Scholar in residence 21 August – 8 September 2025
Prof. Bruce M. McLaren is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, head of the McLearn Lab, and past President of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society (2017-2019). McLaren is passionate about how technology can support education and has dedicated his work and research to projects that explore how students can learn with digital learning games (also called educational games), intelligent tutoring systems, e-learning principles, and collaborative learning.
In addition to his research background, Prof. McLaren has over 20 years experience in the commercial sector, applying research ideas to practical problems using Artificial Intelligence techniques.Prof. McLaren holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Intelligent Systems from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh, and a B.S. in Computer Science (cum laude) from Millersville University. He has been a member of many academic conference and workshop committees and, most recently, was the co-chair for the CSEDU 2022 conference and the AIED 2019 conference.
In October 2011, and again in November 2021, McLaren was elected to the Executive Committee of the Artificial Intelligence in Education Society (AI-ED Executive Committee), for two separate six-year terms, 2012-2017 and 2022-2027. Finally, Prof. McLaren is the co-holder of four patents and two patent pendings.
During his visit as a scholar, McLaren will be working together with his host Olga Viberg in a research initiative focused on the use of large language models (LLMs) to support self-reflection in learning. The project involves a series of planning and implementation meetings with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure a comprehensive and impactful approach.
Note that McLaren will be returning to continue working with Viberg in April 2025 and will be giving a talk on April 16. Stay tuned for more information!
Contact: bmclaren@andrew.cmu.edu
