{"id":8746,"date":"2024-02-21T16:33:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fstm-en\/blog\/people\/luis-a-leiva\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:33:30","slug":"luis-a-leiva","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fstm-en\/people\/luis-a-leiva\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis A. 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href=\"https:\/\/orbilu.uni.lu\/profile?uid=50043202\" target=\"_blank\">Publications on ORBilu<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section\n    id=\"tabpanel-d85fdd5a-d106-4705-af51-69cc3dc9f996\"\n    aria-labelledby=\"tab-d85fdd5a-d106-4705-af51-69cc3dc9f996\"\n    class=\"tab-panel fade hidden is-hidden\"\n>\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-wrapper \">\n        \n<ul class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list list-highlighted list-highlighted--architectural\"><li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h4 class=\"title text-18 font-bold has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"current-position\"\n    >\nCurrent position<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>Luis A. Leiva is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Luxembourg, where he leads the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fstm-en\/research-groups\/computational-interaction\/\">Computational Interaction research group<\/a>. Since 2023 he is also the director of the Interdisciplinary Lab for Intelligent and Adaptive Systems (ILIAS) at the same institution.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h4 class=\"title text-18 font-bold has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"research\"\n    >\nResearch<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>His research interests lie at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Machine Learning. His main research area is computational interaction, where he combines computational thinking with data-driven models and methods to enable, explain, and support user interaction. He is a professional member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (Elsevier) and the Machine Learning with Applications journal (Elsevier). He often reviews for and serves in the program committee of several CS conferences and journals. He is also the recipient of several awards and recognitions both from industry and academia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h4 class=\"title text-18 font-bold has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"teaching\"\n    >\nTeaching<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>In September 2024 he took over the Human-Computer Interaction course at the BSc program in Computer Science of the University of Luxembourg.<br>In February 2023, he started a new MSc course:\u00a0<em>Introduction to Deep Learning<\/em>\u00a0at the University of Luxembourg.<br>In June 2022, he taught\u00a0<em>Deep Learning for HCI<\/em>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cixschool2022.cs.uni-saarland.de\/\">6th Computational Interaction Summer School<\/a>\u00a0at Saarland University.<br>In February 2022, he started a new MSc course:\u00a0<em>Prototyping with Deep Learning<\/em>\u00a0at the University of Luxembourg.<br>In September 2021, he started two new BSc courses about\u00a0<em>Web development<\/em>\u00a0at the University of Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h4 class=\"title text-18 font-bold has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"outreach\"\n    >\nOutreach<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<ul class=\"ulux-list\">\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Some recent news about his research:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/news\/when-ai-recommends-artworks-youll-love\/\">When AI recommends artworks you\u2019ll love<\/a>\u00a0(CHI&#8217;23 paper) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fstm-en\/news\/how-synthetic-voices-can-influence-your-choices\/\">How synthetic voices can influence your choices<\/a>\u00a0(IUI&#8217;24 paper).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Read about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3461778.3462124\">our DIS&#8217;21 paper on Conversations with GUIs<\/a>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/news\/new-chatbot-can-explain-apps-and-show-you-how-they-access-hardware-or-data\">New chatbot can explain apps and show you how they access hardware or data<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/university\/news\/latest_news\/mouse_movements_reveal_your_behaviour\">Mouse movements reveal your behaviour<\/a>&nbsp;(also at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/privacy\/comments\/o6hxss\/mouse_movements_can_be_used_to_gain_additional\/\">reddit<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">A press release for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/userinterfaces.aalto.fi\/mobile-saliency\/\">our MobileHCI&#8217;20 paper on visual saliency<\/a>&nbsp;is out:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/news\/how-mobile-apps-grab-our-attention\">How mobile apps grab our attention<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/g3.prhlt.upv.es\/\">Gestures \u00e0 Go Go<\/a>&nbsp;has been featured in tons of Spanish newspapers; e.g.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.levante-emv.com\/comunitat-valenciana\/2016\/11\/01\/investigadores-valencianos-crean-aplicacion\/1486743.html\">Levante<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.es\/espana\/comunidad-valenciana\/abci-nueva-aplicacion-crea-artificialmente-escritura-parece-humana-201611011626_noticia.html\">ABC<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efe.com\/efe\/comunitat-valenciana\/reportajes\/una-nueva-aplicacion-crea-artificialmente-escritura-que-parece-humana\/50000901-3084043\">EFE<\/a>. Here&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/g3.prhlt.upv.es\/docs\/prensa-09-28-04.pdf\">a press dossier with the news<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Luis A. Leiva.&nbsp;<strong>Temporal Saliency<\/strong>.&nbsp;June,&nbsp;2023.&nbsp;Keynote at the Intl. Workshop on Pervasive Eye Tracking and Mobile Eye-Based Interaction (PETMEI).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.petmei.org\/2023\/keynote.html\">Info<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Luis A. Leiva.&nbsp;<strong>It&#8217;s not what you do, but how you do it: Information retrieval with implicit interaction<\/strong>.&nbsp;March,&nbsp;2021.&nbsp;Keynote at Elements of AI, Luxembourg.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elementsofai.lu\/\">Info<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h4 class=\"title text-18 font-bold has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"awards\"\n    >\nAwards<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<ul class=\"ulux-list\">\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Outstanding reviewer recognition at CHI&#8217;26.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Outstanding reviewer recognition at UIST&#8217;25.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Best short paper award nominee at UMAP&#8217;25.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Best paper award at IUI&#8217;25.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/conferences\/best-paper-awards#IUI25\">Info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Best short paper award at CUI&#8217;24.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/conferences\/best-paper-awards#CUI24\">Info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Best paper award nominee at UMAP&#8217;23.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMAPconf\/status\/1673590887274643457\">Info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Outstanding reviewer recognition at CHI&#8217;23.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Best paper honorable mention at EICS&#8217;22.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/conferences\/best-paper-awards#EICS22\">Info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Reviewer recognition at ICMI&#8217;22.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Reviewer recognition at IUI&#8217;22.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Outstanding reviewer recognition at ICMI&#8217;21.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Outstanding reviewer recognition at MobileHCI&#8217;21.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"ulux-list-item\">Reviewer recognition at INTERACT&#8217;21.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"list-highlighted__item  wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item\">\n    <header class=\"list-highlighted__header wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-header\">\n    \n<h4 class=\"title text-18 font-bold has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"work-experience\"\n    >\nWork experience<\/h4>\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-bigtext\">\n    <span>\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/header><div class=\"list-highlighted__body wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-body\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-highlighted-list-item-free-content-area\">\n    \n<p>He is the co-founder and former CTO of Sciling, an SME agency specialized in B2B Machine Learning solutions. 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