Research
Communication modalities and multi-agent networks
Workshop paper author · MALGAI · ICLR 2026 Workshop
A MALGAI / ICLR workshop contribution on how communication modalities shape interaction topology among generative agents.
About me
Vinicius Covas
PhD in Communication · Researcher · Author
Social reality, communication and technology.
Research ProfessorUniversidad Anáhuac México
Social reality, communication and technology.
Biography
Vinicius Covas holds a PhD in Communication from Universidad Anáhuac México. He is a Brazilian research professor and author based in Mexico City. His work examines how artificial intelligence transforms communication, digital culture, knowledge and organizations.
His research agenda, “Social reality, communication and technology,” combines communication theory, experimental research, generative multi-agent systems and computational methods to examine meaning-making, agency and forms of organization among humans and artificial agents.
He is a Research Professor in the Faculty of Communication at Universidad Anáhuac México, connected with CICA and the Human & NonHuman Communication Lab. He connects his research with teaching, executive education and public communication.
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Documented career
Career milestones
Research, education and public conversation. Each milestone retains its context and sources.
6 milestones
Education
PhD in Communication
PhD in Communication · Universidad Anáhuac México
Universidad Anáhuac México records the degree award on 25 November 2024.
Research
Ford Innovation Challenge · NextGen Tech
Member of the winning team · Human & Nonhuman Communication Lab
With Jorge Alberto Hidalgo Toledo, Josu Garritz Alcalá and Carlos Alejandro Ibarra Hernández, joins the Human & Nonhuman Communication Lab team recognised for its electric mobility and AI proposal.
Media
Artificial intelligence and work
Interviewee · El Heraldo de México
Participates in an El Heraldo de México interview on automation and its implications for human work.
Research
Gamification and learning
Author · Sintaxis · Universidad Anáhuac México
Publishes a review in Sintaxis on behaviour, participation and gamification experiences in e-learning.
Books
Creando Marcas en la Era de las Distracciones
Author
His book addresses brand strategy and communication in an environment of fragmented attention.
Research
He researches human–machine communication, multi-agent systems and social life. His work connects theory, experimentation and tool development to study how meaning, knowledge and agency take shape.
Synthetic Agora
How does social life organize among machines?
LOGOS Framework
Where is human cognitive agency when we learn with AI?
AskAnáhuac
How can scholarly knowledge be opened to new questions?
Teaching and education
He teaches communication, innovation and artificial intelligence in university and executive programmes. At Universidad Anáhuac México, he works with students, faculty and researchers to connect critical analysis with project development and informed use of digital tools.
Publications and books
Articles, preprints and editorial contributions developing his research agenda. Each work retains its publication status, bibliographic reference and a link to the original source.
How Communication Modalities Shape Topology in Generative Multi-Agent Systems
An experimental framework for studying how communication modalities shape interaction networks among generative agents.
MALGAI · ICLR 2026 Workshop
Read publicationInfraestructuras digitales, sentido y agencia: una lectura comunicacional de las tecnologías emergentes
An editorial situating emerging technologies within communication questions of visibility, meaning-making and agency.
Comunicación y Medios / 35(53)
Read publicationThe LOGOS Framework: A Five-Level Taxonomy of Human Cognitive Agency in AI-Assisted Assessment
A five-level taxonomy for examining human cognitive agency in AI-assisted academic assessment.
SSRN
Read publicationAcademic and editorial service
- Guest Editor · Comunicación y Medios · Universidad de Chile
Special issue No. 53: Communication and emerging technologies: digital infrastructures and new Latin American perspectives.
- Thematic Track Deputy Director · Congreso Internacional H
Digital ecosystems and social networks. Documented participation in the 2025 and 2026 editions.
- International scientific committee · II Congreso Internacional Cómplices de la Comunicación
Member of the international scientific committee, as listed on the organization page for the second edition.
Speaking and public conversation
Talks on artificial intelligence, communication, education and organizational change. He brings research questions to academic, business and institutional audiences, with documented appearances at TEDxCuauhtémoc, the Palacio Legislativo and Grupo Salinas.
In the media
Press and interviews
Interviews and coverage on artificial intelligence, communication and digital culture. Selected conversations connecting his research, audiovisual experiments and trajectory between Brazil and Mexico with public debate.
Interviews and coverage in
Can you create a TV programme with AI?
On W Fin de Semana, he discusses the creative process behind his AI television experiments and the role of human decisions.
11:53 · SpanishListen on W Radio
El Heraldo de México
Artificial intelligence: will machines replace human beings?
An interview on education, work and critical thinking in the face of generative tools.
Read interviewTV Brasil
Conexão Brasil-México
An appearance on Caminhos da Reportagem on cultural ties between Brazil and Mexico, his migration experience and life in Mexico.
View reportDigital payments and cash culture
EL PAÍS reports his cultural analysis of digital payments at the No Money forum.
Read at the outletAI and financial decisions
An El Economista report includes his perspective on learning with AI and retaining judgment when making decisions.
Read at the outletIdeas on video
Classes, talks and interviews exploring AI through communication. These recordings offer more context on questions, methods and applications.
9:12La IA Sabe que Es Observada - Vinicius Covas en ADN40
117:47Inteligencia Artificial para la Investigación Científica.
Podcast
Conversations on technology, digital culture and changes in everyday life. Guest appearances with access to the original episodes.
How the way we consume is changing
A conversation in Portuguese about consumers after the pandemic, new digital behaviours and the challenges facing brands.
Watch episode · 43:27 · PortuguêsIdeas and essays
Essays and notes bringing research questions into everyday conversation: learning with AI, designing interactions and understanding what changes when we think with machines.
Assessment with AI: where is the student’s work?
Before the prompt: designing a conversation’s architecture
Collaboration and knowledge sharing
His work also takes place in research communities, executive education and technology outreach projects. Collaborations are presented with their specific roles and public sources.
Claude Community México
Ambassador · AI Research
Participation in the research vertical of Mexico’s Claude community, with learning and exchange activities for researchers and developers.
Claude for Research workshopTelcel HistorIAs · Google Gemini · Android
Educational content contributor
An AI video creation tutorial published by Telcel HistorIAs with Google Gemini, presented by Android. A collaboration in public education and creative tools.
Watch tutorialGrupo Salinas
Speaker · The new digital reality
A session on marketing, communication and digital transformation trends, documented in 2024. Part of his knowledge-sharing work with organizations.
View recordBiography, profiles and materials
Biographies, CV and photographs for academic programmes, introductions and interviews. External profiles bring together bibliographic work and institutional records.