Publications

Journal Papers and Book Chapters:

Holmes, M., Latham, AM., Crockett, KC. & O’Shea, JD. (2018). Near real-time comprehension classification with artificial neural networks: decoding e-Learner non-verbal behaviour. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies 11 (1), pp. 5-12, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2017.2754497.

Aljameel S.S., O’Shea J.D., Crockett K.A., Latham A. (2018) A Review of Current Technology-Based Intervention for School Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In: Bi Y., Kapoor S., Bhatia R. (eds) Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2016. IntelliSys 2016. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 16. Springer, Cham

Crockett, K., Latham, A., & Whitton, N. (2017). On Predicting Learning Styles in Conversational Intelligent Tutoring Systems using Fuzzy Decision Trees. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 97, pp. 98-115, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.08.005.

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A. and McLean, D.A., (2014), An adaptation algorithm for an intelligent natural language tutoring system, Computers & Education 71, pp. 97–110, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2013.09.014.

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., McLean, D.A. and Edmonds, B., (2012), Adaptive Tutoring in an Intelligent Conversational Agent System, Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence vol. VIII, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7430. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 148-167.

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., McLean, D.A., Edmonds, B., (2012), A Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System to Automatically Predict Learning Styles. Computers & Education 59, pp. 95-109, Elsevier

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., McLean, D.A., Edmonds, B., (2011), Oscar: An Intelligent Adaptive Conversational Agent Tutoring System. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 6682. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 563-572.

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., McLean, D.A., Edmonds, B.(2010), Predicting Learning Styles in a Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System. In X. Luo et al (eds.), Proc. ICWL 2010, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6483, pp. 131-140, Springer).

Hughes, N., Latham, A., Hearn, P. (2007), Why do Foundation Year Students Fail to Attend their Classes? A Model of the Poor Attendee. Learning and Teaching In Action, Vol. 6 (3), MMU.

Refereed Conference Papers:

Aljameel S, O’Shea JD, Crockett K, Latham A (2018), Can LANA CITS Support Learning in Autistic Children? A case study evaluation, IEEE Intelligent Systems Conference, 6-7 September 2018, London UK

Alnajran, N., Crockett, K., McLean, D. & Latham, A. (2018), A Heuristic Based Pre-processing Methodology for Short Text Similarity Measures in Microblogs. IEEE 4th International Conference on Data Science and Systems 2018 (DSS18), 28-30 June 2018, Exeter, UK.

Holmes, M., Latham, A., Crockett, K. & O’Shea JD (2017), Modelling e-learner comprehension within a conversational intelligent tutoring system. In Proceedings of IFIP World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE 17), Dublin Ireland 3-6 July 2017.

Aljameel S, O’Shea JD, Crockett K, Latham A, Kaleem, M (2017). Development of An Arabic Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System for Education of Children with ASD. In Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA 2017), pp. 24-29. Annecy, France, 26/6/2017.

Alnajran, N., Crockett, K., McLean, D. & Latham, A. (2017), Cluster Analysis of Twitter Data: A Review of Algorithms. In Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART17), Volume 2, pp 239-249, Portugal 24 Feb 2017 – 26 Feb 2017.

Latham, A, Flexible Online Revision Support for SQL using Oscar Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System (CITS). 1st National Conference on Computing Education Practice (CEP17), Durham University, Durham, UK, 11 Jan 2017.

Aljameel S, O’Shea JD, Crockett K, Latham A (2016), Survey of String Similarity Approaches and The Challenging Faced by The Arabic Language. The 11th IEEE International Conference on Computer Engineering and Systems (ICCES 2016), Cairo, Egypt. 20 Dec 2016.

Aljameel S, O’Shea JD, Crockett K, Latham A (2016), A Review of Current Technology-Based Intervention for School Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2016, London, 21 Sep 2016 – 22 Sep 2016.

Adel, N., Latham, A.M. and Crockett, K. (2016), Towards Socially Intelligent Automated Tutors: Predicting Learning Style Dimensions from Conversational Dialogue. (UIC16) 13th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Toulouse, France, July 18-21 2016.

Holmes, M., Latham, A., Crockett, K., O’Shea, J., Lewin, C. (2015), Hendrix: A conversational intelligent tutoring system for Java programming, 2015 IEEE UK Workshop On Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2015), September 7-9, Exeter, UK

Shabaz, K., O’Shea, J., Crockett, K, Latham, A, (2015), ANEESAH: A Conversational Natural Language Interface to Databases,Winner of Best Student Paper, 2015 World Congress on Engineering, London UK, July 2015, pp. 227-232.

Smith, EV, Crockett, K, Latham, A, Buckingham, F, Kaleem, M, (2014), SEEKER: A Conversational Agent as a Natural Language Interface to a Relational Database, 2014 World Congress on Engineering, London UK, July 2014.

Crockett, K, Latham, A, Mclean, D, O’Shea, J, (2013), A fuzzy model for predicting learning styles using behavioral cues in an conversational intelligent tutoring system, Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ), 2013 IEEE International Conference on,  pp.1,8. DOI: 10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE.2013.6622382

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., McLean, D.A., (2013), Profiling Student Learning Styles with Multilayer Perceptron Neural Networks, Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 2510-2515. DOI: 10.1109/SMC.2013.428

Crockett, K., Latham, A., McLean, D., Bandar, Z., O’Shea, J., (2011), On Predicting Learning Styles in a Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System using Fuzzy Classification Trees. In IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, June 27-30. IEEE, pp. 2481-2488.

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., McLean, D.A., Edmonds, B., (2011), Oscar: A Personalised Online Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System. System’. In The CAL Conference 2011, Learning Futures: Education, Technology, Sustainability. Manchester, 13-15 April 2011. Elsevier.

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., McLean, D.A., Edmonds, B.(2010), Personalised Tutoring with Oscar, a Conversational Online Computer Tutor. Selected for Presentation Representing Technology Research. In Proc. MMU Science & Engineering Faculty Research & Development Day, MMU.

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., McLean, D.A., Edmonds, B., O’Shea, K.(2010), Oscar: An Intelligent Conversational Agent Tutor to Estimate Learning Styles. In Proc. IEEE WCCI 2010, pp. 2533-2540.

Latham, A., Crockett, K., Bandar, Z.(2010), A Conversational Expert System Supporting Bullying and Harassment Policies. In: Proc. ICAART 2010, pp. 163-168.

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., McLean, D.A., Edmonds, B.(2009), Using Learning Styles to Enhance Computerised Learning Systems. Winner of Best Presentation in Group. In Proc. MMU Research Conference 2009, MMU.

Latham, A.M., Crockett, K.A., Bandar, Z.: An Automated Bullying and Harassment Support System with a Conversational Capability. In: Proc. MMU Research Conference 2008, MMU (2008).

Posters:

“Can Automated Tutors be Socially Intelligent?”, Winner of Best Poster. Faculty Research and Enterprise Colloquium, September 2008, MMU Faculty of Science & Engineering http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/RESEARCH/Intelgrp/frec_col/accepted_posters.htm

Preprint versions of my papers can be accessed from e-space, MMU’s open access repository.