Dr. Cynthia J. Martincic

Assistant Professor of Computing & Information Science

List of Publications

• Martincic, C. J. & Metzler, D. P. (2005) An Expert System Development Environment for Introductory AI Course Projects. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. 20(5) p. 15-26.
• Martincic, C.J. & Carlson, Br. David, O.S.B. (2004) A Simple Program Development Environment for Use in Introductory C++ Programming Courses. In Proceedings of Information Technology in Education 2004, Elizabethtown, PA, September 18, 2004.
• Martincic, C. J. & Metzler, D. P. (2003) “An Exploratory Learning Environment based on Hypothetical and Negative Questions Answering Facilities” In The Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ICTE2003), Badajoz, Spain, December 3-6th, 2003.
• Martincic, C.J. (2003) QUE: An Expert System Explanation Facility that Answers “Why Not” Types of Questions. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 19(1) 335-346.
• Martincic, C.J. & Carlson, Br. David, O.S.B. (2003) The NSF CSEMS Scholarship Grant Program: Our Experiences with the Proposal Process and Program Execution. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 19(1) 73-82.
• Martincic, C.J. (2002) “Why Not” Questions in Expert System Explanation Facilities. In Proceedings of GHC2002, October 8-13, 2002, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Martincic, C. J. (2001) Mechanisms for answering “Why not” questions in rule- and object-based systems. Ph.D. Dissertation. (June, 2001) University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
• Martincic, C. J. & Metzler, D. P. (1999). A framework for authoring tools for explanation mechanisms in ITS. In Artificial Intelligence in Education: Open Learning Environments. S. P. Lajoie and M. Vivet (Eds.). Amsterdam: IOS Press, 738-740. Presented at AI-ED’99, LeMans, France, July 19-23, 1999.
• Metzler, D. P. & Martincic, C. J. (1998) QUE: Explanation through exploration. Expert Systems with Applications. 15, 253-263. Presented at the 4th World Congress on Expert Systems, Mexico City, March, 1998.
• Metzler, D. P. & Martincic, C. J. (1998). Explanatory mechanisms for intelligent tutoring systems. In Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 4th International Conference, ITS’98. Barry P. Goettl, Henry M. Halff, Carol L. Redfield & Valerie J. Shute (Eds.) Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 136-145.
• Martincic, C. J. & Metzler, D. P. (1995). Explanation and human computer interaction. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics. Baden-Baden, Germany, August 16-20, 1995. 25-30.
• Metzler, D. P. & Martincic, C. J. (1995). Explanation of negative and hypothetical questions in a rule-based reasoning system. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics. Baden-Baden, Germany, August 16-20, 1995. 116-120.

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