Publications Michel C. Desmarais

[] Neishabouri, A. Desmarais, M.C. (2024). An ensemble approach to determine the number of latent dimensions and assess its reliability. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. DOI - 10.1080/03610918.2024.2328166 ().
[] Layoun, J.-C., Zouaq, A. Desmarais, M.C. (2024). Contextual Embeddings and Graph Convolutional Networks for Concept Prerequisite Learning. In 39th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing. (accepted).
[] Bhatnagar, S. Desmarais, M.C., Zouaq, A. (2023). Modelling Argument Quality in Technology-Mediated Peer Instruction. Journal of Educational Data Mining, 15(3), 26-57. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10391483
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[] Moradi Dakhel, A., Nikanjam, A., Khomh, F., Desmarais, M.C., Washizaki, H. (2023). Generative AI for software development: A family of case studies on code generation tasks. In Generative Artificial Intelligence for Effective Software Development, Nguyen-Duc, A., Abrahamsson, P. Khohm, F. (ed.) (accepted).
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[] Moradi Dakhel, A., Desmarais, M.C., Khomh, F. (2023). Dev2vec: Representing Domain Expertise of Developers in an Embedding Space". Information and Software Technology, 159, 107218.
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[] Moradi Dakhel, A., Majdinasab V., Nikanjam A., Khomh F., Desmarais, M.C., Jiang, Z.M. (2023). Github copilot AI pair programmer: Asset or liability? Journal of Systems and Software, 203, 111734.
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[] Poellhuber, L.-V., Poellhuber B., Desmarais, M.C., Léger C., Roy N., Manh-Chien Vu, M. (2023). Cluster-Based Performance of Student Dropout Prediction as a Solution for Large Scale Models in a Moodle LMS. Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, LAK23, 592-598
[] Lefebvre-Brossard, A., Gazaille, S., Desmarais, M.C. (2023). Alloprof: a new French question-answer education dataset and its use in an information retrieval case study. arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.07738.
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[] Peng, W., Zhang, Y., Laurendeau, E., Desmarais, M.C. (2022). Learning aerodynamics with neural network. , Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-10.
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[] Peng, W., Zhang, Y., Desmarais, M.C. (2022). Deep Neural Network for Airfoil Optimization. , AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-0801.
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[] Peng, W., Zhang, Y., Desmarais, M.C. (2021). Spatial convolution neural network for efficient prediction of aerodynamic coefficients. , AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum (pp. 277–286),
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[] Neishabouri, A., Desmarais, M.C. (2021a). Estimating the number of latent topics through a combination of methods. Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference KES2021 (p. 1190-1197).
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[] Neishabouri, A., Desmarais, M.C. (2021b). Inferring the number and order of embedded topics across documents. Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference KES2021 (p. 1198-1207).
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[] Moradi Dakhel, A., Desmarais, M.C., Khomh, F. (2021). Assessing developer expertise from the statistical distribution of programming language keywords. EASE2021, Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, (p. 90-99)
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[] Neishabouri, A., Desmarais, M.C. (2020). Reliability of Perplexity to Find Number of Latent Topics. The Thirty-Third International Flairs Conference FLAIRS2020, (pp. 350-355)
[] Bhatnagar, S., Zouaq, A., Desmarais, M.C. Charles, Elizabeth , Shrier, Ian (2020). A Dataset of Learnersourced Explanations from an Online Peer Instruction Environment. Proceedings of Educational Data Mining (EDM2020), (pp. 350-355).
[] Bhatnagar, S., Zouaq, A., Desmarais, M.C. Charles, Elizabeth , Shrier, Ian (2020). Learnersourcing Quality Assessment of Explanations for Peer Instruction. Proceedings of the European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning EC-TEL2020, (pp. 144-157).
[] Mbouzao, B., Desmarais, M.C., Shrier, I. (2020). Methodology to measure similarity in student video sequence interactions Proceedings of Educational Data Mining {EDM2020}, (pp. 467-472).
