Congratulations, Maria!!

I second this. Many people from my generation in Kosovo can understand/speak Spanish because we grew up with subtitled Latin American telenovelas. (That was the only type of TV that Kosovo could afford right after the war.)

Wohoo! Congratulations to you as well, Prof. Das Swain! Thanks for co-riding the emotional roller coaster of the job market.

Thank you, Maria!!

Thank you so much, Michael!!

Thank you, Serena!! Can’t wait for all the events and collaborations we will cook together!

Yayyy!!!! Thank you, Arvind!! Over the moon to be joining this incredible community!

The academic job market has many ups and downs. I am grateful to my friends and the community who spared their time to share feedback on my statements. Special thanks to: @reniebird.bsky.social, @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social, and Liz Bondi-Kelly.

For every achievement, I am forever indebted to my advisor ‪@kgajos.bsky.social for his brilliance, kindness, patience and the profound impact he’s had on me as a researcher and as a human being.

I also thank Finale, Elena, Jenn, Saleema and too many mentors to list here for shaping me as a scholar

I will be presenting this work today at 2:34 JST, room 402 #CHI2025.

As concerns about deskilling in AI-supported tasks grow, our research demonstrates that integrating human reasoning into AI design can promote human skill development.

We introduce human-centered contrastive explanations which explain the difference between AI’s choice and a predicted, likely human choice about the same task and demonstrate that such explanations significantly enhance users’ learning compared to unilateral explanations without sacrificing accuracy