Faculty Projects

SimStudent is a synthetic student that learns cognitive skills from worked-out examples (i.e., demonstrated solutions) and through tutored problem-solving...

Computational Modeling and Data Mining is one of four thrusts within the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center. This thrust is pursuing the scientific goa...

Metacognition and Motivation is one of four thrusts of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center. It has the goals of developing a better understanding of...

Social and Communicative Factors is one of four thrusts within the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center. The research investigates how human linguistic i...

Cognitive Factors is one of four thrusts of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center. It is aimed at understanding cognitive learning—changes in knowledg...

LightSIDE is a resource for applying machine learning technologies to text processing problems....

In this project we are developing a configurable summarization environment that uses multi-level analyses of discourse to support a new generation of summ...

Based on our experiences with designing and engineering multi-party conversational environments such as collaborative learning systems that involve integr...

In the CycleTalk project, we are developing a new collaborative learning support approach that makes use of tutorial dialogue technology in the context of...

In collaboration with Gerry Stahl and the Math Forum at Drexel University, this project seeks to develop a technological augmentation to available human s...

The key idea of the Digital Bridges project is to extend existing resources for technology-based education to create a vibrant environment for globalized ...

This project seeks to provide a new integration of theories and methods from the fields of CSCW and CSCL that will advance both areas individually and, to...

The ACT-R project focuses on developing a robust and general cognitive architecture and applying it to the modeling of human interaction with complex dyna...

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This project investigates the role of Design and Design Thinking in HCI research and practice. On the research side, the work investigates how research th...

People are increasingly being asked to make trust decisions online: should I open this email? Should I click on this link? Should I enter in my informatio...

Designers creatively investigate many possible solution by engaging in reflective conversations with materials. For example, industrial designers sketch w...

The Pebbles project is exploring how Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), such as the Palm Handheld or a device running the Microsoft Windows CE or Pocket ...

Cognitive modeling can scale affordably, and be routinely and efficiently applied to large complex tasks, only if it becomes an exercise of composing new ...

The Hug, a soft, huggable robot that uses sensing technology and wireless telephony, was designed to provide social and emotional support for elders who l...