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Journal Papers
Aleven, V., McLaren, B.M., Sewall, J., & Koedinger, K. (submitted). Example-Tracing Tutors: A New Paradigm for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education.
Roll, I., Aleven, V., McLaren, B.M., & Koedinger, K.R. (2007). Designing
for Metacognition - Applying Cognitive Tutor Principles to Metacognitive
Tutoring. Metacognition and Learning, 2(2). [ pdf ]
Harrer, A., McLaren, B.M., Walker, E., Bollen, L., & Sewall, J.. (2006).
Creating Cognitive Tutors for Collaborative Learning: Steps
Toward Realization. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction:
The Journal of Personalization Research (UMUAI). 16.
(p. 175-209). [ pdf
]
McLaren, B.M. (2006). Computational Models of Ethical Reasoning: Challenges, Initial Steps, and Future Directions. IEEE Intelligent Systems, Published by the IEEE Computer Society. July/August 2006 edition. (p. 29-37). [ pdf ]
Aleven, V., McLaren, B.M., Roll, I., & Koedinger, K. (2006). Toward
Meta-Cognitive Tutoring: A Model of Help Seeking with a Cognitive Tutor.
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education,
IOS Press. 16(2006). (p. 101-130). [ pdf ]
McLaren, B.M. (2003). Extensionally Defining Principles and Cases in Ethics:
an AI Model; McLaren, B. M., Artificial Intelligence
Journal, Volume 150, (p. 145-181), November 2003. [
pdf ]
Conference, Workshop, and Symposium Papers
2008
McLaren, B.M., Lim, S., & Koedinger, K.R. (2008). When and How
Often Should Worked Examples be Given to Students? New Results and a Summary
of the Current State of Research. In the Proceedings of the 30th
Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. July 23 – 26, 2008, Washington,
D.C. [ pdf
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Koedinger, K.R., Pavlik, P., McLaren, B.M., & Aleven, V. (2008).
Is it Better to Give than to Receive? The Assistance Dilemma as a Fundamental
Unsolved Problem in the Cognitive Science of Learning and Instruction.
In the Proceedings of the 30th Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
July 23 – 26, 2008, Washington, D.C. [ pdf
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McLaren, B.M., Lim, S., & Koedinger, K.R. (2008). When is Assistance Helpful to Learning? Results in Combining Worked Examples and Intelligent Tutoring. In the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS-08). (p. 677-680). [ pdf ]
Mikšátko, J. & McLaren, B.M. (2008). What’s in a Cluster? Automatically
Detecting Interesting Interactions in Student E-Discussions. In
the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent
Tutoring Systems (ITS-08). (p. 333-342).
[ pdf
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Scheuer, O. & McLaren, B.M. (2008). Helping Teachers Handle the
Flood of Data in Online Student Discussions. In the Proceedings of
the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
(ITS-08). (p. 323-332). [ pdf ]
Tsovaltzi, D., McLaren, B.M., Rummel, N., Scheuer, O., Harrer, A., Pinkwart,
N. & Braun, I., (2008). Adaptive Collaboration Scripts for Conceptual
Chemistry Learning. In the Proceedings of the 9th International
Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS-08). (p.
709-711). [ pdf
]
Harrer, A., Pinkwart, N., McLaren, B.M., & Scheuer, O., (2008).
How Do We Get the Pieces to Talk? A New Software Architecture to Support
Interoperability between Educational Software Tools. In the
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent
Tutoring Systems (ITS-08). (p. 715-718). [ pdf
]
Melis, E., McLaren, B.M., & Solomon, S. (2008). Towards Accessing
Disparate Educational Data in a Single, Unified Manner. To appear in the
Third European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (ECTEL-08).
September 17 – 19, 2008, Maastricht, the Netherlands. [ pdf
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Tsovaltzi, D., Rummel, N., Pinkwart, N., Scheuer, O., Harrer, A.,
Braun, I. & McLaren, B.M. (2008). CoChemEx: Supporting Conceptual Chemistry
Learning via Computer-Mediated Collaboration Scripts. To appear in
the Third European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (ECTEL-08).
