Biography

Steven Bogaerts, assistant professor of computer science, teaches a wide range of courses at Wittenberg, including introductory programming, algorithms, programming languages, artificial intelligence, and the senior seminar.  He joined the faculty at Wittenberg in August 2007 after completing a Ph.D. in computer science from Indiana University.  He also earned an M.S. at Indiana University, and before that a B.S. in computer science and mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.  He also minored in Spanish, so you can stop by and ask him to conjugate the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of jugar for you.

Dr. Bogaerts' dissertation topic was case-based reasoning, an artificial intelligence technique in which systems use past problem solving episodes to devise solutions to current problems.  Part of that work included developing IUCBRF, a freely-available Java framework to facilitate the development of case-based reasoning systems, which he continues to use, maintain, and distribute today.   He has also served as a research assistant for a project for distributed collaborative troubleshooting of Naval systems, and more recently as a software developer at Children's Research Institute, a part of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH.  Dr. Bogaerts has several publications resulting from his work (see below).

Dr. Bogaerts' faith is very important to him, and he values his participation in his church.  He also sings in both a men's chorus in Columbus and a barbershop quartet.  He is happily married to his wife, Angie, who asks him to reach things on the top shelf all the time.

Current Courses

• Comp 150 Computer Programming I
  
• Comp 275 Sequential and Parallel Algorithms
  
• Comp 460 Senior Seminar in Computer Science
  

Publications

My research interests include artificial intelligence and cognitive science, with a focus on case-based reasoning (CBR). Under the guidance of Dr. David Leake, I built IUCBRF, a freely-available Java framework to facilitate the development of case-based reasoning systems.

• Bogaerts, S., and Leake, D. 2008.  Formal and Experimental Foundations of a New Rank Quality Measure.  In R. Goebel et al., eds., LNCS 5239 Advances in Case-Based Reasoning,  pp 74-88, Berlin Heidelberg.  Springer-Verlag.
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• Bogaerts, S., and Leake, D. 2006. What Evaluation Criteria Are Right for CCBR? Considering Rank Quality. In T. R. Roth-Berghofer et al., eds., LNAI 4106, Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference On Case-Based Reasoning, pp 385-389, Berlin Heidelberg. Springer-Verlag.
  (Springerlink)

• Bogaerts, S., and Leake, D. 2006. Focusing AI Students' Attention: A Framework-Based Approach to Guiding Impasse-Driven Learning. Proceedings of the 19th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, pages 186-191, Menlo Park, California, AAAI Press.
  

• Bogaerts, S., and Leake, D. 2005. A Framework for Rapid and Modular Case-Based Reasoning System Development. Technical Report TR 617, Computer Science Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
  Please visit the IUCBRF homepage for more information.

• Bogaerts, S., and Leake, D. 2005. Increasing AI Project Effectiveness with Reusable Code Frameworks: A Case Study Using IUCBRF. Proceedings of the 18th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, pages 2-7, Menlo Park, California, AAAI Press.

• Leake, D., Bogaerts, S., Evans, M., McMullen, R., Oder, M., and Valerio, A. 2005. Using Cases To Support Divergent Roles in Distributed Collaboration. Proceedings of the 18th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, pp 117-122, Menlo Park, California, AAAI Press. *

• Leake, D., Bogaerts, S., Evans, M., McMullen, D. 2005. Contextual Support for Remote Cooperative Troubleshooting: Lessons From a Naturalistic Study. In Soubie, K. L., and Zarate, P., eds., Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cooperative Systems and Context. CEUR. *

• Evans, M., Leake, D., McMullen, D., Bogaerts, S. 2005. Ethnographic Methods To Study Context: An Illustration. In A. Dey, B. Kokinov, D. Leake, R. Turner, P. Brezillon, eds., Brevia and Demonstration Presentations associated with the 5th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Modelling and Using Context (CONTEXT-05), Paris, France. LIP6 Technical Report 2005/007, pp 31-35. *
  (Poster)

• Bogaerts, S., and Leake, D. 2004. Facilitating CBR for Incompletely-Described Cases: Distance Metrics for Partial Problem Descriptions. In P. Funk and P. Gonzalez Calero, eds., LNAI 3155 Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference On Case-Based Reasoning, pp 62-76, Berlin Heidelberg. Springer-Verlag.
  (Springerlink)

• Evans, M., McMullen, R., Leake, D., and Bogaerts, S. 2004. Remote Collaborative Help: Using Cases and Concept Maps to Coordinate and Contextualize Knowledge. UbiComp Workshop on Giving Help at a Distance: Ubiquitous Computing to Support Remote Problem-Solving. *

Publications marked with a * were a part of my research assistantship position at the Indiana University Knowledge Acquisition and Projection Lab, developing more efficient maintenance systems for the United States Navy. My duties included applying case-based reasoning to more effectively bring appropriate maintenance knowledge to bear.