Lisa N. Michaud

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Office: 106A Science Center
Office Hours: Spring 2008: Mondays 3-4pm; Tuesdays 10:30-11:30am and 2-3pm; Thursdays 2-3pm
Phone: (508) 286-5686
Fax: (508) 286-8278
Email: lmichaud@wheatoncollege.edu
Personal web page

Degrees

Ph.D., M.S., Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware
B.A., Computer Science / English, Williams College

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence:
* Computational Linguistics
* Intelligent Tutoring Systems
* Computer-Assisted Language Learning
* User Modeling

Other Interests

Promoting the involvement of under-represented groups, particularly women and minorites, in Computer Science

Medieval Literature

Science Fiction

Student Projects

Hood Fellowship, Summer 2005, with Joe Lavoine (Computer Science '06) - working on developing a new web-based interface for King Alfred, a tutoring system for Wheaton students studying Anglo-Saxon English.

Independent Study, Academic year 2005-06, with Joe Lavoine (Computer Science '06) - developing a client/sever networked RPG battle game.

Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances

Michaud, Lisa N. and Kathleen F. McCoy (2006). An Interlanguage Approach to Parsing the Writing of Deaf Students. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education (IJAIED). 16(1), 65-97.

Michaud, Lisa N., Kathleen F. McCoy, and Rashida Z. Davis (2005). "Empirical Derivation of a Sequence of User Stereotypes." User Modeling and User-Adaptive Interfaces, Special Issue on Language-Based Interaction, 15(1), 55-84.

Michaud, Lisa N. and Kathleen F. McCoy (2004). "Empirical Derivation of a Sequence of User Stereotypes." User Modeling and User-Adaptive Interfaces 14(4), 317-350.