Curriculum
Vitae
for
Greer, James Eugene
(Jim)
Department of Computer
Science
University of
Saskatchewan
Academic
Credentials:
B.Sc.,
University of Saskatchewan, 1973, Mathematics
B.Ed.,
University of Saskatchewan, 1976, Mathematics Education
M.Ed.,
University of Saskatchewan, 1984, Mathematics Education
B.Sc.
(Advanced Cert.), U of Sask, 1984, Computational Science
M.S.,
University of Texas at Austin, 1986, Computer Sciences
Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Austin, 1987, Computer Science
Education
Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, University of Saskatchewan,
1987-1989,
Computational Science
Academic
Work History
Professor, Department of Computer
Science, The University of Saskatchewan 1996 –
Granted Tenure, The University of
Saskatchewan 1993
Associate Professor, Department of
Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan 1991- 1996
Assistant Professor, Department of
Computational Science, University of Saskatchewan
1989-1991
Postdoctoral Fellow,
1987-1989
Sessional Lecturer, Computational
Science: The University of
Saskatchewan. (Introductory courses for non-majors), 1987 - 1989
Assistant
Instructor, Computer Sciences: The
University of Texas at Austin.
(Introductory and Data Structures courses for undergraduate majors), 1985 -
1987
Teaching
Assistant
in Computer Sciences: The
University of Texas at Austin.
(Introductory courses, Programming Languages course), 1984 - 1985
Lecturer,
Computer Science Education: St.
Peter's College, Muenster,
Saskatchewan, 1983 - 1984
Part time
Instructor, Computer Literacy:
Saskatoon Board of
Education, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1982 - 1983
Sessional
Lecturer, Math and Computer Science Education: College of
Education, University of Saskatchewan, 1982 - 1984
Associate
Memberships:
College
of Graduate Studies and Research, University of
Saskatchewan
College
of Education, University of Saskatchewan
Biomedical
Engineering Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan
Association
for Computing Machinery
Canadian
Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence
American
Association for Artificial Intelligence
Certified
High School Teacher in Saskatchewan and Alberta
Saskatchewan Professional
"A" Certificate
Alberta Permanent Professional
Certificate
Leaves:
Sabbatical
Leave – at McGill University, Montreal Jan-Dec,
1995
Honours:
Best
Paper award, International Conference AI-Ed, June, 2001
University
Master Teacher Award, U of S. Spring Convocation, 1998.
Distinguished
Paper Prize, International Conference on User Modelling, June,
97
Outstanding
Paper Award, ICCE, Singapore, December, 1995
Best
Paper Award, East West Conference on Emerging Computer Technologies in
Education, Moscow, April, 1992
Teaching
Record:
CMPT 100 -
Introduction to Computers for non-majors
CMPT 101 -
Introduction to Programming for non-majors
CMPT 111 -
Introduction to Computer Science I
CMPT 112 -
Introduction to Computer Science (enriched)
CMPT 115 -
Introduction to Computer Science II
CMPT 122 -
Introduction to Computer Science for Engineers
CMPT 123 -
Introduction to Computer Science,
CMPT 317 -
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
CMPT 360 -
Machines and Algorithms
CMPT 361 -
Intractable Problems and Models of Computation
CMPT 400 -
Honours Project in Computer Science
CMPT 405 -
Senior Project in Computer Science
CMPT 417 -
Artificial Intelligence
CMPT 812 -
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
CMPT 832 -
Artificial Intelligence
CMPT 862 -
Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CMPT 872 -
Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CMPT 880 -
Research Methods (M.Sc.)
CMPT 890 -
Research Methods (Ph.D.)
Theses
Supervised:
Ph.D. (completed)
Vive
Kumar, Ph.D. (Co-supervised with
G. I. McCalla) “Helping the Helper in Peer-Help
Networks”, 2001
Judi
Thomson (Co-supervised with J. Cooke) “Applying Patterns to Hypermedia
Instructional Design (APHID), 1999
Shawkat
Bhuiyan, Ph.D. (Co-supervised with
G. I. McCalla)
"Identifying and Supporting Mental Methods
of Recursion in a
Learning
Environment", 1992.
Srinivas
Palthepu, Ph.D., (Co-supervised with G. I. McCalla)
“Scalable Program Recognition for Knowledge-Based Reverse
Engineering”,
1998.
M.Sc. (completed)
Reagan
Penner, M.Sc. (Co-supervised with J. Cooke) “XML-ISDE: An XML framework for integrating document
management and source code management systems”, 2000.
Andrew
Bishop, M.Sc. (Co-supervised with J. Cooke)
“System-Generated Help
Responses for the Cooperative Peer Response System”
1998.
Tim
Philip, M.Sc.
“Blazing Trails and Guiding Learners on the WWW”, 1998.
Judi
Thomson, M.Sc. (Co-supervised with J. Cooke)
"The MicroWeb Toolkit", 1996
Jason
Collins, (Co-supervised with S.
Huang of Alberta Research Council) "Adaptive Testing with
Granularity", 1996
Devinder
Alhuwalia, M. Sc.
"Software Qualification: A Methodology for Software Product Quality
Assurance", 1996
Arun
Ramanujapuram, M. Sc.
"A Hybrid Clustering Strategy for Large Object-Oriented Knowledge
Bases", 1995
Gina
Koehn, M. Sc.
"Granularity-Based Plan Recognition", 1994
Yi
Chen, M. Sc. (Co-supervised with E. Neufeld)
"Qualitative Diagnosis and Granularity", 1994
Devender
K. Goyal, M.Sc. (Co-supervised
with J. P. Tremblay)
"A Plan-Based Approach to Software Architecture Design",
1994
Dan
Baril (jointly with G. I. McCalla)
"An Intelligent Tutoring System Based on Qualitative Reasoning",
1993.
Vikas
Arora (jointly with J. P. Tremblay)
"A Granularity-Based Architecture to Represent Design Rationale",
1992.
Maya
Kurup (jointly with G. I. McCalla)
"Fawlty: An Article
Tutor", 1992
Randy
Coulman, M.Sc. (jointly supervised with G. McCalla)
"Combining Case-Based Reasoning and Granularity for Educational Diagnosis
in an Intelligent Tutoring System", 1991
Mary
Mark, M.Sc.
"The VCR Tutor: Design and
Evaluation of an Intelligent Tutoring System" (co-winner of the Department of Computational Science
Outstanding Graduate Student Award), 1991
Permanand
Mohan, M.Sc. (jointly supervised with M. Jones)
"Adapting Instruction to Individual Learners: Delivery Planning for Intelligent Tutoring Systems",
1991
Dinesh
Gadwal, M.Sc. (jointly supervised with G. McCalla)
"UMRAO: A Chess Endgame Tutor", 1990
Ph.D.
(thesis in
progress)
Diego
Zapata., full time, thesis in progress
M.Sc.
