Hello :)
I am Deepak, a PhD Student at Cornell University advised by Rene Kizilcec and Aditya Vashistha. I am interested in developing and evaluating culturally-aware AI technologies. My current research focuses on evaluating the cultural alignment of Large Language Models. More broadly, I am interested in Human-Computer Interaction, Human-AI Interaction, Responsible AI, and Learning Sciences.
Previously, I worked as a Research Assistant at Stanford with Dora Demszky and Victor Lee, researching the educational applications of emerging AI technologies.
Oh also, check out Tales For Tweens,an Inclusive and Progressive Storybook that I have created for Young Indians. Please consider sharing it with kids, parents, and educators! :)
Recent News
01/25Stanford CESTA's Digital Publication Platform, which I helped build from the ground up, is now officially launched! 🎉
01/25Completed my field work in Karnataka for the user study of Shiksha Copilot in partnership with Microsoft Research India and Sikshana Foundation
09/24Second edition of Tales For Tweens, a book that I created for young Indians, is available in Amazon India
08/24Started my PhD at Cornell CIS in the Info Science program
03/24From Consumers to Critical Users: Prompty, an AI Literacy Tool for High School Students published in the Proceedings of the 38th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-24). Link to the paper
Publications
From Consumers to Critical Users: Prompty, an AI Literacy Tool For High School Students
Deepak Varuvel Dennison,* Raycelle C. C. Garcia,* Parth Sarin, Jacob Wolf, Christine Bywater, Benjamin Xie and Victor R.Lee
AAAI-24: Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Co-designing AI Education Curriculum with Cross-Disciplinary High School Teachers
Benjamin Xie, Parth Sarin,* Jacob Wolf,* Raycelle C. C. Garcia, Victoria Delaney, Isabel Sieh, Anika Fuloria, Deepak Varuvel Dennison, Christine Bywater, Victor R. Lee
AAAI-24: Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Evaluating LLMs' Generation of Growth-Mindset Supportive Teacher Language
Margarett Clapper, Cameron Hecht, Michaela Jones, Nirel Jonesmitchell, Meghann Johnson, Deepak Dennison, Dorrotya Demszky and David Yeager
AIED2023 Workshop: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Educational Technology Research and Development
Selected Projects
M-Powering Teacher: A Machine Learning Tool for Instructional Measurement and Feedback
Stanford University
Code In Place: A free, human-centered, intro-to-coding course from Stanford University
Stanford University
CRAFT: Empowering students with AI Literacy
Stanford University
Elalytics: Integrating literary and data literacy
Stanford University