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Research

My research is in the area ofartificial intelligence, and includes contributions in the areas ofartificial intelligence and education, computational linguistics, spoken language, and user modeling. My work has included both fundamental research and applied research resulting in technology transfer and patents. My most recent research has primarily focused on Natural Language Technology for Educational Applications. Currently funded projects include:

Brief Biography

I am the School of Computing and Information'sAssociate Dean for Mentoring Development, Professor ofComputer Science (CS), a Senior Scientist with the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), and Faculty of the Intelligent Systems Program (ISP), all at the University of Pittsburgh. CS and ISP are part of Pitt's School of Computing and Information (SCI). I moved here from the Garden State (aka New Jersey), where from 1985-2001 I was a member of the Artificial Intelligence Principles Research Department, AT&T Labs - Research (formerly Bell Laboratories); From 1990-1992, I was also an Assistant Professor ofComputer Science at Columbia University. I received my Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Rochester, and my A.B. in Mathematics and Computer Science from theCollege of William and Mary in Virginia. Here are my informal andmore formal versions of my academic geneology.

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