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  • July 2026
    Paper accepted

    Paper accepted at ACM Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) 2026 - Towards Pedagogy-Grounded Conversational AI Tutors for Interest-Based Learning

  • July 2026
    Paper accepted

    Paper accepted at IEEE ICALT 2026 - Designing AI Tutors for Interest-Based Learning: Insights from Human Instructors

  • May 2026
    Position

    Joined the Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida as Postdoctoral Researcher.

    Working with the College of Education and the Florida Semiconductor Institute on LLMs, VLMs, and VR for semiconductor manufacturing education.

  • May 2026
    Milestone

    PhD conferred in Human-Centered Computing, University of Florida.

    Dissertation: Designing and Evaluating AI-Driven Pedagogical Conversational Agents for Interest-Based Learning at Scale.

  • March 2024
    Paper accepted

    Paper accepted at IEEE VRW 2024 - AR Mobile Assistant for Everyday STEM Learning.

  • March 2024
    Paper accepted

    Paper accepted at SIGCSE 2024 - The Integration of Computational Thinking and Making in the Classroom.

  • October 2023
    Paper accepted

    Paper accepted at IEEE VL/HCC 2023 - Supporting End-to-End Coding and Use of Arduinos in a Formal Classroom Environment.

  • August 2023
    Paper accepted

    Paper accepted at IFIP INTERACT 2023 - Everyday-Inspired Movies: Towards the Design of Movie Recommender Systems.

Abhishek Kulkarni

Postdoctoral Researcher · Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida

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