AI in Education Workshop

Co-organized by the EPFL AI Center (AIC), the Center for Learning Sciences (LEARN), the Center for Digital Education (CEDE), and the Teaching Support Center (CAPE) ; this workshop will provide an opportunity to exchange perspectives on current and emerging applications of AI in education, and to explore potential funding opportunities to support future initiatives and collaborations. Please see the detailed agenda below. 

January 27, 2026
14:00
ELE 117 

Registration required, via the following link: HERE

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Agenda

14:00: Welcome & Introduction 

• AIC Research Pillars and Funding Opportunities - Agnieszka Kapalka and Thibault Aryaksama (EPFL AI Center)
• AI & Education – current work across EPFL - Jessica Dehler Zufferey (EPFL LEARN) and Patrick Jermann (EPFL CEDE)

• Overview of the ML4ED research projects - Tanja Käser (EPFL ML4ED)
• SCRIBE: Structured Chain Reasoning for Interactive Student Feedback - Fares Fawz (EPFL ML4ED)
• Aligning LLMs with Pedagogy - Jakub Macina (ETH AI Center)
• Part A: Q&A 

• From piloting to scaling - Patrick Jermann (EPFL CEDE)
• Reimagining Pedagogy in Higher Education: EPFL as a Pioneer Where Learning by Teaching Is Central to Advancing Communication and Understanding -Christopher Petrie (EPFL CHILI)
• Debating with AI: A New Pedagogical Approach in Mobile Robotics - Francesco Mondada (EPFL LEARN)
• Scholé: Research Foundations of Explainable AI for Personalized Learning at Scale - Swamy Vinitra (EPFL ML4ED)
• Part B: Q&A

• Evaluating AI-based Feedback Systems: Lessons from Psychometrics - Rudolf Debelak (EPFL MLO Lab)
• AI-based grading assistance for handwritten exams in large-enrollment introductory STEM courses - Gerd Kortemeyer (ETH AI Center)
• Block 2: Q&A 

• AI-for-Learning literacy: What does it entail, how can it be measured, how can it be taught? - Kim Lynn Uittenhove (EPFL LEARN)
• Ethics-by-Design Canvas: a Visual Inquiry Tool to Reduce Ethical Blindness in Digital Innovation Projects - Cécile Hardebolle (EPFL CEDE)
• Block 3: Q&A