Learning Structured Models for Active Planning: Beyond the Markov Paradigm Towards Adaptable Abstractions
(2018)
Thesis
Lieck, R. (2018). Learning Structured Models for Active Planning: Beyond the Markov Paradigm Towards Adaptable Abstractions. (Thesis). Universität Stuttgart. Retrieved from https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1641954
Outputs (387)
Adopting Automatic Machine Learning for Temporal Prediction of Paid Certification in MOOCs (2022)
Book Chapter
Alshehri, M., Alamri, A., & Cristea, A. I. (2022). Adopting Automatic Machine Learning for Temporal Prediction of Paid Certification in MOOCs. In M. Mercedes Rodrigo, N. Matsuda, A. I. Cristea, & V. Dimitrova (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Education (717-723). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11644-5_73Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms have been growing exponentially, offering worldwide low-cost educational content. Recent literature on MOOC learner analytics has been carried out around predicting either students’ dropout, academic perfor... Read More about Adopting Automatic Machine Learning for Temporal Prediction of Paid Certification in MOOCs.
Fine-grained Main Ideas Extraction and Clustering of Online Course Reviews (2022)
Book Chapter
Xiao, C., Shi, L., Cristea, A., Li, Z., & Pan, Z. (2022). Fine-grained Main Ideas Extraction and Clustering of Online Course Reviews. In M. Rodrigo, N. Matsuda, A. Cristea, & V. Dimitrova (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Education (294-306). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11644-5_24Online course reviews have been an essential way in which course providers could get insights into students’ perceptions about the course quality, especially in the context of massive open online courses (MOOCs), where it is hard for both parties to... Read More about Fine-grained Main Ideas Extraction and Clustering of Online Course Reviews.
An AI-Based Feedback Visualisation System for Speech Training (2022)
Book Chapter
Wynn, A. T., Wang, J., Umezawa, K., & Cristea, A. I. (2022). An AI-Based Feedback Visualisation System for Speech Training. In M. Mercedes Rodrigo, N. Matsuda, A. I. Cristea, & V. Dimitrova (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners’ and Doctoral Consortium (510-514). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11647-6_104This paper proposes providing automatic feedback to support public speech training. For the first time, speech feedback is provided on a visual dashboard including not only the transcription and pitch information, but also emotion information. A meth... Read More about An AI-Based Feedback Visualisation System for Speech Training.
Augmenting Professional Training, an Ambient Intelligence Approach (2009)
Book Chapter
Zhan, B., Monekosso, D., Rush, S., Remagnino, P., & Velastin, S. (2009). Augmenting Professional Training, an Ambient Intelligence Approach. In D. Monekosso, P. Remagnino, & Y. Kuno (Eds.), INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS: METHODS, ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS (109-125). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-346-0%5C_7
Multi-robot Teams for Environmental Monitoring (2011)
Book Chapter
Espina, M. V., Grech, R., De Jager, D., Remagnino, P., Iocchi, L., Marchetti, L., …King, C. (2011). Multi-robot Teams for Environmental Monitoring. In P. Remagnino, D. Monekosso, & L. Jain (Eds.), INNOVATIONS IN DEFENCE SUPPORT SYSTEMS - 3: INTELLIGENT PARADIGMS IN SECURITY (183-209)
Towards Supporting Multigenerational Co-creation and Social Activities: Extending Learning Analytics Platforms and Beyond
Book Chapter
Konomi, S., Hatano, K., Inaba, M., Oi, M., Okamoto, T., Okubo, F., …Yamada, Y. Towards Supporting Multigenerational Co-creation and Social Activities: Extending Learning Analytics Platforms and Beyond. In Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions: Technologies and Contexts. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91131-1_6
Predicting Certification in MOOCs based on Students’ Weekly Activities (2021)
Book Chapter
Alshehri, M., Alamri, A., & Cristea, A. I. (2021). Predicting Certification in MOOCs based on Students’ Weekly Activities. In A. I. Cristea, & C. Troussas (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 17th International Conference, ITS 2021, Virtual Event, June 7–11, 2021, Proceedings (173-185). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80421-3_20Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been growing rapidly, offering low-cost knowledge for both learners and content providers. However, currently there is a very low level of course purchasing (less than 1% of the total number of enrolled studen... Read More about Predicting Certification in MOOCs based on Students’ Weekly Activities.
