Sihem Amer-Yahia, CNRS Research Director, France

Abstract: The last few years have seen a proliferation of digital work and education platforms, from crowdsourcing and freelancing marketplaces to MOOC-type platforms. These levers for sharing knowledge and learning constitute the premises of the future of work. Educational technologies coupled with AI hold the promise of helping learners upskill. I will describe research at the intersection of data-informed recommendations and education theory and discuss ethical considerations in building educational platforms.

Bio: Sihem Amer-Yahia is a Silver Medal CNRS Research Director and Deputy Director of the Lab of Informatics of Grenoble. She works on exploratory data analysis and algorithmic upskilling. Sihem worked as Principal Scientist at QCRI, Senior Scientist at Yahoo! Research and Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Labs. Sihem served as PC chair for SIGMOD 2023 and is the coordinator of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative for the database community.