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Jiachen (Lilian) Gong

Jiachen (Lilian) Gong

Carnegie Mellon University (MS, METALS)  ·  Peking University (BA, Sociology)

I am a Researcher and Data Scientist at Arizona State University, Learning Engineering Institute working with Dr. Danielle S. McNamara. I study the intersection of artificial intelligence and human learning. My ongoing research focuses on predictive student modeling and generative AI in education, particularly how large language models can be designed to adapt to individual learners and preserve student agency. Looking ahead, I am expanding my work toward more equitable and personalized learning systems that account for cultural and linguistic diversity, leverage real-time learning signals, and enhance students rather than replace their thinking.

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Publications
  1. Gong, J., Bali, A., Ahmed, I., Banawan, M., Arner, T. & McNamara, D. Re-imagine Knowledge Tracing with Student Agency in a Generative AI Language Tutor. (Accepted) 27th International Conference on AI in Education (AIED '26).
  2. Gong, J., Ahmed, I., Yu, F., Arner, T., & McNamara, D. S. (2026). L2-French Learners and Generative AI (GenAI): Challenges, Needs, and Design Guidelines. Proceedings of the Learning Engineering Research Network Convening (LERN 2026). https://doi.org/10.59668/2551.25403
  3. Gong, J., Goldshtein, M., Xu, X., Arner, T., Roscoe, R. D., & McNamara, D. (2025). English and culture as factors in college math achievement. In Proceedings of the Twelfth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale (L@S '25). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3698205.3733957
  4. Imundo, M. N., Goldshtein, M., Watanabe, M., Gong, J., Crosby, D. N., Roscoe, R. D., Arner, T., & McNamara, D. S. (2025). Awareness to Action: Student Knowledge of and Responses to an Early Alert System. Applied Sciences, 15(11), 6316. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15116316
  5. Imundo, M. N., Li, S., Gong, J., Potter, A., Arner, T., & McNamara, D. S. (2025). Applying self-determination theory to the effective implementation of personalized learning in online higher education. Handbook of Personalized Learning. Taylor & Francis
  6. Imundo, M. N., Watanabe, M., Potter, A. H., Gong, J., Arner, T., & McNamara, D. S. (2024). Expert thinking with generative chatbots. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 13(4), 465–484. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000199
  7. Christhilf, K., Gong, J., & McNamara, D. S. (2024). Context-embedded knowledge tracing and latent concept detection in a reading game. In Proceedings of the Eleventh ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale (L@S '24). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3657604.3664674