May 12, 2026
IIT researcher Michael Papademas, and member of the AI Politeia research team, participated in the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2026), held in Cairo, Egypt (27–30 April 2026), under the theme Human-centered Engineering Education: Empowering Sustainable Innovation and Ethical Leadership through AI and Digital Transformation.
Michael Papademas at IEEE EDUCON 2026
He presented the paper “A DEA-Based Framework for Measuring the Efficiency of Human-Centered Engineering Education in the Epoch of Trustworthy AI”. The work proposes a benchmarking framework based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate the efficiency of engineering education programs in fostering Trustworthy AI, integrating quantitative assessment with ethical, pedagogical and human-centered dimensions.
He also served as session chair for the track Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Engineering Education, which addressed issues of accessibility, inclusion, and equal participation in engineering education in the context of AI and digital transformation.
