Hello :)
I am Deepak, a PhD Student at Cornell University advised by Rene Kizilcec and Aditya Vashistha. I am interested in developing and evaluating AI systems for non-Western contexts. 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
10/25Published an essay on Aeon: Holes in the web: An Essay on the Knowledge Gaps in Generative AI 🎉
06/25Interning at Microsoft Research where I am developing a framework for designing and evaluating language technology-based socio-technical systems
02/25Began as a volunteer for organizing the Thought Summit: LLMs And Society, hosted by the Global AI Initiative at Cornell University
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
Designing Culturally Aligned AI Systems For Social Good in Non-Western Contexts
Deepak Varuvel Dennison, Mohit Jain, Tanuja Ganu, Aditya Vashistha
Under Review
Teacher-AI Collaboration for Curating and Customizing Lesson Plans in Low-Resource Schools
Deepak Varuvel Dennison, Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Kavyansh Chourasia, Nirmit Arora, Rahul Singh, Rene F. Kizilcec, Akshay Nambi, Tanuja Ganu, Aditya Vashistha
Under Review
Does Increased Choice over Learning Topic Improve the Effectiveness of Automated Feedback for Educators?
Dorottya Demszky, Heather C. Hill, Eric S. Taylor, Ashlee Kupor, Deepak Varuvel Dennison, Chris Piech
Education Sciences
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