M.A., Sociology, Patan Campus, Tribhuvan University (T.U.), Nepal (2008), First Division
Thesis Title: Gender Role Influence and Impact on Academic Performance of Adolescent Girls
B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, I.O.E., T.U., Nepal (2005), First Division
Final Year Project Title: Doctor Computer: Medical Diagnosis Expert System
Work Experience
Research Fellow: Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS), Nepal (August 2020- Present)
Data Visualization and Content Design Consultant, SOSIN, Central Department of Anthropology, T.U. (February 2020 - Present)
Software Engineer, D2Hawkeye Services, Kathmandu (Sep 2005 – Feb 2006)
Project coordinator and scriptwriter: ‘Kamala, home or away be sure be safe’, a short film (2008)
One of the eight short films to win funding, USAID short-film competition on AIDS awareness
Selected Publications
Muldner, K., Wixon, M., Rai, D., Burleson, W., Woolf, B., & Arroyo, I. (2015). Exploring the impact of a learning dashboard on student affect. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). (Vol. 9112, pp. 307-317). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9112). Springer Verlag.
Arroyo, I., Woolf, B.P., Burelson, W., Muldner, K., Rai, D., Tai, M. (2014). A Multimedia Adaptive Tutoring System for Mathematics that Addresses Cognition, Metacognition and Affect. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education 24: 387.
Rai, D., Arroyo, I., Stephens, L., Lozano, C., Burleson, W., Woolf, B. P., & Beck, J. E. (2013). Repairing deactivating negative emotions with student progress pages. In Artificial Intelligence in Education - 16th International Conference, AIED 2013, Proceedings (Vol. 7926 LNAI, pp. 795-798). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7926 LNAI). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39112-5-115
Rai, D., Beck, J., & Arroyo, I. (2013). Causal Modeling to Understand the Relationship between Student Attitudes, Affect and Outcomes. Inproceedings of Educational Datamining Conference (pp. 344-345)
Rai, D., & Beck, J. E. (2012). Math Learning Environment with Game-Like Elements: An Experimental Framework. International Journal of Game Based Learning. Vol 2-2, pp. 90-110
Rai, D., & Beck, J. E. (2012). Math Learning Environment with Game-Like Elements: An Incremental Approach for Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Effectiveness. Intelligent Tutoring Systems Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 90-100. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_13
Rai, D., & Beck, J. (2011). Exploring User Data From a Game-like Math Tutor: A Case Study in Causal Modeling. Inproceedings of Educational Datamining Conference (pp. 307-313)
Gong, Y., Rai, D., Beck, J. E. & Heffernan, N. T. (2009) Does Self-Discipline Impact Students' Knowledge and Learning? In Barnes, Desmarais, Romero & Ventura (Eds) Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Educational Data Mining. pp. 61-70. ISBN: 978-84-613-2308-1.
Rai, D., Gong, Y. & Beck, J. E. (2009) Using Dirichlet Priors to Improve Model Parameter Plausibility. In Barnes, Desmarais, Romero & Ventura (Eds) Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Educational Data Mining. pp. 141-150. ISBN: 978-84-613-2308-1.