Speaker: Associate Professor Rene Kizilcec, Cornell University, USA
Title: Advancing the Science of Teaching and Building Evidence-based AI Tutors
Rene Kizilcec is an Associate Professor in the Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University, where he directs the Cornell Future of Learning Lab. Kizilcec studies behavioral, psychological, and computational aspects of technology in education to inform practices and policies that promote learning, equity, and academic and career success. His work has appeared in Science and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, won multiple awards, and is funded by the NSF, Schmidt Futures Foundation, and Jacobs Foundation. Kizilcec holds a Ph.D. in Communication and M.Sc. in Statistics from Stanford University.