Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications · 2025
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
Published in Information Systems Research (2024): 'Improving Students’ Argumentation Skills Using Dynamic Machine-Learning–Based Modeling'.
Co-authored CHI 2024 paper: 'A Design Space for Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants'.
Developed LegalWriter, an intelligent writing support system for novice law students, presented at CHI 2024.
Contributed to CHI 2024 work on generative AI in creative design, showing graphical interfaces outperform text prompts for ideation.
Published multiple papers at top venues including ACL 2021, ACL 2022, CHI 2020, CHI 2021, and CHI 2022.
Maintains academic profiles on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.
Background
Tenure-track Research Assistant Professor for Digital Technology Management at Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, and head of the Human-Centered AI-based Learning System (HAIS) Lab.
Research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), integrating Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML).
Aims to understand how humans perceive, interact with, and learn from intelligent tools, and designs adaptive user interfaces to enhance digital work and learning experiences.
Driven by opportunities to leverage recent advances in NLP and ML to enable self-reliant, individualized learning independent of educators or background.
Three main research thrusts: 1) developing pedagogical conversational agents and intelligent writing support systems; 2) modeling student performance using numerical or textual data; 3) designing computational methods to intelligently deliver feedback and self-evaluation.