She received a “Laurea” degree (M.Sc. equivalent) in Computer Science at the University of Milan, Italy (1988), as well as a M.Sc. (1996) and Ph.D. (1999) in Intelligent Systems at the University of Pittsburgh. Her areas of research include User Modeling, Adaptive Interfaces, Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Affective Computing. Cristina has published over 50 strictly referred articles, and her work has received awards from the International Conference on User Modeling, the International Conference of AI in Education, the International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces and the Journal of User Modeling and User Adapted Interaction. She was Program Co-Chair for User Modeling 200, and Conference Co-Chair for Intelligent User Interfaces 2009.