[] Mbouzao, B., Desmarais, M.C., Shrier, I. (2020). Early prediction of success in MOOC from video interaction features. Artificial Intelligence in Education {AIED 2020}, (pp. 191-196). SciTePress
[] Ghavidel, Hadi Abdi, Zouaq Amal, Desmarais, Michel. C. (2020, ). Using BERT and XLNET for the Automatic Short Answer Grading Task. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, (pp. 58-67). SciTePress
[] Minn, S., Desmarais, M.C., Zhu, F., Xiao, J., & Wang, J. (2019, April). Dynamic Student Classiffication on Memory Networks for Knowledge Tracing. In Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (pp. 163-174). Springer
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[] Béland, S., Brault-Bouthillier, I., Desmarais, M.C., Loignon, G., Loye, N. (Editors) (2019). Second Workshop on Learning analytics: Building bridges between the Education and the Computing communities. Hosted at Educational Data Mining Conference, EDM2019. Montreal, Canada. CEUR Vol-2592.
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[] Lynch, C., Merceron, A., Desmarais, M.C., Nkambou, R. (Editors) (2019). Educational Data Mining Conference, EDM2019. Montreal, Canada.
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[] Gagnon, V., Labrie, A., Desmarais, M.C., Bhatnagar, S. (2019). Filtering non-relevant short answers in peer learning applications. In Educational Data Mining Conference, EDM2019. (p. 556-559). Montreal, Canada.
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[] Mbouzao, B., Desmarais, M.C., Shrier, I. (2019). A Methodology for Student Video Interaction Patterns Analysis and Classification. Educational Data Mining Conference, EDM2019. (p. 611-614). Montreal, Canada.
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[] S. Minn, F. Zhu Desmarais, M.C., "Improving Knowledge Tracing Model by Integrating Problem Difficulty," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW), Singapore, Singapore, 2018, pp. 1505-1506.
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[] Lavoué, E., Monterrat, B., Desmarais, M.C., George, S. (2018). Adaptive Gamification for Learning Environments. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 10:1-12 (p. 16-28).
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[] Peng Xu. Desmarais, M.C.(2018). An Empirical Research on Identifiability and Q-matrix Design for DINA model. Proceedings of Educational Data Mining (EDM2018), Buffalo, USA.
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[] Béland, S., Desmarais, M.C., Loye, N. (Editors) (2018). Workshop Proceedings: Learning analytics: Building bridges between the Education and the Computing communities. Hosted at Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference, ITS2018.
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[] Desmarais, M.C.. (2018). An enrollment admission strategy based on analytics data. Workshop Proceedings: Learning analytics: Building bridges between the Education and the Computing communities, hosted at Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference, ITS2018. Montreal, Canada.
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[] Herder E., Bielikova, M.., Cena, F., Desmarais, M.C.. (2018). Inroduction to the special issue on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia. 24:3, 131-132.
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[] Minn, S., Yu, Y., Desmarais, M.C., Zhu, F. Vie, J.-J. (2018). Deep Knowledge Tracing and Dynamic Student Classification for Knowledge Tracing. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), Singapore. , 1182-1187
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[] Lefebvre-Brossard, A., Desmarais, M.C. (2017). Encoding users as more than the sum of their parts. ACM UMAP 2017 - User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. 9-12 July, 2017 at FIIT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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[] Bielikova, M., Herder E., Cena, F., Desmarais, M.C. (Eds.) 2017. ACM UMAP 2017 - User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. 9-12 July, 2017 at FIIT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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[] Monterrat, B., Lavoué, E., Georges, S. Desmarais, M.C. (2017). Les effets d'une ludification adaptative sur l'engagement des apprenants. Revue STICEF 24(1), 1-25.
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[] Ghorbani, S. Desmarais, M.C. (2017). Performance Comparison of Recent Imputation Methods for Classification Tasks over Binary Data. Applied Artificial Intelligence,doi:{10.1080/08839514.2017.1279046}, 31(1), 1-22.
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[] Xu, P. Desmarais, M.C. (2016). Boosted Decision Tree for Q-matrix Refinement. The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, June 6 to July 2, 2016, Raleigh, NC, USA (551-555).
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[] Bhatnagar, S., Desmarais, M.C., Lasry, N., Charles, E., (2016). Text Classification of Student Self-Explanations in College Physics Questions The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, June 6 to July 2, 2016, Raleigh, NC, USA (571-572).
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[] Desmarais, M.C. Peng Xu (2016). Methods to Refine the Mapping of Items to Skills In Design Recommendations for Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Domain Modeling (Volume 4), Sottilare, R.A., Graesser, A.C., Hu, X., Olney, A.M., Nye, B. and Sinatra, A.M. (Eds.), (39-47).