(thesis in
progress)
Jeff
Bowes, part time, thesis in progress
- jointly supervised with J. Cooke
Lori
Kettel, part time, thesis in progress
Prachi
Agarwaal, full time, thesis in progress
Tony
Mishra, full time, thesis in progress
Fu
Lai Wang, full time, thesis in progress
Yang
Cao, full time, thesis in progress
Books,
Chapters in Books, Expository and Review Articles:
Greer, J.E., McCalla, G.I., Cooke, J.E.,
Collins,J.A., Kumar, V.S., Bishop, A.S., Vassileva, J.I. “Integrating Cognitive Tools for
Peer Help: the Intelligent IntraNet Peer Help-Desk Project” in S. Lajoie
(Ed.) Computers as Cognitive Tools: The Next Generation, Lawrence
Erlbaum , 2000, 69-96.
McCalla, G.I. and Greer, J.E. "Learning about Programming"
in T.W. Chan and J.A. Self (Eds), Emerging Computer Technologies in
Education, Charlottesville VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing
in Education, 1995, 243-260.
Greer, J. E. and McCalla, G. I. (eds.) Student Models: The Key to Individualized Educational
Systems, New York: Springer
Verlag, 1994.
McCalla, G.I. and Greer, J.E. "Granularity-Based Reasoning and
Belief Revision in Student Models"
Student Models: The Key
to Individualized Educational Systems, J. Greer and G. McCalla (eds.), New
York: Springer Verlag, 1994,
39-62.
Holt, P., Dubbs, S., Jones, M. and Greer,
J.E. "The State of Student
Modelling" Student
Models: The Key to Individualized
Educational Systems, J. Greer and G. McCalla (eds.), New York: Springer Verlag, 1994,
1-35.
McCalla, G, I. and Greer, J.E. "Two and One-Half Approaches to
Helping Novices Learn Recursion"
Cognitive Models and Intelligent Environments for Learning
Programming E. Lemut
(ed), Springer Verlag, 1993, 185-197.
Jones, M.L., Greer, J.E., Mandinach, E.,
DuBoulay, B., and Goodyear, P.
"Synthesizing Instructional and Computational Science" Foundations and Frontiers of
Adaptive Learning Environments
M. Jones and P.H. Winne (eds), Springer Verlag, Invited, 1992,
383-401.
Greer, J.E. and Mandinach, E. Three preface chapters: "Models of
Students' Metacognition, Motivation, and Learning Strategies",
"Curriculum: Planning the
Content of Instruction" and "Environments to Support
Learning"
Foundations
and Frontiers of Adaptive Learning Environments M. Jones and P.H. Winne (eds), Springer Verlag, Invited,
1992, 85-90, 147-154, 249-256.
McCalla, G. I., Greer, J. E. & the
SCENT Research Team SCENT-3: An Architecture for Intelligent
Advising in Problem Solving Domains, in C. Frasson and G. Gauthier
(eds) Intelligent
Tutoring Systems: At the
Crossroads of Artificial Intelligence and Education, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1989,
140-161.
McCalla, G. I. & Greer, J. E. "The Practical Use of Artificial
Intelligence in Automated Tutoring:
Current Status and Impediments to Progress", in C. K. Leung and B.
S. Randhawa (eds) Understanding Literacy and Cognition: Theory, Research and Application,
New York: Plenum Publishing, 1990,
133-165.
Theses:
Greer, J. E. An Empirical Comparison of Techniques for Teaching
Recursion in Introductory Computer Sciences. Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science Education, The University of Texas at Austin,
1987.
Greer, J. E. Student Models:
Representations for Effective Instruction and Remediation. Master's Report, Computer Sciences
Department, The University of Texas at Austin, August,
1986.
Greer, J. E., The Relationship Between High School Experience and
University Achievement in Computer Science. Master's Thesis, University of Saskatchewan,
1984.
Papers
in Refereed Journals:
Thomson, J., Greer, J., and Cooke,
J. The Automatic Generation of
Instructional Hypermedia with APHID. Interacting with Computers Journal (accepted Dec 21,
2000. 32pp. manuscript)
Greer, J.E. and Bull, S. Computer Support
for Collaboration in Medical Education.
Journal of Clinical and Investigative Medicine, 23(4)
270-274.
Greer, J.E., McCalla, G.I., Collins,
J.A., Kumar, V.S., Meagher, P. and Vassileva, J.I. Supporting Peer Help and Collaboration in Distributed
Workplace Environments, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in
Education 9(1), 159-177.
Arruarte, A., Fernandez-Castro, I., and
Greer, J.E. "The IRIS shell: how to build ITSs from pedagogical and design
requisites" International
Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 8(4), 1998, 341-381. Web Journal reference:
http://cbl.leeds.ac.uk/ijaied/abstracts/Vol_8/arruate.html.
Arruarte, A., Fernandez-Castro, I., and
Greer, J.E. "The CLAI model: a cognitive theory of instruction to guide
ITS development" Journal of
Artificial Intelligence in Education, 7(3), 1996,
277-314.
Bhuiyan, S.H., Greer, J.E. and McCalla,
G.I. "Supporting the Learning
of Recursive Problem Solving"
Interactive Learning Environments, 4(2), 1994,
115-139.
Greer, J.E., Falk, S., Greer, K.J., and
Bentham, M. "Explaining and
Justifying Recommendations in an Agricultural Decision Support
System" Computers
and Electronics
in Agriculture, 11, 1995, 195-214..
Mark, M. A. and Greer, J. E. "The VCR Tutor: Effective Instruction for Device
Operation" Journal of the
Learning Sciences, 4, 1995, 209-246..
Mark, M. A. and Greer, J. E. "Evaluation Methods for
Intelligent
Tutoring Systems" Journal of
Artificial Intelligence and Education, 4, 1993, 129-153.
Gadwal, D., Greer, J. E. and McCalla, G.
I. "Tutoring Bishop-Pawn
Endgames: An Experiment in Using Knowledge-Based Chess as a Domain for
Intelligent Tutoring", Applied Intelligence, 3, 1993,
207-224.
McCalla, G. I. & Greer, J. E. "Granularity
Hierarchies" Computers and
Mathematics with Applications:
Special Issue on Semantic Networks, 23, 1992,
363-376.
Huang, X., McCalla, G. I., Greer, J. E.
& Neufeld, E. "Revising
Deductive Knowledge and Sterotypical Knowledge in a Student Model" User Modelling and User Adapted
Interaction, 1(1), 1991, 87-115.
Greer, J. E. & McCalla, G. I. "Formalizing Granularity for Use
in Recognition", Applied Mathematics Letters, 1(4), 1988,
347-350.
Greer, J. E. "A Comparison of Instructional Treatments for
Introducing Recursion",
Computer Science Education Journal, 1989, 1(2),
111-128.
Greer, J. E. "High School Experience and University Achievement in
Computer Science", Association for Educational Data Systems (AEDS)
Journal, 1986, 216-225.
Non-Refereed
Papers in Journals:
Thomson, J.R., Cooke, J.E. and Greer,
J.E. "The MicroWeb toolkit: Bringing the WWW to the classroom" Journal of Computers in the Social
Studies, 4(5), July-Aug, 1997, (On-line journal can be found at
http://www.cssjournal.com/).
(Re-publication of previously reported conference paper).
Greer, J. E. and members of the ARIES
Lab, "Review of the International Conference on the Learning
Sciences", Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Education, Vol 3
(1), 1992, 112-114.
Invited
Papers in Published Conference Proceedings and
Abstracts:
McCalla, G. I. & Greer, J. E. "Granularity-Based Reasoning in
Intelligent Tutoring"
Abstracts of the IRIS-Precarn
First Annual Conference, Vancouver, June, 1991, p.
