• DocumentCode
    1091371
  • Title

    In the News

  • Author

    Ingebretsen, Mark ; Dollarhide, Maya

  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    The field of intelligent tutoring received a boost this May, when the US Department of Education awarded $2 million to Massachusetts´ Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Carnegie Mellon University. The four-year grant will help researchers at the two schools refine Assistment (www.assistment.org), an intelligent tutor for middle-school mathematics. Like other intelligent tutoring systems, Assistment tailors its instruction to individual students, using embedded AI functionality to provide feedback and assistance - all without human overseers.
  • Keywords
    artificial intelligence; intelligent tutoring systems; mathematics computing; Assistment; embedded artificial intelligence; intelligent tutoring system; middle-school mathematics; Artificial intelligence; Bayesian methods; Computer science; Educational institutions; Feedback; Humanoid robots; Humans; Intelligent robots; Intelligent systems; US Government; ASSISTment; Robot-Hosting; SuperBot; Tactical Iraqi; artificial intelligence; avatar; intelligent tutors; robotics; robots; self-modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Intelligent Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1541-1672
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIS.2007.72
  • Filename
    4287267