Cristina Conati

Professor of Computer Science and Distinguished Scholar at the Sauder School of Business

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On Leave January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023

Academic Information

M.Sc. (Honors), University of Milan (1988); Research Staff Member, Dida*El Milan (1988-1989); Research Fellow, I.R.S.T. Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (1989-1991); Research Programmer Carnegie Mellon University (1992); M.Sc., University of Pittsburgh (1995); Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (1999); Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia (1999-2005), Associate Professor, University of British Columbia (2006 - 2016), Professor (2016); Distinguished Scholar, Sauder School of Business (2020)

Interest Keywords

Human-Centered AI
AI-driven Personalization
Explainable AI
Affetive Computing
Affetive Computing User Modeling
Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Interests

Cristina's research is at is at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Cognitive Science, with the goal  to create AI systems that can both perform useful tasks and be well accepted by their users. A key aspect of this endeavor is enabling AI systems to predict and monitor relevant properties of their users (e.g., states, skills, needs, emotions) and personalize the interaction accordingly, in a manner that maximizes both task performance as well user satisfaction. Toward this goal, Cristina is especially interested in investigating how to enable AI technology to strike the right balance between providing accurate predictions and decision-making while maintaining transparency, user control, and trust. 

For more details on current and past projects, see https://hai.cs.ubc.ca/ 

Research Interests

artificial intelligence
human-computer interaction

Latest Courses

2023 Winter

CPSC 532C - Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CPSC 554C - Topics in Human-Computer Interaction

2022 Winter

CPSC 532C - Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CPSC 554C - Topics in Human-Computer Interaction

2021 Winter

CPSC 532C - Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CPSC 554C - Topics in Human-Computer Interaction

2020 Winter

CPSC 322 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CPSC 322 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

2019 Winter

CPSC 532C - Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CPSC 554C - Topics in Human-Computer Interaction

2017 Winter

CPSC 322 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

2016 Winter

CPSC 322 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

2015 Winter

CPSC 322 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CPSC 502 - Artificial Intelligence I

2014 Winter

CPSC 322 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

2014 Summer

CPSC 322 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence