Bio

Contact: mail [at] nunocorreia [dot] com

Nuno N. Correia is a researcher and media artist based in Tallinn, Estonia. His work focuses on creative computing, particularly involving sound, multisensory experiences and embodied interaction. Since 2000, he has been teaching and conducting research in several universities internationally, such as: Aalto University (Finland), Goldsmiths University of London and University of Greenwich (UK). He is currently Associate Professor in Digital Transformation at Tallinn University, and associate researcher at the Interactive Technologies Institute (Portugal). He has coordinated 3 projects on dance and technology co-funded by the Creative Europe EU programme: Moving Digits: Augmented Dance for Engaged Audience (2018-20), MODINA: Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience (2023-26) and currently MOVIDA: Movement and Virtual Intelligence for the Development and Accessibility of Artists and Audiences (2026-29). He received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship from the EU, hosted at Goldsmiths, University of London, leading the project Enabling Audiovisual User Interfaces (2014-16). As Principal Investigator, he has managed a research portfolio of 3.5 million Euros. Nuno holds a PhD in New Media from Aalto University (2013), with the thesis Interactive Audiovisual Objects. Previously, he has worked at the design consultancy Fjord (now Accenture Song), working for clients such as Nokia, Microsoft and HP.

Nuno’s work has been presented in more than 20 countries, in such festivals and venues as British Film Institute (London), Cafe Oto (London), FILE (São Paulo), Kiasma (Helsinki), Le Cube (Paris), Lunchmeat Festival (Prague), Mapping (Geneva), NAME (Lille), SXSW (Austin) and WRO Festival (Wroclaw). He is an organiser and curator of audiovisual performances, dance & technology performances and media arts exhibitions. His projects have been featured in CreativeApplications.Net, Create Digital Motion, The Creators Project, Leonardo and Digicult, among other specialised media. Nuno’s articles have been published at Human-Computer Interaction conferences such as CHI, DIS (Designing Interactive Systems), TEI (Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction) and MOCO (Movement and Computing); in sound and music computing conferences such NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression), SMC (Sound and Music Computing) and Audio Mostly; as well as media arts conferences such as ISEA and ARTECH. He has been active in these academic communities, for example serving as associate chair for CHI Play, Creativity & Cognition, DIS and Interact; and part of the organising committee of ICIDS, Interact, NIME and TEI. He founded and chaired two editions of SIIDS – Sound, Image and Interaction Design Symposium.

Areas of expertise

Interaction design, multisensory user experience, sound and music computing, embodied interaction

Academic Professional Experience

  • 2021-… : Tallinn University (Estonia)
    Associate Professor in Digital Transformation
  • 2018-21 : University of Greenwich (UK)
    Senior Lecturer in Digital Media
  • 2016-18: University of Madeira, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (Portugal)
    Assistant Professor
  • 2014-16: Goldsmiths, University of London (UK)
    Marie Curie Research Fellow; Guest lecturer – MA Computational Arts
  • 2011-14: Aalto University, Media Lab Helsinki  (Finland)
    Lecturer – MA New Media Production
  • 2007-11: Aalto University, Media Lab Helsinki  (Finland)
    Doctoral student (FCT Portugal fellowship); Guest lecturer MA New Media Production
  • 2000-06: ISTEC (Portugal)
    Lecturer – BSc Multimedia Engineering

Visting Lecturer and Researcher

  • 2016-…: Interactive Technologies Institute (Portugal)
  • 2014-2024: Aalto University (Finland)
  • 2009-2021: Tallinn University (Estonia)
  • 2017: Hochschule Rhein-Waal (Germany) 
  • 2013: Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Estonia)
  • 2007: Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia)
  • 2005-06: Instituto Piaget (Portugal)
  • 2006-06: ISEC – Instituto Superior de Ensino e Ciências (Portugal)
  • 2003-06: ESTAL – Escola Superior de Tecnologias e Artes de Lisboa (Portugal)

Other Professional Experience

  • 2007-2008: Fjord Helsinki (Finland)
    Senior Interaction Designer; Service Design Lead
  • 1995-2000: Caixa Geral de Depósitos (Portugal)
    Technical Assistant, International Division

Consulting Experience

  • 2013: AppCampus – Nokia/Microsoft (Finland)
    Freelance Consultant, coaching in mobile design to Windows Phone developers
  • 2005: Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property INPI (Portugal)
    Developed research on use of intellectual property in the plastic and moulds industry in Portugal, with MSc thesis supervisor Prof. Manuel Mira Godinho, resulting in a book report.

