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Dr Brent Martin

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Department: Computer Science and Software Engineering

Email: brent.martin@canterbury.ac.nz

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Language: English

About
Research / Creative works
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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

  • Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Sciences: Computer Science; Information Systems; Information Technology
  • Engineering and Technology: Computer & Software Engineering

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Williamson CJ., 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. In. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Cranefield S., Jarquin R., Li G., Martin B., Unland R., Wagner HF., Winikoff M. and Young T. (2011) Agent-based container terminal optimisation. In 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2011, AAMAS 2011 2: 1047-1048. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Lane HC. and Martin B. (2011) Interactive events summary. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 6738 LNAI: 619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21869-9_120. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • 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 Articles)
  • 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. In 2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference EDUCON: 378-385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773164. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Weerasinghe A., Mitrovic A., Thomson D., Mogin P. and Martin B. (2011) Evaluating a General Model of Adaptive Tutorial Dialogues. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6738 AIED 2011: 394-402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21869-9_51. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Winikoff M., Wagner HF., Young T., Cranefield S., Jarquin R., Li G., Martin B. and Unland R. (2011) Agent-based container terminal optimisation. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 6973 LNAI: 137-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24603-6_14. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. (2010) Intelligent Educational Games: a constraint-based approach. In Edvardsen F; Kulle H (Ed.), Educational Games: Design, Learning and Applications: 185-217. Hauppauge: Nova Science Publishers. (Chapters)
  • 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 Articles)
  • 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 Articles)
  • Weerasinghe A., Mitrovic A., Van Zijl M. and Martin B. (2010) Evaluating the effectiveness of adaptive tutorial dialogues in EER-tutor. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computers in Education: Enhancing and Sustaining New Knowledge Through the Use of Digital Technology in Education, ICCE 2010: 33-40. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Fukuda K. and Martin B. (2009) Decision Trees as Information Source for Attribute Selection. In. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Holland J., Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2009) J-Latte: a Constraint-Based Tutor for Java. In : 142-146. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B., Kirkbride T., Mitrovic A., Holland J. and Zakharov K. (2009) An Intelligent Tutoring System for Medical Imaging. In : 502-509. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • 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. (Journal Articles)
  • Suraweera P., Mitrovic A., Martin B., Holland J., Milik N., Zakharov K. and McGuigan N. (2009) Ontologies for authoring instructional systems. In Dicheva D; Mizoguchi R; Greer J (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. (Chapters)
  • Weerasinghe A., Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2009) Towards Individualized Dialogue Support for Ill-Defined Domains. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence in Education 19(4): 357-379. (Journal Articles)
  • Martin B. (2008) Authoring educational games with greenmind. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 5091 LNCS: 684-686. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69132-7_77. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. (2008) Authoring Educational Games with Greenmind. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5091(ITS 2008): 684-686. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69132-7_77. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2008) Helping teachers build ITS with domain schema. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 5091 LNCS: 194-203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69132-7_24. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2008) Helping Teachers Build ITS with Domain Schema. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 5091(ITS 2008): 194-203. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B., Mitrovic A. and Suraweera P. (2008) ITS domain modelling with ontology. Journal of Universial Computer Science 14(17): 2758-2776. (Journal Articles)
  • 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. In Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2008): 4607-4616. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Nicholas A. and Martin B. (2008) Merging adaptive hypermedia and intelligent tutoring systems using knowledge spaces. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 5149 LNCS: 426-430. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70987-9_67. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Nicholas A. and Martin B. (2008) Merging Adaptive Hypermedia and Intelligent Tutoring Systems Using Knowledge Spaces. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 5149(AH 2008): 426-430. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70987-9. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Weerasinghe A. and Mitrovic A. (2008) A Preliminary Study of a General Model for Supporting Tutorial Dialogues. In : 125-132. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Nicholas A. (2007) Studying model ambiguity in a language ITS. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4511(XVI): 425-429. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B., Mitrovic A. and Suraweera P. (2007) Domain Modelling with Ontology: A Case Study. In Proceedings of A3H: Fifth International Workshop on Authoring of Adaptive and Adaptable Hypermedia: 4-11. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2007) Evaluating the Effect of Open Student Models on Self-Assessment. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education 17(2): 121-144. (Journal Articles)
  • 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 Articles)
