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Mr Moffat Mannunkal Mathews

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Fields of Research

  • Intelligent Educational Systems
  • Student modelling
  • Modelling pedagogical strategies
  • Domain/knowledge/ontological modelling
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering Education

Researcher Summary

I am working in the area of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED). This means that I am interested in AI, Education (especially teaching strategies), Psychology (particularly to do with learning and behaviour), and of course Computer Science & Software Engineering.

Our research group focuses on building intelligent and adaptive educational systems – systems that allow the student to explore and learn while receiving customised guidance. These systems are intelligent enough to

   * know about a particular domain semantically and syntactically (domain modelling),
   * know and reason about each student (student modelling) using their current knowledge on each of the
     domain concepts and the history of their performance in the system,
   * provide adaptive (customised) guidance to each student,
   * allow the student to see a visualisation of their student model, and
   * optionally allow the student to negotiate their student model (argue for a change in their student model).
     A change in their student model would lead to different adaptations.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Groups

Key Methodologies

  • Empirical evaluations
  • Datamining

Affiliations

Research Service

  • 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education: local organising committee and Publicity chair (2010-2011)
  • Co-organiser/co-presenter of the international conference tutorial,"Constraint-Based Tutoring Systems: From Theory to Authoring". (2009)
  • Student organiser and reviewer, Doctoral Consortium, ICCE. (2008)
  • New Zealand Computer Science Research Student Conference: general conference chair and sponsorship chair. (2007-2008)

Publications


  • Mathews, M.M. (2012) A Framework for Multiple Adaptable Pedagogical Strategies in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. PhD, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7334. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)
  • Mathews, M. (2012) A Framework for Multiple Adaptable Pedagogical Strategies in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. PhD, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7334. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)
  • Mathews, M., Mitrovic, A., Lin, B., Holland, J. and Churcher, N. (2012) Do your eyes give it away? Using eye tracking data to understand students' attitudes towards open student model representations. Chania, Crete, Greece: 11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), 14-18 Jun 2012. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS) 7315: 424-429. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_54. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Mathews, M. and Holland, J. (2012) Exploring two strategies for teaching procedures. Chania, Crete, Greece: 11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), 14-18 Jun 2012. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS) 7315: 499-504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_64. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Weerasinghe, A., Mitrovic, A., Mathews, M., Holland, J. and Elmadani, M. (2012) Supporting self-directed learning skills in learning management systems. Singapore: 20th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE), 26-30 Nov 2012. In Workshop Proceedings: 770-776. http://www.lsl.nie.edu.sg/icce2012/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/WORKSHOP-E-BOOK.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Williamson, C.J., Mitrovic, A., Bebbington, A., Mathews, M., Suraweera, P., Martin, B., Thomson, D. and Holland, J. (2012) Thermo-Tutor: An intelligent tutoring system for thermodynamic cycle analysis. Wellington, New Zealand: Chemeca2012, 23-26 Sep 2012. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Holland, J., Baghaei, N., Mathews, M. and Mitrovic, A. (2011) The Effects of Domain and Collaboration Feedback on Learning in a Collaborative Intelligent Tutoring System. Auckland, New Zealand: 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2011), 28 Jun-1 Jul 2011. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS): Artificial Intelligence in Education 6738 469-471. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21869-9_72. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Williamson, C., Bebbington, A., Mathews, M., Suraweera, P., Martin, B., Thomson, D. and Holland, J. (2011) Thermo-Tutor: An Intelligent Tutoring System for Thermodynamics. Amman, Jordan: 2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 4-6 Apr 2011. In 2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference EDUCON 378-385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773164. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Baker, R.S.J.D., Mitrović, A. and Mathews, M. (2010) Detecting Gaming the System in Constraint-Based Tutors. Hawaii, HI, USA: User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP), 20-24 Jun 2010. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS): User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization 6075, 267-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13470-8_25. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Yudelson, M., Brusilovsky, P., Mitrovic, A. and Mathews, M. (2010) Using Numeric Optimization to Refine Semantic User Model Integration of Educational Systems. Pittsburgh, PA, USA: 3rd International Conference on Educational Data Mining, 11-13 Jun 2010. In Proceedings 221-230. http://educationaldatamining.org/EDM2010/uploads/proc/edm2010_submission_35.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Brusilovsky, P., Mitrovic, A., Sosnovsky, S., Mathews, M., Yudelson, M., Lee, D. and Zadorozhny, V. (2009) Database Exploratorium: A Semantically Integrated Adaptive Educational System. Trento, Italy: The 7th International Workshop on Ubiquitous User Modeling (UbiqUM 2009), 22-26 Jun 2009. 24-48. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mathews, M. and Mitrovic, A. (2009) Does framing a problem-solving scenario influence learning? Hong Kong: 17th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2009), 30 Nov-4 Dec 2009. In Proceedings 27-34. http://www.icce2009.ied.edu.hk/pdf/c1/proceedings027-034.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Sosnovsky, S., Brusilovsky, P., Yudeslon, M., Mitrovic, A., Mathews, M. and Kumar, A. (2009) Semantic Integration of Adaptive Educational Systems. In T. Kuflik, S. Berkovsky, F. Carmagnola, and D. Heckmann (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5830: Advances in Ubiquitous User Modelling: 134-158. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05039-8_8. (Chapter in Book)
  • Mathews, M., Mitrovic, A. and Thomson, D. (2008) Analyzing high-level help-seeking behaviour in ITSs. Hannover, Germany: 5th International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and adaptive Web-based systems, 29 Jul - 1 Aug 2008. LNCS 5149 312–315. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Mathews, M. and Mitrovic, A. (2008) Do Students Who See More Concepts in an ITS Learn More? Montreal, Canada: 1st International Conference on Educational Data Mining, 20-21 Jun 2008. In Educational Data Mining 2008: Proceedings 266-273. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mathews, M. and Mitrovic, T. (2008) How Does Students' Help-Seeking Behavior Affect Learning? Montreal, Canada: 9th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2008), 23-27 Jun 2008. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 5091, 363-372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69132-7_40. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mathews, M., Challa, M., Chu, C-T., Jian, G., Seichter, H. and Grasset, R. (2007) Evaluation of spatial abilities through tabletop AR. Hamilton, New Zealand: The 7th ACM SIGCHI New Zealand chapter's international conference on Computer-human interaction: design centered HCI, 20 Dec 2007. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series 254 17-24. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1278963. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mathews, M. and Hunt, R. (2007) Evolution of Wireless LAN Security Architecture to IEEE 802.11i (WPA2). Phuket, Thailand: Fourth International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Asian Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (AsiaCSN 2007), 2-4 Apr 2007. In Communication Systems and Networks (AsiaCSN 2007) 561-806. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mathews, M. and Mitrovic, A. (2007) The Effect of Problem Templates on Learning in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Los Angeles, CA, USA: 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2007), 9-13 Jul 2007. In Frontiers in Artifical Intelligence and Applications 158 611-613. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)