Bruce M. McLaren
Bruce Martin McLaren | |
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| Born | October 28, 1959 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Researcher, scientist and author |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.S., Computer Science M.S., in Computer Science M.S., Intelligent Systems Ph.D., Intelligent Systems |
| Alma mater | Millersville University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh |
| Doctoral advisor | Prof. Kevin D. Ashley |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Saarland University |
| Main interests | Artificial Intelligence, Educational Technology, Digital Learning Games, Machine Ethics |
| Website | http://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.