I-23.
Greer, J. E. "Granularity and Context in Learning", Invited
Paper at the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS
'92), Montreal, June 12, 1992. (Abstract appears in Proceedings of
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (Second International Conference), Springer
Verlag, June, 1992, p. 38)
Contributed
Refereed Papers in Published Conference
Proceedings:
Zapata-Rivera, J.D. & Greer, J.E. Visualizing and
Inspecting Bayesian Belief Models. Workshop on Effective Interactive AI
Resources at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
Seattle, August, 2001, 6pp.
Bull, S., Greer, J., McCalla, G., Kettel,
L. User Modelling in I-Help: What, Why, When and How, Proceedings of
the 8th
International Conference on User Modeling, UM’2001, Sonthofen, Germany,
July 2001 (accepted).
Kumar V.S., McCalla G.I., Greer J.E. Personalized Contexts in Help Systems.
Proceedings of AI'2001 - Canadian Artificial Intelligence Conference, Ottawa,
May, 2001, 162-171.
McCalla, G., Greer J., Vassileva J.,
Deters R., Bull S., Kettel L. Lessons Learned in Deploying a Multi-Agent
Learning Support System: The I-Help Experience, Proceedings of the
International Conference on AI and Education, AIED’2001, San Antonio, TX,
May, 2001, 410-421.
Zapata-Rivera, J.D. & Greer, J.E. SMODEL
Server: Student Modelling in Distributed Multi-Agent Tutoring Systems
Experience, Proceedings of the
International Conference on AI and Education, AIED’2001, San Antonio, TX,
May, 2001, 446-455.
Zapata-Rivera, J.D. & Greer, J.E. Externalising
Learner Modelling Representations.
Workshop on External Representations in AIED at the International Conference on
AI and Education, AIED’2001, San Antonio, TX, May, 2001, 6pp.
Bull, S., Greer, J., McCalla, G., Kettel,
L. Help Seeking in an Asynchronous Help Forum, Workshop on Help Provision and
Help Seeking in Interactive Learning Environments at the International Conference on AI and Education,
AIED’2001, San Antonio, TX, May, 2001, 8pp.
Kumar V.S., Greer J.E., McCalla G.I. Pedagogy in Peer-supported Helpdesks.
Proceedings of KBCS-2000 - International Conference on Knowledge Based Computer
Systems, Mumbai, India, M
Sasikumar, Durgesh D Rao, P Ravi Prakash (editors) Allied Publishers, New Delhi, December, 2000, 205
- 216.
Zapata-Rivera, J.D., Greer, J.E., "An
XML-Based Tool for Building and Using Conceptual Maps in Education and Training
Environments", International Conference on Computers in Education, Taiwan,
November, 2000, 755-762.
Bull, S. and Greer, J. "Peer
Help for Sufferers of Problem-Based Learning", International Conference on
Computers in Education, Taiwan, November, 2000,
1007-1015.
McCalla, G.I., Vassileva, J.I., Greer,
J.E., Bull, S. Active Learner
Modelling, International Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference
(ITS’2000), Montreal, June, 2000, 53-62.
Zapata-Rivera, J.D., Greer, J.E.,
Inspecting and Visualizing Distributed Bayesian Student Models, International
Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference (ITS’2000), Montreal, June, 2000,
544-553.
Kettel, L., Thomson, J. and Greer,
J. Generating Individualized
Hypermedia Applications, Workshop on Adaptive Hypermedia, International
Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference (ITS’2000), Montreal, June, 2000,
28-36.
Bowes, J., Neufeld, E., Greer, J.E.,
Cooke, J.E. A Comparison of
Association Rule Discovery and Bayesian Network Causal Inference Algorithms to
Discover Relationships in Discrete Data,
Canadian Artificial Intelligence Conference (AI'2000), Montreal, May,
2000, 326-336. (Presentation via Poster)
Thomson, J., Cooke, J., and Greer, J. The
Automatic Generation of Instructional Web Sites Using XML and XSLT. XML2000-Scandinavia Conference
Proceedings, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 2000, Section 11,
1-11.
Thomson, J., Greer, J., and Cooke, J.
Generating Instructional Hypermedia with APHID. Proceedings of the Eleventh ACM
Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, San Antonio, U.S.A., June 2000,
248-249. (Short Paper)
Zapata-Rivera, J.D., Neufeld, E., Greer,
J.E., Inspecting and Visualizing
Distributed Bayesian Student Models IEEE Visualization '99, Palo Alto,
December, 1999, 85-88. (Short Paper)
Zapata-Rivera, J.D., and Greer, J., Supporting Collaboration with Acting
Coach Agents, International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative
Learning, San Francisco, October, 1999. (Poster presentation with 1 page
abstract in proceedings)
Kumar, V.S., McCalla, G.I. and Greer.
J.E. (1999) "Helping the Peer Helper" Proceedings of the
International Conference on AI in Education, Lemans, France,
325-332.
Vassileva J., Greer J., McCalla G.,
Deters R., Mudgal C. Zapata D., Grant S. (1999) A Multi-Agent Design of a
Peer-Help Environment, Proceedings of the International Conference on AI in
Education, Lemans, France, 38-45
Greer, J.E., Zapata-Rivera, J.D,
Ong-Scutchings, C. and Cooke, J.E. (1999) "Visualization of Bayesian
Learner Models" Workshop on
Open, Interactive, and Other Overt Approaches to Learner Modelling,
International Conference on AI in Education, Lemans, France, (5 pp. accepted May 17,
1999).
Vassileva, J.I., Greer, J.E., McCalla,
G.I. (1999) "Openness and Disclosure in Multi-agent Learner
Models" Workshop on Open,
Interactive, and Other Overt Approaches to Learner Modelling, International
Conference on AI in Education, Lemans, France, (7 pp. accepted May
17, 1999).
Vassileva, J.I., Deters, R., Greer, J.E.,
McCalla, G.I., Kumar, V.S., Mudgal, C. A Multi-Agent Architecture for Peer-Help
in a University Course, Workshop
on Pedagogical Agents, International Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference
(ITS’98), San Antonio, August, 1998, 6pp..
Greer, J.E., McCalla, G.I., Cooke, J.E.,
Collins, J., Kumar, V.S., Bishop, A. and Vassileva, J.I. The Intelligent Helpdesk: Supporting Peer-Help in a University
Course, , International Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference (ITS’98),
San Antonio, August, 1998,, 494-505.
Thomson, J., Greer, J.E. and Cooke, J.E.
“Algorithmically Detectable Design Patterns for Hypermedia
Collections”, First International Workshop on Hypermedia Development,
Pittsburgh, June, 1998 .
Greer, J.E., McCalla, G.I., Kumar, V.S.,
Collins, J.A., Meagher, P.
“Facilitating Collaborative Learning in Distributed
Organizations”, Second International Conferene on Computer Supported
Collaborative Learning, Toronto, December, 1997, 73-82. .
Palthepu, S., Greer, J.E. and McCalla, G.
"Cliche Recognition in Legacy Software: A Scalable Knowledge-Based
Approach", 4th Working
Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE'97), Amsterdam, November,
1997, 94-103.
McCalla, G.I., Greer, J.E., Kumar, V.S.,
Collins, J.A., Meagher, P. Tkatch, R. & Parkinson, B. "A Peer Help System for Workplace
Training" Proceedings of the Eighth World Conference on Artificial
Intelligence in Education (AI-Ed'97), Kobe, Japan, August, 1997,
183-190.
Greer, J.E. & Philip, T. "Guided
Navigation Through Hyperspace Eighth World” Workshop on Web-based AI-Ed
Applications, World Conference on
Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI-Ed'97), Kobe, Japan, August,
1997, (refereed
workshop paper, 6pp).
Bishop, A., Greer, J.E. and Cooke,
J.E. “Proxy servers and
databases for managing web-based education”, Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Conference, Calgary,
June, 1997, 172-178.
Thomson, J., Greer, J.E. and Cooke,
J.E. “The Co-operative Peer
Response system: CPR for students”,
Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Conference, Calgary, June, 1997,
1239-1244.
Collins, J.A., Greer, J.E., Kumar, V.S.,
McCalla, G.I., Meagher, P. and Tkatch, R.
"Inspectable User Models for Just-In-Time Workplace Training",
Proceedings of the International Conference on User Modelling, June, 1997,
327-337. (winner of distinguished paper prize).
Greer, J.E. & McCalla, G.I.
"Dimensions of User Modelling in Real-World Use" User Models in the Real World
Workshop, International Conference
on User Modelling, June, 1997 (refereed workshop paper, 3 typeset
pages).
Palthepu, S., McCalla, G. and Greer, J.E.
"Human-Centered Tools for Knowledge-Based Software Reverse
Engineering" International
Conference on Knowledge-Based Computer Systems (KBCS-96), Mumbai, India,
December, 1996, 7-18.
Thomson, J., Cooke, J.E. and Greer, J.E.
"The MicroWeb toolkit: Bringing the WWW to the classroom" WebNet-96--World Conference of the Web
Society, San Francisco, October, 1996, 445-450.
Rahilly, T.J.; Saroyen, A.; Greer, J.;
Lajoie, S.P.; Breuleux, A.; Azevedo, R.; and Fleiszer, D. "The InforMed Professor: Clinical Instruction of Breast Disease
Diagnosis and Management", in
A. Diaz and I. Fernandez (Eds.) Proceedings of the Third International
Conference on Computer-Aided Learning and Instruction in Science and
Engineering, Springer Verlag, 1996, 390-398.
Greer, J.E. "The Place for Artificial Intelligence in
Simulation-Based Learning" Workshop on Simulation-Based Learning
Technology, held in conjunction with the International Conference on
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS'96), Montreal, June, 1996, pp.
1-6.
Collins, J.A., Greer, J.E. and Huang,
S.X. "Adaptive Assessment Using Granularity Hierarchies and Bayesian
Nets" International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS'96),
Montreal, June, 1996, pp. 569-577.
Lajoie, S., Greer, J.E., Munsie, S.,
Wilkie, T., Guerrara, C., and Aleong, P. "Establishing an Argumentation
Environment to Foster Scientific Reasoning with Bio-World" International
Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE), Singapore, December, 1995, pp.
89-96. (winner of outstanding
paper award)
Ramanujapuram, A. and Greer, J.E. "A
Hybrid Object Clustering Strategy for Large Knowledge-Based Systems", IEEE
International Conference on Data Engineering, New Orleans, February, 1996, pp.
247-256.
Bentham, M. and Greer, J.E.
"Conflict Resolution Among Heterogeneous Reusable Agents in the PARI
DSS" International Conference
on Multi-Objective Decision Support Systems, Hawaii, July, 1995,
8pp.
Greer, J.E. and Koehn, G.M. "The Peculiarities of Plan
Recognition for Intelligent Tutoring Systems" IJCAI Plan Recognition Workshop, International Joint
Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Montreal, August, 1995,
8pp.
Palthepu, S., McCalla, G.I.,
and Greer, J.E.
"Granularity in Reverse Engineering", IJCAI Workshop on AI and
Software Engineering, International Joint Conference on Artificial
Intelligence, Montreal, August, 1995, 8pp.
Price, B.R., McCalla, G.I. & Greer, J.E. "Combining Scaffolding and
Diagnosis in a Distributed Tutoring System" East-West Conference on Computer Technologies in Education
(EW-ED'94), Crimea, Ukraine, September, 1994, 189-194.
Koehn, G.M. & Greer, J.E. "Recognizing Plans in
Instructional Systems Using Granularity" Proceedings of the International
Conference on User Modelling, Cape Cod, MA, August, 1994,
133-138.
Greer, J.E., McCalla, G.I., Price, B.R. & Holt, P. "Supporting the Learning of Recursion at a
Distance" EdMedia'94,
Vancouver, June 1994, 652.
Greer, J. E., Koehn, G., and Rodriguez,
J. R. "A System for Exploring
Plan Recognition" Proceedings
of the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education,
Edinburgh, Scotland,
August, 1993, 465-472.
Greer, K. J., Greer, J. E., and Bentham,
M. "Explaining and Justifying
Recommendations in an Agricultural Decision Support System" Proceedings of the AAAI Workshop on
Artificial Intelligence and Agriculture, Washington, July, 1993, 6
pp.
McCalla, G.I., Greer, J., and Coulman,
R., "Enhancing the Robustness of Model-Based Recognition", Third
International User Modelling Workshop, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, August 1992,
240-248.
Arora, V., Greer, J. E., and Tremblay, J.
P. "A Granularity-Based
Architecture for Capturing and Representing Design Rationale" Proceedings of the Computer-Aided
Software Engineering Conference (CASE '92), Montreal, July,
1992.
Bhuiyan, S., Greer, J. E. and McCalla, G.
I. "Learning Recursion
Through the Use of a Mental Model-Based Programming Environment" Proceedings of Intelligent
Tutoring Systems
(Second International Conference), Springer Verlag, June, 1992,
50-57.
Kurup, M., Greer, J. E. and McCalla, G.
I. "The Fawlty Article
Tutor" Proceedings of
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (Second International Conference), Springer
Verlag, June, 1992, 84-91.
Mohan, P. Greer, J. E. and Jones, M. L.
"Enhancing the Instructional Capabilities of Intelligent Tutoring
Systems" Proceedings of
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (Second International Conference), Springer
Verlag, June, 1992, 532-539.
Mark, M. A. and Greer, J. E. "Methods for Intelligent Tutoring
System Evaluation" Proceedings of the East West Conference on Emerging
Computer Technologies in Education, Moscow, April, 1992, 204-210. (Received
conference best paper award)
McCalla, G.I. and Greer, J.,
"Helping Novices Learn Recursion: Giving Granularity-Based Advice on
Strategies and Providing Support at the Mental Model Level", Proceedings
of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Cognitive Models and Intelligent
Environments for Learning Programming, Genoa, Italy, March 1992, 57-71.
(invited / earlier extended abstract reviewed)
Baril, D., Greer, J. E. and McCalla, G.
I. "Student Modelling with Confluences" Proceedings of the AAAI Conference, Anaheim, California,
July, 1991, 43-48.
Mark, M. A. & Greer, J. E. "The VCR Tutor: Evaluating
Instructional Effectiveness", Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting
of the Cognitive Science Society, August, 1991, 564-569.