September 17 – 19, 2008, Maastricht, the Netherlands. [ pdf
]
2007
McLaren, B.M., Scheuer, O., De Laat, M., Hever, R., De Groot, R., &
Rosé, C.P. (2007). Using Machine Learning Techniques to Analyze
and Support Mediation of Student E-Discussions. In the Proceedings
of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education
(AIED 2007), IOS Press, (p. 141-147). [ pdf ]
McLaren, B.M., Lim, S., Yaron, D., & Koedinger, K.R. (2007). Can a
Polite Intelligent Tutoring System Lead to Improved Learning
Outside of the Lab? In the Proceedings of the 13th International
Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2007),
IOS Press. (p. 443-440). [ pdf ]
Walker, E., McLaren, B.M., Rummel, N., & Koedinger, K.R. (2007). Who Says Three’s a Crowd? Using a Cognitive Tutor to Support Peer Tutoring. In the Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2007), IOS Press. (p. 399-406). [ pdf ]
Roll, I., Aleven, V., McLaren, B.M., & Koedinger, K.R. (2007). Can
Help Seeking Be Tutored? Searching for the Secret Sauce of Metacognitive
Tutoring. In the Proceedings of the 13th International Conference
on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2007), IOS Press.
(p. 203-210). [ pdf ]
McLaren, B.M., Rummel, N., Tsovaltzi, D., Braun, I., Scheuer, O.,
Harrer, A., & Pinkwart, N. (2007). The CoChemEx Project:
Conceptual Chemistry Learning through Experimentation and Adaptive
Collaboration. In the Proceedings of the Workshop on
'Emerging Technologies for Inquiry Based Learning in Science',
AIED-07. (p. 36-48). Los Angeles (CA). [ pdf ]
De Groot, R., Drachman, R., Hever, R., Schwarz, B., Hoppe, U., Harrer,
A., De Laat, M., Wegerif, R., McLaren, B.M., & Baurens,
B. (2007). Computer Supported Moderation of E-Discussions: the
ARGUNAUT Approach. In the Proceedings of the Conference on
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL-07). (p. 165-167).
[ pdf
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Hever, R., De Groot, R., De Laat, M., Harrer, A., Hoppe, U., McLaren, B.M., & Scheuer, O. (2007). Combining Structural, Process-oriented and Textual Elements to Generate Awareness Indicators for Graphical E-Discussions. In the Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL-07). (p. 286-288). [ pdf ]
Diziol, D., Rummel, N., Spada, H., & McLaren, B. (2007). Promoting
Learning in Mathematics: Script Support for Collaborative Problem
Solving with the Cognitive Tutor Algebra. Presented at the
Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL-07),
as part of multiple paper session on 'Orchestrating learning activities
on the social and the cognitive level to foster CSCL' by Armin Weinberger
et al. (p. 36-45). [ pdf ]
Walker, E., Rummel, N., McLaren, B., & Koedinger,
K. (2007). The Student becomes the Master: Integrating Peer Tutoring
with Cognitive Tutoring. In the Proceedings of the Conference
on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL-07). (p.
750-752). [ pdf ]
Rummel, N., Diziol, D., Spada, H., & McLaren, B. (2007). Scripting Collaborative Problem Solving with the Cognitive Tutor Algebra: A way to Promote Learning in Mathematics; Paper presented at the Conference by the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI 2007) as part of symposium on 'Scripting (collaborative) learning on different social levels' by Pivi Hökkinen.
Cornwell, J., Fette, I., Hsieh, Prabaker, M., Rao, J., Tang, K., Vaniea,
K., Bauer, L. Cranor, L. Hong, J., McLaren, B., Reiter, M. &
Sadeh, N. (2007). User-Controllable Security and Privacy for Pervasive
Computing. In the Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE Workshop on
Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile), February
26-27, 2007 Tucson, Arizona. [ pdf
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2006
McLaren, B.M., Lim, S., Gagnon, F., Yaron, D., & Koedinger, K.R.
