University of Nottingham
Gisela is a Transitional Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham, and part of the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub and Responsible AI UK research programmes. She is based in the School of Computer Science, as member of the Mixed Reality Lab and Horizon Digital Economy Research.
She has completed a PhD in Computer Science (2022) and a MSc in Human Computer Interaction (2016) at the University of Nottingham, and a BSc in Computer Systems Engineering at the Pachuca Institute of Technology (2013).
She is researching Human-Computer and Human-Robot Interaction to understand everyday life interactions with, trust in, and public acceptance of, socio-technical autonomous systems (from mobile apps that have, or may have, a component that works autonomously, to robots that can navigate a physical space on their own, such as telepresence robots), in order to inform responsible system design and design practices.
Her research interests also include fine-grained analysis of interaction (using ethnomethodology and conversation analysis), accessibility and social-justice oriented HCI. Her doctoral work presented a design critique of how disability is framed in technology design and provided a framework for centring the competencies and participation of visually impaired people in HCI research and design.