Non-trivial trivia: This was my second time on the post-PhD job search cycle. Last time I felt so defeated. But the only way to go is up, right? Wrong. This cycle was a Roland Emmerich level disaster. And some of us got lucky.

Reach out to me if you or someone you know wants to pursue research to reimagine tech for healthier & happier work through algorithms, data, and AI supporting holistic wellbeing.

Shares appreciated!

⏭️ After brutal academic job market cycle, thrilled to find perfect fit at Technology, Management, & Innovation dept.

🙏 So grateful to mentors, collaborators, friends, family. Closest ones know how unreal this journey has been. Now I hope to pay it forward.

Yayyy! Congratulations Dr (is it too soon to call you Prof?) Buçinca!!!

Non-trivial Trivia: The prototype was originally named "Pro-Pilot" because it is proactive. But reviewers felt this could mislead people to think its a premium version of copilot. [7/7]

This work would not have been possible without my amazing coauthors: Joy, Jash, Alex, Roy, Mary, Jina, @mishravarun.bsky.social, @kous2v.bsky.social, and Javier. Thank you all! 🙏 [6/7]

Beyond productivity, AI in workplaces must support wellbeing too. Our paper shows that while Care-Pilot is promising, human coworkers remain essential for shared experiences — pointing to complementary support systems. [5/7]

😌 In our simulation studies, CSRs found the cognitive burdens of working with uncivil clients reduced with Care-Pilot.

They reported it helped them avoid negative thinking spirals, recenter during difficult interactions, and maintain empathy toward upset clients. [4/7]

🤖💬 We evaluated Care-Pilot against human coworker support messages across uncivil client scenarios.

Linguistic analyses and CSR perceptions showed Care-Pilot's messages were more sincere, actionable, and relatable than human support. [3/7]

Client-Service Reps (CSRs) learn to “act nice” but lack tools for deep emotional regulation when facing incivility.

🧠✨ Care-Pilot is placed in client interactions to identify negative thoughts and offer support messages to help workers cognitively reframe situations. [2/7]

Second time on the market for me. Can't say I'm used to the externalities 🤕 ... but regardless of the outcome, I can't wait to get on the other side of it 😌

I was infamous for a while as the free food distributor (not supplier) -> Then people who had leftovers from events started telling me about it because of my reputation ♻️

Contextual and dependent on specificity but possibly missing: critic, copyeditor, data scientist, event planner, therapist

The methods here look so cool. Can't wait to read it and cite it!

This year the assessment was all about Future of work. Students had to pick one of 4 challenges to design for and research:

1. worker-centred gig economy
2. inclusive work environments for neurodiversity
3. managing work-life balance for working students
4. designing transparent & ethical bossware

That's 36 hours - 1h lecture and 2h workshops a week, for 12 weeks.