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[] Bhatnagar, S., Lasry, N., Desmarais, M.C., Charles, E., (2016). DALITE: Asynchronous Peer Instruction for MOOCs Eleventh European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning Adaptive and Adaptable Learning (EC-TEL 2016), 13--16 September 2016, Lyon (France).
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[] Cena, F., Desmarais, M.C., Dicheva, D., Zhang, J., (2016). UMAP 2016 Extended Proceedings, Posters, Demos, Late-breaking Results and Workshop Proceedings of the 24th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization, 13-16 July, 2016, Halifax, Canada.
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[] Brangier, E., Desmarais, M.C., Nemery, A. Prom Tep, S. (2015). Évolution de l'inspection heuristique : vers une intégration des critères d'accessibilité, de praticité, d'émotion et de persuasion dans l'évaluation ergonomique. Journal d'Interaction Personne-Système, Volume 4, no. 1, 69-84.
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[] Beheshti, B., Desmarais, M.C., Xu, P. (2015). Goodness of fit of skills assessment approaches: Insights from patterns of real vs. synthetic data sets. 8th Conference on Educational Data Data Mining (EDM 2015), Madrid, , 368-371.
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[] Monterrat, B., Desmarais, M.C., Lavoué, E., George, S. (2015). A Player Model for Adaptive Gamification in Learning Environments. Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2015), Madrid, , 297-306.
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[] Monterrat, B., Desmarais, M.C., Lavoué, E., George, S. (2015). Modèle de joueur pour la ludification adaptative d'une plateforme d'apprentissage. EIAH 2015, , 348-359.
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[] Desmarais, M.C., Xu, P. Beheshti, B. (2015). Combining techniques to refine item to skills Q-matrices with a partition tree. 8th Conference on Educational Data Data Mining (EDM 2015), Madrid, , 29-36.
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[] Bhatnagar, S., Desmarais, M.C., Whittaker, C., Lasry, N., Dugdale, M., Lenton, M. , Charles, E.; (2015). An analysis of peer-submitted and peer-reviewed answer rationales in an web-based Peer Instruction based learning environment 8th Conference on Educational Data Data Mining (EDM 2015), Madrid, , 456-459.
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[] Desmarais, M.C., Beheshti, B. Xu, P. (2014). The refinement of a Q-matrix: Assessing methods to validate tasks to skills mapping 7th Conference on Educational Data Data Mining (EDM 2014), London, England, p. 308-311.
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[] Beheshti, B. Desmarais, M.C. (2014). Predictive performance of prevailing approaches to skills assessment techniques: Insights from real vs. synthetic data sets 7th Conference on Educational Data Data Mining (EDM 2014), London, England, p. 409-410.
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[] Fu, S., Minn., S Desmarais, M.C. (2014). Towards Efficient Recovery of General Multi-dimensional Bayesian Network Classifier, International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining (MLDM 2014), St. Petersberg, , p. 16-30.
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[] S. Minn, Fu, S. Desmarais, M.C. (2014). Efficient learning of general Bayesian network Classifier by Local and Adaptive Search Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA), 2014 International Conference on. IEEE, p. 385-391, 2014.
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[] Ghorbani, S. Desmarais, M.C. (2014). An Adaptive Sampling Algorithm to Improve the Performance of Classification Models, European Conference on Data Mining (ECDM'14), , p. 425-436.
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[] Brangier, É., Desmarais, M.C. (2014). Heuristic inspection to assess persuasiveness: a case study of a mathematics e-learning program. HCI International Conference 2014, Heraklion, , p.425-436.
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[] Spaeth, A. Desmarais, M.C. (2013). Combining Collaborative Filtering and Text Similarity for Expert profile Recommendation in Social Websites. 21st Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, UMAP2013, Rome, p. 178-189.
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[] Lemieux, F., Desmarais, M.C. Robillard, P-N. (2013). Motivation et analyse chronologique des traces d'un exerciseur pour l'auto-apprentissage. Sciences et Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication pour l'Éducation et la Formation (STICEF), Volume 20.
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[] Ghorbani, S. Desmarais, M.C. (2013). Selective Sampling Designs to Improve the Performance of Classification Methods. International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, ICMLA-13, Miami.
[] Desmarais, M.C. Lemieux, F., Caron, F., Guérin, J. (2013). Classification et visualisation de séquence d'étude. Troisième journée MATI, Montréal.
