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D-Index
40
Citations
9278
World Ranking
9143
National Ranking
3889

Overview

W. Lewis Johnson is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their work primarily spans areas intersecting artificial intelligence, education, and medical imaging. The scientist's contributions encompass research on intelligent tutoring systems, adaptive learning, and the application of machine learning in medical imaging, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to both technological and educational challenges.

Their recent publications include:

  • How to Harness Generative AI to Accelerate Human Learning (2023), published in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Case Study: Rapid Training of Community Health Workers Using Enskill® (2021), published in the International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC)
  • Several editorial board contributions in the Journal of Surgical Oncology from 2020 to 2022

Johnson's frequent co-authors include Stephen Sener, David J. Bentrem, Walley Temple, Perry Shen, and Joel Baumgartner. These collaborations suggest an interdisciplinary network that spans areas in education, artificial intelligence, and surgical oncology.

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC)

Their research intersects several subfields and topics, including:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Main areas of topical focus within their research include:

  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Educational Games and Gamification
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

W. Lewis Johnson's scholarly output reflects a blend of educational technology and medical research disciplines, emphasizing the role of AI-driven methodologies in both human learning and clinical imaging contexts. The diversity of venues and coauthor networks illustrates an integration of computational and applied sciences within their research agenda.

Best Publications

  • Animated Pedagogical Agents: Face-to-Face Interaction in Interactive Learning Environments

    W. Lewis Johnson;Jeff W. Rickel;James C. Lester

  • Animated agents for procedural training in virtual reality: Perception, cognition, and motor control

    Jeff Rickel;W. Lewis Johnson

  • Intelligent Agents for Interactive Simulation Environments

    Milind Tambe;W. Lewis Johnson;Randolph M. Jones;Frank V. Koss

  • The politeness effect: Pedagogical agents and learning outcomes

    Ning Wang;W. Lewis Johnson;Richard E. Mayer;Paola Rizzo

  • Pedagogical agents on the Web

    Erin Shaw;W. Lewis Johnson;Rajaram Ganeshan

  • Interactive pedagogical drama

    Stacy C. Marsella;W. Lewis Johnson;Catherine LaBore

  • Toward the holodeck: integrating graphics, sound, character and story

    R. Hill;J. Gratch;W. L. Johnson;C. Kyriakakis

  • Serious Games for Language Learning: How Much Game, How Much AI?

    W. Lewis Johnson;Hannes Vilhjalmsson;Stacy Marsella

  • Tactical Language and Culture Training Systems: Using AI to Teach Foreign Languages and Cultures

    W. Lewis Johnson;Andre Valente

  • Steve: an animated pedagogical agent for procedural training in virtual environments

    W. Lewis Johnson;Jeff Rickel

  • Serious Use of a Serious Game for Language Learning

    W. Lewis Johnson

  • Task-oriented collaboration with embodied agents in virtual worlds

    Jeff Rickel;W. Lewis Johnson

  • Face-to-Face Interaction with Pedagogical Agents, Twenty Years Later

    W. Lewis Johnson;James C. Lester

  • Interactive Pedagogical Drama for Health Interventions

    Stacy C. Marsella;W. Lewis Johnson;Catherine M. LaBore

  • Integrating Pedagogical Agents into Virtual Environments

    W. Lewis Johnson;Jeff Rickel;Randy Stiles;Allen Munro

  • A prototype infrastructure for distributed robot-agent-person teams

    Paul Scerri;David Pynadath;Lewis Johnson;Paul Rosenbloom

  • Integrating pedagogical capabilities in a virtual environment agent

    Jeff Rickel;W. Lewis Johnson

  • Animated Pedagogical Agents: An Opportunity to be Grasped?

    Geraldine Clarebout;Jan Elen;W. Lewis Johnson;Erin Shaw

  • Mapping each of several communicative functions during contexts to multiple coordinated behaviors of a virtual character

    W. Lewis Johnson;Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson

  • Constructing computer-based tutors that are socially sensitive: Politeness in educational software

    Richard E. Mayer;W. Lewis Johnson;Erin Shaw;Sahiba Sandhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Stacy Marsella
Stacy Marsella Northeastern University
Richard E. Mayer
Richard E. Mayer University of California, Santa Barbara
Elisabeth André
Elisabeth André University of Augsburg
James C. Lester
James C. Lester North Carolina State University
Shrikanth S. Narayanan
Shrikanth S. Narayanan University of Southern California
Catherine Pelachaud
Catherine Pelachaud Sorbonne University
Cristiano Castelfranchi
Cristiano Castelfranchi National Research Council (CNR)
Toru Ishida
Toru Ishida Hong Kong Baptist University
Maria Gini
Maria Gini University of Minnesota
Jan Elen
Jan Elen KU Leuven

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