News & Talks

2025

Proud to co-organize the TRU AI Showcase, an exciting event focused on ‘Exploring Responsible Use & Opportunities for AI in …

Excited to lead the project to integrate TRU-Think, a pedagogy-drive AI tool in the teaching of computing education in Fall 2025. The …

2024

Proud to announce the ‘Adaptive Quiz Generation Tool for Enhanced Exam Preparation’ project, sponsored by the TRU …

Excited to lead the project ‘Exploring the Impact of Generative AI in Computer Science Education,’ sponsored by the TRU …

Excited to deliver an invited talk at the University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toronto, ON, on March 8th, 2024!

2023

Honored to present at the University of British Columbia, Department of Statistics, Vancouver, BC, on April 8th, 2023!

2021

Thrilled to be part of the project ‘Investigating How to Mitigate Bias in Predictive Models of Student Success Across Diverse …

2020

Excited to give a research talk on using spatial-temporal network data to inform strategies to reopen campuses during the pandemic at …

My poster submission on modeling peer interactions from spatial-temporal networks was presented at the AERA Satellite Conference in …

I was awarded $30,000 in funding for my research project, ‘Students’ Mobility Patterns on Campus and the Implications for the …

My study ‘Exploring homophily in demographics and academic performance using spatial-temporal student networks’ has been …

This project explores students’ mobility patterns on campus and their implications for the recovery of campus activities …

Excited to give a talk titled ‘Using Temporal Analytics to Detect Inconsistencies Between Learning Design and Student …

Delighted to give an invited talk at the University of Texas, Arlington, LINK Research Lab, Arlington, TX, on January 17th, 2020!

Thrilled to have been invited to deliver an engaging workshop on Temporal and Sequential Analysis at the Learning Analysis Summer …

2019

Elated to have been awarded the Best Paper Award at the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital …

Thrilled to present at the University of Michigan, Center of Academic Innovation, Ann Arbor, MI, on November 8th, 2019!

Delighted to receive a $1,250 travel scholarship to attend the Learning Analytics Summer Institute (LASI) 2019 in the vibrant city of …

2018

Honored to present the Best Papers Alliance talk, ‘Linking students’ timing of engagement to learning design and academic …

Excited to have been awarded a $2,000 travel scholarship for presenting the Best Paper at the International Alliance session during the …

Honored to receive the Research Excellence Awards – runner-up ($1,200) for the impactful contributions to OU Teaching & Learning, …

Excited to deliver the webinar, ‘Linking students’ timing of engagement to learning design and academic performance,’ …

Thrilled to have won the Best Full Paper Award at the 8th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK18) in …

2017

Excited to deliver the talk, ‘Debunk bullshit in statistics – Misconceptions, misinterpretations, and misrepresentation of …

Pleased to present ‘Informing learning design with learning analytics’ at the Open University UK, Learning Design/TEL …

Proud to have received the Best Paper Award at the 5th Conference of Learning and Collaboration Technologies, part of the 19th …

Honored to have been awarded a $1,000 travel scholarship to participate in the Doctoral Consortium at the 7th International Conference …

Grateful for the opportunity to visit the University of Edinburgh, hosted by Prof. Dragan Gasevic and Prof. Yannis Dimiatris, in 2017!

Excited to contribute to the ‘Data-informed Learning Design for Future Schools’ project, sponsored by Beijing Normal …

2016

Grateful to have been awarded the prestigious Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship (£70,000) to fund my PhD journey for three incredible …