Education

  • 2006-13: PhD, Aalto University (Finland)
    New Media Art and Design, thesis: Interactive Audiovisual Objects, supervisors Prof. Tapio Takala, Prof. Sergi Jordà
  • 2001-04: MSc, University of Lisbon, ISEG (Portugal)
    Innovation Management, thesis: Multimedia in Portugal – Innovation Dynamics, supervisor Prof. Manuel Mira Godinho
  • 1990-94: BSc, University of Minho (Portugal)
    International Relations (Economy and Management specialization)

Pedagogical Qualifications

  • 2005: Pedagogical certificate by the Portuguese Institute of Employment and Professional Education.

Prizes / Awards Received

  • 2026: Letter of appreciation from Tallinn University, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to enhancing Tallinn University’s international visibility, academic and research excellence, and creative innovation.
  • 2022: Best paper award at ACM DIS and
  • 2022: Best paper in exact sciences of Tallinn University, for the paper:
    • Correia, N. N., Masu, R., Primett, W., Jürgens, S., Feitsch, J., and Plácido da Silva, H., 2022. Designing Interactive Visuals for Dance from Body Maps: Machine Learning and Composite Animation Approaches. Designing Interactive Systems Conference, New York, NY, USA, Association for Computing Machinery, 204–216;
  • 2011: Association for the Promotion of Multimedia and Digital Society in Portugal (Portugal): Finalist of National Multimedia Award, Art and Culture section, with AV Clash project;
  • 2009: Future Places festival (Portugal): Honorable Mention Award for Master and Margarita project;
  • 2008: Ministry of Culture, Arts Institute (Portugal): Winner of Net.Art competition, AVOL project (one of four winning projects, financed by the Arts Institute, and hosted at their website).

Research Grants and Fellowships

  • 2026-2029 – Principal Investigator, EU Creative Europe project MOVIDA: Movement and Virtual Intelligence for the Development and Accessibility of Artists and Audiences, 101255836-CREA-CULT-2025-COOP-2 (3 years), co-funded in: €1,000,000 (total project funds: €1,428,504). Led by Tallinn University (with 10 other partners, from Portugal, Germany, Estonia, Romania and Bulgaria). Leading team with 1 PhD student.
  • 2023-2026 – Principal Investigator, EU Creative Europe project MODINA: Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience, 101099581-CREA-CULT-2022-COOP-2 (3 years), co-funded in: €1,000,000 (total project funds: €1,428,574). Led by Tallinn University (with 7 other partners, from Portugal, Germany, Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary and Romania). Leading team with 1 post-doctoral researcher and 1 PhD student.
    https://modina.eu
  • 2018-2020 – Principal Investigator, EU Creative Europe project Moving Digits: Augmented Dance for Engaged Audience, 597398-CREA-1-2018-1-PT-CULT-COOP1 (2 years), co-funded in: €200,000 (total project funds: €333,333). Led at Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (with 4 other partners, from Portugal, Germany, UK and Estonia). Led team with 1 post-doctoral researcher and 1 PhD student.
    Additional funding obtained for the project: EU STARTS (Science, Technology and Arts) Residency program: €15,000.
    https://movingdigits.eu
  • 2014-2016 – Marie Curie Research Fellow, EU Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, project Enabling Audiovisual User Interfaces, PIEF-GA-2013-627922, hosted by Goldsmiths, U. London (2 years), €299,558.
    http://avuis.goldsmithsdigital.com
  • 2013-2014 – Principal Investigator, Aalto University Media Factory ‘proof of concept’ funding for the research project AVVX – Web Platform for Audiovisual Performance MediaLab-9480564 (6 months), €15,900. Led team with 1 post-doctoral researcher.
    http://www.avvx.org
  • 2007-2011 – Doctoral Fellowship from Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal – SFRH/BD/36888/2007 (4 years), €82,080. PhD project IAVO – Interactive AudioVisual Objects hosted at Aalto University, supervised by Prof. Tapio Takala and Prof. Sergi Jordà.

