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2008
| Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Robert Phillips, Michael Wallis, Mladen Vouk, and James Lester.
Balancing Cognitive and Motivational Scaffolding in Tutorial
Dialogue. To appear in Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring
Systems, Montreal, Canada, 2008. |
| Scott McQuiggan, Jonathan Rowe, Sunyoung Lee, and James Lester.
Story-Based Learning: The Impact of Narrative on Learning Experiences
and Outcomes. To appear in Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring
Systems, Montreal, Canada, 2008. |
| Scott McQuiggan, Julius Goth, Eunyoung Ha, Jonathan Rowe, and James Lester.
Student Note-Taking in Narrative-Centered Learning Environments: Individual
Differences and Learning Outcomes. To appear in Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on
Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Montreal, Canada, 2008. |
| Scott McQuiggan, Jennifer Robison, and James Lester.
Affective Transitions in Narrative-Centered Learning Environments.
To appear in Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems,
Montreal, Canada, 2008. |
| Scott McQuiggan, Jennifer Robison, Robert Phillips, and James Lester. Modeling Parallel
and Reactive Empathy in Virtual Agents: An Inductive Approach. To appear in Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint
Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Estoril, Portugal, 2008. |
| Scott McQuiggan, Jonathan Rowe, and James Lester. The Effects of
Empathetic Virtual Characters on Presence in Narrative-Centered Learning Environments. In Proceedings
of the 2008 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Florence, Italy, pp. 1511-1520, 2008. |
| Scott McQuiggan, Bradford Mott, and James Lester. Modeling Self-Efficacy in
Intelligent Tutoring Systems: An Inductive Approach. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 18(1-2), 81-123, 2008. |
2007
| Jonathan Rowe, Scott McQuiggan, and James Lester. Narrative Presence in
Intelligent Learning Environments. In Working Notes of the 2007 AAAI Fall Symposium on Intelligent Narrative Technologies,
Washington D.C., pp. 126 - 133, 2007. |
| Scott McQuiggan, Sunyoung Lee, and James Lester. Early Prediction of
Student Frustration. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Affective Computing and
Intelligent Interactions, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 698-709, 2007. |
| Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Mladen Vouk, and James Lester. The Influence of
Learner Characteristics on Task-Oriented Tutorial Dialogue. In Proceedings of the
Thirteenth International Conference on AI in Education, Marina del Rey, California, pp. 365-372, 2007. (Best Student Paper Award) |
| Sunyoung Lee, Scott McQuiggan, and James Lester. Inducing User
Affect Recognition Models for Task-Oriented Environments. In
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on User Modeling,
Corfu, Greece, pp. 380-384, 2007. |
| Scott McQuiggan, and James Lester. Modeling and
Evaluating Empathy in Embodied Companion Agents.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 65(4), 348-360, 2007. |
2006
| Bradford Mott, Sunyoung Lee, and James Lester.
Probabilistic Goal Recognition in Interactive Narrative Environments.
In Proceedings of the Twenty-First National Conference
on Artificial Intelligence, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 187-192, 2006. |
| Scott McQuiggan, Sunyoung Lee, and James Lester. Predicting
User Physiological Response for Interactive Environments:
An Inductive Approach. In Proceedings
of the Second Conference on Artificial Intelligence
and Interactive Entertainment, Marina del Rey,
California, pp. 60-65, 2006. |
| Scott McQuiggan and James Lester. Diagnosing
Self-Efficacy in Intelligent Tutoring Systems: An Empirical
Study. In Proceedings of the Eighth
International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems,
Jhongli, Taiwan, pp. 565-574, 2006. |
Bradford Mott and James Lester. Narrative-Centered
Tutorial Planning for Inquiry-Based Learning Environments.
In Proceedings of the Eighth International
Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Jhongli,
Taiwan, pp. 675-684, 2006. |
Bradford Mott, Scott McQuiggan, Sunyoung Lee,
Seung Lee, and James Lester. Narrative-Centered
Environments for Guided Exploratory Learning.
