Research & education
AI work grounded in research, not just tools.
Applied research
ACCLAIMED
A University of Malta AI research project on generating and validating multilingual educational content with expert oversight. I worked on project foundations, documentation, UI/UX and workflow design, and selected development.
Publications
Hyper-Realistic Avatars in Education: A Systematic Review for Hyper-Realistic Avatar Design in Education
An umbrella review of systematic reviews on human and virtual instructor presence, covering learning outcomes, cognitive load, motivation and social presence, with practical recommendations for instructional designers. University of Malta, Department of Artificial Intelligence. I am one of six co-authors.
View proceedingsARC: Augmented Reality for Catering
Peer-reviewed conference paper on an augmented reality system for catering.
View on IEEE XploreCan the metaverse and VR be used as tools to train professionals? : unlocking the potential of the metaverse and VR for professional training
An empirical study of virtual reality and the metaverse as professional training tools.
View dissertationEducation
MSc Artificial Intelligence
The foundation for judging what AI systems can and cannot do reliably, which is most of the work in deciding where AI belongs in a process.
BSc (Hons.) Multimedia Software Development
The software foundation under the product, UX and AI work: how interactive systems are built, before deciding how they should behave.