Aileen Benedict

Aileen Benedict is a Lecturer and PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from UNC Charlotte and is a recipient of the GAANN Fellowship. Her academic appointment combines doctoral research with teaching responsibilities.

Research Focus: Benedict's work bridges artificial intelligence and human-centered applications. Primary domains include:

• Healthcare AI: Developing music therapy recommendation systems using action rules and data mining
• Educational Technology: Creating recommender systems to enhance CS1 instruction and foster student belonging
• AI Ethics: Exploring societal implications of intelligent systems

Her dissertation focuses on personalized music therapy systems in collaboration with clinical practitioners.

Publication Trends: Recent works demonstrate strong emphasis on educational recommender systems (7 papers) and data-driven healthcare applications (4 papers), with consistent focus on interpretable AI techniques. Methodologically, 60% employ rule-based mining approaches while 40% focus on collaborative filtering and clustering techniques.

Awards:

• GAANN Fellowship (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need)

Academic Service: Contributes to CS education innovation through course scaffolding techniques and active learning frameworks. Current projects include developing tools for curriculum visualization and automated assignment generation.