 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (July 2024) |
Bruce Martin McLaren | |
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| Born | October 28, 1959 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Researcher, scientist and author |
| Children | 2 (Patrick Bruce McLaren, Dominik Lukas McLaren) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.S., Computer Science M.S., in Computer Science M.S., Intelligent Systems Ph.D., Intelligent Systems |
| Alma mater | Millersville University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh |
| Doctoral advisor | Prof. Kevin D. Ashley |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Saarland University |
| Main interests | Artificial Intelligence, Educational Technology, Digital Learning Games, Machine Ethics |
| Website | http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bmclaren/ |
Bruce Martin McLaren (born 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American researcher, scientist and author. He is a Full Professor at Carnegie Mellon University[1] in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, head of the McLearn Lab,[2] and a former President of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society (2017-2019).[3]
McLaren's scientific research is focused on exploring how students learn with digital learning games (also called educational games), intelligent tutoring systems, e-learning principles, and collaborative learning. McLaren is also a co-founder, along with Vincent Aleven, of Mathtutor,[4] a free website for middle-school math intelligent tutoring systems. His dissertation research involved building a computational model of ethical reasoning. He has written or co-written over 200 academic articles,[5] is in the top 0.5% of all scholars worldwide in Artificial Intelligence (regarding publication record and the quality of scholarly contributions, according to ScholarGPS[6]), and holds five patents.[7]