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April Yi Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zürich, where she directs the Programming, Education, and Computer-Human Interaction Lab (PEACH Lab). Her research focuses on enhancing communication around programming through redesigning literate programming environments. She obtained her PhD in Information Science from the University of Michigan, where she explored how programming can be understood as a literacy to better facilitate its learning and teaching. Her work targets creating expressive, human-centered systems to make programming and data analysis more accessible. Wang's contributions emphasize the social aspects of programming and collaborative learning, especially in educational contexts. She is involved in various projects, including the Coducate project aimed at improving coding education. Additionally, she has published extensively, with papers focusing on the intersection of human-computer interaction and educational technology. She strives to help diverse user groups effectively communicate coding processes and maintain control over their learning experiences.
ETH Zürich • Zürich, Switzerland
Teaching and conducting research in the areas of human-computer interaction and educational technology.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI
Conducting research related to Information Science, focusing on collaborative data science and programming education.
Microsoft Research • Redmond, WA
Engaged in research related to visualization in data analytics.
IBM Research • Cambridge, MA
Worked with AI Experience Group on projects related to interactive systems.
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