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CATEGORIES:Cyber-Human Lab Seminar Series
SUMMARY:Designing human-centered tools for skill-learning 
 - Dr Dishita Turakhia\, NYU's Tandon School of Eng
 ineering
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250324T110000
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UID:TALK228784AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/228784
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:*\n\nToday\, how humans learn physical s
 kills is transforming profoundly owing to the ligh
 tning-speed advances in technologies like sensing\
 , AR/VR\, and AI tools. However\, amidst this exci
 tement for innovation\, it is more critical than e
 ver before to center the design of tools around th
 e multifaceted principles of human learning. \n\nI
 n this talk\, I will present my vision of building
  a learner-centric future by designing\, building\
 , and studying tools for skill learning that are g
 rounded in learners' and educators' experiences. I
 'll share my research projects on adaptive motor s
 kill learning\, game-based fabrication skill learn
 ing\, and reflection-based makerskill learning. I 
 will also briefly introduce my ongoing projects on
  analyzing AR videos and designing open-ended trai
 ning in VR for manufacturing. These projects illus
 trate how my work expands the design space of lear
 ning tools beyond merely focusing on skill acquisi
 tion and contributes to advancing our understandin
 g of human learning. I'll conclude with my plans t
 o expand my research into areas such as scalable l
 earning\, workforce training\, and promoting equit
 able skill-learning futures.\n\n*Speaker's Bio:*\n
 \nDishita Turakhia is a faculty fellow in the Comp
 uter Science Engineering (CSE) department at New Y
 ork University's Tandon School of Engineering. She
  completed her PhD in Electrical Engineering and C
 omputer Science (EECS) at MIT in 2024 with a resea
 rch focus in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and 
 Design and a minor in Brain and Cognitive Science.
  She works on designing systems for learning physi
 cal skills at the intersection of HCI and learning
  sciences. \n\nDishita is part of the EECS Rising 
 Stars ('23 cohort)\, a Meta Ph.D. Research Fellows
 hip recipient ('22-24)\, and holds the MIT Edwin S
 . Webster Graduate Fellowship ('18). She is a SERC
  and Grace Hopper scholar. Her research has raised
  over $2.2 million in funding and is supported by 
 several grants\, including two National Science Fo
 undation grants. \n\nBefore starting her Ph.D.\, s
 he earned a dual master's degree in EECS (MS) and 
 Architecture (SMArchS computation) from MIT ('17)\
 , and a master's (MSc) in Emergent Technology and 
 Design (EmTech) from the AA School of Architecture
  ('11). Besides academic research\, she has worked
  in the industry as a computational designer on se
 veral award-winning projects in London\, Singapore
 \, and Bern\, and as a licensed architect in Mumba
 i\, where she also co-led her design firm.\n
LOCATION:Institute of Manufacturing (IfM)\, Seminar Room 2
CONTACT:Slawomir Tadeja
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