معرفی
Dr. Mark J. Gierl is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education, holding the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Educational Measurement. His research focuses on automatic item generation (AIG), assessment engineering, and psychometric methods for evaluating test translation. He authored the 2021 book Advanced Methods in Automatic Item Generation, co-authored with Hollis Lai and Vasily Tanygin. His work integrates cognitive modeling, automated test assembly, and multilingual automated scoring systems.
Education: PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (College of Education). Research interests include large language model applications in assessment, AIG for medical and science education, and cross-linguistic scoring frameworks. Key contributions include developing AIG systems for secure testing and validation frameworks for generated items across disciplines.
Research highlights: Over 50 peer-reviewed articles on topics like neural semantic analysis for video assessment, automated bone loss measurement in dentistry, and LLM-driven reading comprehension item generation. His work emphasizes ethical AI integration in educational measurement, test security, and multilingual assessment equity.
Awards: Holder of the prestigious Tier 1 Canada Research Chair since 2021. His work bridges advanced computational methods with foundational psychometric principles to revolutionize modern testing practices.
