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<blockquote>''Life's Too Short for Just One Passion''</blockquote>[[File:BrianLorenzoProfilePic2024.jpg|left|thumb|300x300px|Ready to <u>Brian Lorenzo</u>storming some ideas, here's my [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-lorenzo/ LinkedIn]|link=Special:FilePath/BrianLorenzoProfilePic2024.jpg]]'''Brian Lorenzo''' is a driven Electronics Engineer based in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is passionate about leveraging technology and innovation to make a positive impact, particularly in education.

<span id="docs-internal-guid-7854218d-7fff-6cb9-7b4a-1b775c7f35dc"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian Lorenzo is an Electronic Engineering student 's career reflects his diverse skills and commitment to creating impactful solutions. He currently works at [httphttps://universityinnovationceibal.orgedu.uy/wikien/Universidad_Cat%C3%B3lica_del_Uruguay Universidad Católica del UruguayCeibal], an organization dedicated to promoting digital inclusion in Uruguayan public education, where he leads research and development initiatives in educational technology.] He is particularly interested in the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in education and is actively involved in several extracurricular activities such as young mass, boardgames club researching and developing new approaches to teaching and different events as a class representative of his majorlearning with AI.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-7854218d-7fff-6cb9-7b4a-1b775c7f35dc"><span style="font-sizePrior to Ceibal, Brian excelled as an Innovation Manager at [https: 11pt; font-family//innovationlab.1950labs.com/ Innovation Lab] (by [https: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0//1950labs.com/ 1950Labs]); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brian is a committed, charismatic driving internal and proactive personexternal innovation projects. During He also honed his free time teaching skills as an assistant professor at [[:Category:Universidad Católica del Uruguay|Universidad Católica del Uruguay]] (UCU), where he likes to play the guitar shared his expertise in assembler programming for CISC and make craft beer with his friendsRISC microprocessors. &nbsp;</span></span>

<span id=A notable achievement in Brian's career is his work on "docs-internal-guid-7854218d-7fff-6cb9-7b4a-1b775c7f35dc[https://www.thehyproject.com/ The Hy Project]"><span style=, a groundbreaking initiative that developed a system for electric and hybrid vehicles to emit specific sound frequencies that enhance plant growth. This project gained international recognition, earning a nomination for Fast Company's "font-size[https: 11pt; font//www.fastcompany.com/90492123/world-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); backgroundchanging-color: transparent; fontideas-variantawards-numeric: normal; font2020-variantcreativity-eastfinalists-asian: normal; verticaland-align: baseline; whitehonorable-spacementions World Changing Ideas]" award and becoming a finalist in the [https: pre-wrap;">Nowadays, he works as an Electronic</span><span style="font/www.sxsw.com/interactive/2020/innovation-size: 11pt; fontawards-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); backgroundfinalists-color: transparent; fontannounced-variantfor-numeric: normal; fontsxsw-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Technician 2020/ Smart Cities, Transportation & Logistics category at The Electric Factorythe South by Southwest (SXSW)] festival in Austin, a creative company specialized in offering disruptive and innovative solutions to brands challengesTexas. He recently started working as an assistant professor at Universidad Católica del Uruguay where he helps on coding practices of ASSEMBLER language focused on CISC microprocessors.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-7854218d-7fff-6cb9-7b4a-1b775c7f35dc"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0Beyond his professional endeavors, Brian is a lifelong learner with diverse interests. He enjoys playing guitar, 0crafting his own beer, 0and continually expanding his knowledge in areas like User Experience Research (UXR); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On August 2018 he participated in “LOOP: Semana de la Innovación” as part . Brian is also an avid board sport enthusiast, with over 20 years of the organization staff along with his UIF candidates partnersexperience (started skating at 7)  riding skateboards, surfboards, and more recently, snowboards.</span></span>

=='''Brian The UIFellow'''==[[File:BrianLorenzoCantinaton.jpg|left|thumb|400x400px|Group picture at the end of Cantinatón: a hackathon to identify and create new innovative solutions to the university cafeteria, co-facilitated by the [[School:Universidad Católica del Uruguay|2018's fall cohort]] and their recently acquired Design Thinking expertise|link=Special:FilePath/BrianLorenzoCantinaton.jpg]]As a UIF Fellow, Brian has actively contributed to the organization of "LOOP: Semana de la Innovación", a Latin America Regional UIF Meetup, in [https://universityinnovationfellows.org/loop-2018/ 2018] (as a fellow trainee) and [https://www.flickr.com/photos/uifellows/albums/72157711254337253/ 2019], fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange among local and international participants. <blockquote>👉[https://universityinnovationfellows.org/loop-2018/ Leticia wrote about it] 👈</blockquote>Brian's commitment to the program extended well beyond his own cohort. He has been actively involved in mentoring subsequent generations of UIF students at Universidad Católica del Uruguay, counseling them through the application process, helping them develop their project ideas, and sharing his own experiences to help them succeed. His ongoing involvement with the UIF program highlights Brian's commitment to nurturing a more innovative and student-centered approach to higher education. He is currently working in co-designing, alongside other fellows and Ithaka, the innovation center of the university, a pre-training course for the newest fall 2024 UCU cohort.     <br />    =='''AI in Education'''==[[File:Brian Lorenzo Marco Referencial IA.png|left|thumb|251x251px|A pedagogical framework to teach Artificial Intelligence from an Uruguayan experience ([https://pensamientocomputacional.ceibal.edu.uy/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Marco-referencial-IA.pdf ISBN: 978-9915-9578-4-5])|link=Special:FilePath/Brian_Lorenzo_Marco_Referencial_IA.png]]Brian is passionate about making AI accessible and beneficial in educational settings. He believes in the transformative potential of AI to create more engaging, personalized, and effective learning experiences. His current work in this field includes: *'''Co-authoring the "[https://pensamientocomputacional.ceibal.edu.uy/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Marco-referencial-IA.pdf Marco referencial para la enseñanza de la inteligencia artificial]"''': This framework, developed in collaboration with other experts, provides guidance for integrating AI concepts and skills into K-12 education in Uruguay. <br /> *'''Researching evaluation metrics for LLM-based solutions''': Brian is currently researching how to effectively measure the impact and effectiveness of educational tools and platforms powered by large language models, focusing in security breaches, cognitive bias and toxicity prevention. <br /> *'''Developing practical resources for educators''': He is currently co-writing a follow-up book to the "Marco referencial" that will provide teachers and students with hands-on activities, lesson plans, and other resources to facilitate the integration of AI into various subjects and learning environments.   <br />  == '''<span style="font-size:larger;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Related Links</span></span></span>''' ==