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SUMMARY:Designing human-centered tools for skill-learning - Dr Dishita Tur
 akhia\, NYU's Tandon School of Engineering
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CONTACT:Slawomir Tadeja
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:*\n\nToday\, how humans learn physical skills is tra
 nsforming profoundly owing to the lightning-speed advances in technologies
  like sensing\, AR/VR\, and AI tools. However\, amidst this excitement for
  innovation\, it is more critical than ever before to center the design of
  tools around the multifaceted principles of human learning. \n\nIn this t
 alk\, I will present my vision of building a learner-centric future by des
 igning\, building\, and studying tools for skill learning that are grounde
 d in learners' and educators' experiences. I'll share my research projects
  on adaptive motor skill learning\, game-based fabrication skill learning\
 , and reflection-based makerskill learning. I will also briefly introduce 
 my ongoing projects on analyzing AR videos and designing open-ended traini
 ng in VR for manufacturing. These projects illustrate how my work expands 
 the design space of learning tools beyond merely focusing on skill acquisi
 tion and contributes to advancing our understanding of human learning. I'l
 l conclude with my plans to expand my research into areas such as scalable
  learning\, workforce training\, and promoting equitable skill-learning fu
 tures.\n\n*Speaker's Bio:*\n\nDishita Turakhia is a faculty fellow in the 
 Computer Science Engineering (CSE) department at New York University's Tan
 don School of Engineering. She completed her PhD in Electrical Engineering
  and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT in 2024 with a research focus in Human
 -Computer Interaction (HCI) and Design and a minor in Brain and Cognitive 
 Science. She works on designing systems for learning physical skills at th
 e intersection of HCI and learning sciences. \n\nDishita is part of the EE
 CS Rising Stars ('23 cohort)\, a Meta Ph.D. Research Fellowship recipient 
 ('22-24)\, and holds the MIT Edwin S. Webster Graduate Fellowship ('18). S
 he is a SERC and Grace Hopper scholar. Her research has raised over $2.2 m
 illion in funding and is supported by several grants\, including two Natio
 nal Science Foundation grants. \n\nBefore starting her Ph.D.\, she 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 researc
 h\, she has worked in the industry as a computational designer on several 
 award-winning projects in London\, Singapore\, and Bern\, and as a license
 d architect in Mumbai\, where she also co-led her design firm.\n
LOCATION:Institute of Manufacturing (IfM)\, Seminar Room 2
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