Gordon I. McCalla

Gordon I. McCalla is a Professor with over 25 years of expertise in Artificial Intelligence and User Modeling. His work focuses on developing intelligent systems to enhance education and user interaction, including projects like G.E.N.I.U.S., SCENT, and PETAL for programming and collaborative learning.

• Research Interests: AI in education, user modeling, collaborative learning environments, and personalized systems.
• Key Projects:
  • Systems for supporting peer collaboration in workplace and academic training.
  • Robust cliche-based reverse engineering tools.
  • AI-driven second language immersion environments for travel domains.
  • Intelligent filtering/retrieval frameworks.
  • Ethics simulation platforms.
  • Movie domain personal preference systems.

His research emphasizes capturing user data to individualize system interactions, with experimental investigations into student modeling, instructional planning, and tutorial dialogue.