Funding Reviews

  • 2024 – UKRI – EPSRC Grant Application (Standard Research Grant, Responsive Mode)
  • 2018 – Estonian Research Council (ETAg) Mobilitas Pluss Post-doctoral Grant Application

R&D-related managerial and administrative work

Organizing Committee

  • 2027 – Posters Chair: INTERACT 2027 IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
  • 2027 – Art and Performances Chair: 2027 ACM TEI Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
  • 2020 – General Chair: SIIDS (Sound, Image and Interaction Design Symposium)
  • 2018 – General Chair: SIIDS (Sound, Image and Interaction Design Symposium)
  • 2017 – Workshop Chair: ICIDS (Interactive Digital Storytelling)
  • 2014 – Social Media Chair: NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression), London

Editorship

Program Committee & Associate Chair

  • 2017-… – Program Committee: xCoAx (Computation, Communication, Aesthetics)
  • 2026 – Associate Chair: ACM Creativity & Cognition
  • 2025 – Associate Chair: IFIP Interact
  • 2023 – Associate Chair: ACM DIS
  • 2021 – Programme Committe: ACM Artech (Digital and Interactive Arts)
  • 2021 – Programme Committee: CIIA (Audiovisual Research)
  • 2021 – Programme Committee: ICIDM (Interactive Digital Media)
  • 2021 – Programme Committee: NGGS (New Generation Government Symposium)
  • 2021 – Programme Committee: UbiMus (Ubiquitous Music)
  • 2021 – Programme Committee: ACM Audio Mostly
  • 2020 – Programme Committee: ICIDS (Interactive Digital Storytelling)
  • 2019 – Programme Committee: EIA Intetain
  • 2018 – Programme Committee: Participatory Design Conference
  • 2017 – Associate Chair: ACM CHI Play
  • 2017 – Programme Committee: ACM Audio Mostly
  • 2017 – Programme Committee: International Meeting of Art and Technology
  • 2017 – Programme Committee: Ergotrip Design
  • 2015 – Programme Committee: IFIP ICEC (Entertainment Computing)

Paper Reviews

  • 2025 – Behaviour & Information Technology Journal (x2)
  • 2025 – Springer Nature Scientific Reports Journal
  • 2025 – ACM DIS
  • 2025 – ACM Creativity & Cognition
  • 2024 – Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
  • 2024 – ACM MOCO (Movement Computing)
  • 2023 – ACM Creativity & Cognition
  • 2022 – ACM CHI
  • 2022 – ACM TEI
  • 2021 – ACM CHI
  • 2021 – ACM TEI
  • 2021 – ACM ToCHI Journal
  • 2020 – ACM CHI-Case Studies track
  • 2020 – ACM CHI Play
  • 2020 – ACM NordiCHI
  • 2020 – HCI Journal
  • 2020 – ACM CHI-Alt.CHI track
  • 2019 – ACM CHI
  • 2019 – Leonardo Journal
  • 2018 – NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) 
  • 2018 – Leonardo Journal (awarded “Outstanding Peer Reviewer” )
  • 2017 – ISS (Interactive Spaces and Surfaces)
  • 2017 – ACM Artech
  • 2017 – The Visual Computer Journal
  • 2017 – WiderScreen Journal
  • 2017 – ACM DIS
  • 2017 – ACM Creativity & Cognition
  • 2016 – ACM CHI
  • 2015 – ICMC (Music Computing)
  • 2015 – ACM TVX (TV Interaction and User Experience, now IMX)
  • 2015 – ICLI (Live Interfaces)
  • 2014 – Digital Creativity Journal

Other managerial and administrative work

Tallinn University (Estonia)

  • 2025 – Member of the Election Committee for the Director of the School of Digital Technologies
  • 2024 – Member of Thesis Committee for the Master in Open Society Technologies
  • 2023 – Member of Thesis Committee for the Master in Human-Computer Interaction
  • 2022 – Member of Thesis Committee for the Master in Digital Learning Games
  • 2010 – Member of the selection committee for MSc and PhD students, Department of Informatics.
  • 2010 – Collaborated in the proposal for a new Master in Crossmedia Production, approved and created in 2011, hosted at Baltic Film and Media School.

University of Greenwich (UK)

  • 2018-20 Hackathon lead – organizer of extra-curricular workshops and hackathons with students, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences.