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[] Desmarais, M.C. Naceur, R. (2013). A Matrix Factorization Method for Mapping Items to Skills and for Enhancing Expert-Based Q-matrices. 16th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED2013, Memphis, TN, 441-450.
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[] Desmarais, M.C. Lemieux, F. (2013). Clustering and Visualizing Study State Sequences. 6th Conference on Educational Data Mining, EDM2013, Memphis, TN., 224-227.
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[] Brangier, É., Desmarais, M.C. (2013). The Design and Evaluation of the Persuasiveness of e-Learning Interfaces. International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications (IJCSSA), 1(2), 38-47.
[] Brangier, É., Desmarais, M.C. (2013). A set of criteria to assess motivation and/or persuasion of elearning applications. IWEPLET International Workshop on EuroPLOT Persuasive Technology for Learning, Education and Teaching (in conjunction with EC-TEL 2013 Conference), Cyprus.
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[] Desmarais, M.C. Baker, R.J.d. (2012). A Review of Recent Advances in Learner and Skill Modeling in Intelligent Learning Environments. User Modeling and User Adaptive Interaction, 22(1-2), 9-38.
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[] Lemieux, F. Desmarais, M.C. Guérin, J. (2012). Évaluation de persuasion, de jouabilité, d'incertitude et d'adaptativité d'interface utilisateur d'un système d'apprentissage en ligne. Colloque scientifique international portant sur les TIC en éducation. 3-4 mai, Montréal, Canada.
[] Masthoff, J., Mobasher, B., Desmarais, M.C., Nkambou, R. (Eds.) (2012). Proceedings of the 20th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization, UMAP 2012.. July 16-20, Montréal, Canada.
[] Desmarais, M.C., Naceur, R. Beheshti, B. (2012). Linear Models of Student Skills for Static Data. FactMod workshop at UMAP 2012.. Montréal, Canada. Online at CEUR-WS.ORG, vol. 872. ceur-ws.org/Vol-872
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[] Desmarais, M.C., Beheshti, B., Naceur, R. (2012). Item to skills mapping: Deriving a conjunctive Q-matrix from data. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS2012. Chania, 454--463.
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[] Beheshti, B., Desmarais, M.C., Naceur, R. (2012). Methods to find the number of latent skills. Proceedings 5th International Conference on of Educational Data Mining, EDM2012. Chania, Greece. 81-86.
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[] Beheshti, B. Desmarais, M.C. (2012). Improving matrix factorization techniques of student test data with partial order constraints. Proceedings of the 20th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization, UMAP 2012. July 16-20, Montréal, Canada. 346-350.
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[] Desmarais, M.C. (2011). Mapping Question Items to Skills with Non-negative Matrix Factorization ACM KDD-Explorations, 13(2), p. 30-36.
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[] Desmarais, M.C. (2011). Performance Comparison of Item-to-Item Skills Models with the IRT Single Latent Trait Model. Proceedings of User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, UMAP 2011, Girona, , p. 75-86.
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[] Desmarais, M.C. (2011). Conditions for effectively deriving a Q-Matrix from data with Non-negative Matrix Factorization. Proceedings of Educational Data Mining 2011 (EDM2011). Eindhoven, Netherland, Jul. 6-8, p. 41-50.   (best paper award)
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[] Desmarais, M.C., Burney-Vincent, C., Caron, C., Gagnon, M., Gagnon, O., Lemieux, F., Pelczer, I. Évaluation efficace des acquis mathématiques pour l'apprentissage personnalisé. Journée MATI 2011.
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[] Desmarais, M.C., Burney-Vincent, C., Caron, C., Burney-Vincent, C., Caron, C., Gagnon, M., Gagnon, O., Lemieux, F., Pelczer, I., Robert, J.-M. (2011). "Assessing Engineering Freshman Mathematics Skills with Adaptive Testing". ICEE-2011 Conference, Northern Ireland, UK, August 21-26, 2011.
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[] Desmarais, M.C. Viens, J. (2010). Recherche et pratique du e-learning : perspectives présentées au colloque CIRTA2009 Revue Internationale des technologies en pédagogie universitaire, 6(2-3), 6-7.
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[] Fu, S. Desmarais, M.C. (2010). Feature Selection by Efficient Learning of Markov Blanket. Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, Jun. 30 - Jul. 2, London, UK, p. 321-328.
