Stefania Druga

Hi! I am Stef. I am currently a principal researcher at the Center of Applied AI Research at the University of Chicago. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Creative AI Literacies 🎓 at the University of Washington Information School. I recently did a research internship at Microsoft’s Human-AI eXperience Team focused on Large Language Models applications.

My research focuses on Large Language Models and the design of Creative AI tools and resources 🖌️. I also enjoy designing and building future smart toys 🤖 and games. When I am not coding & writing papers 👩🏽‍💻 I love hiking, climbing, and riding my 🚲.

I am a former an AI Resident at X Moonshot Factory, product engineer at Fixie.ai, a Weizenbaum Research Fellow. An awardee of the NSF Formal Verification in the Field Grant and the Jacobs Foundation Grant. I was previously a LEGO Papert Fellow during my time as a master student at MIT researching with Prof. Mitch Resnick and the Scratch team.

For more information, please reach out to me! Or have a look at my projects, papers, or resume.

selected publications

  1. FAccT 2023
    Language Models and Society: Bridging Research and Policy
    Druga, Stefania, Baldini, Ioana, Vorvoreanu, Mihaela, and Bommasani, Rishi
    FAccT ’23: ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency 2023
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  2. C&C 2023
    The Prompt Artists (Honorable Mention)
    Chang, Minsuk, Druga, Stefania, Fiannaca, Alex, Vergani, Pedro, Kulkarni, Chinmay, Cai, Carrie, and Terry, Michael
    C&C’23: ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition 2023
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  3. 2023
    AI Friends: Designing Creative Coding Assistants for Families
    Druga, Stefania, and Ko, Amy J.
    Proceedings TOCE 2023
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  4. 2023
    Scratch Copilot Evaluation: Assessing AI-Assisted Creative Coding for Families
    Druga, Stefania, and Otero, Nancy
    Proceedings VL/HCC 2023
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