Research Projects

Automating Representation Choice for AI Tools

This project aims to build an AI system that automatically selects the best representation for a specific user and a specific problem. This project is in collaboration with the University of Cambridge.

  • Funded by: EPSRC Human-Like Computing research programme EP/R030642/1 (2018-2019) and EPSRC (2020-2024)
  • Project keywords: AI, diagrammatic representations, cognition
  • PIs: Prof. Mateja Jamnik (University of Cambridge), Prof. Peter Cheng (Sussex University)
  • Researchers: Grecia Garcia Garcia, Daniel Raggi, Fiorenzo Colarusso, Lianlong Wu, Richard O'Farrell
  • Past researchers: Holly Sutherland, Aaron Stockdill, Gem Stapleton, Seewon Choi
  • Project website: rep2rep

Cognitive Science of Tactile Graphics

It envisions to create tactile graphics appropriate for people with visual impairment, expand the knowledge on how people read with tactile graphics and develop methods and tools to advance research.

  • Funded by: R.M. Phillips Endowment (2016-2020, 2024).
  • Project keywords: visual impairment, representations, tactile graphics, cognition
  • PIs: Prof. Peter Cheng (Sussex University, Department of Informatics), Prof. Jane Oakhill (Sussex University, School of Psychology)
  • Researchers: Grecia Garcia Garcia, Frances Aldrich
  • Project website: Cognitive Science of Tactile Graphics

Cognitive Learning Analytics

In this project, we use cognitive learning analytics methods to evaluate mathematical competence for secondary school students. Students transcribe equations while their handwriting is recorded - allowing analyses of inter-chunk pauses. This project is in association with the Educational Testing Service.

  • Research team: Dr G. Cayton-Hodges (ETS), Dr J. H. Fife (ETS), Prof Peter Cheng (Sussex University), Dr. Grecia Garcia Garcia (Sussex University)
  • Project keywords: cognitive learning analytics, evaluation, mathematics, cognition

Past projects

PhD thesis entitled 'Improving and assessing students' line graph interpretations: The case of the graph-as-picture interpretation'

  • Project by: Grecia Garcia Garcia
  • Project keywords: cognition, external representations, interactive learning environments
  • Example site of a previous experiment: Diagrams study
  • The "Racing Car" Software (ZIP file): Download the Racing Car