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[] Fu, S. Desmarais, M.C. (2010). Markov Blanked based Feature Selection: A Review of Past Decade. Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, Jun. 30 - Jul. 2, London, UK, p. 302-308.
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[] Desmarais, M.C. Pelczer, I. (2010). On the Faithfullness of Simulated Student Performance Data. Proceedings of Educational Data Mining 2010 (EDM2010). Pittsburg, PA, Jun. 11-13, p. 21-30.
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[] Desmarais, M.C. (2010) Just-in-time Knowledge for Effective Hybrid Learning. In Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models, Wang, F.L., Fong, J. Kwan, R.C. (Eds.). IGI Global: PA, p. 174-184
[] Jodoin, A., Desmarais, M.C. (2009). L'environnement de Développement Dynamique (EDD) pour le prototypage rapide d'interfaces graphiques. Actes de 21ème conférence sur l'IHM, 2009. Grenoble, France, Oct. 13-16.
[] Barnes, T., Desmarais, M.C., Romero Morales, C., Ventura, S. (2009) (Eds.) Educational Data Mining 2009: 2nd International Conference on Educational Data Mining, Proceedings. Cordoba .
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[] Fu, S., Bingfeng PI, Desmarais, M., Ying Zhou, Weilei Wang, Song Han (2009) . "Query recommendation and its usefulness evaluation on mobile search engine". IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics., p. 1292-1297.
[] Fu, S., Pi, B., Zhou, Y., Desmarais, M.C., Wang, W., Han, S., and Rao, X. (2009) Cross-Channel Query Recommendation on Commercial Mobile Search Engine: Why, How and Empirical Evaluation. PAKDD 2009 , 883-890.
[] Fu, S., Desmarais, M.C., Pi, B., Zhou, Y., Wang, W., Zou, G., and Han, S. (2009). Simple but Effective Porn Query Recognition by k-NN with Semantic Similarity Measure. In Proceedings of Advances in Data and Web Management, Joint International Conferences, APWeb/WAIM 2009, Suzhou, China, April 2-4. (LNCS 5446)
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[] Desmarais, M.C. Xiaoming Pu. (2009) ``Les modèles graphiques''. In J.-G. Blais (Ed.), Évaluation des apprentissages et technologies de l'information et de la communication : Enjeux, applications et modèles de mesure.
[] Seffah, A., Vanderdonckt, J., Desmarais, M. C., Eds. (2009). Human-Centered Software Engineering, Volume II - Software Engineering Models, Patterns and Architectures for HCI. Springer.
[] Rafla, T., Desmarais, M.C., Robillard, P.-N. (2009). Toward a Refined Paradigm for Architecting Usable Systems. In Seffah, A., Vanderdonckt, J., Desmarais, M. C., Eds. Human-Centered Software Engineering, Volume II - Software Engineering Models, Patterns and Architectures for HCI. Springer. p. 245-256
[] Desmarais, M. C. (2008) Just-in-time Knowledge and Assessment-Based Guidance as Effective Hybrid Learning Means. International Conference on Hybrid Learning 2008, 13-15 , Hong-Kong.
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[] Desmarais, M.C., Villarreal, A., Gagnon, M. (2008). Adaptive Test Design with a Naive Bayes Framework. In Proceedings of the 1st Conference of Educational Data Mining, Montreal, Canada, June 19-20, 2008, 48-56.
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[] Boudreault, Y., Desmarais, M.C., Gagnon, M. (2007). Designing a Learning Environment for the Freshman of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering Programs. Riding the Wave to Excellence in Engineering Education. Proceedings of the 114th ASEE Conference & Exhibition
[] Fu, S., Desmarais, M.C. (2008) Fast Markov Blanket Discovery Algorithm Via Local Learning within Single Pass In Proceedings of the 21st Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, Canadian AI 2008, Windsor, Canada, May 28--30, 96--107, 2008
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[] Fu, S., Desmarais, M.C. (2008) Tradeoff Analysis of Different Markov Blanket Local Learning Approaches. In Proceedings of Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD), 20-23 May, Osaka, Japan, 561-571.
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[] Fu, S., Desmarais, M.C. (2008) One-Pass Learning Algorithm for Fast Recovery of Bayesian Network Classifier In Proceedings of AAAI FLAIRS-21 Conference , p. (), Coconut Drive, Florida, May 15-17, 2008.