(2006). Studying the Effects of Personalized Language and Worked
Examples in the Context of a Web-Based Intelligent Tutor;
In the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent
Tutoring Systems (ITS-2006). Jhongli, Taiwan, June 26-30.
(p. 318-328). (Finalist for the Best Paper Award
at this conference) [ pdf ]
Aleven, V., McLaren, B. M., Sewall, J., &
Koedinger, K. R. (2006). The Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tools (CTAT):
Preliminary evaluation of efficiency gains. In M. Ikeda,
K. D. Ashley, & T. W. Chan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th
International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2006),
(pp. 61-70). Berlin: Springer Verlag. [ pdf ]
Roll, I., Aleven, V., McLaren, B.M., Ryu, E., Baker,
R. & Koedinger, K.R. (2006). The Help Tutor: Does Metacognitive
Feedback Improve Students' Help-Seeking Actions, Skills and Learning?
In the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent
Tutoring Systems (ITS-2006). Jhongli, Taiwan, June 26-30.
(p. 360-369). [ pdf
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Walker, E., Koedinger, K.R., McLaren, B.M. &
Rummel, N. (2006). Cognitive Tutors as Research Platforms: Extending
an Established Tutoring System for Collaborative and Metacognitive
Experimentation. In the Proceedings of the 8th International
Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS-2006).
Jhongli, Taiwan, June 26-30. (p. 207-216). [ pdf ]
Roll, I., Ryu, E., Sewall, J., Leber, B., McLaren,
B.M., Aleven, V., & Koedinger, K.R. (2006). Towards Teaching
Metacognition: Supporting Spontaneous Self-Assessment.
In the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent
Tutoring Systems (ITS-2006). Jhongli, Taiwan, June 26-30.
(p. 738-740). [ pdf
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Rummel, N., Diziol, D., Spada, H., McLaren, B.,
Walker, E. & Koedinger, K. (2006). Flexible support for collaborative
learning in the context of the Algebra I Cognitive Tutor. Workshop
paper presented at the Seventh International Conference of the
Learning Sciences (ICLS 2006). Bloomington, IN, USA. 2006.
[ pdf
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Aleven, V., Sewall, J., McLaren, B.M., & Koedinger, K.R. (2006).
Rapid Authoring of Intelligent Tutors for Real-World and Experimental
Use. In the Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference
on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT-2006). Kekrade,
the Netherlands, July 5-7, 2006. [ pdf ]
2005
McLaren, B.M. (2005). Lessons in Machine Ethics from the Perspective
of Two Computational Models of Ethical Reasoning; Presented
at the AAAI Fall 2005 Symposium, Washington, D. C.
In Papers from the AAAI Fall Symposium, Technical
Report FS-05-06. (p. 70-77). [ pdf ]
Harrer, A., McLaren, B.M., Walker, E., Bollen,
L., & Sewall, J. (2005). Collaboration and Cognitive
Tutoring: Integration, Empirical Results, and Future Directions.
In the Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence and Education (AIED-05). Amsterdam, the Netherlands,
July 2005. (p. 266-273). [ pdf ]
Aleven, V., Roll, I., McLaren, B.M., Ryu, E.J.,
& Koedinger, K.R. (2005). An Architecture to Combine Meta-cognitive
and Cognitive Tutoring: Pilot Testing the Help Tutor. In the
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
and Education (AIED-05). Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July
2005. (p. 17-24). [ pdf ]
McLaren, B.M., Bollen, L., Walker, E., Harrer,
A., & Sewall, J. (2005). Cognitive Tutoring of Collaboration:
Developmental and Empirical Steps Toward Realization.
In the Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative
Learning (CSCL-05). Taipei, Taiwan in May/June 2005.
