Alberto Jimenez Macías, an Assistant Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) with a PhD in Telematics, is currently undertaking a three-month research stay at the DigiMedia, as part of an international collaboration with the UC3M and the Gradient research group, under teh supervision of the DigiMedia researcher Luís Pedro.

During his stay, he is working on the GENIELearn project, fostering synergies with DigiMedia’s PARCERIA initiative. The collaboration aims to bridge generative artificial intelligence research with collaborative assistant systems based on large language models, enabling the integration of conversational agents into student-facing dashboards.

The visit also supports the exchange of expertise in machine learning algorithms, predictive models, and educational AI applications. From a human-computer interaction (HCI) perspective, the work contributes qualitative methodologies for assessing multidimensional student engagement. This cross-disciplinary collaboration is expected to strengthen research outputs and lead to joint high-impact scientific publications.