EEG-based biometrics: Effects of template ageing (2020)
Book Chapter
Arnau-González, P., Katsigiannis, S., Arevalillo-Herráez, M., & Ramzan, N. (2020). EEG-based biometrics: Effects of template ageing. In M. Z. Shakir, & N. Ramzan (Eds.), AI for Emerging Verticals; Human-robot computing, sensing and networking. IETThis chapter discusses the effects of template ageing in EEG-based biometrics. The chapter also serves as an introduction to general biometrics and its main tasks: Identification and verification. To do so, we investigate different characterisations... Read More about EEG-based biometrics: Effects of template ageing.
Intervention Prediction in MOOCs Based on Learners’ Comments: A Temporal Multi-input Approach Using Deep Learning and Transformer Models (2022)
Book Chapter
Alrajhi, L., Alamri, A., & Cristea, A. I. (2022). Intervention Prediction in MOOCs Based on Learners’ Comments: A Temporal Multi-input Approach Using Deep Learning and Transformer Models. In S. Crossley, & E. Popescu (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems (227-237). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09680-8_22High learner dropout rates in MOOC-based education contexts have encouraged researchers to explore and propose different intervention models. In discussion forums, intervention is critical, not only to identify comments that require replies but also... Read More about Intervention Prediction in MOOCs Based on Learners’ Comments: A Temporal Multi-input Approach Using Deep Learning and Transformer Models.
Balancing Fined-Tuned Machine Learning Models Between Continuous and Discrete Variables - A Comprehensive Analysis Using Educational Data (2022)
Book Chapter
Drousiotis, E., Pentaliotis, P., Shi, L., & Cristea, A. I. (2022). Balancing Fined-Tuned Machine Learning Models Between Continuous and Discrete Variables - A Comprehensive Analysis Using Educational Data. In Artificial Intelligence in Education (256-268). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11644-5_21Along with the exponential increase of students enrolling in MOOCs [26] arises the problem of a high student dropout rate. Researchers worldwide are interested in predicting whether students will drop out of MOOCs to prevent it. This study explores a... Read More about Balancing Fined-Tuned Machine Learning Models Between Continuous and Discrete Variables - A Comprehensive Analysis Using Educational Data.
FLBP: Fuzzy Local Binary Patterns (2013)
Book Chapter
Katsigiannis, S., Keramidas, E., & Maroulis, D. (2013). FLBP: Fuzzy Local Binary Patterns. In Local Binary Patterns: New Variants and Applications (149-175). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39289-4_7
Temporal Analysis in Massive Open Online Courses – Towards Identifying at-Risk Students Through Analyzing Demographical Changes (2020)
Book Chapter
Shi, L., Yang, B., & Toda, A. (2020). Temporal Analysis in Massive Open Online Courses – Towards Identifying at-Risk Students Through Analyzing Demographical Changes. In A. Siarheyeva, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Advances in information systems development (146-163). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49644-9_9This chapter demonstrates a temporal analysis in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), towards identifying at-risk students through analyzing their demographical changes. At-risk students are those who tend to drop out from the MOOCs. Previous studies... Read More about Temporal Analysis in Massive Open Online Courses – Towards Identifying at-Risk Students Through Analyzing Demographical Changes.
