[hpc-announce] SI on Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Education. AppSci (IF 2.217)

[Juan A. Gómez-Pulido]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Special Issue "Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Education"

Applied Sciences
ISSN: 2076-3417 / Impact factor (2018): 2.217
Section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence"

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Data_Analytics_Machine_L
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Special Issue Information:
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Dear Colleagues,

The generalization of the use of advanced technological tools in the field
of educational is leading to the generation of big data related to academic
activities which involve students and teachers. For example, the inclusion
of virtual campuses as a regular educational management tool encourages the
virtualization of teaching, the online management of grades, the monitoring
of student progress, the recording of all kinds of educational variables,
etc. In this way, technology-enhanced learning (TEL) platforms allow one to
generate and store data that stand out, not only for their huge amount and
heterogeneity, but above all, for their link to a time dimension that allows
one to analyze and predict student behaviour in its dynamic context, among
other purposes.

There are many interesting research lines that deserve to be explored in the
education area, such as analyzing and predicting students' behaviour,
developing advanced tools for supporting learning stages, recommending
activities, predicting dropout, optimizing resources, etc. For these
purposes, there are advanced methods from computational science that have
demonstrated a high effectiveness when handling data and processes that are
strongly interconnected. Data mining, big data, machine learning, deep
learning, collaborative filtering, and recommender systems, among other
fields related to artificial intelligence, allow for the development of
advanced techniques that provide a significant potential for the above
purposes, leading to new applications and more effective approaches in
academic analysis and prediction.

This Special Issue provides a collection of papers of original advances in
the analysis, prediction, and recommendation of applications propelled by
artificial intelligence, data science, data analytics, big data, and machine
learning, especially in the TEL context. Papers about these topics are
welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Juan A. Gómez-Pulido
Prof. Dr. Young Park
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Soto
Prof. Dr. José M. Lanza-Gutiérrez
Guest Editors


Keywords:
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Technology-enhanced learning and teaching
Personalized learning
Intelligent tutoring Systems
Data science and analytics
Data mining and big data analysis
Intelligent systems
Machine and deep learning
Recommender systems
Collaborative filtering
Deep learning-based recommendations
Review-based recommendations
Performance prediction
Knowledge analysis
Optimization


Deadline for manuscript submissions:
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31 July 2021


Special Issue Editors:
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Prof. Dr. Juan A. Gómez-Pulido
Department of Technologies of Computers and Communications, Universidad de
Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

Prof. Dr. Young Park
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Bradley University,
Peoria, IL 61625, USA

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Soto
School of Computer Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Valparaíso, Valparaiso, Chile

Prof. Dr. José M. Lanza-Gutiérrez
Department of Electronic Technology, Carlos III University of Madrid,
Leganés, Spain


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