Refining learner knowledge and responses through a coadaptive tutoring system

该项目将汇集哥伦比亚大学研究人员的专业知识， 多伦多计算机科学系，以及创新的软件平台， 由安大略省的初创公司NeuRecall Inc.开发。这个软件是一个智能的 辅导系统，在Web浏览器中运行或作为移动的设备上的应用程序。软件 将能够适应任何特定的学习者提出个性化的问题，在广泛的 各种主题和格式。这将是有用的学习和考试准备， 学习者，以及教师的测试创建和交付。这里提出的工作将 升级这个软件平台，让它可以自动创建有意义的内容， 将这些内容转换成问题，以培训和测试用户; 用听觉和视觉呈现这些问题;解读英语口语回答; 培训其他语言的无口音演讲;并评估从单一语言到 整个散文的话。这些升级将使该公司能够推出一个商业 它的语言培训和考试准备系统的版本。联合捐款 OCE、NSERC和NeuRecall将直接为公司创造就业机会， 自然语言等领域的计算机科学研究的商业化 处理.该项目还将导致随后的创收和创造就业机会 随着公司的发展以及与学术合作伙伴的合作不断深化。

This project would bring together the expertise of researchers at the University of Torontos Department of Computer Science, and the innovative software platform being developed by the Ontario-based start-up NeuRecall Inc. This software is an intelligent tutoring system, running in web browsers or as an app on mobile devices. The software will be able to adapt to any given learner by asking individualized questions in a wide variety of subjects and formats. It will be useful both for study and test preparation by learners, and for test creation and delivery by teachers. The work proposed here would upgrade this software platform, so that it can automatically create meaningful content from existing sources online; convert this content into questions to train and test users; present these questions both aurally and visually; decode spoken English responses; train accent-free speech in other languages; and evaluate responses ranging from single words to entire essays. These upgrades would allow the company to launch a commercial version of its system for language training and test preparation. The joint contributions of OCE, NSERC, and NeuRecall would lead directly to job creation at the company and to the commercialization of computer science research in areas such as natural language processing. The project will also lead to subsequent revenue generation and job creation as the company grows and as its collaboration with academic partners deepens.