Bhuiyan, S.H., Greer, J. E. and McCalla,
G. I. "Characterizing,
Rationalizing, and Reifying Mental Models of Recursion", Proceedings of
the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, August, 1991,
120-125.
Mohan, P., Greer, J. E. and Jones M. L.
"Adapting Instruction to the Cognitive Needs of Learners in an Intelligent
Tutoring System" Proceedings
of the International Conference on the Learning Sciences, Northwestern
University, August, 1991, 322-328.
Srinivas, P., Greer, J. E. and McCalla,
G. I. "Learning by
Teaching" Proceedings of the
International Conference on the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University,
August, 1991, 357-363.
Gadwal, D., Greer, J. E. and McCalla, G.
I. "UMRAO: A Chess Endgame Tutor" Proceedings of the International Joint
Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Sydney, Australia, August, 1991,
1081-1086.
McCalla, G. I. & Greer, J. E.,
Gadwal, D.and Coulman R.
"Granularity-Based Student Modelling and Plan
Recognition" IJCAI Workshop
on Agent Modelling, August, 1991, 144-148.
Mark, M. A. & Greer, J. E. "Tutoring Systems for Device
Operation", Proceedings of the International Conference for Cognitive
Science for the Development of Organizations (ICO '91), Montreal, May, 1991,
195-201.
Gadwal, D., Greer, J.E. & McCalla, G.
I. "UMRAO: A Chess Endgame
Tutor" Poster
Presentation based
on Refereed Extended Abstract, Proceedings of the Conference on Knowledge Based
Computer Systems, Pune, India, December, 1990 (4 pages).
Srinivas, P. & Greer, J. E. "The Role of Granularity in
Explanation-Based Generalization"
AAAI Workshop on Explanation, Boston, August, 1990,
38-42.
Huang, X., McCalla, G. I. & Greer, J.
E. "Student Model Revision:
Evolution and Revolution", Proceedings of the Eighth Canadian Conference
on Artificial Intelligence, Ottawa, May, 1990, 98-105.
McCalla, G. I. & Greer, J. E. "Tracking Student
Knowledge" Proceedings of the
International User Modelling Workshop, Honolulu, March, 1990, 13
pages.
McCalla, G. I. & Greer, J. E. "The Usefulness of
Granularity-Based Reasoning in Intelligent Tutoring: The SCENT Experience" Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium on Knowledge-Based
Environments for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University, March, 1990, 6
proceedings pages.
Bhuiyan, S., Greer, J.E. &
McCalla. "Mental Models of
Recursion and their use in the SCENT Programming Advisor" Proceedings of the International
Conference on Knowledge Based Computer Systems, Bombay, December, 1989,
135-144.
Greer, M. L., Quinn, T. & Greer, J.
E. "RXPERT: A Decision Support Expert System for
Drug Product Interchangeability Assessment" Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer
Applications in Medical Care, Washington, November, 1989,
157-161.
Greer, J. E. & McCalla, G. I. "A Computational Framework for
Granularity and its Application to Educational Diagnosis" Proceedings of the International Joint
Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Detroit, August, 1989,
477-482.
Prasad, B., Wood, H., Greer, J. &
McCalla, G. A Knowledge-Based
System for Tutoring Bronchial Asthma Diagnosis. Proceedings of the Second IEEE Symposium on
Computer-Based Medical Systems, Minneapolis, June, 1989,
40-45.
Greer, J. E., Mark, M. A. & McCalla,
G. I. Incorporating
Granularity-Based Recognition into SCENT" Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference
on Artificial
Intelligence and Education, Amsterdam, May, 1989,
107-115.
Brecht, B. J., McCalla, G. I., Greer, J.
E. & Jones, M. "Planning
the Content of Instruction"
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence and Education, Amsterdam, May, 1989, 32-41.
Coulman, R., Bhuiyan, S., Mark, M.,
Prasad, B., Schweighardt, M., Greer, J. & McCalla, G. "The CIRCUITS Intelligent Tutoring
System" Proceedings of the
Sixth Canadian Symposium on Instructional Technology, Halifax, May, 1989,
49-53.
McCalla, G. I. & Greer, J. E. "Intelligent Advising in Problem
Solving Domains: The SCENT-3
Advisor", Proceedings of the
International Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference (ITS'88), Montreal, June,
1988, 124-131.
Greer, J. E. "A New CAI Authoring Methodology", Proceedings of
the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), 1986, San
Diego, 300-303.
Technical
Reports Relevant to Academic Field:
Coulman, R.A., Greer, J.E., &
McCalla, G.I.. Augmenting
Granularity-Based Recognition for the Real World: Sailing the Four C's. ARIES Laboratory Technical Report 94-2,
University of Saskatchewan, 1994.
Huang, X., McCalla, G. I. & Greer, J.
E. "Belief Revision: An
Evolutionary Approach", ARIES Laboratory Research Report #89-2, 1989, 22
pages.
Book
Reviews:
Greer, J. E. Review of: Wenger, E., Artificial Intelligence and Tutoring Systems: Computational
Approaches to the Communication of Knowledge, Canadian Artificial
Intelligence Magazine, 1988.
Invited
Lectures Outside U of S and Invited Conference
Presentations:
“Building Knowledge-Rich Software
for TeleLearning”, Panel Presentation, TeleLearning National Conference,
Toronto, Nov, 2000.
“The I-Help experience: lessons in
building a multi-agent learning environment”, Tutorial presented at the
International Conference on Computers in Education, Taiwan, Nov,
2000.
"Computer Support for Peer-Help
Networks", Invited Talk, International Conference on Computers in
Education, Chiba, Japan, November, 1999.
"Support for Peer-Help in
Distributed Workplaces", Canadian Information Processing Society Regina
Chapter Meeting, February, 2000.
"Computer Support for Peer-Help
Networks", Mitre Corporation, Boston, February,
2000.
"Computer Support for Peer-Help
Networks", Department of Computer Science, University of Bergen, Norway,
Feb 9, 1999.
"Computer Support for Peer-Help
Networks", Department of Computer Science, Linkoping University, Sweden,
Feb 11, 1999.
"Learner Modelling in Collaborative
Learning Environments", Department of Computer Science, Linkoping
University, Sweden, Feb 12, 1999.
Greer, J. E. “I-Help: The
Intelligent Help-Desk Project” Bank of Montreal Centre for Learning,
Toronto, June 26, 1998.
Greer, J. E. "I-Help: The
Intelligent Help-Desk Project" Saskatoon Chapter, Canadian Information
Processing Society, March 18. 1998.
Greer, J. E. "I-Help: The
Intelligent Help-Desk Project" Saskatoon Chapter, Canadian Information
Processing Society, March 18. 1998.Greer, J. E. "Software Tools to Support
Distance Learning" WestMOST
Distance Learning Workshop, Saskatoon, Sept 5, 1997.
Greer, J. E. "TeleLearning in the
Workplace” Panel organizer and chair, TeleLearning Conference, November
7, 1997.
Greer, J. E. "Granularity-based
Reasoning" Mathematics and
Computer Science Deparrtment, Royal Military College, Kingston, November 15,
1995.
