Biography:Beverly Park Woolf
Beverly Park Woolf | |
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| Alma mater | Smith College, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Occupation | Computer scientist, professor emerita |
| Employer | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Known for | Applications of artificial intelligence in educational technology and intelligent tutoring systems |
Notable work | Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors: Student-Centered Strategies for Revolutionizing E-Learning (2008) |
| Awards | Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (1996), Presidential Innovation Fellow (2013) |
Beverly Park Woolf is a retired American computer scientist specializing in the applications of artificial intelligence in educational technology and intelligent tutoring systems. She is a professor emerita in the Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1]
Education and career
Woolf majored in physics as an undergraduate at Smith College. She continued her studies as a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, earning a master's degree in computer science in 1980, a Ph.D. in computer science in 1984, and an Ed.D. in 1990.[1]
She returned to the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a faculty member in 1992, became a research professor there in 2006,[1] and directed the university's Center for Knowledge Communication.[1][2] She has retired to become a professor emerita.[1]
Books
Woolf is the author of Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors: Student-Centered Strategies for Revolutionizing E-Learning (Elsevier / Morgan Kaufmann, 2008). She is a coauthor of Transforming Learning with New Technologies (with Robert W. Malloy, Ruth-Ellen A. Verock-O'Loughlin, and Sharon A. Edwards, Pearson, 2010; 4th ed., 2021).
Recognition
Woolf was named a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence in 1996, "for contributions to the science, technology, and dissemination of multimedia, intelligent tutoring systems and authoring tools".[3] She was named as a Presidential Innovation Fellow in 2013.[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Beverly P. Woolf", Directory (Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences), 20 February 2008, https://www.cics.umass.edu/faculty/directory/woolf_beverly, retrieved 2024-06-22
- ↑ Center for Knowledge Communication, https://centerforknowledgecommunication.org/
- ↑ Elected AAAI Fellows, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, https://aaai.org/about-aaai/aaai-awards/the-aaai-fellows-program/elected-aaai-fellows/, retrieved 2024-06-22
- ↑ "Dr. Beverly Park Woolf", Presidential Innovation Fellows (US General Services Administration), https://presidentialinnovationfellows.gov/fellows/beverly-park-woolf/, retrieved 2024-06-22
External links
- Beverly Park Woolf publications indexed by Google Scholar
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