Hello!!! My name is Helena Gurgel Vasconcelos. I'm a student and researcher at Stanford University, originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, raised in South Florida. I'm studying Artificial Intelligence & Human-Computer Interaction. I work on human-AI interaction and explainability.

Email: helenav [at] cs [dot] stanford [dot] edu!

Research

Currently, I am a STEM Fellow at Stanford and am advised by Michael Bernstein, Ranjay Krishna, and Tobias Gerstenberg. At Microsoft Research, I was fortunate to be advised by Gagan Bansal, Vera Liao, Adam Fourney, and Jennifer Wortman Vaughan.

Helena Vasconcelos, Matthew Jörke, Madeleine Grunde-McLaughlin, Tobias Gerstenberg, Michael Bernstein, and Ranjay Krishna. Explanations Can Reduce Overreliance on AI Systems During Decision-Making. Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) 2023. Best Paper Honorable Mention. [Paper Link] [Video Link] [HAI News Link]

Yang Li, Ranjay Krishna, Helena Vasconcelos, Bryan Wang, and Forrest Huang. Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer Interaction. International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2023. [Workshop Organization Page]

Helena Vasconcelos, Gagan Bansal*, Adam Fourney*, Vera Liao*, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan*. Generation Probabilities Are Not Enough: Exploring the Effectiveness of Uncertainty Highlighting in AI-Powered Code Completions. In Submission, 2023. * = equal last authors. [Pre-Print Link]

Personal

Stanford Outdoor Center Trip Leader. I lead backpacking and camping trips :).

Equestrian. I have trained at the U.S. Olympic Center, have worked with 6 Olympians, and am an alum of Stanford's club Equestrian team.

Book Reviewer and Book Club Organizer. I love to read and to organize reading!

Gaieties Producer. I'm co-producing Stanford's annual tradition, Gaieties, a musical.