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  • 2020 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Cristina Conati is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and specializes in Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Science Applications, Human-Computer Interaction, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The body of their research encompasses a diverse range of topics, notably Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning, Online Learning and Analytics, Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Retinal Imaging and Analysis, and Data Visualization and Analytics.

Among Cristina Conati's recent publications are:

  • "Explainable Artificial Intelligence in education" (2022) published in Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence
  • "Knowing me, knowing you": personalized explanations for a music recommender system (2022) published in User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction
  • Comparing and Combining Interaction Data and Eye-tracking Data for the Real-time Prediction of User Cognitive Abilities in Visualization Tasks (2020) published in ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems
  • Classification of Alzheimer's Disease Leveraging Multi-task Machine Learning Analysis of Speech and Eye-Movement Data (2021) published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Classification of Alzheimer's Disease with Deep Learning on Eye-tracking Data (2023) published in INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Sébastien Lallé
  • Matteo Rizzo
  • Elisabeth André
  • Thalia S. Field
  • Giuseppe Carenini

The most frequent venues for publication are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia

Cristina Conati has been recognized as an ACM Distinguished Member as of 2020.

Best Publications

  • Using Bayesian Networks to Manage Uncertainty in Student Modeling

    Cristina Conati;Abigail Gertner;Kurt Vanlehn

  • Probabilistic assessment of user's emotions in educational games

    Cristina Conati

  • On-Line Student Modeling for Coached Problem Solving Using Bayesian Networks

    Cristina Conati;Abigail S. Gertner;Kurt VanLehn;Marek J. Druzdzel

  • Empirically building and evaluating a probabilistic model of user affect

    Cristina Conati;Heather Maclaren

  • Toward Computer-Based Support of Meta-Cognitive Skills: a Computational Framework to Coach Self-Explanation

    Cristina Conati;Kurt Vanlehn

  • Procedural help in Andes: generating hints using a Bayesian network student model

    Abigail S. Gertner;Cristina Conati;Kurt VanLehn

  • Building and evaluating an intelligent pedagogical agent to improve the effectiveness of an educational game

    Cristina Conati;Xiaohong Zhao

  • Combining Unsupervised and Supervised Classification to Build User Models for Exploratory Learning Environments

    Saleema Amershi;Cristina Conati

  • Modeling Students' Emotions from Cognitive Appraisal in Educational Games

    Cristina Conati;Xiaoming Zhou

  • Eye-tracking for user modeling in exploratory learning environments: An empirical evaluation

    Cristina Conati;Christina Merten

  • User-adaptive information visualization: using eye gaze data to infer visualization tasks and user cognitive abilities

    Ben Steichen;Giuseppe Carenini;Cristina Conati

  • Individual user characteristics and information visualization: connecting the dots through eye tracking

    Dereck Toker;Cristina Conati;Ben Steichen;Giuseppe Carenini

  • Predicting Affect from Gaze Data during Interaction with an Intelligent Tutoring System

    Natasha Jaques;Cristina Conati;Jason M. Harley;Roger Azevedo

  • Probabilistic Student Modelling to Improve Exploratory Behaviour

    Andrea Bunt;Cristina Conati

  • Combining Unsupervised and Supervised Classification to Build User Models for Exploratory

    Saleema Amershi;Cristina Conati

  • Supporting interface customization using a mixed-initiative approach

    Andrea Bunt;Cristina Conati;Joanna McGrenere

  • To explain or not to explain: the effects of personal characteristics when explaining music recommendations

    Martijn Millecamp;Nyi Nyi Htun;Cristina Conati;Katrien Verbert

  • Towards adaptive information visualization: on the influence of user characteristics

    Dereck Toker;Cristina Conati;Giuseppe Carenini;Mona Haraty

  • Exploring the role of individual differences in information visualization

    Cristina Conati;Heather Maclaren

  • User Modeling 2007

    Cristina Conati;Kathleen McCoy;Georgios Paliouras

  • Toward personalized XAI: A case study in intelligent tutoring systems

    Cristina Conati;Oswald Barral;Vanessa Putnam;Lea Rieger

  • User modeling 2007 : 11th International Conference, UM 2007 Corfu, Greece, June 25-29, 2007 : proceedings

    Cristina Conati;Kathleen McCoy;Georgios Paliouras

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Carenini
Giuseppe Carenini University of British Columbia
Kurt VanLehn
Kurt VanLehn Arizona State University
Roger Azevedo
Roger Azevedo University of Central Florida
Joanna McGrenere
Joanna McGrenere University of British Columbia
Ido Roll
Ido Roll Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Antonija Mitrovic
Antonija Mitrovic University of Canterbury
Toon Calders
Toon Calders University of Antwerp
Ryan S. Baker
Ryan S. Baker University of Pennsylvania
Mykola Pechenizkiy
Mykola Pechenizkiy Eindhoven University of Technology
David Poole
David Poole University of British Columbia

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