Francielly (Elly) Rodrigues
Francielly (Elly) Rodrigues is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering. She holds a Ph.D. in Computational Modeling from the National Laboratory of Scientific Computing in Brazil. Her research lies at the intersection of human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. Her interests center on context-aware and intelligent Extended Reality (iXR) systems, particularly how immersive interfaces can sense contextual information about the user, task, and environment, reason over it, and adapt accordingly. This adaptability is essential for XR to be practical and effective in everyday life. The broader impact of her work is to create XR solutions that enhance productivity, communication, well-being, and accessibility across a wide range of applications, from education and medicine to everyday tasks.
