I'm an undergraduate and researcher at Stanford University, originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, raised in South Florida. My research interests primarily lie in explainability and trust in human-AI interaction, as well as social computing. I am a STEM Fellow at Stanford and am primarily advised by Michael Bernstein, Ranjay Krishna, and Tobias Gerstenberg. I also am advised by Arvind Satyanarayan at MIT. At Microsoft Research, I was fortunate to be advised by Gagan Bansal, Vera Liao, Adam Fourney, and Jennifer Wortman Vaughan.

I study symbolic systems and computer science, focusing on human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. My studies and interests also span psychology, sociology, gender studies, musical instruments (piano, guitar, and voice) and music theory and production, theatre production, poetry, French and German philosophy and literature, and outdoor education. I also ride horses, backpack and volcano trek, write stories and music, and read literature.

Complex Doesn’t Mean Confusing: Algorithmic Properties that Ensure Human Understanding
Lindsay Popowski, Helena Vasconcelos, Ralf Herbrich, Jeff Hancock, and Michael Bernstein
In Submission 2024
Helena Vasconcelos, Gagan Bansal*, Adam Fourney*, Vera Liao*, and Jennifer Wortman Vaughan*
TOCHI 2024
Validation Without Ground Truth? Methods for Trust in Generative Simulations
Helena Vasconcelos*, Carolyn Zou*, Lindsay Popowski, Tobias Gerstenberg, Ranjay Krishna, and Michael Bernstein
CHI Workshops TREW & HEAL 2024
Yoonho Lee, Michelle Lam, Helena Vasconcelos, Michael Bernstein, and Chelsea Finn
UIST 2024
Helena Vasconcelos, Matthew Jörke, Madeleine Grunde-McLaughlin, Tobias Gerstenberg, Michael Bernstein, and Ranjay Krishna
CSCW 2023honorable mention with Explainer Video & News
Yang Li, Ranjay Krishna, Helena Vasconcelos, Bryan Wang, and Forrest Huang
ICML 2023
Helena Vasconcelos photo
Undergraduate at Stanford University


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