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Sep 01, 2026 🎉 Excited to share that the STEM research project I lead has received the EGEP (Ewha Global Excellence Program) Interdisciplinary Research Group Grant.
Jul 07, 2026 🎉 Festival of Learning 2026 has successfully wrapped up! It was an honor to serve as Local Chair and be part of organizing AIED, EDM, and L@S. Grateful to have worked alongside such a wonderful organizing team, volunteers, and participants. See you next year in Adelaide!
Jul 06, 2026 I had the pleasure of visiting the HAI Lab at Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech). Many thanks to Prof. Kyoungwon Seo for the kind invitation, and to the HAI Lab members for the warm welcome!
May 22, 2026 💛 My last day at Politecnico di Milano. Grateful for this chapter in Milan, for Nicoletta’s guidance, for working with Valentina in the lab, and for all the wonderful friends I met along the way — Chuni Liu, Keyu Gong, Keyu Guo, Jinxi Xie, Tao Wang, and Liyu Xu. I’ll always be thankful for the people and memories that made this time so special.
Apr 15, 2026 Attending CHI 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. Excited to be here and looking forward to connecting with the HCI community!
Feb 20, 2026 My poster has been accepted at CHI 2026! This year, CHI received 2,068 poster submissions, with an acceptance rate of 38.4%. See you in Barcelona!
Feb 17, 2026 Happy New Year from Norway! I’m spending the holiday in the Lofoten Islands, where I challenged myself to a winter sea plunge—a small adventure that gave me a little more courage for what lies ahead. Wishing everyone a brave, adventurous, and wonderful 2026!
Feb 01, 2026 Serving as Local Chair for the Festival of Learning 2026, jointly hosted by AIED, EDM, and ACM L@S. Looking forward to welcoming the AI, Education, Learning Sciences, and HCI communities!
Nov 12, 2025 💬 Grateful to Nicoletta for the invitation and to everyone who joined the seminar. Thank you for the warm welcome and for your thoughtful interest, questions, and discussion around my research!
Nov 08, 2025 🎤 I’ll be giving a seminar on Educational Technology and AI in Education at Politecnico di Milano on November 12 at 12:30, in Aula Alario, 2nd floor, Room 008.
Oct 31, 2025 I’ve arrived in Milan and will soon begin my visiting period at Politecnico di Milano (DEIB). If you’re in Milan or nearby, feel free to reach out—I’d be very happy to connect!
Sep 01, 2025 I'll be giving an invited talk at the First Global East–West Forum on Teacher Education 2025 (Changchun, China), October 10–12.
Aug 14, 2025 Honored to receive the Italian Government Scholarship - MAECI Grant (€9000)
May 07, 2025 Thrilled to receive the AIED 2025 Scholarship Award(~€1500)
Apr 30, 2025 My short paper was accepted at the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2025). Among over 800 initial submissions, the acceptance rate was under 19% for full papers and under 16% for short papers, making this an especially competitive selection.
Apr 30, 2025 I’m thrilled to present my research on LLM-powered Teachable Agents at the CHI 2025 Workshop in Pacifico Yokohama. See you in Japan!
Mar 20, 2025 I’m excited to share that my short paper was accepted at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2025), one of the top conferences in the Learning Sciences field, with 1,049 submissions this year!
Nov 01, 2024 Excited to received Best Poster Design Award at ICCE 2024 for our work on GenAI in academic writing.