Dr. Martin Mühlenbrock

martinmuehlenbrock.de

Experience

• Examiner, European Patent Office, The Hague, the Netherlands, since 2005.
• Senior Researcher, Competence Center for eLearning, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2004-2005.
• Research Engineer, Contextual Computing and Devices & Intermediation Group, Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble, France, 2001-2003.
• Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Collide research group on learning systems, Department of Mathematics / Computer Science, University of Duisburg, 1995-2001.
• Research Assistant, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, 1992-1995.
• Research Assistant, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, Dortmund, 1990-1992.

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Department of Mathematics / Computer Science, University of Duisburg, Germany, December 2000.
• Diploma in Computer Science (advanced master degree), Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, Germany, May 1995.

Selected Publications

• Morik, K. & Mühlenbrock, M. (2007). Learning in order: Steps of acquiring the concept of the day/night cycle. In Ritter, F. E., Nerb, J., Lehtinen, E., O'Shea, T. M., editors. In order to learn: How the sequence of topics influence learning, pages 119-133. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Mühlenbrock, M. (2006). Learning group formation based on learner profile and context. International Journal on E-Learning IJEL, 5(1), pages 19-24. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Mühlenbrock, M. (2005). Automatic action analysis in an interactive learning environment. In Proceedings of the workshop on Usage Analysis in Learning Systems at the 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education AIED-2005, pages 73-80. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• Soller, A., Martinez, A., Jermann, P. & Mühlenbrock, M. (2005). From Mirroring to Guiding: A Review of State of the Art Technology for Supporting Collaborative Learning. 15, 261-290.
• Mühlenbrock, M & Scheuer, O. (2005). Using Action Analysis in ActiveMath to Estimate Student Motivation. In Proceedings of the 13th Annual Workshop of the SIG Adaptivity and User Modeling in Interactive Systems ABIS-2005. Saarbrücken, Germany, October.
• Mühlenbrock, M. (2005). Formation of learning groups by using learner profiles and context information. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education AIED-2005, pages 507-514. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• Mühlenbrock, M., Winterstein, S., Andres, E. & Meier, A. (2005). Learner modeling in iClass. In Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications EdMedia-2005. Montreal, Canada.
• Mühlenbrock, M., Brdiczka, O., Snowdon, D., and Meunier, J.-L. (2004). Learning to detect user activity and availability from a variety of sensor data. In Proceedings of the Second IEEE Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, Orlando, FL, March.
• Müller, J., Mühlenbrock, M., & Pinkwart, N. (2004). Towards using concept mapping for math learning. IEEE Learning Technology Newsletter, 6(3), 13-15.
• Soller, A., Jermann, P., Mühlenbrock, M., & Martínez, A., editors (2004). Proceedings of The 2nd International Workshop on Designing Computational Models of Collaborative Learning Interaction, in conjunction with ITS 2004, Brazil, August.
• Ullrich, C., Libbrecht, P., Winterstein, S., & Mühlenbrock, M. (2004). A Flexible and Efficient Presentation-Architecture for Adaptive Hypermedia: Description and Evaluation. In Proceedings of ICALT 2004.
• Mühlenbrock, M. (2004). Shared Workspaces: Analyzing User Activity and Group Interaction. In Hoppe, H. U., Ikeda, M., Ogata, H., Hesse, F. Hrsg.: New Technologies for Collaborative Learning, Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Series, Kluwer.
• Grasso, A., Mühlenbrock, M., and Snowdon, D. (2003). Supporting Communities of Practice with Large Screen Displays. In O’Hara, K., Perry, M., Churchill, E., and Russell, D., Hrsg.: Public and Situated Displays: Social and Interactional Aspects of Shared Display Technologies. Kluwer International CSCW Series.
• Mühlenbrock, M. (2003). Analyzing collaborative learning interactions in shared workspaces. Künstliche Intelligenz, 1/03, 37-39.
• Zumbach, J., Mühlenbrock, M., Jansen, M., Reimann, P., & Hoppe, U. (2002). Multi-dimensional tracking in virtual learning teams: An exploratory study. In G. Stahl, Hrsg.: Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, (CSCL-2002), p. 650-651. Boulder, CO, January.
• Jermann, P., Soller, A., & Mühlenbrock, M. (2001). From mirroring to guiding: A review of the state of art technology for supporting collaborative learning. In P. Dillenbourg, A. Eurelings, & Kai Hakkarainen, Hrsg.: Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, (EuroCSCL-2001), p. 324-331. Maastricht, the Netherlands, March.
• Mühlenbrock, M. (2001). Action-based Collaboration Analysis for Group Learning. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
• Hoppe, H. U., Gaßner, K., Mühlenbrock, M. & Tewissen, F. (2000). Distributed Visual Language Environments for Cooperation and Learning: Applications and Intelligent Support. Group Decision and Negotiation, 9(3), 205-220.
• Morik, K. & Mühlenbrock, M. (1999). Conceptual change in the explanation for phenomena in astronomy. In D. Kayser & S. Vosniadou, Hrsg.: Modelling changes in understanding: Case studies in physical reasoning, p. 138-167. Amsterdam: Pergamon.
• Mühlenbrock, M., & Hoppe, U. (1999). Computer supported interaction analysis of group problem solving. In C. Hoadley & J. Roschelle, Hrsg.: Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL-99), p. 398-405. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Hoppe, H. U., Luther, W., Mühlenbrock, M., Otten, W., & Tewissen, F. (1999). Interactive presentation support for an electronic lecture hall - a practice report. In G. Cumming, L. Gomez, & T. Okamoto, Hrsg.: Advanced research in computers and communications in education, p. 923-930. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: IOS Press.
• Mühlenbrock, M., Tewissen, F. & Hoppe, H. U. (1998). A framework system for intelligent support in open distributed learning environments. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 9, 256-274.
• Mühlenbrock, M. (1994). Computational models of learning in astronomy. Research Report 11, University of Dortmund, Lehrstuhl Informatik VIII.

Further Activities

• Aikido teacher at Aikido Centrum Delft at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.