Biographical note

Cândida Silva is a professor of Technologies and Information Systems at School of Hospitality and Tourism of Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESHT/P.PORTO), Portugal, where she is currently a member of the Technical-Scientific Council. She was the president of Technical-Scientific Council of ESHT/P.PORTO, between July 2017 and July 2023; she was the head of International Relations of ESHT/P.PORTO and director of the Department of Informatics and Mathematics of ESHT/P.PORTO, between 2016 and 2021. She was a member of the Unit of e-Learning and Pedagogical Innovation of P.PORTO (EIPP/P.PORTO). 

She is a principal researcher of CiTUR—Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, since January of 2018. She is a research collaborator in the group of Information Systems and Technologies for the Transformation of Organizations and Society (ISTTOS) of the Algoritmi Centre of the University of Minho, since July 2015. 

Susana Silva is an adjunct professor since 2014 at the School of Hospitality and Tourism of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESHT) where she is currently a member of the Technical-Scientific Council. She was the president of the ESHT Pedagogical Council between 2019 and 2023 and a member of the Pedagogical and Scientific Council of the e-Learning and Pedagogical Innovation Unit of P.PORTO in the academic year 21/22. Currently, she teaches on bachelor's and master's degree courses in hospitality and tourism in the areas of behavior, human resources, and research methodologies. She has already collaborated with other public and private higher education institutions, on undergraduate and master's degree courses in Human Resources and Psychology. 

She has worked as a coordinator and researcher on various national and European projects in the fields of education, social action, employment, and gender equality. 

Dulce Mota holds a Ph.D. in Informatics Engineering, a M.Sc. inComputer Science-Informatics from the University of Minho (UM), a second M.Sc. in Multimedia Technology from FEUP (Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto), and a degree in Informatics/Mathematics. 

She has been an adjunct professor in the Computer Engineering Department (DEI) at the School of Engineering (ISEP) of Polytechnic Institute of Porto (P.Porto) since 1992. She is a member of several Scientific Committees of National and International Conferences in the field of informatics, and she is a co-founder of the Computer Engineering Symposium held in ISEP. She regularly provides lifelong training courses in the areas of distance learning and technologies of information and communication in education, and computer programming courses. She actively participates in the review of articles from national and international journals and conferences. She is co-responsible for the supervision of the commission of short and medium duration coursesat DEI.  

Paula Peres is a full professor with habilitation in the doctoral area of e-Learning, a post-Ph.D. in Education Technologies, and a Ph.D. in area Information Systems. She has a post-graduation in adult education. She is currently teaching on the information system scientific area in the School of Accounting and Administration of Porto / Polytechnic of Porto (ISCAP/P.PORTO). She was the pro-president for e-Learning of Polytechnic of Porto. She was responsible for the Training Center and Services of ISCAP/ Polytechnic of Porto. She was the coordinator of the Unit of e-Learning and Pedagogical Innovation of P.PORTO (EIPP/P.PORTO). She is the responsible for the GAIE—Support Office in Innovation and Education. She is a director of the Master in Assistance in Digital Communication. She is a member of the Commission for Distance Learning at A3ES (Higher Education Assessment and Accreditation Agency).