Vanessa Echeverria

While reviewing for #CHI2026, I noticed four new writing issues, likely due to increased use of LLMs. I describe them here - and how to fix them: dbuschek.medium.com/when-llms-writ…

My latest for @latimes: I travelled to southern India to document the rise of the AI "arm farms" — where young engineers strap GoPros to their foreheads and fold laundry or pack boxes to teach humanoid robots how to do chores. latimes.com/business/story…

El Foro Económico Mundial identificó las habilidades básicas para 2030 que marcarán el futuro del trabajo. El cambio más relevante: muchas competencias que hoy son fundamentales comenzarán a perder protagonismo, mientras emergen otras ligadas al pensamiento crítico, la tecnología y la adaptabilidad. Entre las más destacadas: 🔹 Alfabetización tecnológica: comprender cómo funciona la tecnología será tan importante como saber usarla. 🔹 Pensamiento analítico y crítico: interpretar información, resolver problemas y tomar decisiones con criterio. 🔹 Curiosidad y aprendizaje continuo: aprender a aprender será la competencia clave en entornos cambiantes. 🔹 Resiliencia y flexibilidad: afrontar la incertidumbre con equilibrio y capacidad de adaptación. Tenemos ante nosotros el reto de incorporar la tecnología como la IA en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, así como fortalecer las habilidades socioemocionales y aportar experiencias que preparen para aprender aún ya siendo profesional. Fuente: Foro Económico Mundial — Future of Jobs Report

🗓️ Full paper deadline: 30 October 2025 More info about scope, editorial team and author guidelines 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/146785… #LearningAnalytics #EducationalTechnology #LADs #AIinEducation #CallForPapers @BJETEds

If you’re working on LADs, AI-driven dashboards, data storytelling, or sense-making in education, we’d love to see your work, especially: ✅ Human-centred and participatory design ✅ AI, XR/VR, and other innovative methods ✅ Studies showing real pedagogical impact

If you missed #LAK and #CHI deadlines, there's still time to publish your work on LA dashboards! We’re guest editing a special section on: “The Future of Learning Analytics Dashboards: Bridging Design, Sense-Making and Pedagogical Impact”

The importance of storytelling after collecting data.

🚀 #DS_LAK25 We’re excited to announce our workshop: AI-assisted Data Storytelling in Education! 📅 Join us at #LAK25 on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more here: datastorytellingforeducation.org

🚀 #DS_LAK25 We’re excited to announce our workshop: AI-assisted Data Storytelling in Education! 📅 Join us at #LAK25 on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more here: datastorytellingforeducation.org @vanechev @RobertoResearch @stspozdniakov @yi_shan_tsai and others.

@acm_chi server down :(

Are you interested in a #PhD position in Human-centered #Explainable #AI? We are hiring! 🗓️ Application deadline: 28 August 2024 🔗 Find out more & apply here: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… Repost = ❤️

The Call for Papers (CFP) of #CHI2025 has been announced! The deadline for paper submissions is September 12th (AoE). Please remember that abstracts/metadata must be submitted by September 5th (AoE). For more detailed information, please visit:   buff.ly/45TkkK1

Introducing VizChat (accepted to #AIED2024)! An open-sourced AI chatbot powered by @OpenAI's GPT-4V to enhance #Analytics Dashboards with contextualised explanations. Easy to use as a Chrome extension on any web-based dashboard. Github repo: github.com/LinxZhao/VizCh… #GenAI #LearningAnalytics #EdTech #AIED @CoLAM_Monash

We are opening five new PhD positions this fall. Students will gain expertise in data, network, & complexity research. Consider applying! El @CSHVienna abrirá cinco plazas de doctorado este otoño. Si te interesan las ciencias complejas, de datos y grafos no olvides aplicar!

Hi HCI friends! @pamwis & I are writing an article on what it is like to be an HCI researcher in a traditional CS Dept (e.g., resources & support needed for us to be successful). If you would like to join this effort, please PM us. We hope this will be a collaborative effort 😊

Advances in Multimodal LLMs In the last couple of weeks, we saw a spike in multimodal LLMs (MM-LLMs) research papers. Among these publications, there was a nice comprehensive survey summarizing 26 existing MM-LLMs. It also includes training recipes to enhance these models, insights, and some promising research directions. It's incredible how easy it has become to tune and augment these systems. This is also thanks to the recent open-source efforts around MM-LLMs, including datasets, benchmarks, and models.

En el @TecdeMonterrey tendremos el “IA Education Summit” en el marco del @IFEConference. Expertos como @snhuprez de @SNHU, Rose Luckin de @ucl, @BakerEDMLab de @PennGSE y @dgasevic de @MonashUni, abordarán temas relacionados a la IA en la educación: ciie.itesm.mx/es/ai-in-educa…

ecuador 🇪🇨 is the MOST underrated country in latin america despite what's going on right now, i'll definitely return soon sending love and peace to all ecuadorian cities and people a quick thread on all my favorite places in the country 👇💛

FUERZA ECUADOR 💔🇪🇨💪🏻