This site has info about my professional journey. My research and teaching activities focus on human-centered computing. Currently, my projects concentrate on human-centered artificial intelligence. I love working in multi-disciplinary research teams. I bring an HCI (human-computer interaction) perspective to the projects, with a strong focus on empirical studies. I also work on several initiatives related to gender equity in technology, and I have been invited to inform public policy and legislation on AI in Chile.
Opportunities to inform public policy on AI
- 2026: Member of Chile’s Consejo Consultivo de Transformación Digital e Inteligencia Artificial, under the Secretaría de Gobierno Digital, Ministerio de Hacienda.
- 2024-25: Member of the Technical Committee and Working Group on the AI Bill, Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation, Chile.
- 2024: Invited presentation as a representative of the AI research community at the launch of the National AI Policy Update and Action Plan, La Moneda Presidential Palace, organized by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation, Chile.
- 2023: Co-chair of the foresight group within the “Regulating AI” working group convened by the Chilean Senate.
- 2023: Invited presentation to the Future, Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation Committee of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies to provide expert opinion on the proposed AI bill.
Major events of my academic life
- July 2026: I joined as an associate researcher of the Millennium Institute Authority and Social Regulation (ASOR). The director of ASOR is Dr. Kathya Araujo.
- May 2026: My appointment as Associate Professor was confirmed at the University of Chile!
- Mar. 2026: I left my faculty position at UTFSM and joined the University of Chile in a joint appointment between the Department of Computer Science and the Initiative on Data and Artificial Intelligence.
- Mar. 2025: I was promoted to Associate Professor at UTFSM.
- Mar. 2024: 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 member, 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
- 2026: Senior Program Committee member CSCW
- 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
- 2014-ongoing: Reviewer for CSCW, ICWSM, CHI, JCC, GROUP, and several journals
- 2018-ongoing: Reviewer for ANID
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 short version of my resume (as of early 2026) is available.
Claudia López Moncada 