NSF Fellow: Jennifer Robinson
Posted by John Hunter | Under NSF Fellows Tuesday Apr 15, 2008
Jennifer Robinson, a senior in computer science at North Carolina State University received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
Throughout her undergraduate years in the Department of Computer Science at NC State, Robison has conducted research on intelligent tutoring systems that explores affect expression, a central problem in affective computing and intelligent virtual agents. In collaboration with her colleagues, Robison designed and conducted a study to investigate parallel and reactive empathy in intelligent virtual agents. She presented the results of her work in two conference papers, one of which was at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, and another at the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems.
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Robison plans to pursue her Ph.D in computer science at NC State beginning in the fall.She gives much credit for her success to Dr. James Lester, associate professor of computer science, who has served as her undergraduate research advisor and mentor. Lester offers his congratulations to Robison saying, “It is a great pleasure working with Jen, who is a truly outstanding student. Her background in artificial intelligence and cognitive science has prepared her well for research in intelligent tutoring systems. We’re very excited about continuing our collaboration when she joins the Ph.D. program in the fall.”
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