Greer, J. E. "Student Modelling in
Intelligent Tutors" Half-day
tutorial presentation at the User Modelling Conference, Hawaii, 1996.Greer, J.
E. "Implementing Granularity"
University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian Spain, June
28, 1995
Greer, J. E. "Setting an Agenda for
Advanced Educational Technology Research" University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian Spain, June
27, 1995
Greer, J. E. "Challenges to Building
Adaptive Learning Environments:
The ARIES Lab Experience", University of the Basque Country, San
Sebastian Spain, June 26, 1995
Greer, J. E. "Challenges to Building
Adaptive Learning Environments:
The ARIES Lab Experience", Faculty of Psychology and Educational
Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland, June 21,
1995
Greer, J. E. "Challenges to Building
Adaptive Learning Environments:
The ARIES Lab Experience", CNRS, Lyon, France, June 20,
1995
Greer, J. E. "Challenges to Building
Adaptive Learning Environments:
The ARIES Lab Experience", Alberta Research Council, Calgary, June
8, 1995
Greer, J. E. "Granularity in
Software Reverse-Engineering"
Atomic Energy of Canada Research Lab, Chalk River, Ontario, April 21,
1995.
Greer, J. E. "Building Intelligent
Problem-Solving Advisory Systems"
Cognitive Science Research Group, McGill University, Montreal, April 28,
1995
Greer, J. E. "Implementing
Granularity" Dept IRO,
Universite de Montreal, Montreal, March 28, 1995
Greer, J. E. "AI in Education - The
old and the new": Department
of Computer Science, Waterloo University, March 13, 1995
Greer, J. E. "Research in AI-Ed at
the ARIES Lab", Educational Psychology Department, McGill University,
Montreal, March 3, 1995.
Greer, J. E. "Access to Window-Based
Computer Systems for the Visually Handicapped", Bio-Medical Technology
Workshop, Saskatoon, March 15, 1993.
Greer, J. E. and McCalla, G. I. ". . .", B1 Workshop,
IRIS-Precarn Conference, Ottawa, June, 1993.
Greer, J. E. "Granularity and Context in Learning", Invited
Keynote Address at the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
(ITS '92), Montreal, June 12, 1992.
Greer, J. E. "Software and National Competitiveness: Getting at the Root of the
Problem", Invited Presentation at the Canadian Information Processing Society
(Saskatoon Branch) Meeting, Saskatoon, May 27, 1992.
Greer, J. E. "Excursions in Student Modelling and Instructional
Planning", University of Texas at Austin, Feb 17,
1992.
Greer, J. E. "Expert Systems: Selecting an Appropriate Application
Domain", Invited Presentation at the IEEE North Saskatchewan Symposium on
Electrical Technology, Saskatoon, Nov, 29, 1991.
Greer, J. E. "Design and Construction of Intelligent Tutoring
Systems". Half-day tutorial
presented Cognitive Science in Organizations Conference (ICO'91), Montreal,
May, 1991.
Greer, J. E. "Artificial Intelligence and Education". Invited Lecture A-Step Program,
Saskatoon, April, 1991.
Greer, J. E "Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Special
Education". Presented at the
Slates to Silicon Special Education Conference, Saskatoon, Mar,
1990.
Greer, J. E. and McCalla, G. I. "Design and Construction of
Intelligent Tutoring Systems".
Full-day Tutorial presented at the Sixth Canadian Symposium on
Instructional
Technology, Halifax, May, 1989.
Greer, J. E. "Expert Systems:
Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence". Seminar presented to the Canadian
Information Processing Society, Saskatoon Branch, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
January, 1989.
Greer, J. E. "Where is the Science in High School Computer
Science". Presentation at the
Annual Saskatchewan Association for Computers in Education Meeting, Regina,
Saskatchewan, Nov, 1988.
Greer, J. E. "Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Practical Classroom
Considerations". Presentation
at the Annual Saskatchewan Association for Computers in Education Meeting,
Regina, Saskatchewan, Nov, 1988.
Greer, J. E. "Intelligent Advising in Problem-Solving Domains",
Research Seminar presented to the Department d'informatique et de research
operationalle (I.R.O), The University of Montreal, Feb.
1988.
Greer, J. E. "Trends in School Computer Use", Presentation at
the Annual Saskatchewan Association for Computers in Education Meeting,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Nov, 1987.
Greer, J. E. & Bunt, R. B. "The Future of Computer Science in
High School", Presentation at the Annual Saskatchewan Association for
Computers in Education Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Nov,
1987.
Soloway, E., Rogers, J. B. & Greer,
J. E. "Cognition and
Programming". Panel
Presentation at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), June,
1987, Philadelphia, PA.
Greer, M.L. & Greer, J.E. "A Computer-Based Teaching and
Evaluation Tool". Computer
Applications to Canadian Health (CATCH'87) Conference, Toronto,
April, 1987.
Greer, J. E. "Techniques for Teaching Recursion". Research Seminar presented to the
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin,
December, 1986.
Greer, J. E. "Computers and Problem Solving". Presentation at the 33rd Annual
Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching, Austin, Texas, October,
1986.
Research
Grant Information:
NSERC
Operating Grant 1989-2002
TeleLearning
Network of Centres of Excellence Grant 1995-2002
University of Saskatchewan / University
of Regina Revitalization Fund 1998-99
Saskatchewan
Education Multimedia Fund Grant 1998-99
University
of Saskatchewan New Initiatives Grant 1997-98
NSERC
Equipment Grant 1996-97
Saskatchewan
Education Technology Enhancement Grant Held 1996-97
IRIS
Networks of Centres of Excellence 1990-94
Provincial
Networks of Centres of Excellence Matching Grant 1990-94
Parkland
Agricultural Research Initiative (PARI) Research Grant
1993-94
NSERC
Infrastructure Grant (with many Department members),
1992-95
President's
NSERC Grant for Multimedia Equipment 1993
SaskTel
Joint Research Initiative 1990-91
NATO
Advanced Research Workshop Grant, 1991
NSERC
Equipment Grant, 1990
President's
NSERC Grant, 1990
Consulting
Work Undertaken:
CAE
Electronics/McGill University, Informed Professor Project,
1995.
Canadian
Workplace Automation Research Centre, 1991.
Alberta
Research Council, SOLIS/KB Project, 1989
Alberta
Research Council, CBTS Project Phase IV Specifications,
1989.
Alberta
Research Council, CBTS Project Evaluation Phase, 1988.
Departmental
and College Committees:
Head,
Department of Computer Science 2000-2005
Planning
Committee, Department of Computer Science
2000-01
Retreat
Organization Committee, Department of Computer Science
2000-01
Tenure/Promotions
Standards Committee, Dept of Computer Science 2000-01
Computer
Science Department Liaison to the College of Education 2000-01
Liaison
with EE to negotiate joint programs 2000-01
Teaching
Awards Committee, College of Arts and Science 1999-00
Awards
Committee (Chair), College of Graduate Studies 1999-00
Awards
Committee, College of Graduate Studies 1998-00
Graduate
Council, College of Graduate Studies 1997-05
AdHoc
Committee for E-Commerce Research Centre 1999
Department
of Computer Science Graduate
Chair 1997- Dec.
