Appointments

Jan 2025 – present
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University · Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Jul 2022 – Jan 2025
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Human-Centred Computing, Monash University · Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Sep 2020 – Jun 2022
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Electrical and Computing Engineering (FIEC), ESPOL · Guayaquil, Ecuador
Jan 2020 – Aug 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Oct 2013 – Dec 2016
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Electrical and Computing Engineering (FIEC), ESPOL · Guayaquil, Ecuador

Education

2016 – 2020
PhD in Learning Analytics
Connected Intelligence Centre, University of Technology Sydney · Sydney, Australia
2013
MSc. in Artificial Intelligence
Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven · Belgium
2004 – 2010
B.S. in Computer Science
Major in Multimedia Systems · ESPOL · Guayaquil, Ecuador

Honors & Awards

Early Career Researcher Award
Society of Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)
2025
Dean's Research Team of the Year Award
Monash University — Centre for Learning Analytics at Monash (CoLAM)
2024
Runner-up Best Paper Award by IEEE Pervasive Computing
IEEE Computer Society Publications Board
2024
Runner-up Best Paper Award
Learning Analytics and Knowledge International Conference (LAK)
2024
Best Design Paper Award
International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
2022
Runner-up Best Paper Award
European Conference of Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL)
2020
Chancellor's List of Outstanding PhD Theses — Honourable Mention
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
2020
Best Paper Award
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED)
2020
Travel Grant Award — APSCE Merit Scholarship
International Conference on Computers in Education, Christchurch, NZ
2017
Best Paper Award
IEEE Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting (ETCM)
2016

Grants

Transforming clinical performance feedback with expert-driven AI-powered analytics
Boundary Crosser Scheme — STEM College, RMIT University
49,160 AUD · 2026
Career Reignite Program
STEM College — RMIT University
19,896 AUD · 2025
Augmenting the Debrief of Emergency Resuscitation In-situ Simulation utilising Artificial Intelligence
Laerdal Foundation · R. Martinez-Maldonado (PI), V. Echeverria (Co-PI), Connell, J. Davis, S. Sevenhuysen
72,058 AUD · 2024
Visually communicating catchment water quality information for diverse stakeholders: A case study of Macalister Irrigation District
ECA Seed Grant, Monash University · S. Goodwin (PI), V. Echeverria (Co-PI), A. Lintern
22,948 AUD · 2024

Academic Service

Editorial Board Member & Associate Editor
iJCSCL2025
Behaviour & Information Technology2025
Guest Editor
BJET2025
Associate Chair / Senior Reviewer
ACM CHI2023–2025
ACM CSCW2023–2024
BJET2020–present
Journal of Learning Analytics2020–present
JCAL2024–present
IEEE TLT2020–2022
IJAIED2025
Program Committee Member
AIED2026
LAK2019–present
ICMI2018–present
IEEE ETCM2018

Professional Memberships

Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR)2017–present
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society2017–present
IEEE Women in Engineering2017–present
IEEE2016–present
ACM2014–present