LAIRA ALMAS

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LAIRA DAS ALMAS SILVA (SILVA, L. A.; ALMAS, L)

Attending Master's Degree in Computer Science at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of São Paulo (IME-USP), São Paulo Campus, SP, Brazil.
Advisor: Leônidas de Oliveira Brandão.

Bachelor in Computer Science from the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB), Vitória da Conquista Campus, BA, Brazil.
Advisor: Stênio Longo Araújo.

Areas of interest: Informatics in education, Front-end web development, Data Science, Games.

Languages: Portuguese (native), English (advanced).

Contact information: laira at ime dot usp dot br.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Lima, P. S. N. et al. Computational games in STEM courses: a systematic review of the literature. In: IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE). 2020. DOI:10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9274071.
  • Ferreira, B. M. et al. The marriage of mathematics and programming. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação (SBIE). SBC. 2019. DOI:10.5753/cbie.sbie.2019.1790.
  • Lima, P. S. N.; Silva, L. A.; Felix, I. M.; Brandão, L. O. Difficulties in basic concepts of mathematics in higher education: a systematic review. In: IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE). 2019. DOI:10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028658.

EXPERIENCE

  • 2022-present: Junior System Analyst at NewGo.
  • 2019-present: CAPES Master's Scholarship at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of São Paulo (IME-USP).
  • 2013-2014: Graphic designer in the distance learning sector at the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB).

PROJECTS

  • iFractions (2019-present)

    I am currently working on iFractions, a collection of online games for teaching fractions that started in 2016 in a partnership between professors Leônidas O. Brandão (IME-USP) and Manuel Ibarra (EAPIIS-UNAMBA). The stable version of the game can be accessed here and the code is available at this git.

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