IFIP WG 3.3 Working Conference
Human Computer Interaction and Educational Tools
Sozopol, Bulgaria, May 27th-28th 1997
Ignacio Aedo
Laboratorio DEI, Computer Science Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
C/ Butarque 15, 28911 Leganes Spain
Computer Science Department
Research interests: Hypermedia systems: design, implementation, and evaluation.
Martti Ala-Rantala
Tampere University of Technology
Dept. of Mathematics / Digital Media Institute
PO Box 692, 33101 Tampere, Finland
Research interests: Implementation aspects of hypermedia-based learning environments, student modeling, learning material structuring.
Christian Bessiere
Ictt, Cnrs-Cegely, Ecole Centrale De Lyon
Bat Bibliotheque, 36 Av Guy De Collongue, Bp 163, 69131 Ecully Cedex France
Research interests: HCI and Education, Distant Education And Collaborative Activities.
Marcos Augusto F. Borges
Nucleus of Informatics Applyed to Education (NIED)
and Institute of Computing - UNICAMP (State University of Campinas) - Brazil
Rua Marechal Deodoro, 843, ap.61, Centro, Campinas-SP-Brazil, 13020-001
maborges@dcc.unicamp.br, Borges@passos.uemg.br
Research interests: Design and development of systems for education, specially intelligent systems and professional training.
Rosa Maria Bottino
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto per la Matematica Applicata
Via de Marini 6 - 16149 - Genova - Italy
Research interests: Computers uses for education, multimedia communication systems, microworlds, HCI, cognitive ergonomics.
Application Field: Mathematics and Computer Science, teaching (primary and secondary school level), integration of disabled people.
Paul Brna
Computer Based Learning Unit, Leeds University, Leeds LS2 9JT, England UK
Research interests: AI in education with specific interests in virtual reality, collaboration and the uses of external representations.
Betty Collis
University of Twente, Faculty of Educational Science & Technology
Postbus 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
http://www.to.utwente.nl/user/ism/Collis/home.htm
Research interests: Design of Web-based environments for teaching and learning, impact of telematics on the higher-education institution, group-based collaboration learning.
Paloma Diaz
Laboratorio DEI, Computer Science Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
C/ Butarque 15, 28911 Leganes Spain
Research interests: Hypermedia design models and methodology, hypermedia learning environments, interface design.
Christo Dichev
Institute of Information Technologies
Bulgarian academy of Sciences
25, Academic Bonchev, Sofia, Bulgaria
Research interests: AI - formal methods, AI in Education, Logic programming.
Background: Mathematics and Computer Science.
Darina Dicheva
Dept. of Information Technologies
Faculty of Mathematics and Infromatics
Sofia University,
5, James Bouchier, Sofia, Bulgaria
http://www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~darinad
Research interests: AI in education, distance education through telematics
Carolyn Dowling
Australian Catholic University
412 Mt Alexander RD
Ascot Vale Victoria 3032 AUSTRALIA
Research interests: HCI issues, computer-based writing, social impact, ‘virtual university’, effects of Internet access on academic research practices, computers in education (all levels), ‘old’ interest: Logo.
Baltasar Fernandez-Manjon
Dt. Sistemas Informaticos y Programacion
Escuela Superior de Informatica
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Research interests: Intelligent help systems, multimedia & hypermedia applied to education, user modeling.
Alfredo Fernandez-Valmayor
Dt. Sistemas Informaticos y Programacion
Escuela Superior de Informatica
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Research interests: Knowledge based organization, domain analysis, language processing applied to education.
Paola Forcheri
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto per la Matematica Applicata
Via de Marini 6 - 16149 - Genova - Italy
Research interests: AI in education with special interests in the development of systems for teaching/learning mathematics, mathematics and computer science education and training, multimedia environments.
Target: school and small medium enterprises.
Giovanna Gazzaniga
(researcher at) the Numerical Analysis Institute
of the Italian National Council of Researchers
Via Abbiategrasso 209, 27100 Pavia - Italy
Research interests: Use of computers in mathematical education, methodology for the developing of multimedia systems.
Stephanie Jean
LIUM Universite du Maine
Av. O. Messiaen 72085 Le Mans Cedex 9 France
Research interests: ILE, evaluation in mathematics (algebra).