In the Proceedings of the AAMAS 2006
Workshop on Agent-Based Systems for Human Learning,
Hakodate, Japan, pp. 22-28, 2006. |
| Scott McQuiggan and James Lester. Learning
Empathy: A Data-Driven Framework for Modeling Empathetic
Companion Agents. In Proceedings of
the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents
and Multiagent Systems, Hakodate, Japan, pp. 961-968, 2006. |
| Bradford Mott and James Lester. U-Director:
A Decision-Theoretic Narrative Planning Architecture
for Storytelling Environments. In Proceedings
of the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous
Agents and Multiagent Systems, Hakodate, Japan,
pp. 977-984, 2006. |
Selected Publications: 1995-2005
| Natural Language Processing |
James Lester, Karl Branting, and Bradford Mott. Conversational
Agents. In Practical Handbook of Internet Computing,
Singh, M. (Ed.), Chapman Hall & CRC Press, Baton
Rouge, 2004. |
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Karl Branting, James Lester, and Bradford Mott.
Dialogue Management
for Conversational Case-Based Reasoning. Proceedings
of the Seventh European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning
(Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in AI 3155), pp. 77-90,
Madrid, 2004. |
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Charles Callaway and James Lester. Narrative Prose
Generation. Artificial Intelligence, 139(2),
pp. 213-252, 2002. |
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Charles Callaway and James Lester. Pronominalization
in Generated Discourse and Dialogue. Proceedings
of the 40th Meeting of the Association of Computational
Linguistics, pp.88-95, Philadelphia, 2002. |
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Charles Callaway and James Lester.
Narrative Prose Generation.
Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Joint
Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Seattle,
WA, August 2001. |
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Charles Callaway and James Lester. Evaluating
the Effects of Natural Language Generation Techniques
on Reader Satisfaction. Proceedings of the
Twenty-Third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science
Society, Edinburgh, UK, August 2001. |
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Karl Branting, Charles Callaway, Bradford Mott,
and James Lester. Integrating
Discourse and Domain Knowledge for Document Drafting.
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference
on Artificial Intelligence and Law, pp. 214-220,
Oslo, Norway, 1999. |
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James Lester, William Bares, Charles Callaway,
and Stuart Towns. Natural
Language Generation Journeys to Interactive 3D Worlds.
Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop
on Natural Language Generation, pp. 2-7, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario, Canada, August 1998.
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Karl Branting, James Lester, and Charles Callaway.
Automating Judicial
Document Drafting: A Discourse-Based Approach.
Artificial Intelligence & Law, 6(2-4), pp.
111-149, 1998. (Also appears in Judicial Applications
of Artificial Intelligence, Sartor, G. & Branting,
K. (Eds.), pp. 7-45, Kluwer, 1998.) |
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Charles Callaway and James Lester. Dynamically
Improving Explanations: A Revision-Based Approach
to Explanation Generation. Proceedings of the
Fifteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial
Intelligence, pp. 952-58, Nagoya, Japan, 1997.
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Karl Branting, James Lester, and Charles Callaway.
Automated Drafting
of Self-Explaining Documents. Proceedings of
the Sixth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
and Law, pp. 72-81, Melbourne, Australia, 1997. |
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James Lester and Bruce Porter. Developing
and Empirically Evaluating Robust Explanation Generators:
The KNIGHT Experiments. Computational Linguistics,
23(1), pp. 65-101, 1997.
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Karl Branting and James Lester. A
Framework for Self-Explaining Legal Documents.
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference
on Legal Knowledge-Based Systems, pp. 77-90, Tilburg
University, The Netherlands, 1996. |
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Karl Branting and James Lester. Justification
Structures for Document Reuse. Proceedings
of the Third European Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning,
pp. 76-90, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 1996. |
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James Lester and Bruce Porter. Scaling
Up Explanation Generation: Large-Scale Knowledge Bases
and Empirical Studies. Proceedings of the Thirteenth
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
pp. 416-423, Portland, OR, August 1996.
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Charles Callaway and James Lester. Robust
Natural Language Generation from Large-Scale Knowledge
Bases. Proceedings of the Fourth Bar-Ilan Symposium
on Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, pp.
