Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Investigating Concept Definition and Skill Modeling for Cognitive Diagnosis in Language Learning
    Boxuan Ma, Sora Fukui, Yuji Ando and Shin’ichi Konomi
    Journal of Educational Data Mining (JEDM) 2024 (to be appear).
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  2. Exploring Jump Back Behavior Patterns and Reasons in E-book System
    Boxuan Ma, Min Lu, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi
    Smart Learning Environment, Vol.9, No.2, 2022.
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  3. Investigating course choice motivations in university environments
    Boxuan Ma, Min Lu, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi
    Smart Learning Environment, Vol.8, No.31, 2021.
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  4. CourseQ: The Impact of Visual and Interactive Course Recommendation in University Environments
    Boxuan Ma, Min Lu, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi
    Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol.16, No.18, 2021.
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International Conference and Workshop Papers

  1. Making Course Recommendation Explainable: A Knowledge Entity-Aware Model using Deep Learning
    Tianyuan Yang, Baofeng Ren, Boxuan Ma, Md Akib Zabed Khan, Tianjia He and Shin'Ichi Konomi
    International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2024), 2024. (to be appear)
  2. Enhancing Programming Education with ChatGPT: A Case Study on Student Perceptions and Interactions in a Python Course
    Boxuan Ma, Li Chen and Shin'ichi Konomi
    International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2024), 2024. (to be appear)
  3. How Do Strategies for Using ChatGPT Affect Knowledge Comprehension?
    Li Chen, Gen Li, Boxuan Ma, Cheng Tang, Fumiya Okubo and Atsushi Shimada
    International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2024), 2024. (to be appear)
  4. A Survey on Explainable Course Recommendation Systems
    Boxuan Ma, Tianyuan Yang and Baofeng Ren
    International Conference on Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Interactions (DAPI 2024), Held as Part of HCI International 2024, 2024. (to be appear)
  5. Personalized Navigation Recommendation for E-book Page Jump
    Boxuan Ma, Li Chen and Min Lu
    The 6th Workshop on Predicting Performance Based on the Analysis of Reading Behavior (DC@LAK24), 2024.
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  6. Exploring the Effectiveness of Vocabulary Proficiency Diagnosis Using Linguistic Concept and Skill Modeling
    Boxuan Ma, Gayan Prasad Hettiarachchi, Sora Fukui and Yuji Ando
    International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2023), pp.149–159, 2023.
    (Rank B in Core. Acceptance Rate: 26%)
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  7. Each Encounter Counts: Modeling Language Learning and Forgetting
    Boxuan Ma, Gayan Prasad Hettiarachchi, Sora Fukui and Yuji Ando
    International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK23), pp.79–88, 2023.
    (Rank A in Core. Acceptance Rate: 32%)
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  8. Format-Aware Item Response Theory for Predicting Vocabulary Proficiency
    Boxuan Ma, Gayan Prasad Hettiarachchi and Yuji Ando
    International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2022), pp.695–700, 2022.
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  9. Understanding Student Slide Reading Patterns During the Pandemic
    Boxuan Ma, Min Lu and Shin’ichi Konomi
    International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2021), October 2021.
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  10. Exploration and Explanation: An Interactive Course Recommendation System for University Environments
    Boxuan Ma, Min Lu, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi
    ACM IUI 2021 Workshops - Fourth International Workshop on Exploratory Search and Interactive Data Analytics (ESIDA), 2021.
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  11. Course Recommendation for University Environment
    Boxuan Ma, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi
    International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020), pp.460-466, 2020.
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  12. Understanding Jump Back Behaviors in E-book System
    Boxuan Ma, Jiadong Chen, Chenhao Li, Likun Liu, Min Lu, Yuta Taniguchi and Shin’ichi Konomi
    Companion Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK20), pp.623-631, 2020.
  13. Exploring the Design Space for Explainable Course Recommendation Systems in University Environments
    Boxuan Ma, Min Lu, Yuta Taniguchi and Shin’ichi Konomi
    Companion Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK20), pp.492-499, 2020.
  14. Design of an Elective Course Recommendation System for University Environment
    Boxuan Ma
    Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM2019), pp.699-701, 2019.

Domestic Conference Papers

  1. Making Course Recommender Systems Interpretable: A Feature-aware Deep Learning-based Approach
    Tianyuan Yang, Baofeng Ren, Boxuan Ma and Shin’ichi Konomi
    The 86th National Convention of IPSJ, 2024.
  2. Learning path recommendation in university environments based on sequence mining
    Boxuan Ma, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi
    The 81st National Convention of IPSJ, pp.287-288, 2019.
  3. Design a Course Recommendation System Based on Association Rule for Hybrid Learning Environments
    Boxuan Ma, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi
    Hinokuni-Land of Fire Information Processing Symposium, pp.1-7, 2019.
  4. Comparative Analysis of Adaptive Learning Path Recommendation Algorithms
    Boxuan Ma, Yuta Taniguchi, Shin’ichi Konomi
    Joint Conference of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineers in Kyushu, 2018.