99
Computer
Science Department Liaison to the College of Education 90
-
College
of Arts and Science Academic Standards Committee 97-99
Institute
for Computer and Information Technology - Interim Director,
96-97
Computer
Science Department External Relations Committee 90-97
College
of Arts and Science Student Academic Affairs Committee
92-95
Computer
Science Department Committee on Teaching Evaluation 92-95
Computer
Science Department Undergraduate Programmes Committee
92-95
Computer
Science Department Education Equity Committee 93-95
Computer Science Department High School
Committee 90-95
High
School Liaison, 89-95
Arranged
the Department activities for the College Sci-Fi Camp
90-94
Programme
Director of SWAPS
91-94
College
of Engineering Dean's Ad Hoc Committee on Teaching 91-94
College
of Engineering Extension and Public Relations Committee
91-93
Organized
the Computer Science program for University Open House
89-93
University
Open House Departmental Coordinator 1989-93
Member
of Ad Hoc Committee for Computer Engineering Programme
91-92
Member
of the TARGET Organizing Committee 1992
Organized
tours for school groups visiting the Department 90-92
University
Committees:
President's
Review Committee 2000-01
Advisory
Board, Gwenna Moss Teaching and Learning Centre 2000-01
Technology
and Change Theme Committee for Canada Research Chairs 2000-01
University
IT Team (committee of the AVP/ICT) 2000-01
University
Council Research Committee 1999-02
URC
tenure appeals panel 1999-02
University
Council 1998-01
University
Council Nominations Committee 1998-01
University
Review Committee / tenure appeals 1998-01
High Schools Committee 1989-97 (Executive
in 91-97)
Learning
Technologies Baseline Study Task Force 1997
Professional
and Association Offices and Committee Activity
Treasurer, Canadian Association for
Computer Science (CACS/AIC) - the association of Canadian Computer Science
Departments. 2000-01
Chairman of Advisory Board of User
Modelling Incorporated, an academic non-profit organization supporting the user
modelling research community. 1999-01.
Member of the Executive Committee of the
International Society for Artificial Intelligence in Education 1991 -
01
Editorial
Board, Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 1991 -
01
Editorial
Board, User Modelling and User Adapted Interaction 1995 -
01
Board
of Reviewers, User Modelling and User Adapted Interaction 1990 -
01
Board
of Reviewers, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 1991,
1995
Served
as Guest Co-Editor of a Special Issue of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence
and Education on Student Modelling (with G. McCalla),
1992.
Organizer of NATO Advanced Research
Workshop on Student Modelling, St. Adele, Quebec, May, 1991 (with G.
McCalla)
Conference
Program Committees
Member
of Program Committee of the Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference (ITS,
2002), Biarritz, France, June, 2002.
Member
of Program Committee of Canadian Artificial Intelligence Conference (AI'2002),
Calgary, May, 2002.
Member of Program Committee of IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ASC-2001), Cancun, Mexico, May, 2001.
Member
of Program Committee of IASTED International Conference on Computers and
Advanced Technology in Education (CATE-2001), Banff, Canada, June, 2001
Member
of Program Committee of the International Conference on Computers in Education
(ICCE), Korea, November, 2001.
Member
of Program Committee of Canadian Artificial Intelligence Conference (AI'2000),
Montreal, May, 2000.
Member
of Program Committee of the Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference, Montreal,
June, 2000.
Member
of Program Committee of IASTED International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence and Soft Computing (ASC'2000), Banff, July,
2000
Program
Co-Chair of the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE),
Taiwan, October, 2000.
Member
of Program Committee of the International Conference on Computers in Education
(ICCE), Chiba Japan, November, 1999.
Member
of Program Committee of Ninth International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence in Education (AI-Ed '99), Lemans, France, July, 1999.
General
Chair, International Conference on User Modelling, Banff, June,
1999.
Member
of Program Committee of the Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference, San
Antonio, August, 1998.
Member
of Program Committee of the International Conference on Computers in Education
(ICCE), Beijing, October, 1998.
Member
of Program Committee of the Canadian AI Conference (AI'98) sponsored by the
CSCSI/SCEIO, Vancouver, June 1998.
Member
of Program Committee of Eighth World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in
Education (AI-Ed '97), Kobe, Japan, August, 1997.
Member
of Program Committee of the Eighth International PEG Conference: Meeting the
Challenges of New Technologies, Sophia, Bulgaria, May,
1997.
Member
of Program Committee of International Conference on Computer Aided Learning and
Instruction in Science and Engineering (CALISCE 96), Spain, July,
1996.
Member
of Program Committee of 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring
Systems (ITS 96), Montreal, June 1996.
Member
of Program Committee of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Conference,
Toronto, May, 1996.
Member
of Program Committee of the International Conference on Computers in Education
(ICCE), Singapore, December, 1995.
Chair
of the Programme Committee for the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence
and Education (AI-Ed'95), Washington, 1995.
Member
of Program Committee of International Joint Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (IJCAI) Workshop on Plan Recognition, August,
1995.
Co-Chair
of the Programme Committee for the East-West Conference on Computer
Technologies in Education (EW-Ed'94), Crimea, Ukraine, September,
1994.
Member
of the Program Committee for the East-West Conference on Artificial Intelligence: From Theory to Practice (EWAIC'93),
Moscow, September, 1993
Member
of the Program Committee for the International Conference on Computer
Technologies in Education (ICCTE'93), Kiev, September,
1993.
Member
of the Program Committee for the International Conference on Computers in
Education (ICCE'93), Taiwan, December, 1993.
Member
of the Organizing Committee for the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence
and Education (AI-Ed'95), Washington, 1995
Member
of the Program Committee for the World Conference on Artificial Intelligence
and Education Conference (AI-Ed '93), Edinburgh, Scotland,
1993.
International
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Conference (ITS '92), Montreal, 1992
International
User Modelling Workshop (UM'92), Germany, 1992
East-West
Conference on Emerging Computer Technologies in Education
(E-W '92), Moscow, 1992
Canadian
Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, Ottawa,
1990
Intelligent
Tutoring Systems Conference, Montreal, 1988
Refereed
for the following journals and conferences:
2000-01
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence in Education - 2 papers
User
Modelling and User Adapted Interaction - 1 paper
ICCE
2000 - 32 papers
Canadian
Artificial Intelligence Conference - 6
papers
International
Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education - 5
papers
IASTED
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing - 6
papers.
IASTED International Conference on
Computers and Advanced Technology in Education - 6
papers.