Anomalous Behavior Detection: Supporting Independent Living (2009)
Book Chapter
Monekosso, D. N., & Remagnino, P. (2009). Anomalous Behavior Detection: Supporting Independent Living. In D. Monekosso, P. Remagnino, & Y. Kuno (Eds.), INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS: METHODS, ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS (35-50). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-346-0%5C_3
Finding Records in Social Media: A Natural Language Processing Fundamentals Exploration (2021)
Book Chapter
Oladejo, B. K., Hadžidedić, S., & Ganić, E. (2021). Finding Records in Social Media: A Natural Language Processing Fundamentals Exploration. In J. Hasic Telalovic, & M. Kantardzic (Eds.), Mediterranean Forum - Data Science Conference (151-164). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72805-2_11Social media postings are now routinely used as proof of activities, events, or transactions in news media, academic institutions, governments, judicial courts, commerce, and various other organizations. The need to preserve social media content as r... Read More about Finding Records in Social Media: A Natural Language Processing Fundamentals Exploration.
A Recommender System Based on Effort: Towards Minimising Negative Affects and Maximising Achievement in CS1 Learning (2021)
Book Chapter
Pereira, F. D., Junior, H. B., Rodriquez, L., Toda, A., Oliveira, E. H., Cristea, A. I., …Isotani, S. (2021). A Recommender System Based on Effort: Towards Minimising Negative Affects and Maximising Achievement in CS1 Learning. In A. I. Cristea, & C. Troussas (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 17th International Conference, ITS 2021, Virtual Event, June 7–11, 2021, Proceedings (466-480). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80421-3_51Programming online judges (POJs) are autograders that have been increasingly used in introductory programming courses (also known as CS1) since these systems provide instantaneous and accurate feedback for learners’ codes solutions and reduce instruc... Read More about A Recommender System Based on Effort: Towards Minimising Negative Affects and Maximising Achievement in CS1 Learning.
Encouraging Teacher-sourcing of Social Recommendations Through Participatory Gamification Design (2021)
Book Chapter
Toda Yacobson, E., Cristea, A., & Alexandron, G. I. (2021). Encouraging Teacher-sourcing of Social Recommendations Through Participatory Gamification Design. In A. Cristea, & C. I. Troussas (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 17th International Conference, ITS 2021, Virtual Event, June 7–11, 2021, Proceedings (418-429). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80421-3_46Teachers and learners who search for learning materials in open educational resources (OER) repositories greatly benefit from feedback and reviews left by peers who have activated these resources in their class. Such feedback can also fuel social-bas... Read More about Encouraging Teacher-sourcing of Social Recommendations Through Participatory Gamification Design.
Artificial Intelligence for Affective Computing: An emotion recognition case study (2020)
Book Chapter
Arnau-González, P., Katsigiannis, S., Arevalillo-Herráez, M., & Ramzan, N. (2020). Artificial Intelligence for Affective Computing: An emotion recognition case study. In M. Z. Shakir, & N. Ramzan (Eds.), AI for emerging verticals; human-robot computing, sensing and networking. IET
Learning Analytics for E-Book-Based Educational Big Data in Higher Education (2017)
Book Chapter
Ogata, H., Oi, M., Mohri, K., Okubo, F., Shimada, A., Yamada, M., …Hirokawa, S. (2017). Learning Analytics for E-Book-Based Educational Big Data in Higher Education. In H. Yasuura, C. Kyung, Y. Liu, & Y. Lin (Eds.), Smart Sensors at the IoT Frontier (327-350). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55345-0_13This study provides an overview of the educational big data research project at Kyushu University, Japan. This project uses an e-book system called BookLooper, which allows students to browse e-books on web browsers, PCs (personal computers), and mob... Read More about Learning Analytics for E-Book-Based Educational Big Data in Higher Education.
Multifaceted open social learner modelling (2014)
Book Chapter
Shi, L., Cristea, A., & Hadzidedic, S. (2014). Multifaceted open social learner modelling. In P. Elvira, R. W. Lau, K. Pata, H. Leung, & L. Mart (Eds.), Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2014, 13th International Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, August 14-17, 2014, Proceedings (32-42). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09635-3_4Open social learner modelling (OSLM) approaches are promoted in order to assist learners in self-directed and self-determined learning in a social context. Still, most approaches only focus on visualising learners’ performance, or providing complex t... Read More about Multifaceted open social learner modelling.