  • 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. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Mitrovic A., Suraweera P. and Martin BI. (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 Contributions - Other)
  • Nicholas A. and Martin B. (2007) Resolving Ambiguity in German Adjectives. In : 61-70. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Suraweera P., Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2007) Constraint Authoring System: An Empirical Evaluation. In Frontiers in Artifical Intelligence and Applications 158: 451-458. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Weerasinghe A., Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2007) Towards a General Model for Supporting Explanations to Enhance Learning. In Frontiers in Artifical Intelligence and Applications 158: 665-667. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Weerasinghe A., Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2007) Towards a general model of supporting explanations for constraint-based tutoring systems. In Proceedings of NZCSRSC 2007, the 5th New Zealand Computer Science Research Student Conference. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2006) The Effect of Adapting Feedback Generality in ITS. 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 Contributions - Published)
  • 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 Articles)
  • Mitrovic A., Suraweera P., Martin B., Zakharov K., Milik N. and Holland J. (2006) Authoring Constraint-Based Tutors in ASPIRE. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 4053(Intelligent Tutoring Systems): 41-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11774303_5. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2005) Using learning curves to mine student models. In Ardissono L; Brna P; Mitrovic A (Eds). USER MODELING 2005, PROCEEDINGS 3538: 79-88. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11527886_12. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B., Koedinger KR., Mitrovic A. and Mathan S. (2005) On Using Learning Curves to Evaluate ITS. In Proceedings of AIED 2005: 419-426. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B., Mitrovic A. and Suraweera P. (2005) Rapid ITS Prototyping with Ontologies in WETAS (Interactive Event). Amsterdam, Netherlands: 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2005), 18 Jul 2005. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Suraweera P., Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2005) A Knowledge Acquisition System for Constraint-based Intelligent Tutoring Systems. In : 638-645. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2004) Evaluating adaptive problem selection. In DeBra P; Nejdl W (Eds). ADAPTIVE HYPERMEDIA AND ADAPOTIVE WEB-BASED SYSTEMS, PROCEEDINGS 3137: 185-194. SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-27780-4_22. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • 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 Articles)
  • Suraweera P., Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2004) The Role of Domain Ontology in Knowledge Acquisition for ITSs. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3220: 207-216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b100137. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Suraweera P., Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2004) The Use of Ontologies in ITS Domain Knowledge Authoring. In Proceedings: 41-49. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2003) ITS Domain Modelling: Art or Science? In : 183-190. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin BI. (2003) Intelligent Tutoring Systems: The Practical Implementation of Constraint-based Modelling. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury. (Theses / Dissertations)
  • Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2003) Scaffolding and Fading Problem Selection in SQL-Tutor. In AIED 2003 Proceedings: 479-481. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Mitrovic A., Koedinger KR. and Martin B. (2003) A Comparative Analysis of Cognitive Tutoring and Constraint-Based Modeling. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2702: 313-322. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2002) Authoring Web-Based Tutoring Systems with WETAS. In Proceedings of the ICCE 2002: 183-187. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2002) Automatic Problem Generation in Constraint-Based Tutors. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2363: 388-398. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2002) WETAS: A Web-Based Authoring System for Constraint-Based ITS. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2347: 543-546. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2002) Evaluating the Effects of Open Student Models on Learning. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2347: 296-305. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • 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 Articles)
  • Martin B. (2001) Easing the ITS bottleneck with Constraint-Based Modelling. Christchurch, New Zealand: 4h New Zealand Computer Science Research Students Conference 2001 (NZCSRSC-01), 19 Apr 2001. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2001) Easing the ITS Bottleneck with Constraint-Based Modelling. New Zealand Journal of Computing 8(3): 38-47. (Journal Articles)
  • Mitrovic A., Mayo M., Suraweera P. and Martin B. (2001) Constraint-Based Tutors: A Success Story. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2070: 931-940. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. (2000) Learning Constraints by Asking Questions. In : 25-30. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2000) Induction of Higher-Order Knowledge in Constraint-Based Models. In : 31-36. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. and Mitrovic A. (2000) Tailoring Feedback by Correcting Student Answers. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1839: 383-392. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Mitrovic A. and Martin B. (2000) Evaluating the Effectiveness of Feedback in SQL-Tutor. In : 143-144. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Martin B. (1999) Constraint-Based Modelling: Representing Student Knowledge.. New Zealand Journal of Computing 7(2): 30-38. (Journal Articles)

Affiliations

  • IEEE Virtual Instructor Pilot Research Group (VIPRG) (Teaching/Research Organisation): Member
  • University of Waikato (Te Whare Wananga o Waikato) (Teaching/Research Organisation): Subcontracted to WEKA in the Machine Learning Group

Research Groups

  • Intelligent Computer Tutoring Group (ICTG)

Research Projects

  • An Intelligent Tutoring System for Engineering Mechanics
  • ASPIRE: a development suite for web-enabled intelligent learning agents
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