Alla Kravtsova
Russia
editor ‘Informatics and Education’, dul.Sadowaj-Sucharevskaj,d.6, k.9, 103051,Moskva
Research interests: To select the main interesting articles for the journal.
John Lee
Human Communication Research Centre
University of Edinburgh
2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW
Research interests: Cognitive issues in reasoning, representation and communication, including multimodality and CAD.
Maria Teresa Molfino
Istituto per la Matematica Applicata de Consiglio Nacionale delle Ricerche
Via de Marini 6, 16149 Genova, Italy
Research interests: AI and multimedia learning environments.
Application field: Maths and CS education.
Target: Schools and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Jef Moonen
University of Twente, Faculty of Educational Science & Technology
PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Research interests: Design methodology; Cost-effectiveness of media in education and training; Implementation of media in education and training.
Roumen Nikolov
Department of IT
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
Sofia University
5, James Bouchier, Sofia, Bulgaria
http://www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~roumen
Research interests: virtual learning environments, networked multimedia & hypermedia applications, HCI, CSCW/L systems, teleteaching, electronic commerce.
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
Sofia University
5, James Bouchier, Sofia, Bulgaria
http://www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~iliana
Research interests: Distance education, instructional design, educational multimedia
Ossi Nykanen
Tampere University of Technology
Dept. of Mathematics / Digital Media Institute
PO Box 692
33101 Tampere, Finland
Research interests: Educational hypermedia, user modeling, mathematical programming, AI, HCI.
Background: Computer science, software engineering, mathematics.
Seppo Pohjolainen
Tampere university of Technology
Department of Mathematics / Hypermedia Laboratory
PO Box 692, 33101 Tampere, FINLAND
Research interests: Development of an open learning environment.
Clark Quinn
University of New South Wales
School of Computer Science Sydney NSW 2052
Research interests: Educational Technology, Human-Computer Interaction (Educational computer games, cognitive skills, education media, processes of design)
Paolo Rocchi
IBM Education
Via Shangai 53, IBM Education & Training Development, Rome, Italy
Research interests: Multimedial communication - the foundations if the Computer Science and the education consequence, the definition of a deductive teaching.
Heli Ruokamo-Saari
Tampere University of Technology
Digital Media Institute
Dept. Mathematics, Hypermedia Laboratory
P.O.Box 692, 33101 Tampere, Finland
Research interests: Development of an open learning environment, pedagogical issues.
Nick Rushby
editor ‘British Journal of Educational Technology’
PA Consulting Group, British Journal of Educational Technology
123 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SR UK
Research interests: Mobile multimedia, performance support systems, and workplace assessment.
Ivan Stanchev
Faculty of Educational Science and Technology, University of Twente, Netherlands
Postbus 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Research interests: HCI for teaching and training, using multimedia and web-based environments.
Peter Stanchev
Institute of Mathematics & Computer Science
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
25, Academic Bonchev, Sofia, Bulgaria
Research interests: Image databases, image processing, multimedia, data bases, education.
Background: Mathematics & Computer Science.
Krassen Stefanov
Faculty of Mathematics and Infromatics
Sofia University, Bulgaria
5, James Bouchier, Sofia, Bulgaria
http://www-it.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~krassen
Research interests: AI in education, educational multimedia, distance education.
Kari Suomela
Tampere University of Technology
Institute of Advanced Computing
PO Box 692
Tampere 33101, Finland
suomela@cc.tut.fi, kari.suomela@cc.tut.fi
Research interests: Technical points of hypermedia.
John Tiffin
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 680 Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/comms/staff/tiffin/tiffin.htm
Research interests: Virtual Class design and development also Virtual University; HyperClass / Hyper University and other HyperReality applications; Design of Instruction for Virtual Class / HyperClass; Fractal Design of Instruction.
Martyn Wild
Edith Cowan University
Pearson Street, Churchlands, Perth, Western Australia 6018
Research interests: design of hypermedia instructional systems; new media learning environments; interactivity; modeling
Bert Zwaneveld
Open University of The Netherlands
Faculty of Computing Science
Open University of The Netherlands
PO Box 2960, 6401 DL Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Research interests: Mathematics education, improvement by using new technologies.