(p. 418-422). [ pdf ]
Roll, I., Baker, R.S., Aleven, V., McLaren, B.M.,
& Koedinger, K. (2005). Modeling Students' Metacognitive Errors
in Two Intelligent Tutoring Systems. In the Proceedings
of the 10th Conference on User Modeling. Edinburgh, Scotland
in July 2005. [ pdf ]
2004
McLaren, B.M., Koedinger, K.R., Schneider, M., Harrer, A., & Bollen,
L. (2004). Bootstrapping Novice Data: Semi-Automated Tutor Authoring
Using Student Log Files. In the Proceedings of the Workshop
on Analyzing Student-Tutor Interaction Logs to Improve Educational
Outcomes, Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring
Systems (ITS-2004). August 2004. [ pdf ]
McLaren, B.M., Koedinger, K.R., Schneider, M.,
Harrer, A., & Bollen, L. (2004). Toward Cognitive Tutoring
in a Collaborative, Web-Based Environment. In Engineering
Advanced Web Applications, From the Proceedings in Connection
with the 4th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE
2004). Munich, Germany, 28-30 July, 2004. Rinton Press,
(p. 167-179). [ pdf
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Aleven, V., McLaren, B.M., Roll, I. & Koedinger,
K.R. (2004). Toward Tutoring Help Seeking: Applying Cognitive
Modeling to Meta-Cognitive Skills. In the Proceedings of the
Seventh International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
(ITS-2004). (p. 227-239). (Won the Best Paper Award
at this conference) [ pdf ]
Koedinger, K., Aleven, V., Heffernan, N., McLaren,
B.M., & Hockenberry, M. (2004). Opening the Door to Non-Programmers:
Authoring Intelligent Tutor Behavior by Demonstration. In the
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Intelligent
Tutoring Systems (ITS-2004). (p. 162-174). [ pdf ]
Summers, J.D., McLaren, B.M., & Aha, D.W. (2004).
Towards Applying Case-Based Reasoning to Composable Behavior
Modeling; In the Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on
Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS-2004).
(p. 277-284). [ pdf
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2001
McLaren, B.M. & Ashley, K.D. (2001). Helping a CBR Program Know What
it Knows. In the Proceedings of the Fourth International
Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR-01) Vancouver,
Canada. (p. 377-391). [ pdf
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Ashley, K.D. & McLaren, B.M. (2001). An AI
Investigation of Citation's Epistemological Role. In the
Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence and Law. St. Louis, Missouri. May 21-25,
2001. [ pdf
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McLaren, B.M., Hayes, P.J. & McKenna A.J. (2001).
Intelligent Trading Networks: Peer-to-Peer Trading in a Distribution
Marketplace. In the Proceedings of the International Conference
on Internet Computing (IC-2001). Las Vegas, Nevada.
(p. 764-771). [ doc
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2000
McLaren, B.M. & Ashley, K.D. (2000). Assessing
Relevance with Extensionally Defined Principles and Cases.
In the Proceedings of the 17th National Conference of Artificial
Intelligence (AAAI-00). Austin, Texas. (p. 316-322).
[ pdf ]
1999
McLaren, B.M. & Ashley, K.D. (1999). Case Representation, Acquisition, and Retrieval in SIROCCO. In the Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR-99). Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1650. Springer: Berlin. Seeon, Germany, July, 1999. (p. 248-262). [ pdf ]
1998
McLaren, B.M. & Ashley, K.D. (1998). Exploring the Dialectic
Between Abstract Rules and Concrete Facts: Operationalizing
Principles and Cases in Engineering Ethics. In the Proceedings
of the Fourth European Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning (EWCBR-98).
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1488. Springer: Berlin.
Dublin, Ireland, September, 1998. (p. 37-51). [ pdf ]
Ashley, K.D. & McLaren, B.M. (1995). Reasoning with Reasons
in Case-Based Comparisons. In the Proceedings of the First International
Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR-95). Lecture Notes
in Artificial Intelligence 1010. Springer: Berlin. October, 1995,
Sesimbra, Portugal. (p. 133-144). (Won the Distinguished
Paper Award at this conference) [ pdf ]
McLaren, B. M. & Ashley, K. D. (1995). Case-Based
Comparative Evaluation in TRUTH-TELLER. In the Proceedings
From the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science
Society. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. July, 1995, Pittsburgh,
PA. (p. 72-77).
