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Jack Mostow Research Professor Email address: mostow@cs.cmu.edu Office: NSH 4213 Phone: (412) 268-1330 Fax: 412-268-6436 Mailing address: Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 For more information, see my personal homepage.

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Research interests

My current interest is using computers to listen to children read aloud. The Reading Tutor adapts automated speech recognition to analyze oral reading. The Reading Tutor responds with spoken and graphical assistance modelled in part after expert reading teachers, but adapted to the strengths and limitations of the technology. Experimental use of the Reading Tutor in elementary school classrooms has produced dramatic gains in reading comprehension. My previous work in artificial intelligence included machine learning, automated replay of design plans, and discovery of search heuristics.

Project LISTEN offers exciting opportunities for interdisciplinary research in speech technologies, cognitive and motivational psychology, human-computer interaction, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, graphic design, and of course reading.

Research interest keywords

artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, and speech generation and recognition

Current Labs & Groups [Past labs]

Project LISTEN - Literacy/Language/Learning Innovation/Instruction that Speech Technology ENables

TechBridgeWorld - TechBridgeWorld innovates and implements technology solutions to meet sustainable development needs around the world.

Current Projects [Past projects]

Project LISTEN's Reading Tutor - Project LISTEN's Reading Tutor listens to children read aloud.

Recent publications [View all 74 publications]

• Does help help? Introducing the Bayesian Evaluation and Assessment methodology
  J.E. Beck, K. Chang, J. Mostow, and A. Corbett
  9th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, June, 2008, pp. 383 - 394. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [79 KB] copyrighted

• 4-Month Evaluation of a Learner-controlled Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow, G. Aist, C. Huang, B. Junker, R. Kennedy, H. Lan, D.T. Latimer, IV, R. O'Connor, R. Tassone, B. Tobin, and A. Wierman
  The Path of Speech Technologies in Computer Assisted Language Learning: From Research Toward Practice, V. M. Holland, F. N. Fisher, ed., Routledge, New York, 2008, pp. 201 - 219. [Abstract]

• Experience from a Reading Tutor that listens: Evaluation purposes, excuses, and methods
  J. Mostow
  Interactive Literacy Education: Facilitating Literacy Environments Through Technology, C. K. Kinzer, L. Verhoeven, ed., Erlbaum Publishers, New York, 2008, pp. 117 - 148. [Abstract]

• Faster, better task choice in a reading tutor that listens
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  The Path of Speech Technologies in Computer Assisted Language Learning: From Research Toward Practice, V. M. Holland, F. N. Fisher, ed., Routledge, New York, 2008, pp. 220 - 240. [Abstract]

• DeSIGN: An Intelligent Tutor to Teach American Sign Language
  L. Xu, V. Varadharajan, J. Maravich, R. Tongia, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the SLaTE Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education. Carnegie Mellon University and International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)., October, 2007. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [72 KB] copyrighted

• When the Rubber Meets the Road: Lessons from the In-School Adventures of an Automated Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow and J.E. Beck
  Scale-Up in Education, B. Schneider & S.-K. McDonald, ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD, Vol. 2, 2007, pp. 183 - 200. [Abstract]

• Can automated questions scaffold children's reading comprehension?
  J.E. Beck, J. Mostow, and J. Bey
  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, September, 2004. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [83 KB] copyrighted

• Lessons on using ITS data to answer educational research questions
  C. Heiner, J.E. Beck, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the ITS2004 Workshop on Analyzing Student-Tutor Interaction Logs to Improve Educational Outcomes, August, 2004, pp. 1 - 9. [Abstract]
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• Some useful design tactics for mining ITS data
  J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the ITS2004 Workshop on Analyzing Student-Tutor Interaction Logs to Improve Educational Outcomes, August, 2004, pp. 20 - 28. [Abstract]
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• If I Have a Hammer: Computational Linguistics in a Reading Tutor that Listens
  J. Mostow
  42nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Computational Linguistics (ACL-EACL 2004), July, 2004. [Abstract]