This site has info about my academic journey. My research and teaching activities focus on human-centered computing. My projects concentrate on two broad lines: social computing and human-centered artificial intelligence. I co-founded and now co-direct a user-experience (UX) lab at my university. I love working in multi-disciplinary research teams. I bring the perspective of HCI (human-computer interaction) to the projects, with a strong focus on experimental and observational studies. I also work on several initiatives related to gender equity in technology.
Major events of my academic life
- Mar. 2025: I was promoted to Associate Professor at UTFSM.
- 2024-2026: I was promoted to a Principal Investigator of the National Center of Artificial Intelligence (CENIA), funded as a Basal Center by ANID, Chile. The director of CENIA is Dr. Alvaro Soto.
- 2022-2024: I am a Principal Investigator of the new ANID Millenium Nucleus of Futures of Artificial Intelligence – Research (FAIR), funded by ANID, Chile. The director of FAIR is Dr. Martin Tironi.
- 2021-2024: I am an Associate Investigator of the new National Center of Artificial Intelligence (CENIA), funded as a Basal Center by ANID, Chile. The director of CENIA is Dr. Alvaro Soto.
- 2021-2023: I am an Associate Investigator of a SEQUIA project funded by ANID, Chile. The director of the project is Dr. Paula Guerra.
- 2020-2021: I, along with my co-PIs Dr. Paulina Santander and Dr. Victor Codocedo, was awarded an ANID-COVID grant from ANID, Chile.
- 2019-2020: I was awarded an 18-month MEC research grant from Conicyt Chile.
- Sept. 2017: I was promoted to Assistant Professor at UTFSM.
- 2016-2019: I was awarded a 3-year research grant from Conicyt Chile.
- Nov. 2015: Successfully defended my doctoral dissertation!
- Sept. 2015: Joined, as a faculty, the Departamento de Informática, UTFSM
- Aug. 2010: Started a Ph.D. in Information Sciences and Technology, U. of Pittsburgh
- 2008: Participated in a graduate exchange program at York University, Canada
- 2006: Earned an M.Sc. in Informatics Engineering
- 2006: Got a Professional Degree in Informatics Engineering, UTFSM
- 2004: Obtained a B.Sc. in Informatics, UTFSM
Service activities
- 2025: Member of the DEI committee KHIPU
- 2024: General co-chair CSCW
- 2022: Program co-chair ECSCW
- 2021: General co-chair CLIHC
- 2022-26: Co-founder and co-director of UX Lab, UTFSM
- 2019-ongoing: Steering Committee, ChileWiC
- 2019-ongoing: Vice-president of the ACM SIGCHI Local Chapter – Santiago, Chile
- 2018: Program co-chair SCCC
- 2016-ongoing: Co-founder of the Gender Observatory in Sciences and Engineering, UTFSM
- Reviewer for CSCW, ICWSM, CHI, JCC, GROUP, and several journals
- Reviewer for ANID 2018-ongoing
Fellowships
- 2015: Graduate Research Assistantship, U. of Pittsburgh
- 2014: Teaching Fellowship, U. of Pittsburgh
- 2010 – 2014: Fulbright Ph.D. Scholarship
- 2010 – 2014: Becas Chile Ph.D. Grant
- 2010 – 2014: Tuition Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh
- 2008: Exchange Program, The Canadian Bureau for International Education
- 2006: Scientific Initiation Fellowship, UTFSM
- 2004 – 2006: Master Tuition Scholarship, UTFSM
Invited event participation
- 2024: ACM SIGCHI Futures Summit – Meeting with ACM SIGCHI Leader, Milan, Italy.
- 2023: ACM SIGCHI – Meeting with LATAM Local Chapters, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 2023: Expert Consultation on Ethics of AI, Geneva.
- 2023: UTFSM delegation, Fermilab, USA.
- 2019: International summer school in research methods for HCI/CSCW , Brazil.
- 2019: First CSCW@LatAm research catalyst workshop, Panama City (organizer).
- 2018: Workshop “Latin America as a Place for CSCW Research“, New Jersey (organizer).
- 2018: ACM SIGCHI Across Borders, Guatemala City.
- 2017: Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Grant, VGTU-UTFSM, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2015: CSST Summer Research Institute – Catalyst Team, Florissant, CO
- 2014: OCIS Doctoral Consortium, Philadelphia, PA
- 2014: CHI Doctoral Consortium, Toronto, Canada
- 2014: WWW award for female presenters of research papers, Seoul, South Korea
- 2014: iConference Doctoral Colloquium, Berlin, Germany
- 2014: CSCW student volunteer, Baltimore, MD
- 2013: CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop, Boston, MA
- 2011: User Modeling Conference, Girona, Spain
- 2011: Summer Social Webshop, College Park, MD
- 2011: Social Computational Systems Workshop, Minneapolis, MN
- 2008: Software Development School, United Nations University, Peru
A copy of my resume (as of early 2016) is available.
Claudia López Moncada 