McLaren, B. M. & Ashley, K. D. (1995). Context
Sensitive Case Comparisons in Practical Ethics: Reasoning about
Reasons. In the Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference
on Artificial Intelligence and Law, May, 1995, College Park,
Maryland. (p. 316-325).
1994
Ashley, K.D. & McLaren, B.M. (1994). A CBR Knowledge Representation for Practical Ethics. In the Proceedings of the Second European Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning, November, 1994, Chantilly, France. M. Keane, editor. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag: Berlin. (p. 181-197). [ pdf ]
Ashley, K.D. & McLaren, B.M. (1994). Evaluating Comparative
Evaluation Models. In the Proceedings of the Workshop on Case-Based
Reasoning, AAAI-94, August, 1994, Seattle, Washington. (p.
164-171) [ pdf ]
1990
McLaren, B. & Kahn, G.
(1990). TEST+: The Extension of an Application
Shell for Turbine-Generator Diagnosis. In the Proceedings
of the Fourth International Conference on Expert
Systems in Production and Operations Management, May
1990, Hilton Head, South Carolina. [ pdf ]
1988
Brancaleoni, C., Bugno, L., Cavalloro, P., Neuss, P., & McLaren, B. (1988). Italsim: A Knowledge-Based Simulation of a PCB Manufacturing Plant. In the Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Simulation, November 1-3, 1988, London, England and the Knowledge Forum, Volume 2, Issue 6, December, 1988, Printed by Carnegie Group Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. [ pdf ]
McLaren, B., Neuss, P., & De Groote, O. (1988). The Integrated Modeling Package (IMP): An Object-Oriented Module For Manufacturing Simulation. In the Proceedings of the Second European Simulation Multiconference, June 1988, Nice, France and the Knowledge Forum, Volume 2, Issue 3, June, 1988, Printed by Carnegie Group Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
1986
Book Chapters
Aleven, V., McLaren, B. M., & Koedinger, K.R. (2006). ).
“Toward Computer-Based Tutoring of Help-Seeking Skills.” In Help
Seeking in Academic Settings: Goals, Groups and Contexts, Published
in March 2006, ISBN 0-8058-5220-4, Chapter 10, 259-296, Lawrence Erlbaum
Publishers. [ pdf
]
Posters
Towards Teaching Metacognition: Supporting Spontaneous Self-Assessment; Roll, I., Ryu, E., Sewall, J., Lever, B., McLaren, B. M., Aleven, V., & Koedinger, K. R. In the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS-2006), Jhongli, Taiwan, June 26-30, 2006.
Improving
Algebra Learning and Collaboration through Collaborative
Extensions to the Algebra Cognitive Tutor;
McLaren, B. M., Walker, E., Koedinger, K., Rummel,
N., Spada, H., & Kalchman, M., Presented at the Conference
on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL-05),
Taipei, Taiwan in May/June 2005. <
PowerPoint version >
Technical Reports
A Theoretical Analysis on the Challenges of Applying Case-Based Reasoning for Composable Behavior Modeling; (Technical Report AIC-04-001); Summers, J. D., Aha, D. W., McLaren, B., Reece, D. A., & McCormack, J., Washington, D.C.: Naval Research Laboratory, Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, January 2004.
Commercial White Papers
Trading
Network Connectivity and Standards for the Automotive
Aftermarket; Van Den Berg, P. & McLaren,
B. M. CarParts white paper, October 2002.
Uncertainty Management Using Knowledge Craft (TM);
Herbert, D. & McLaren, B., The Knowledge Forum,
Volume 1, Issue 1, February 1987, Printed by Carnegie
Group Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Participation on Conference, Workshop, and Journal Committees
On the Program Committee for the First International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM-08) in Montreal, Canada, 2008.
