRI 2024 | Mar 2024

Neto; Hu; Correia; Rocha; Buckmayer; Nogueira; Hoffman; Nicolau; Paiva (video)

Conveying Emotions through Shape-changing to Children with and without Visual Impairment HRI 2024 | May 2024

Neto I.; Hu Y.; Correia F.; Rocha F.; Hoffman G.; Nicolau H.; Paiva A. (video)

The Effects of Observing Robotic Ostracism on Children's Prosociality and Basic Needs HRI 2024 | Mar 2024

Correia, F.; Neto. I.; Paulo, S.; Piedade, P.; Erel, H.; aiva, A.; Nicolau,H.

"More-than-human Perspective on the Robomorphism Paradigm HRI 2024 | Mar 2024

Correia, F.; Neto, I.; Fortes-Ferreira, M.; Oogjes, D.; Almeida, T.

"The Robot Made Us Hear Each Other" Fostering Inclusive Conversations among Mixed-Visual Ability Children HRI 2023 | Mar 2023

Neto, I.; Correia, F.; Rocha, F.; Piedade, P.; Paiva, A.; Nicolau,H.

"Coding Together: On Co-located and Remote Collaboration between Children with Mixed-Visual Abilities (pdf) CHI 2023 | Abr 2023

Rocha, F. ; Neto, I.; Correia, F.; Pires, A.; Guerreiro, J.; Guerreiro, T.; Nicolau,H.

PartiPlay: A Participatory Game Design Kit for Neurodiverse Classrooms (pdf) ASSETS 2023 | Out 2023

Piedade,P.; Neto,I.; Pires,A.; Prada,R.; Nicolau, H.

Co-designing a Bespoken Wearable Display for People with Dissociative Identity Disorder (pdf) ASSETS 2022 | Out 2022

Piedade,P.; Matsus,N.; Rodrigues,C.; Cecilio,F.; Marques,A.; Rings of Saturn; Neto,I.; Nicolau, H. (video)

Touchibo: Multimodal Texture-Changing Robotic Platform for Shared Human Experiences (pdf) UIST 2022 | Out 2022

Hu, Y.; Neto, I.; Ryu, J.; Shtarbanov, A.; Nicolau,H.; Paiva, A.; Hoffman, G. (video)

Inclusive'R'Stories: An Inclusive Storytelling Activity with an Emotional Robot (pdf) HRI 2022 | Mar 2022

Antunes, C; Neto, I; Correia, F; Nicolau, H; Paiva, A.

Community Based Robot Design for Classrooms with Mixed Visual Abilities Children (pdf) CHI 2021 | May 2021

Neto, I.; Nicolau, H.; Paiva, A.

Accembly at Home: Accessible Spatial Programming for Children with Visual Impairments and their Families (pdf) IDC 2021 | Jun. 2021

Rocha,F.; Pires,A.; Neto,I.; Nicolau,H.; Guerreiro,T. (video)

Body Perception Manipulation with Movement Sonification for Stroke Survivors Rehabilitation ICGI 21 | Nov. 2021

Oliveira, F.; Neto, I.; Lopes, D.; Nicolau, H.

Fostering Inclusive Activities in Mixed-visual Abilities Classrooms using Social Robots HRI 2021 - Companion | Mar 2021

Neto, I.; Nicolau, H.; Paiva, A. (video)

Using tabletop robots to promote inclusive classroom experiences IDC 2020 | June 2020

Neto,I.; Johal,W.; Couto,M.; Nicolau,H.; Paiva,A.; Guneysu,A. (video)

Using Social Robots to Create Inclusive Classroom Experiences for Children with Mixed Visual Abilities ASSETS 20 - DC | Oct. 2020

Neto, I.; Nicolau, H.; Paiva, A.

" Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. "

Stephen Hawking

My Industry FootPrint

  • Industry

    more than 20 years in IT and telecommunication industry