[] Lemieux, F. Desmarais, M. C. (2007). Prise en compte de l'IHM dans le développement des SI. Ingénierie des Systèmes d'Information, 12(6), 9-37
[] Rafla, T., Robillard, P.-N., Desmarais, M. C. (2007) A method to elicit architecturally sensitive usability requirements: its integration into a software development process. Software Quality Journal, 15(2), 117-133.
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[] Plouznikoff, A., Plouznikoff, N., Desmarais, M. C., Robert, J.-M. Gesture-based interactions with virtually embodied wearable computer software processes competing for user attention. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2007), p. 2533-2538, 7-10 Oct, Montréal, Québec.
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[] Desmarais, M.C, Pu, X. Blais, J.-G. (2007) Partial order knowledge structure for CAT applications. In D. J. Weiss (dir.), Proceedings of the 2007 GMAC Conference on Computerized Adaptive Testing., www.psych.umn.edu/psylabs/CATCentral/, St-Paul, Minnesota, 1-18.
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[] Migneault, J., Robert, J.-M., Desmarais, M.C., Caron, S. (2007) Comparing Voice with Touch Screen for Controlling the Instructor's Operating Station of a Flight Simulator. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2007), p. 3662-3667, 7-10 Oct, Montréal, Québec.
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[] Fu, S. Desmarais, M. (2007). Local Learning Algorithm for Markov Blanket Discovery. 2007: 68-79 In Australian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AUAI'2007), December 2-6, Gold Coast, Australia, p. 68-79.
[] Robert, J.-M., Desmarais, M. C., Lecolinet, E., David, B., Eds. Actes des 18ème journées sur l'ingénierie de l'interaction humain-machine (IHM-2006). ACM, 2006.
[] Desmarais, M.C., Blais, J.-G. (2006) Modèles d'évaluations bayésiens 19e Colloque international de l'ADMEE-Europe, Symposium 1. (Luxembourg, 11-13 september 2006).
[] Desmarais, M. C. Gagnon, M. Bayesian Student Models Based on Item to Item Knowledge Structures In First European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2006) (Oct.  2006).
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[] Desmarais, M. C., Gagnon, M., Meshkinfam, P. Item-based Bayesian Student Models. AAAI'2006 Workshop 06, Data Mining in Education. (Boston, MA, 2006).
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[] Fu, S., Desmarais, M. C. Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Testing Based on Bayesian Theory In IASTED International Conference on Education and Technology (ICET 2006) (Jul. Calgary, Canada 2006).
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[] Lemieux, F., Desmarais, M. C. RUP(c) et conception centrée sur l'utilisateur : une étude de cas. In ERGO-IA, Ergonomie et informatique avancée (Oct. Biarritz, France 2006).
[] Desmarais, M. C., Meshkinfam, P., Gagnon, M. Learned Student Models with Item to Item Knowledge Structures. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 16(5) (2006), 403-434.
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[] Rafla, T., Robillard, P.-N., Desmarais, M. C. Investigating the impact of usability on software architecture through scenarios: a case study on web system. Journal of Systems and Software, 79(3) (2006), 415-426.
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[] Jodoin, A., L'Archevêque, R., Allard, P., Desmarais, M. C., Granger, L. Un environnement de développement dynamique qui intègre des composants graphiques actifs. In 18ème journées sur l'ingénierie de l'interaction humain-machine (IHM-2006) (Sept. Montréal, Canada 2006).
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[] Plouznikoff, A., Plouznikoff, N., Desmarais, M. C., Robert, J.-M. Support mobile à la tâche: médiation utilisateur monde réel par l'intermédiaire d'un ordinateur porté. In 18ème journées sur l'ingénierie de l'interaction humain-machine (IHM-2006) (Sept. Montréal, Canada 2006).
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[] Plouznikoff, A., Plouznikoff, N., Robert, J., Desmarais, M. C. Enhancing human-machine interactions: Virtual interface alteration through wearable computers. In CHI'06: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in computing systems (New York, NY, USA, 2006), ACM Press, pp. 373-376.
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[] Seffah, A., Gulliksen, J., Desmarais, M. C., Eds. Human-Centered Software Engineering - Integrating Usability in the Software Development Lifecycle. Wiley, 2005.
[] Boudreault, Y., Desmarais, M. C., Gagnon, M. Designing a Learning Environment for the Freshman of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering Programs ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. (Hononulu, Hawaii, Jun. 2007).
