Peter Brusilovsky is a professor of information science and

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at the

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. He is known as one of the pioneers of

adaptive hypermedia Adaptive hypermedia (AH) uses hypermedia which is adaptive according to a '' user model''. In contrast to regular hypermedia, where all users are offered the same set of hyperlinks, adaptive hypermedia (AH) tailors what the user is offered based on ...

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, and web-based

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. He has published numerous articles in

user modeling User modeling is the subdivision of human–computer interaction which describes the process of building up and modifying a conceptual understanding of the user. The main goal of user modeling is customization and adaptation of systems to the user ...

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, intelligent tutoring systems, and

information access Information access is the freedom or ability to identify, obtain and make use of database or information effectively. There are various research efforts in information access for which the objective is to simplify and make it more effective fo ...

. Brusilovsky was ranked as #1 in the world in the area of computer education and #21 in the world in the area of World Wide Web by Microsoft Academic Search. According to

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, he has over 33,000 citations and

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of 77. Brusilovsky's group has been awarded best paper awards at Adaptive Hypermedia, User Modeling, Hypertext, IUI, ICALT, and EC-TEL conference series, including five James Chen Best Student paper awards. Brusilovsky studied applied mathematics and computer science at the

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. His doctoral advisor was Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov. He received postdoctoral training at

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, and

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under the guidance of Ben du Boulay, Gerhard Weber, and

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. This research was supported by fellowships from

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, and

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. Since 2000 he worked as an assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information (formerly School of Information Sciences). He also served as founding associate editor-in-chief (2007–2012) and

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(2013–2018) of IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. Brusilovsky is a recipient of

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, SFI ETS Walton Visitor Award, and Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies. He also holds an

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degree from

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU) () is the biggest and oldest university of technology in Slovakia. In the 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities it was ranked in the first 150 in Computer Science, the only university in ...

. Brusilovsky coined the term " explorable explanation" for media that uses interactive models to communicate scientific ideas.

References

External links

Brusilovsky's personal page at the University of PittsburghSchool of Computing and Information, University of PittsburghIntelligent Systems Program, University of PittsburghIEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
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