1999-00
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence in Education - 2 papers
User
Modelling and User Adapted Interaction - 1 paper
Computational
Intelligence - 2 papers
ITS
2000 - 8 papers
Canadian
Artificial Intelligence Conference - 5
papers
International
Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) - 23 papers
ASC
2000 - 6 papers
1998-99
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence in Education - 2 papers
User
Modelling and User Adapted Interaction - 1 paper
Computational
Intelligence - 1 paper
User
Modelling '99 - 11 papers
International
Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education - 14 papers
International
Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) - 7 papers
1997-98
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence in Education - 2 papers
User
Modelling and User Adapted Interaction - 2 papers
Interacting
with Computers - 1 paper
Canadian
AI Conference (AI'98) - 11 papers
European
Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- 2 papers
International
Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE) - 2 papers
Intelligent
Tutoring Systems Conference - 5 papers
1996-97
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence in Education - 2 papers
User
Modelling and User Adapted Interaction - 2 papers
IEEE
Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - 2 papers
British
Journal of Educational Technology - 2 papers
Eighth
World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education - 12
papers
Eighth
International PEG Conference - 6 papers
International
Conference Knowledge-Based Computer Systems - 4 papers
1995-96
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence in Education - 2 papers
Computational
Intelligence - 2 papers
User
Modelling and User Adapted Interaction - 2 papers
IEEE
Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering - 1 paper
IEEE
Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - 2 papers
International
Journal of Information Systems - 1 paper
Canadian
Artificial Intelligence Conference - 10 papers
International
Conference on Computer Aided Learning and Instruction in Science and
Engineering - 6
papers
International
Conference on Computers in Education - 5 papers
Pacific
Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence - 3
papers
International
Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 12 papers
International
Conference on User Modelling - 4 papers
1994-95
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence in Education - 2 papers
Computational
Intelligence - 1 paper
User
Modelling and User Adapted Interaction - 3 papers
IEEE
Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering - 1 paper
World
Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education - 15
papers
International
Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence - 6 papers
IJCAI
Workshop on Plan Recognition - 4 papers
International
Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 95) - 5 papers
1993-94
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence in Education - 2 papers
Computational
Intelligence - 3 papers
East-West
Conference on Computer Technologies in Education - 18
papers
International
Conference on User Modelling - 2 papers
International
Conference on Computer Technologies in Education - 8
papers
1992-93
World
Conference on AI and Education - 19 papers
International
Conference on Computers in Education - 5 papers
East-West
Conference on Artificial
Intelligence - 10 papers
Journal
of AI&Ed - 1 paper
Computational
Intelligence - 1 paper
User
Modelling and User Adapted Instruction - 2 papers
1991-92
E-W
Conference on Emerging Computer Technologies - 7 papers
International
User Modelling Workshop - 5 papers
International
Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference - 10 papers
1990-91
User
Modelling and User Adapted Interaction Journal - 1 paper
Journal
of Artificial Intelligence and Education - 1 paper
User
Modelling and User Adapted Interaction - 2 papers
International
Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence - 4 papers
Conference
on Cognitive Science in Organizations, ICO'91 - 2 papers
1989-90
Computational
Intelligence Conference 1990 (1 paper)
Computational
Intelligence Journal 1990 (1 paper)
Canadian
Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, 1990 (10
papers)
Conference
on Knowledge Based Computer Systems, 1990 (4
papers)
1988-89
Computational
Intelligence Journal 1989 (1 paper)
International
Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Detroit, 1989 (3
papers)
Intelligent
Tutoring Systems Conference, Montreal, 1988 (13 papers)
Canadian
Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, 1988 (3
papers)
Reviewed
grant applications / Research Projects
1
NSERC Research Grant - 2000
2
NSERC Research Grant - 1998
Science
Council, Government of Taiwan - 39 project reviews (1997)
SSHRC
Research Grant - 1 (1996)
Science
Council, Government of Taiwan - 36 project reviews (1996)
1
NSERC Research Grant - 1995
1
SSHRC Research Grant - 1995
1
ONR Research Grant - 1994
2
NSERC Research Grant - 1993
2
NSERC Research Grant - 1992
3
NSERC Operating Grants 1991
1
SSHRC Operating Grant 1991
2
NSERC Operating Grants 1990
3
NSERC Operating Grants 1989
1
SSHRC Operating Grant 1989
Networks
of Centres of Excellence Grant 1988
NSERC
Operating Grant 1988
SSHRC
Strategic Grant 1988
SSHRC
Research Grant 1988
Reviewed
Textbooks for Publishers
Little
Brown Inc.
Addison
Wesley Inc.
Referee
for Faculty Promotion
Queens
University (1992)
Other Committee
Work:
Saskatchewan Department of Education K-12
Computers in Education Advisory Committee 1988-1990.
Association for Computing Machinery
International Standing Committee on Pre-College Computer Science (Canadian
Representative) 1986-1988.
Teachers' Collective Agreement Bargaining
Team, County of Lethbridge, 1980 - 1982.
Alberta Teachers Economic Policies
Committee, County of Lethbridge Local Representative, 1978 -
1982.
Co-Chairperson, Computer Hardware
Selection Committee, County of Lethbridge, 1980 - 1982.
Saskatoon Public and Separate High
Schools Committee on Computer Use in the Schools, 1976 -
1977.
Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
Saskatoon, Local Representative, 1976-1977.
Public
and Community Contributions - University Related
• Originator and Faculty
Coordinator for "Bringing the World Wide Web to the Classroom", an
introduction to the Internet for Saskatchewan Teachers held at the University
of Saskatchewan, Summer, 1997.
(175 teachers attended over 6 weeks)
• Faculty Coordinator (jointly with
Gina Koehn) for IntroNet '96 - an introduction to the Internet for High School
Students held at the University of Saskatchewan, Summer,
1996.
• "Opportunities in Computer
Science at the University of Saskatchewan", Invited Presentation, SACE
Conference, Saskatoon, November, 1994.
• Coordinated
High School Programming Day Seminar for Saskatoon High School students, May 30,
1994.
• Organized
and coordinated one-day Workshop for Saskatoon High School Computer Science
Teachers at the University of Saskatchewan, May 31, 1993.
• Coordinated
High School Programming Day Seminar for Saskatoon High School students, May 30,
1994.
• Organized
and coordinated one-day Workshop for Saskatoon High School Computer Science
Teachers at the University of Saskatchewan, May 31, 1993.
• Co-ordinated
High School Programming Day Seminar for Saskatoon High School students, June 1,
1992.
• Co-ordinated
High School Programming Day Seminar for Saskatoon High School students, June 3,
1991.
• Half-day
workshop, Selected Activities to Promote Science in High School
Computing, presented
to the Saskatchewan Association for Computers in Education, November,
1989.
• Half-day
workshop, Adding Some Science to High School Computer Science, presented to the
Saskatoon Computer Science Teachers, February, 1989.
• Computer
Science in the High School, Presentation at the Annual Saskatoon High School
Teachers Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Feb, 1988.
Other
important items worth reporting:
Supervised
four Undergraduate Summer Students in 1997
Supervised
three Undergraduate Summer Students in 1996
Supervised
three Summer NSERC Students in 1994 (one of whom was jointly supervised with G.
McCalla and one jointly supervised with R. Bunt)
Hosted
visiting PhD Students: Ana
Arruarte and Jon Ander Elloriaga (from Basque University, Spain) Sept - Dec, 1993.
Supervised
two Summer Students under the Challenge '94 program
Hosted
visiting scholar: Peter Holt
(from Athabasca University) Aug,
1992 - June, 1993.
Supervised
three Summer NSERC Students in 1993 (two of whom were jointly supervised with
G. McCalla)
Supervised
one Summer Student under the Challenge '93 program
Supervised
two Summer NSERC Students in 1992
Supervised
one Summer Student under the Challenge '92 program
Hosted
visiting scholar: Jesus
Rodriguez (from Venezuela) Jan -
April, 1992.
Supervised
one Summer NSERC Student in 1991
Supervised
one Summer Student under the Challenge '91 program