[] Seffah, A., Desmarais, M. C., Metzker, E. Software and Usability Engineering: Prevalent Myths, Obstacles and Integration Avenues. In Seffah et al. [ Seffah ], 2005, pp. 17-36.
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[] Desmarais, M. C., Pu, X. A Bayesian inference adaptive testing framework and its comparison with item response theory. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 15, (2005), 291-323.
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[] Desmarais, M. C. Web log session analyzer: Integrating parsing and logic programming into a data mart architecture. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Intelligence, WI'2005 (Compiègne, France, Sept. 19-22 2005), IEEE/WIC/ACM, pp. 794-797.
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[] Desmarais, M. C., Fu, S., Pu, X. Tradeoff analysis between knowledge assessment approaches. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AEID'2005 (Amsterdam, July 18-22 2005), C. Looi, G. McCalla, B. Bredeweg, J. Breuker, Eds., IOS Press, pp. 209-216.
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[] Desmarais, M. C., Pu, X. Computer adaptive testing: Comparison of a probabilistic network approach with item response theory. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on User Modeling (UM'2005) (Edinburg, July 24-30 2005), Springer, pp. 392-396.
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[] David, B., Delotte, O., Seffah, A., Tarpin-Bernard, F., Desmarais, M. C., Chalon, R., Samaan, K. Scenarios in the design of capillary collaborative systems. In Cooperative Systems Design, Scenario-Based Design of Collaborative Systems (COOP'04) (May11-14, Hyéres les palmiers, FR 2004), IOS.
[] Rafla, T., Oketokoun, R., Wiklik, A., Desmarais, M. C., Robillard, P.-N. Scenario-based usability re-engineering: a case study on GIMP. In The 8th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, SEA 2004 (Nov.9-11, Cambridge, MA 2004).
2001:
[] Liu, J., Maluf, D. A., Desmarais, M. C. A new uncertainty measure for belief networks with applications to optimal evidential inferencing. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 13(3) (2001), 416-425.
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1999:
[] Seffah, A., Bari, M., Desmarais, M. Assessing object-oriented technology skills using an internet-based system. SIGCSE Bull., 31, 3 (1999), 71-74. [This paper was in ACM's list of top 10 download for Refereed Journals and Conferences in December 2004.]
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1998:
[] Desmarais, M. C., Freedman, P. Du tableau noir à l'ordinateur, vers de nouvelles façons d'apprendre. Interface, 19(2) (1998), 26-35.
1997:
[] Desmarais, M. C. Real world applications of user models. In User Modeling'97 (June Chia Laguna, Sardenia 1997).
[] Desmarais, M. C. Le transfert technologique en IHM. In 9ème journées sur l'ingénierie de l'interaction homme-machine (IHM-1997) (Sept. Poitiers, France 1997), pp. 221-222.
[] Desmarais, M. C., Leclair, R., Fiset, J.-Y., Talbi, H. Cost-justifying electronic performance support systems. Communications of the ACM, 40(7) (1997), 39-48.
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[] Liu, J., Desmarais, M. A method of learning implication networks from empirical data: Algorithm and Monte-Carlo simulation-based validation. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 9, 6 (Nov./Dec. 1997), 990-1004.
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1996:
[] Seffah, A., Desmarais, M., Khuwaja, R. Mastering object-oriented technology using a self-learning and self-assessment system. Applications in Engineering Education Journal, 7, 3 (1999), 162-170.
1996:
[] Desmarais, M. C., Maluf, A., Liu, J. User-expertise modeling with empirically derived probabilistic implication networks. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction 5, 3-4 (1996), 283-315.
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[] Desmarais, M. C., Khuwaja, R. Towards a standard, generic, and cost-effective means of performing learner expertise assessment. In Workshop on architectures and methods for designing cost-effective and reusable ITSs held with Intelligent tutoring systems, ITS'96 (1996).
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[] Maluf, D. A., Liu, J., Desmarais, M. C. Consistent dynamical system observers for nondeterministic event modeling. Information Science 94, 1-4 (1996), 41-53.
[] Khuwaja, R., Desmarais, M., Cheng, R. Intelligent guide: Combining user knowledge assessment with pedagogical guidance. In ITS '96: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (London, UK, 1996), Springer-Verlag, (Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1086 (1996), 225-232.)
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1994:
[] Desmarais, M. C., Liu, J., Maluf, A. Adaptive training based upon computerized knowledge assessment. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on User Modeling (Bedford, MA, USA, Aug. 1994), MITRE Corporation, pp. 213-214.
