Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: SILVINO GUSTAVO ALBUQUERQUE DE MEDEIROS

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : SILVINO GUSTAVO ALBUQUERQUE DE MEDEIROS
DATE: 19/02/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Remoto
TITLE:

SILVESTER – editor of integrated and interoperable smart city dashboards focused on people with low vision

KEY WORDS:

dashboards, interoperability, smart cities, Low vision.

PAGES: 51
BIG AREA: Ciências Exatas e da Terra
AREA: Ciência da Computação
SUBÁREA: Metodologia e Técnicas da Computação
SUMMARY:

Increasingly, smart city initiatives are consolidating themselves as a benchmark for urban modernization. Information and communication technologies are widely used to provide services and make resources available to citizens. In this context, we see how the quality of access to technology has a direct impact on citizens’ lives. In particular, people belonging to historically marginalized groups, such as persons with disabilities (PwD), run a serious risk of being excluded from the benefits brought by smart cities if technologies are not developed in an inclusive and accessible way.

Recent literature indicates that several authors have addressed this problem in smart cities through software that provides accessibility as its end goal, without due attention to the digital interactivity of that software. That is, the software service provides accessibility, but the software UI generally does not include sufficient accessibility features. People with visual impairments still face specific barriers when interacting with UIs, such as low visual contrast, lack of appropriate semantic descriptions, and navigation that is incompatible with screen readers. In smart cities, these difficulties become even more evident in applications such as urban monitoring dashboards and real-time data visualization systems, which often present high information density and little adaptation to different accessibility needs.

In this context, prioritizing accessibility in UIs is configured as a central objective of this work, guiding both design decisions and implementation evaluation. So far, the results achieved include the completion of a literature review that supports the research hypothesis and the initial development of the proposed software for prioritizing accessibility. Steps such as implementing a project exporter and formally structuring UI entities still need to be carried out. The research results and the quality of the tool developed are expected to have a direct impact on the democratization of graphical interfaces in smart cities, particularly on the implementation, use, and prioritization of accessibility in digital and interactive services provided by public authorities.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2510306 - FREDERICO ARAUJO DA SILVA LOPES
Interno - 2274774 - EIJI ADACHI MEDEIROS BARBOSA
Externo à Instituição - RAUL BENITES PARADEDA - UERN