On the Program Committee for the FLAIRS-2008
Special Track on Intelligent Tutoring Systems in Coconut Grove,
Florida, 2008.
On the Program Committee for the Workshop on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
in Ill-Defined Domains (ITS-08) in Montreal, Canada,
2008.
On the Program Committee for the Workshop on AIED Applications in Ill-Defined Domains (AIED-07) in Los Angeles, California, 2007.
On the Program Committee for the Eighth European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ECCBR-06).
Reviewer for the Nineteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-05) in Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005.
On the Program Committee for the Sixth International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR-05) in Chicago, Illinois, 2005.
On the Program Committee for the Second Workshop on Agent-based Computing for Enterprise Collaboration (ACEC) in Modena, Italy, June 2004.
On the Program Committee for the Seventh European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ECCBR-04) in Madrid, Spain, 2004.
Workshop Chair for the Fifth International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC 2003), Pittsburgh, PA - October 1-3, 2003.
On the Program Committee for the Fifth International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR-03) in Trondheim, Norway, 2003.
Reviewer for the AAAI-2002 Workshop on Agent-Based Technologies for B2B E-Commerce, 2002.
Reviewer for the International Journal of Electronic Commerce - Agent Technologies for B2B E-Commerce, 2002.
On the Program Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Case-Based
Reasoning (ICCBR-01) in Vancouver, Canada, 2001.
Invited Presentations
Kaleidoscope Symposium on Technology-Enhanced Learning, Oberhausen, Germany July 2005. Talk titled: "The Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center: Learning Studies and Technology in Actual Classroom Settings" (Contact: Dr. Andreas Harrer)
Intelligent Automation Incorporated, Rockville, Maryland, May 2003. (Contact: Dr. Jackie Haynes)
GE Research, Albany, New York, February 2003. (Contact: Dr. Bill Cheetham)
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, February 2003.
The Fraunhofer Institute, Berlin, Germany, February 2003. (Contact: Dr. Thomas Gordon)
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh,
Scotland, February 2003. (Contact:
Dr. John Zeleznikow)
University of Ulm, Ulm,
Germany, September 1999.
Dissertation Research
My Ph.D. research, completed in 1999 at the University of Pittsburgh, was in the area of case-based reasoning (CBR) and its application to ethical reasoning. An abstract of my dissertation is found below. My Ph.D. advisor was Kevin Ashley whose work is well known in the field of case-based reasoning, particularly as it applies to legal reasoning. The rest of my Ph.D. committee was Bruce Buchanan, Martha Pollack, and Manuela Veloso.
Assessing the Relevance of Cases and
Principles using Operationalization Techniques
Abstract
As part of my exploration into how abstract principles can be applied to specific fact situations, I developed and experimented with SIROCCO (System for Intelligent Retrieval of Operationalized Cases and COdes), a Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) retrieval and analysis system applied to the domain of engineering ethics. SIROCCO is intended to retrieve decided engineering ethics cases and previously applied ethics codes to assist in the analysis of new cases. My study of a large corpus of engineering ethics cases revealed a set of operationalization techniques that provide the cornerstone for SIROCCO's functionality. Ultimately, SIROCCO will act as a tool for engineers and engineering students in improving access to an on-line resource of engineering ethics experience. In my dissertation I report on the underlying architecture and language of SIROCCO, on the world-wide web tool I developed to perform case acquisition (www.pitt.edu/~bmclaren/ethics), and on experiments I performed to test my hypothesis that SIROCCO's operationalization techniques improve the accuracy of code and case retrieval.
My dissertation can be downloaded as a Word file
or as a .pdf file ( Intro
Body)
Or you can contact me (bmclaren+@pitt.edu)
to obtain a hardcopy.
My dissertation program can be run from: The SIROCCO web page
Other work by the CBR Group at the University of Pittsburgh can be found at: U of Pitt CBR