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[] Desmarais, M. C., Hayne, C., Jagannath, S., Keller, R. A survey on user expectations for interface builders. In Proceedings of ACM CHI'94 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1994), vol. 2, pp. 279-280.
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[] Desmarais, M. C., Liu, J. Decentralized meteorology training using hypermedia. In EdMedia'94 World conference on educational multimedia and hypermedia (JuneVancouver, BC 1994).
[] Desmarais, M. C., Liu, J. An adaptive questionnaire based upon an automatic knowledge assessment tool. In EdMedia'94 World conference on educational multimedia and hypermedia (JuneVancouver, BC 1994), pp. 25-30.
1993:
[] Desmarais, M. C., Giroux, L., Larochelle, S. An advice-giving interface based on plan-recognition and user-knowledge assessment. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 39, 6 (1993), 901-924.
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[] Desmarais, M. C., Liu, J. Exploring the applications of user-expertise assessment for intelligent interfaces. In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in computing systems (INTERCHI'93), (Aprl 24-29, Amsterdam, 1993, S. Ashlund, K. Mullet, A. Henderson, E. Hollnagel, T. White, Eds., ACM Press, pp. 308-313.
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1992:
[] Desmarais, M. C., Giroux, L., Larochelle, S. Fondements méthodologiques et empiriques d'un système consultant actif pour l'édition de texte : le projet EdCoach. Technologies de l'information et société, 4, 1 (1992), 41-74.
[] Desmarais, M. C., Liu, J. Experimental results on user knowledge assessment with an evidential reasoning methodology. In IUI '93: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (New York, NY, USA, 1993), ACM Press, pp. 223-226.
1992:
[] Desmarais, M., Boyle, M., Helfer, P., Reiher, E., Zwack, P. A knowledge-based assistant for terminal weather forecasting. In Proceedings of the International conference on informatics and cybernetics (Baden-Baden, Germany 1992), pp. J68-69.
[] Desmarais, M. C., Caya, D., Jacob, D., Zwack, P. Stratus: a prototype expert advisory system for terminal weather forecasting. In Seventh International Conference on interactive information and processing systems for meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology (1991), pp. 497-500.
1991:
[] Desmarais, M. C., de Verteuil, F., Jacob, D., Zwack, P. Stratus: a prototype expert advisory system for terminal weather forecasting. In Seventh IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications (1991), pp. 49-61.
[] Desmarais, M. C., de Verteuil, F., Jacob, D., Zwack, P. Combining a knowledge- based approach with numerical modeling in weather forecasting. In Avignon 91, Eleventh international workshop (1991), pp. 49-61.
[] Desmarais, M., Leblanc, A. A meteorological database for numerical and non-numerical processing. In DEXA (1991), pp. 305-308.
[] Desmarais, M., Giroux, L., Larochelle, S. Plan recognition in HCI: the parsing of user actions. In Tauber, M. (Ed.), Selected papers of the 8th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Informatics and Psychology, North-Holland, 1991, pp. 291-311.
1990:
[] Farrell, J. E., Desmarais, M. Equating character-identification performance across the visual field. Optical Society of America Journal A, 7 (Jan. 1990), 152-159.
[] Desmarais, M., Giroux, L., Larochelle, S. User modelling for a text-editor coach. In Tauber, M. (Ed.) Selected papers of the 6th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Informatics and Psychology: Mental Models and Human-Computer Interaction~2 (1990), North-Holland, pp. 337-346.
1988:
[] Desmarais, M. C., Giroux, L., Larochelle, S., Leclerc, S. (1988) Assessing the structure of knowledge in a procedural domain. In Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society (Aug. Montreal, Canada 1988), pp. 475-481.
1987:
[] Desmarais, M. C., Giroux, L., Larochelle, S. The diagnosis of user strategies. In Proceedings of Interact'87 (Sept. Struttgart, RFG 1987), pp. 185-189.
[] Desmarais, M. C., Pavel, M. User knowledge evaluation: An experiment with UNIX. In Proceedings of INTERACT'87: Human-Computer Interaction (1987), 1. Human Factors in System Development: 1.7 User Characteristics, pp. 151-156.
1985:
[] Desmarais, M. C. Communication usager-ordinateur et banques de données. Direction des communications, Ministère des communications du Québec, Québec, 1985.