University of Madeira (Portugal)

  • 2016-18 Program co-lead of the Master in Interactive Digital Media (MIDM). Member of the committee preparing the proposal for the creation of MIDM (approved and started in 2017).

Aalto University, Department of Media (Finland)

  • 2013-14 Founder and program leader of the Content, Business and Technologies graduate minor study program, focusing on entrepreneurship and creative industries. Responsible for: set up formalities; initial curriculum; inviting lecturers; recruiting students; tutoring and ensuring student satisfaction.
  • 2013-14 Member of the selection committee for the MA in New Media students.
  • 2011-14 Member of the curriculum development committee.

ISTEC (Portugal)

  • 2001-06 Member of the scientific committee.

Supervision (MA/MSc, MPhil, PhD, PostDoc)

Postdoc

  • 2023−2025 – William Primett, MODINA: Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience (Creative Europe EU project) (Tallinn University)
  • 2019−2020 – Stephan Jurgens, Moving Digits (Creative Europe EU project) (ITI – Interactive Technologies Institute)

PhD

  • 2025-… – Viivika Remmel, (Tallinn University)
  • 2024-… – Naoto Hieda, Online Platform for Distributed Creation and Dissemination in Contemporary Dance (Tallinn University)
  • 2017-2022 – Raul Masu, NOVA University Lisbon – Interactive Sound in Performance Ecologies: Studying Connections among Actors and Artifacts

MPhil (PhD Upgrade)

  • 2019-2021[*] – Martyn Broadhead, University of Greenwich – An investigation into how interactive 3D environments can be used to support literacy in Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Differences
    • [*] PhD supervised up to successful MPhil upgrade

MA/MSc

  • 2026 – Britta Kari, Tallinn University – Interactive Data Visualisation for Communicating Behavioural Risk Factors of Depression to Estonian Lay Audiences
  • 2026 – Luke Schumacher, Tallinn University – Architecting a Domain-Specific AI Co-Pilot using Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Agentic Frameworks for Technical Reasoning and Decision Support (co-supervisor)
  • 2025 – Kevish Motee, Tallinn University – Optimising User Interaction in Moodle Using Process Mining Visualisations
  • 2024 – Inka Jerkku, Aalto University – Designing and Developing an Educational VJ Tool
  • 2023 – Erika Rustamova, Aalto University – Real-time motion capture and game engine technologies in contemporary dance
  • 2022 – Lassi Häkkinen, Aalto University – Runoja: Publishing Site-specific Poetry on a Mobile Application Platform
  • 2021 – Taavi Varm, Aalto University – Raising Awareness Towards Mental Health Issues Through Performative Artwork and AR Art Installation
  • 2021 – Samuli Ristimäki, Aalto University – Expanding Flutter Framework: Generative Art with Alternative Tools
  • 2020 – John Lee, Aalto University – Seeing Sound: How to generate visual artworks by analysing a music track and representing it in terms of emotion analysis and musical features?
  • 2019 – Sourya Sen, Aalto University – Developing a hybrid video synthesis platform for audiovisual performance and composition
  • 2017 – Fernando Visockis, Aalto University – Plays of Proximity and Distance: Gesture-Based Interaction and Visual Music
  • 2015 – Suse Miessner, Aalto University – Urban alphabets: A smartphone application to change public space for the user
  • 2014 – Gabriel Motta Ferreira, Tallinn University – Transmedia Storytelling: Planning and Keeping the Integrity of the Pro-Active Franchise “Above” 
  • 2014 – Antra Balode, Tallinn University – Audience engagement strategies design in multi-platform TV series project “Above”
  • 2012 – Forrest Oliphant, Aalto University – Meemoo: Hackable Web App Framework
  • 2011 – Petri Ruikka, Aalto University – Arch of Neo: Audiovisual Performance and Video Work Exploring the Convergence Between Abstract Visual Music and Dance
  • 2008 – Tuomo Tarkiainen, Aalto University – The Audiotarium: A Concept for a Public Domain Sound Object Repository

Evaluation (MA/MSc, MPhil, PhD)

