"Human & Process Research Lab (HAPLAB)" Co-directed by Prof. Herskovic, Prof. Munoz-Gama, Prof. Sepulveda, and Prof. Valdes.

Joined March 2019
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🎉 New paper accepted! 🎉 Congratulations to Carla Paris, Valeria Herskovic, and Daniel Villaseñor on their paper: ✍️🤖 “FRANKI: AI-Powered Feedback for Handwritten Assignments” being accepted to IDC ’26 – Interaction Design and Children, in Brighton,… instagr.am/p/DYR6kuKlRu-/
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✨ We are thrilled to celebrate a new research milestone at HAPLAB! Prof. Valeria Herskovic has been awarded a Fondecyt Regular 2026 grant for the project: 🧩💻 “Staged reveal interfaces for computational thinking in low-resource communities” The proj… instagr.am/p/DYPieyhFP_w/
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🏆 Another great achievement for our lab community! Congratulations to Prof. Jorge Muñoz-Gama on receiving a Fondecyt Regular 2026 grant for the project: 🎮📊 “Investigating the Understanding of Process Mining in Plugged and Unplugged Contexts through … instagr.am/p/DYM2l4kkbrv/
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We are proud to congratulate Prof. Alessio Bellino on being awarded a Fondecyt Iniciación 2026 research grant for the project: 📚💡 “Exploring materiality in computational thinking education” This project will explore how physical and material interact… instagr.am/p/DYKmSEqDoDA/
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#latergram 🎥✨ We had the pleasure of hosting Kai Lukoff from Santa Clara University @santaclarauniversity 🇺🇸 for a fascinating talk on augmented reality, cultural heritage, and social impact. In his talk, “Revealing Hidden Stories: Co-Designing the … instagr.am/p/DYH5IoPjrgy/
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##ʟᴀᴛᴇʀɢʀᴀᴍ (We are catching up on our social media!) 🌎✨ We were delighted to welcome distinguished visitors to HAPLAB! A big thank you to: 🇳🇱 Hajo Reijers, Xixi Lu, and Iris Beerepoot from Utrecht University (@utrechtuniversity) 🇪🇸 Adela del Rí… instagr.am/p/DYFuu_Sj_L7/
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Congratulations to our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Katherine Vergara! 🎓✨ She successfully defended her doctoral thesis, “Designing Learning Experiences to Support Girls’ Technological Self-Efficacy: The Role of Physical Computing, Metacognition, and Emot… instagr.am/p/DUTy7BDFL4h/
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Big news for our community! 🎉🏆 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has been named one of the Celonis Academic Centers of Excellence 2025/2026 by Celonis! This recognition highlights our commitment to cutting-edge research and education in process… instagr.am/p/DUTFBxCFfT_/
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Congratulations to our new MSc graduate, Daniela Concha! 🎓✨ She successfully defended her Master’s thesis, “Visualization of Data from Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Actigraphy Exams for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Patients.” 🩺📊👶. Her rese… instagr.am/p/DUQaRzfDXrt/
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Amazing news from the end of 2025 which we need to share with the world: huge congratulations to Marcos Sepúlveda on being promoted to Full Professor! 🎉🎓 This well-deserved recognition celebrates years of impactful research, mentorship, and leadership… instagr.am/p/DUNzURUjo6r/
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A team of 8 researchers from HAPLAB was present at ICPM Uruguay in October 2025! 🇺🇾✨ Here’s what we were up to: 🖼️ 2 research posters presented 🎤 1 Show & Tell session 💻 Live demos 🪑 Session chairing 🏆 And a huge milestone: Prof. Marcos Sepúlveda w… instagr.am/p/DUMBZjsEl34/
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9 Oct 2025
Visit the Haplab stand TODAY at the @escueladeingenieriauc research exhibition 🤩 Our students and researchers are sharing their research on technologies for people, interfaces, processes and more! ☀️☺️🎉👨‍💻👩‍💻 instagr.am/p/DPl8-XgjeO_/
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3 Oct 2025
📢 New paper! 📢“Process-oriented feedback for ultrasound-guided central venous access training: a randomized controlled trial” was recently published in BMC Anesthesiology, a high-impact clinical anesthesiology journal. This interdisciplinary work 🤝 (m… instagr.am/p/DPWXdkYD6B8/
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22 Sep 2025
New paper! "MyAphasia: A Mobile Application for the Treatment of Aphasia in a Hospital Environment", by Andrés A. Sánchez-Cabrera, Pedro O. Rossel, Fabiola Aguirre-Delgado, Laura Aravena-Canese, Karen Chandía-Vásquez, Valeria Espejo-Videla, Valeria Hersk… instagr.am/p/DO6DuD6jwCC/
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16 Sep 2025
New paper! 🌱 "Care4Plant: Mobile Application for Informal Caregivers" 🌱, by Bernardo Fernández-Zambrano (@ucscconcepcion), Carolina Fuentes (@cardiffuni), Pedro O. Rossel (@ucscconcepcion) and Valeria Herskovic, was just accepted in the journal Softwar… instagr.am/p/DOqtjzDiHUU/
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15 Sep 2025
New paper! "Boxy Board: Supporting Novice Learners through a Progressive disclosure approach for physical computing" by @stemtivista Katherine Vergara, and Valeria Herskovic, was just accepted at the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (… instagr.am/p/DOn4tHTlaPi/
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12 Sep 2025
Professor Jorge Muñoz-Gama visited @fib.upc as part of a brief research stay for teaching innovation in introductory computer science courses. The project is called: "Pasantía de Investigación para cursos introductorios de programación en la Universitat… instagr.am/p/DOgUDQEE8T1/
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22 Jul 2025
Congratulations to the HAPLAB Process Mining researchers, who will be presenting a poster in ICPM 2025, to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay 🇺🇾! The poster is titled "Towards Multidimensional Process Performance Analyses with Process Mining", by I. Velásque… instagr.am/p/DMaQ3aXvB13/
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21 Jul 2025
Happy to share the news that two papers have been accepted as Work-in-progress to CLEI 2025 Conference: - "Towards the Application of Process Mining for Analyzing the Performance of Mining Processes" by I. Velásquez, M. Sepúlveda, and J.J. Jara: This pap… instagr.am/p/DMWkuMCzCK2/
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18 Jul 2025
New paper! "Understanding the use of physical computing in K-12 education: A systematic literature review", by @stemtivista Katherine Vergara, Pedro O. Rossel and Valeria Herskovic was just published at Educational Research Review (WOS, Q1). Congratulati… instagr.am/p/DMQFhMbzgaM/
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