96-105, Jerusalem, Israel, June 1995. |
| Intelligent User Interfaces & Learning
Environments |
Bradford Mott, Charles Callaway, Luke Zettlemoyer,
Seung Lee and James Lester. Towards
Narrative-Centered Learning Environments. Working
Notes of the 1999 AAAI Fall Symposium on Narrative
Intelligence, pp. 78-82, Cape Cod, MA, November
1999. |
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Brent Daniel, William Bares, Charles
Callaway, and James Lester. Student-Sensitive
Multimodal Explanation Generation for 3D Learning
Environments. Proceedings of the Sixteenth
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
pp. 114-120, Orlando, Florida, July 1999. |
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Joël Grégoire, Luke Zettlemoyer, and
James Lester. Detecting
and Correcting Misconceptions with Lifelike Avatars
in 3D Learning Environments. Proceedings of
the Ninth World Conference on Artificial Intelligence
in Education, pp. 586-593, Le Mans, France, July
1999. |
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James Lester, Luke Zettlemoyer, Joël Grégoire,
and William Bares. Explanatory
Lifelike Avatars: Performing User-Centered Tasks in
3D Learning Environments. Proceedings of the
Third International Conference on Autonomous Agents,
pp. 24-31, Seattle, Washington, 1999. |
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William Bares and James Lester. Intelligent
Multi-Shot Visualization Interfaces for Dynamic 3D
Worlds. Proceedings of the 1999 International
Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, pp.
119-126, Los Angeles, 1999. (Best
Paper Award)
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William Bares, Luke Zettlemoyer, and James Lester.
Habitable 3D Learning
Environments for Situated Learning. Proceedings
of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent
Tutoring Systems, pp. 76-85, San Antonio, TX,
August 1998. |
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Stuart Towns, Charles Callaway, and James Lester.
Generating Coordinated
Natural Language and 3D Animations for Complex Spatial
Explanations. Proceedings of the Fifteenth
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
pp. 112-119, Madison, Wisconsin, July 1998. |
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William Bares, Joël Grégoire, and James
Lester. Realtime
Constraint-Based Cinematography for Complex Interactive
3D Worlds. Proceedings of the Tenth National
Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial
Intelligence, pp. 1101-1106, Madison, Wisconsin,
July 1998. |
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William Bares, Luke Zettlemoyer, Dennis Rodriguez,
and James Lester. Task-Sensitive
Cinematography Interfaces for Interactive 3D Learning
Environments. Proceedings of the Fourth International
Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, pp.
81-88, San Francisco, January 1998. |
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William Bares and James Lester. Realtime
Generation of Customized 3D Animated Explanations
for Knowledge-Based Learning Environments. Proceedings
of the Fourteenth National Conference on Artificial
Intelligence, pp. 347-354, Providence, RI, July
1997. |
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William Bares and James Lester. Cinematographic
User Models for Automated Realtime Camera Control
in Dynamic 3D Environments. Proceedings of
the Sixth International Conference on User Modeling,
pp. 215-226, Sardinia, Italy, June 1997.
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Animated Pedagogical
Agents |
Roxana Moreno, Rich Mayer, Hiller Spires, and James
Lester. The Case for Social Agency in Computer-Based
Teaching: Do Students Learn More Deeply When They Interact
with Animated Pedagogical Agents? Cognition and
Instruction, 192(2), pp. 177-213, 2001. |
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James Lester, Charles Callaway, Joël Grégoire,
Gary Stelling, Stuart Towns, and Luke Zettlemoyer. Animated
Pedagogical Agents in Knowledge-Based Learning Environments.
In Smart Machines in Education: The Coming Revolution
in Educational Technology, Forbus, K., & Feltovich,
P. (Eds.), pp. 269-298, AAAI/MIT Press, Menlo Park,
2001. |
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Roxana Moreno, Rich Mayer, and James Lester. Life-Like
Pedagogical Agents in Constructivist Multimedia Environments:
Cognitive Consequences of Their Interaction. Proceedings
of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia,
Hypermedia, and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA), pp.
741-746, Montreal, 2000. (Outstanding
Paper Award) |
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W. Lewis Johnson, Jeff W. Rickel, and
James C. Lester. Animated
Pedagogical Agents: Face-to-Face Interaction in Interactive
Learning Environments. The International Journal
of Artificial Intelligence in Education (2000)
11, 47-78. |
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James C. Lester, Stuart G. Towns, Charles B. Callaway,
Jennifer L. Voerman, and Patrick J. FitzGerald. Deictic
and Emotive Communication in Animated Pedagogical
Agents. In Embodied Conversational Agents,
J. Cassell, S. Prevost, J. Sullivan, and E. Churchill
(Eds.), pp. 123-154, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2000. |
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James C. Lester, Stuart G. Towns and Patrick J.