PhD

  • 2026 – Abdallah Hussein Sham, Tallinn University – Enactive Facial Expression Pipeline For Dyadic Interaction between Human And Human-Like Agents
  • 2026 – Farhat-ul-Ain, Tallinn University – Bringing together Intervention and Interaction design with the Digital Health Behaviour Change Toolkit
  • 2025 – Tillmann Ohm, Tallinn University – Designing Processes and Tools to Research Similarity Spaces of Visual Collections
  • 2025 – Matthew David Hughes, University of Technology Sydney / TU Berlin – The Augmented Stage: A Practice-Based Investigation of Mixed Reality in Live Performance
  • 2024 – Martin Tricaud, Université Paris-Saclay – Designing Interactions, Interacting with Design: Towards Instrumentality and Materiality in Procedural Computer Graphics, and Beyond
  • 2018 – Rodrigo Carvalho, University of Porto – S+V+M: Relationships Between the Sound, Visual and Movement Domains In Interactive Systems 
  • 2015 – Kai Kuikkaniemi, Aalto University – Producing Live Participation With Big Screens

MPhil (PhD Upgrade)

  • 2021 – Tatiana Isaeva, University of Greenwich – Digital, Physical, Hybrid: Spatial Aspects of Net Art and Its Exhibition Practices
  • 2019 – Susana Gómez Larrañaga, University of Greenwich – The Sedimentation of the Digital Object: Alternative Memories of Ruination

MA/MSc

  • 2025 – Nikita Dolgov, Tallinn University – Contribution of Sound to the Delivery of Narrative in ‘Walking Simulator’ Games
  • 2025 – Mykhailo Stavrovskyi, Tallinn University – Attitudes Towards Video Games in Music Therapy: A Survey
  • 2023 – Kärol-Milaine Jürgenson, Tallinn University – Data Visualization in Educational Decision-Making
  • 2022 – Oskar Koli, Aalto University – Enchantment Through Technology: A Novel Approach to New Media Art
  • 2022 – Robbert Groenendijk, Aalto University – Pocket Size Interactive Films: Embedding the mobile devices’ features, characteristics and affordances into filmic interactive narratives
  • 2021 – Oluwafiyikewa Aigbovbioise Alawode, Tallinn University – The Effects of Audio on Immersion in Serious Games: The Case of Methodyca
  • 2020 – Miguel Regouga, University of Lisbon / Instituto Superior Técnico – The Future of Radio: Combining Music Streaming With Traditional Terrestrial Radio Services
  • 2018 – Camilo Carranco, Aalto University – Vibrating Instruments In Virtual Reality: A cohesive approach to the design of Virtual Reality Musical Instruments
  • 2018 – Eduardo Gomes, University of Madeira – Sonification of Gaming Experiences
  • 2017 – Rasmus Rattas, Tallinn University – Co-designing Mobile Music Making Apps for Novice Users
  • 2017 – Marco Leão, University of Madeira – Understanding Users’ Motivations for Wearable Activity Tracker Use
  • 2017 – Erika Silva, University of Madeira – Keepers of Intheris: Uma produção audiovisual de animação em 3D
  • 2016 – Juuso Patrikainen, Aalto University – Visualizing the Sounds of Paltamo
  • 2015 – Krisjanis Rijnieks, Aalto University – ofxPiMapper: Projection Mapping Tool for the Raspberry Pi
  • 2015 – Chao An, Aalto University – Designing for Collaboration: A Study of Knowledge Work Collaboration and a Concept Design for a Large Touchscreen-Based Groupware System
  • 2014 – Markku Ruotsalainen, Aalto University – Remixing experience
  • 2013 – Tero Vanttinen, Aalto University – Live Music for Moving Images: Experimenting with customized musical instruments, sound systems, and performance techniques
  • 2012 – Lauri Kainulainen, Aalto University – Dotted Landscape: Constructive research into interactive displays in public space
  • 2011 – Jonathan Cremieux, Aalto University – Fulldome Content Production: A Bricoleur’s Approach
  • 2010 – Viljo Malmberg, Aalto University – Iris: A Circular Polyrhythmic Music Sequencer
  • 2009 – Kalle Jarva, Aalto University – Dreams, Bytes and Dust: Explorations in Audiovisual Space & Beyond

Jury Member – Art and Design Awards

  • 2012 – Semibreve Award, Braga (Portugal);
  • 2012 – Cut&Paste, Motion Graphics competition, Helsinki (Finland);
  • 2011 – Euro ITV Grand Challenge, Lisbon (Portugal);
  • 2008 – Videofestival Bochum VJ contest, Bochum (Germany).