Dinesh Ayyappan

Researching AI, fairness, and education

PhD Researcher at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in the Social and Responsible Computing research group

Featured Research

Workshop: Understanding and Engaging Critical Resistance to AI in Education

CHI 2026 Workshop

A 3-hour workshop that brought together researchers and educators to generate grounded research priorities for AI in education

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Building Self-Reliance in an Era of Accessible Intelligent Tutors

CHI 2025 Tools for Thought Workshop Paper

An experiment with AI tutors investigating design choices that keep AI as a learning partner rather than a homework machine

A Constructivist Framing of Wheel Spinning: Identifying Unproductive Behaviors with Sequence Analysis

Intelligent Tutoring Systems 2024 Paper

Insights on detecting when people get stuck in online, open-ended learning environments

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Featured Writing

Shera

10 October, 2025

Reflections on nature and intervention featuring a very special cat.

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A Few Seasons in Singapore

06 January, 2022

Sights, smells, and sounds after a couple of years in Singapore.

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Teaching

I try my best to support all students in developing their literacy, numeracy, rationality, and humanity towards a more just and compassionate society.

My approach to teaching is guided by three core ideas:

Trusting relationships
Personalized support
Cultivating autonomy

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