Louisa Conwill

PhD candidate at @nd_cse. Bringing philosophical + religious traditions into ethical HCI. Formerly @focuscatholic and @amazon. @BrownUniversity and @asij alum.

[Toby J. Li😺 (he/him) @TobyJLi]

Excited to report on another year of a strong showing of @NotreDame HCI community at #CHI2026. This milestone reflects the incredible hard work and creativity of our students, collaborators, and colleagues

https://t.co/cmsAb5MHZ0

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

I'm so grateful for my dream team of collaborators, @wjscheirer and @MeganKLevis! And for the 16 interview participants who provided valuable insights for this paper!

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

I'm excited to share that my first author paper, "Do We Need Subsidiarity in Software?" received an Honorable Mention Award at #CHI2026. You can access a preprint of the paper here https://t.co/crjQPKlM1d

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

At the start of my PhD I was unsure of how my work applying Catholic Social Teaching to technology ethics would be received in the computer science world. I'm grateful that this work was not only accepted to the premier conference in HCI, but received an Honorable Mention Award.

[Walter Scheirer @wjscheirer]

Do We Need Subsidiarity in Software? #CHI2026 paper led by @louisaconwill. Subsidiarity is a principle where decisions or control should occur at the lowest level possible and the highest level necessary. Think about that for platforms like this one...

Read it here: https://t.co/9ggWNzfr4i

[Walter Scheirer @wjscheirer]

Inspired by @louisaconwill's work, I wrote a short piece on subsidiarity as a guiding principle for open source AI in the latest issue of the @RedHat Research Quarterly.

https://t.co/ra4Q7OCR8r

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

I was so honored to read and give feedback on a draft of their AI and Catholic education book at this meeting. There are exciting things coming down the pipeline from the Vatican AI research group!

[de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture @ND_EthicsCenter]

The dCEC cosponsored the 4th plenary meeting of the Vatican's @d_c_ed AI Research Group for discussion of ethical issues surrounding artificial intelligence in relation to education and human agency. They worked on two forthcoming books. Learn more: https://t.co/bKStVG7Fpe

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

Excited and grateful to share that our book won two Catholic media awards!

[Walter Scheirer @wjscheirer]

Curious about the background of @Pontifex's comments on digital technology and Catholic Social Teaching? Check out the now award winning book Virtue in Virtual Spaces!

Available from @litpress: https://t.co/Q73wuJ2VGV

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

Note: this article mainly discusses social media, but the proposed approach can easily translate to AI, which seems to be Pope Leo's bigger concern. We have a chapter that discusses AI in our book "Virtue in Virtual Spaces" that this article summarizes @wjscheirer @MeganKLevis

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

Hey that's me! This article was published in December but may be a timely read given Pope Leo XIV's interest in applying Catholic Social Teaching to today's technological challenges.

[Church Life Journal @ChurchLifeND]

Catholic Social Teaching casts a beautiful vision of a better world, but does not provide many practical steps for how to achieve this vision.
--Louisa Conwill

https://t.co/XO87OugGeT

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

@chacaranda I’d be so tempted if I didn’t know how Frank Lloyd Wright houses tend to fall apart….

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

@NoahZiems As a Pacific Northwesterner I can attest it wasn’t necessary until recently 😭

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

@Danielleshabit Very late reply but thank you, Sr. Danielle! I was excited to get the Sisters of the Little Way mailing this week

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

Today I received my Masters in Computer Science and Engineering! 👩‍🎓👩‍💻

Although I’m in a PhD program, not a masters program, it’s nice to finally have a graduate degree to show for my four years in grad school 😃

Next up is the PhD, expected in 2026 or 2027! (God willing 😅)

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

@LuElla_DAmico As someone named Louisa it was obligatory for me to like this post :)

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

@chacaranda AI questions aside, I don’t like that in Pace U video they have to scan their phones to have their names read. At ND we were given a slip of paper with our personal QR code. This allowed us to have our hands free (and to be detached from our phones) when receiving our diplomas

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

@kbadillou @rametoyer @oanuyah I was so inspired to see two super moms in the platform party, and loved seeing you rock the snugli (+ baby!!) with your academic regalia!

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

@RobrtRams Thank you!!

[Louisa Conwill @louisaconwill]

@pursuedbytruth Thank you, Sr. Theresa 😊