Michael Bellem's Homepage

Welcome to my homepage. Since I am just starting my bachelor thesis at the DFKI, this site will probably undergo a lot of updating.

Contact Information

e-Mail:	michael.bellem@dfki.de
icq#:	87 034 155

Current Project

I'm currently working on my bachelor thesis on the analysis and improvement of behavior graphs as created by CMU's Behavior Recorder (BR). This includes:

checking for semantic equivalence of nodes / edges,
merging these if they are equivalent.

In order to achieve this, I will need to:

use a Computer Algebra System (CAS), which at first will be contacted in a static way and later on using the ActiveMath broker system,
use a fast and efficient graph-search-algorithm.

Finally, the output is again a behavior graph readable by CMUs Behavior Recorder.

The structure of my program should - of course - consist of individually reusable components. It will be written in Java using eclipse.

Relevant Links

ActiveMath.org
Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tools (Home of the BR)