UC Spark

Dr Brent Ian Martin

Computer Science and Software Engineering
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7868
 Office: Erskine

Fields of Research

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Intelligent tutoring systems
  • Machine learning
  • Software engineering

Researcher Summary

Research interests are artificial intelligence, intelligent tutoring systems and machine learning.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Projects

Research Groups

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Publications


  • 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)
  • Weerasinghe, A., Mitrovic, A., Thomson, D., Mogin, P. and Martin, B. (2011) Evaluating a General Model of Adaptive Tutorial Dialogues. 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 394-402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21869-9_51. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B., Mitrovic, A., Koedinger, K. and Mathan, S. (2011) Evaluating and improving adaptive educational systems with learning curves. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction 21(3): 249-283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11257-010-9084-2. (Journal Article)
  • 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)
  • Martin, B. (2010) Intelligent Educational Games: a constraint-based approach. In F. Edvardsen and H. Kulle (Ed.), Educational Games: Design, Learning and Applications: 185-217. Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers. (Chapter in Book)
  • Martin, B., Filipovic, M., Rennie, L. and Shaw, D. (2010) Using Machine Learning to Prescribe Warfarin. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS): Computer Science Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications 6304: 151-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15431-7_16. (Journal Article)
  • Suraweera, P., Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2010) Widening the Knowledge Acquisition Bottleneck for Constraint-based Tutors. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence in Education 20(2): 137-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAI-2010-0005. (Journal Article)
  • Martin, B., Kirkbride, T., Mitrovic, A., Holland, J. and Zakharov, K. (2009) An Intelligent Tutoring System for Medical Imaging. Vancouver, Canada: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (E-LEARN 2009), 26-30 Oct 2009. 502-509. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Martin, B., Suraweera, P., Zakharov, K., Milik, N., Holland, J. and McGuigan, N. (2009) ASPIRE: An Authoring System and Deployment Environment for Constraint-Based Tutors. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence in Education 19(2): 155-188. http://iaied.org/pub/1150/. (Journal Article)
  • Fukuda, K. and Martin, B. (2009) Decision Trees as Information Source for Attribute Selection. Nashville, TN, USA: IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2009), 30 Mar-2 Apr 2009. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Holland, J., Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2009) J-Latte: a Constraint-Based Tutor for Java. Hong Kong: 17th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2009), 30 Nov-4 Dec 2009. 142-146. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Suraweera, P., Mitrovic, A., Martin, B., Holland, J., Milik, N., Zakharov, K. and McGuigan, N. (2009) Ontologies for authoring instructional systems. In D. Dicheva, R. Mizoguchi and J. Greer (Ed.), The Future of Learning, Vol. 4: Semantic Web Technologies for e-Learning: 77-95. Amsterdam: IOS Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-062-9-77. (Chapter in Book)
  • Weerasinghe, A. and Mitrovic, A. (2008) A Preliminary Study of a General Model for Supporting Tutorial Dialogues. Taipei, Taiwan: 16th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2008), 27-31 Nov 2008. 125-132. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., McGuigan, N., Martin, B., Suraweera, P., Milik, N. and Holland, J. (2008) Authoring Constraint-based Tutors in ASPIRE: A Case Study of a Capital Investment Tutor. Vienna, Austria: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2008), 30 Jun-4 Jul 2008. In Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2008) 4607-4616. http://www.editlib.org/p/29027. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2008) Helping Teachers Build ITS with Domain Schema. Montreal, Canada: 9th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 23-27 Jun 2008. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 5091(ITS 2008) 194-203. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B., Mitrovic, A. and Suraweera, P. (2008) ITS domain modelling with ontology. Journal of Universial Computer Science 14(17): 2758-2776. (Journal Article)
  • Mitrovic, A., Suraweera, P. and Martin, B.I. (2007) ASPIRE: An Authoring System for Constraint-Based ITSs. Chicago, IL, USA: American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2007, 9-13 Apr 2007. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Mitrovic, A., Ohlsson, S., Martin, B. and Suraweera, P. (2007) Authoring Constraint-based Tutoring Systems (Tutorial). 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 158 725. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Suraweera, P., Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2007) Constraint Authoring System: An Empirical Evaluation. 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 158 451-458. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B., Mitrovic, A. and Suraweera, P. (2007) Domain Modelling with Ontology: A Case Study. Corfu, Greece: 11th International Conference on User Modeling (UM 2007): A3H: Fifth International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Hypermedia, 25-29 Jun 2007. In Proceedings of A3H: Fifth International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Hypermedia 4-11. http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/um2007/UM2007_WS1_A3H.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Martin, B. and Suraweera, P. (2007) Intelligent tutors for all: Constraint-based modeling methodology, systems and authoring. IEEE Intelligent Systems 22(4): 38-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MIS.2007.74. (Journal Article)
  • Nicholas, A. and Martin, B. (2007) Resolving Ambiguity in German Adjectives. Los Angeles, USA: Workshop on AIED Applications in Ill-Defined Domains, at AIED 2007, 10 Jul 2007. 61-70. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Weerasinghe, A., Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2007) Towards a General Model for Supporting Explanations to Enhance Learning. 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 158 665-667. http://www.isi.edu/AIED2007/. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Suraweera, P., Martin, B., Zakharov, K., Milik, N. and Holland, J. (2006) Authoring Constraint-Based Tutors in ASPIRE. Jhongli, Taiwan: 8th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 26-30 Jun 2006. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 4053(Intelligent Tutoring Systems) 41-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11774303_5. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Ohlsson, S. and Martin, B. (2006) Problem solving support in constraint-based tutors. Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning (TICL) 3(1-2): 43-50. (Journal Article)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2006) The Effect of Adapting Feedback Generality in ITS. Dublin, Ireland: Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems, 20-23 Jun 2006. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 4018(Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems) 192-202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11768012_21. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Suraweera, P., Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2005) A Knowledge Acquisition System for Constraint-based Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2005), 18-22 Jul 2005. 638-645. http://hcs.science.uva.nl/AIED2005/. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B., Koedinger, K.R., Mitrovic, A. and Mathan, S. (2005) On Using Learning Curves to Evaluate ITS. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2005), 18-22 Jul 2005. In Proceedings of AIED 2005 419-426. http://hcs.science.uva.nl/AIED2005/. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B., Mitrovic, A. and Suraweera, P. (2005) Rapid ITS Prototyping with Ontologies in WETAS (Interactive Event). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2005), 18-22 Jul 2005. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2005) Using Learning Curves to Mine Student Models. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK: 10th International Conference on User Modeling (UM'2005), 24-29 Jul 2005. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3538 79-88. doi: 10.1007/11527886 / 10.1007/11527886_12. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Suraweera, P., Martin, B. and Weerasinghe, A. (2004) DB-suite: experiences with three intelligent, web-based database tutors. Journal of Interactive Learning Research 15(4): 409-432. (Journal Article)
  • Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2004) Evaluating Adaptive Problem Selection. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems: Third International Conference (AH 2004), 23-26 Aug 2004. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3137 185-194. doi: 10.1007/b99480. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2004) Evaluating adaptive problem selection. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: 3rd International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems, 23-26 Aug 2004. 185-194. http://www.ah2004.org/. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Suraweera, P., Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2004) The Role of Domain Ontology in Knowledge Acquisition for ITSs. Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil: Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 7th International Conference (ITS 2004), 30 Aug-3 Sep 2004. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3220 207-216. doi: 10.1007/b100137. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Suraweera, P., Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2004) The Use of Ontologies in ITS Domain Knowledge Authoring. Maceio, Brazil: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Applications of Semantic Web for E-learning held at the ITS 2004 Conference, 30 Aug-3 Sep 2004. 41-49. http://www.itsconference.com.br/. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Koedinger, K.R. and Martin, B. (2003) A Comparative Analysis of Cognitive Tutoring and Constraint-Based Modeling. Johnstown, PA, USA: User Modeling 2003: 9th International Conference (UM 2003), 22-26 June 2003. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2702 313-322. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B.I. (2003) Intelligent Tutoring Systems: The Practical Implementation of Constraint-based Modelling. PhD, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2003) ITS Domain Modelling: Art or Science? Sydney, Australia: 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, 22-24 Jul 2003. 183-190. http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~aied/papers.html. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2003) Scaffolding and Fading Problem Selection in SQL-Tutor. Sydney, Australia: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2003), 20-24 Jul 2003. 479-481. http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~aied/papers_short.html. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2002) Authoring Web-Based Tutoring Systems with WETAS. Auckland, New Zealand: International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE), 3-6 Dec 2002. In Proceedings of the ICCE 2002 183-187. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2002) Automatic Problem Generation in Constraint-Based Tutors. Biarritz, France: 6th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2002), 2-7 Jun 2002. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2363 388-398. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2002) Evaluating the Effects of Open Student Models on Learning. Malaga, Spain: Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems: Second International Conference (AH 2002), 29-31 May 2002. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2347 296-305. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Martin, B. and Mayo, M. (2002) Using Evaluation to Shape ITS Design: Results and Experiences with SQL-Tutor. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction 12(2-3): 243-279. (Journal Article)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2002) WETAS: A Web-Based Authoring System for Constraint-Based ITS. Malaga, Spain: Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems: Second International Conference (AH 2002), 29-31 May 2002. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2347 543-546. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Mitrovic, A., Mayo, M., Suraweera, P. and Martin, B. (2001) Constraint-Based Tutors: A Success Story. Budapest, Hungary: Engineering of Intelligent Systems : 14th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (IEA/AIE 2001), 4-7 Jun 2001. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2070 931-940. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2001) Easing the ITS Bottleneck with Constraint-Based Modelling. New Zealand Journal of Computing 8(3): 38-47. (Journal Article)
  • Mitrovic, A. and Martin, B. (2000) Evaluating the Effectiveness of Feedback in SQL-Tutor. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Proceedings of International Workshop on Advanced Learning Technologies (IWALT), 4-6 Dec 2000. 143-144. http://lttf.ieee.org/iwalt2000/program.html. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2000) Induction of Higher-Order Knowledge in Constraint-Based Models. Montreal, Canada: Proceedings of ITS'2000 Workshop on Applying Machine Learning to ITS Design/Construction, 20 Jun 2000. 31-36. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B. (2000) Learning Constraints by Asking Questions. Montreal, Canada: Proceedings of ITS'2000 Workshop on Applying Machine Learning to ITS Design/Construction, 20 Jun 2000. 25-30. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin, B. and Mitrovic, A. (2000) Tailoring Feedback by Correcting Student Answers. Montreal, Canada: Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 5th International Conference (ITS 2000), 19-23 Jun 2000. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1839 383-392. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Martin,B. (1999) Constraint-Based Modelling: Representing Student Knowledge.. New Zealand Journal of Computing 7(2): 30--38. (Journal Article)