Bruce M. McLaren

Bruce Martin McLaren
BornOctober 28, 1959
Occupation(s)Researcher, scientist and author
Children2
Academic background
EducationB.S., Computer Science
M.S., in Computer Science
M.S., Intelligent Systems
Ph.D., Intelligent Systems
Alma materMillersville University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Doctoral advisorProf. Kevin D. Ashley
Academic work
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
Saarland University
Main interestsArtificial Intelligence, Educational Technology, Digital Learning Games, Machine Ethics
Websitehttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bmclaren/

Bruce Martin McLaren (born 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American researcher, scientist and author. He is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, head of the McLearn Lab, and a former President of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society (2017-2019).

McLaren's scientific research is focused on exploring how students learn with digital learning games (also called educational games), intelligent tutoring systems, e-learning principles, and collaborative learning. McLaren is also a co-founder, along with Vincent Aleven, of Mathtutor, a free website for middle-school math intelligent tutoring systems. He has written or co-written over 200 academic articles and holds five patents.