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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

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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.

This section last updated - January 1999.

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

• 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.

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

• 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]
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• 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
  Speech Technology for Language Learning, V. M. Holland, F. N. Fisher, ed., Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, Lisse, The Netherlands, 2005.

• Evaluation purposes, excuses, and methods: Experience from a Reading Tutor that listens
  J. Mostow
  Interactive Literacy Education: Facilitating Literacy Environments Through Technology, C. K. Kinzer, L. Verhoeven, ed., Erlbaum Publishers, Mahway, NJ, 2005. [Abstract]

• Faster, better task choice in a reading tutor that listens
  G. Aist and J. Mostow
  Speech Technology for Language Learning, V. M. Holland, F. N. Fisher, ed., Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, Lisse, The Netherlands, 2005.

• 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
  Conceptualizing Scale-Up Multidisciplinary Perspectives, B. Schneider, ed., 2005. [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]
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• 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. [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]

• Improving the Help Selection Policy in a Reading Tutor that Listens
  C. Heiner, J.E. Beck, and J. Mostow
  Proceedings of the InSTIL/ICALL Symposium on NLP and Speech Technologies in Advanced Language Learning Systems, June, 2004, pp. 195 - 198. [Abstract]
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