FitzGerald. Achieving
Affective Impact: Visual Emotive Communication in
Lifelike Pedagogical Agents. The International
Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education,
10(3-4), 278-291, 1999. |
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James Lester, Brian Stone and Gary Stelling. Lifelike
Pedagogical Agents for Mixed-Initiative Problem Solving
in Constructivist Learning Environments. User
Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 9(1-2),
pp. 1-44, 1999. |
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James Lester, Jennifer Voerman, Stuart Towns and
Charles Callaway. Deictic
Believability: Coordinating Gesture, Locomotion, and
Speech in Lifelike Pedagogical Agents. Applied
Artificial Intelligence, 13(4-5), pp. 383-414,
1999. |
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Clark Elliott, Jeff Rickel, and James Lester. Lifelike
Pedagogical Agents and Affective Computing: An Exploratory
Synthesis. Artificial Intelligence Today,
Lecture Notes In Artificial Intelligence (Subseries
of Lecture Notes in Computer Science), Special Volume
1600, M. Wooldridge & M. Veloso (Eds.), pp. 195-212,
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1999. |
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Stuart Towns, Patrick FitzGerald, and James Lester.
Visual Emotive Communication
in Lifelike Pedagogical Agents. Proceedings
of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent
Tutoring Systems, pp. 474-483, San Antonio, TX,
August 1998. |
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Stuart Towns, Charles Callaway, Jennifer Voerman,
and James Lester. Coherent
Gestures, Locomotion, and Speech in Life-Like Pedagogical
Agents. Proceedings of the Fourth International
Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, pp.
13-20, San Francisco, January 1998. (IUI-98)
(Superceded by Applied Artificial Intelligence
journal article above) |
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James Lester, Sharolyn Converse, Brian Stone, Susan
Kahler, and Todd Barlow. Animated
Pedagogical Agents and Problem-Solving Effectiveness:
A Large-Scale Empirical Evaluation. Proceedings
of the Eighth World Conference on Artificial Intelligence
in Education, pp. 23-30, Kobe, Japan, August 1997.
(Best Paper Award) |
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James Lester, Sharolyn Converse, Susan Kahler,
Todd Barlow, Brian Stone, and Ravinder Bhoga. The
Persona Effect: Affective Impact of Animated Pedagogical
Agents. Proceedings of CHI '97, pp. 359-366,
Atlanta, March 1997. (CHI-97) |
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James Lester and Brian Stone. Increasing
Believability in Animated Pedagogical Agents.
Proceedings of the First International Conference
on Autonomous Agents, pp. 16-21, Marina del Rey,
California, February 1997.
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James Lester, Patrick FitzGerald, and Brian Stone.
The Pedagogical Design
Studio: Exploiting Artifact-Based Task Models for
Constructivist Learning. Proceedings of the
Third International Conference on Intelligent User
Interfaces, pp. 155-162, Orlando, FL, January
1997. |
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Patrick FitzGerald and James Lester. Knowledge-Based
Learning Environments: A Vision for the 21st Century.
In Interactive Technologies and the Social Sciences:
Emerging Issues and Applications, P. Martorella
(Ed.), pp. 111-127, SUNY Press, New York, 1997. |
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Brian Stone and James Lester. Dynamically
Sequencing an Animated Pedagogical Agent. Proceedings
of the Thirteenth National Conference on Artificial
Intelligence, pp. 424-431, Portland, OR, August
1996. (Anthologized in Readings in Agents,
Huhns, M. & Singh, M. (Eds.), pp. 156-163, Morgan
Kaufmann, 1998.) (Superceded by User Modeling and
User-Adapted Interaction journal article above) |
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James Lester, Brian Stone, Michael O'Leary, and
Robert Stevenson. Focusing
Problem Solving in Design-Centered Learning Environments.
Proceedings of the Third International Conference
on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (Springer-Verlag
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1086), pp. 475-483,
Montreal, June 1996. |
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