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Please download my full CV here. Below is a brief (and quite possibly, outdated) summary. 


    Education

M.Sc. in Human Computer Interaction
    Summer 2008

PhD candidate at the Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University.
    2003-present
My research evolves around supporting students’ general learning skills using Intelligent Tutoring Systems. To that end I have been developing and evaluating The Help Tutor (which teaches help-seeking skills), The Self-Assessment Tutor (which supports self-assessment of students’ own capabilities), and CT (a teachable agent to help students extract meaningful features from novel content).
 
Student in the Program for Interdisciplinary Education Research (PIER), Carnegie Mellon University.
    2004-present
PIER  is an interdisciplinary pre-doctoral training program aimed at preparing a new generation of researchers who will be (a) grounded in cutting-edge theories and methodologies in cognitive and developmental psychology, statistics, human-computer interaction and instructional technology; (b) familiar with many of the fundamental problems facing education in America, and (c) committed to applying their skills and knowledge to solving those problems.   

B.Sc. in Math and Physics, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Spring 1996

Graduation from the Talpiot Program, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Fall, 1995
The Talpiot program qualifies top students for leadership positions in research and development in the academia, industry, and the military research units.

    Teaching Experience

Math Teacher, Community Day Middle School.    
Fall 2007
Co-designing a graduate level course on Educational Game Design with Dr. Vincent Aleven, Matthew Easterday, Amy Ogan and Eben Myers
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Vincent Aleven, Cognitive Modeling and Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Carnegie Mellon University.   
Fall 2005
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Vincent Aleven, the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center Summer School.   
Summers of 2005, 2006, 2008
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Richard Scheines, The History of Arab Israeli Relations,
Carnegie Mellon University.   
Spring 2005
AP Math teacher, the after school gifted children program of Lod, Israel.
2002-2003
GRE and GMAT Math teacher, GMAX Inc., Israel.
2002-2003

    Academic Service

Co-chair of the inter-Science of Learning Center Students and Post-docs Conference, Pittsburgh PA    
2008
Co-chair of the Workshop on Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning in Intelligent Tutoring Systems (in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, L.A., CA)   
2007
Student representative to the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center executive committee   
2007
A member of the inter-Science of Learning Centers graduate-students and post-docs management team   
2006-2008
A member of the Student Leadership Team of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center
2006-2007
Coordination of the HCI PhD lunch seminar.
    2004-2005

    Grants

Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center Project Award. LABGEBRA: Deciphering Invention as Preparation for Future. Ido Roll, Vincent Aleven, Kenneth Koedinger, Daniel L. Schwartz. September 2007 – September 2009. $173,033

National Science Foundations, award #0751038, First Annual Inter-Science of Learning Center (iSLC) Student/Post-doc Summer Conference. Kenneth Koedinger, Julie Booth, Robert Hausmann, and Ido roll. September 2007. $96,499

Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center Project Award. Operation Application Rerification. Yvonne Kao, Ido Roll, Kenneth Koedinger. September 2006 – September 2007. $108,404

   Awards
  • Best Paper award, the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems Jhongli, Taiwan, 2006
  • Finalist for Best Paper by Student First Author award, the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Jhongli, Taiwan, 2006
  • Finalist for Best Paper by Student First Author award, User Modeling, Edinburgh, UK, 2005
  • Best Paper award, the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems Maceio, Brazil, 2004
  • Excelling Officer, the Research and Development Department, the Israeli Air-Force, 2000