Scientific talks and invited seminars
- 25 Jun 2026 Teaching AI to Ask: MAIKE, a Socratic Chatbot. Social computing group seminar, IDIAP, Martigny, Switzerland. Invited seminar.
- 5 May 2026 Classroom-Study Design for Socratic Chatbots. ML4ED group seminar, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited seminar.
- 12 Dec 2025 Leveraging Small LLMs for Argument Mining in Education. 25th International Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument (CMNA 2025), Online. Workshop
- 2 Sep 2025 An LLM-Based Educational Chatbot to Promote Critical Thinking. ELIAS Plenary 2025, Alicante, Spain.
- 22 Jul 2025 Do AI Tutors Empower or Enslave Learners? Toward a Critical Use of AI in Education. GenAIHEd workshop, AIED 2025, Palermo, Italy. Opening talk of the workshop. Workshop
- 8 Jul 2025 An LLM-Based Educational Chatbot to Promote Critical Thinking. ELLIS Alicante Scientific Advisory Board meeting, Online.
- 18 Oct 2024 Enhancing Critical Thinking in Education with a Socratic Chatbot. AIEER 2024 workshop, ECAI 2024, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- 1 Mar 2024 Towards Student-Centric AI-Supported Learning: Teaching Chatbots to Ask the Right Questions. Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain (and online).
- 19 Oct 2023 A Theoretical Framework for Studying Sensorimotor Learning During Goal-Directed Tasks in Water-Restricted Mice. Structuring Knowledge for Flexible Behaviour, FENS, Rungstedgaard, Denmark.
Public engagement
Science communication is a deliberate part of this work: more than 1,100 high-school students reached across two talks in Alicante (2025–2026), plus panels and invited presentations for foundations, companies, and educators.
- 16 Mar 2026 Outreach talk on AI to more than 700 high-school students at the IV ELLIS Alicante event on AI for teenagers, Alicante, Spain. Press release
- 29 Oct 2025 Invited presentation of the MAIKE project at the Galician Centre for Educational and Digital Innovation, Alicante, Spain.
- 8 Oct 2025 Talk, “Risks and benefits of AI in education”, at “Youth, screens and relationships: connection/disconnection?”, Proyecto Hombre, Murcia, Spain. Event
- 17 Sep 2025 Panelist, “La Cultura del Talento” technical panel, Fundación Banco Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain. La Vanguardia
- 17 Sep 2025 Panelist, “Can AI make us more human?”, Samsung Innovation Campus Summit: AI for a Better World (2nd edition), Auditorio El Beatriz, Madrid, Spain. Samsung News
- 21 Feb 2025 Outreach talk to more than 400 high-school students on careers in technology, Alicante, Spain.
- 19 Feb 2025 Talk, “Teaching chatbots how to ask the right questions”, Anna Lindh Foundation Spanish Network (ReFAL XXIV) & Casa Mediterráneo, ELLIS Alicante, Spain.
- 11 Feb 2024 Talk for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11F), IES Mutxamel, Spain.
Media
- 12 Nov 2025 Television interview on intelligent tutoring systems, TV Andalucía. Video
- 17 Sep 2025 Television interview, “Benefits of AI tutors in education”, TV Sur, Madrid, Spain.
- 17 Apr 2025 Radio interview on the ACL 2025 Critical Questions Generation shared-task win, Cadena SER (online segment).
- 28 Mar 2024 Radio interview, “AI in the educational environment”, Radio Estudiantil (Universidad de Valencia), online.