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Hints vs Distractions in Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Looking for the proper type of help
The kind of help a student receives during a task has been shown to play a significant role in the learning process. We designed an interaction scenario with a robotic tutor, in real-life settings based on an inquiry-based learning task.
SPECS has another doctor, congratulations Giovanni!
Today SPECS’s Ph.D. student Giovanni Maffei defends his thesis entitled: “Automatic and deliberate control of action: an embodied perspective of artificial and biological brains.”
SPECS has another doctor, congratulations Daniel!
Today SPECS’s Ph.D. student Daniel Pacheco defends his thesis entitled: “Space, Memory, Action: Insights from Behavior and Neurophysiology”
SPECS-lab moves to the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia IBEC
Paul Verschure and the SPECS lab will join the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, a move that aims to consolidate SPECS position in the neuroengineering research areas and strengthen the IBEC’s Bioengineering for Active Ageing programmes.
SPECS has another doctor, congratulations Vicky!
Today SPECS’s Ph.D. student Vicky Vouloutsi defends her thesis entitled: “Learning from a robot: a study for the creation of synthetic psychologically plausible agents”
CSIM students visit SPECS_lab
As part of their training program, students of the Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media master program at UPF visit different laboratories to learn about the different lines of research and projects to choose for their master thesis.