Erik

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science
Fields of Information Science and Cognitive Science
Cornell University

445 Gates Hall



(607) 255-8306

Research Interests

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Educational Technology

Human-Computer Interaction

Video Games

Papers

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Goal-based Progression Synthesis in a Korean Learning Game

Shuhan Wang, Brandon Cohen, Sixian Yi, Jung Yun Park, Nicholas Teo, Erik Andersen

FDG 2019

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Adaptive Learning Material Recommendation in Online Language Education

Shuhan Wang, Hao Wu, Ji Hun Kim, Erik Andersen

AIED 2019

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What.Hack: Engaging Anti-Phishing Training Through a Role-playing Cyber Defense Simulation Game

Zikai Wen, Zhiqiu Lin, Rowena Chen, Erik Andersen

CHI 2019

[pdf]

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Implicit Communication of Actionable Information in Human-AI Teams

Claire Liang, Julia Proft, Erik Andersen, Ross Knepper

CHI 2019

[pdf]

Honorable Mention

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Design Mining for Minecraft Architecture

Euisun Yoon, Erik Andersen, Bharath Hariharan, Ross Knepper

Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) 2018

[pdf]

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Combining Adaptivity with Progression Ordering for Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Tong Mu, Shuhan Wang, Erik Andersen, Emma Brunskill

Work in Progress, Learning @ Scale 2018

[pdf]

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Automatic Diagnosis of Students' Misconceptions in K-8 Mathematics

Molly Q Feldman, Ji Yong Cho, Monica Ong, Sumit Gulwani, Zoran Popović, Erik Andersen

CHI 2018

[pdf]

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A Unified Framework for Knowledge Assessment and Progression Analysis and Design

Shuhan Wang, Fang He, Erik Andersen

CHI 2017

[pdf]

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Facilitating Development of Pragmatic Competence through a Voice-driven Video Learning Interface

Gabriel Culbertson, Solace Shen, Malte Jung, Erik Andersen

CHI 2017

[pdf]

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PathViewer: Visualizing Pathways through Student Data

Yiting Wang, Walker White, Erik Andersen

CHI 2017

[pdf]

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Teaching Programming with Gamified Semantics

Ian Arawjo, Cheng-Yao Wang, Andrew C. Myers, Erik Andersen, François Guimbretière

CHI 2017

[pdf]

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Teaching Language and Culture with a Virtual Reality Game

Alan Cheng, Lei Yang, Erik Andersen

CHI 2017

[pdf]

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Have your Cake and Eat it Too: Foreign Language Learning with a Crowdsourced Video Captioning System

Gabriel Culbertson, Solace Shen, Erik Andersen, Malte Jung

CSCW 2017

[pdf]

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Grammatical Templates: Improving Text Difficulty Evaluation for Language Learners

Shuhan Wang, Erik Andersen

COLING 2016

[pdf]

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Social Situational Language Learning through an Online 3D Game

Gabriel Culbertson, Shiyu Wang, Malte Jung, Erik Andersen

CHI 2016

[pdf]

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Crystallize: An Immersive, Collaborative Game for Second Language Learning

Gabriel Culbertson, Erik Andersen, Walker White, Daniel Zhang, Malte Jung

CSCW 2016

[pdf]

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A Framework for Automatically Generating Interactive Instructional Scaffolding

Eleanor O'Rourke, Erik Andersen, Sumit Gulwani, Zoran Popović

CHI 2015

[pdf]

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Automatic Game Progression Design through Analysis of Solution Features

Eric Butler, Erik Andersen, Adam M. Smith, Sumit Gulwani, Zoran Popović

CHI 2015

[pdf]

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Predicting Player Moves in an Educational Game: A Hybrid Approach

Yun-En Liu, Travis Mandel, Eric Butler, Erik Andersen, Eleanor O'Rourke, Emma Brunskill,
Zoran Popović

Educational Data Mining (EDM) 2013

[pdf]

Best Paper Nomination

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A Trace-based Framework for Analyzing and Synthesizing Educational Progressions

Erik Andersen, Sumit Gulwani, Zoran Popović

CHI 2013

[pdf]

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Evaluating Competitive Game Balance with Restricted Play

Alexander Jaffe, Alex Miller, Erik Andersen, Yun-En Liu, Anna Karlin, Zoran Popović

Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) 2012

[pdf]

Oral Presentation

Best Student Paper Award

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A Case Study of Expressively Constrainable Level Design Automation Tools for a Puzzle Game

Adam M. Smith, Erik Andersen, Michael Mateas, Zoran Popović

Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2012

[pdf]

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Optimizing Adaptivity in Educational Games

Erik Andersen

Doctoral Consortium, Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2012

[pdf]

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The Impact of Tutorials on Games of Varying Complexity

Erik Andersen, Eleanor O'Rourke, Yun-En Liu, Richard Snider, Jeff Lowdermilk, David Truong,
Seth Cooper, Zoran Popović

CHI 2012

[website] [pdf] [related papers]

Honorable Mention

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On the Harmfulness of Secondary Game Objectives

Erik Andersen, Yun-En Liu, Richard Snider, Roy Szeto, Seth Cooper, Zoran Popović

Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2011

[website] [pdf] [related papers]

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Feature-Based Projections for Effective Playtrace Analysis

Yun-En Liu, Erik Andersen, Richard Snider, Seth Cooper, Zoran Popović

Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2011

[website] [pdf] [related papers]

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Placing a Value on Aesthetics in Online Casual Games

Erik Andersen, Yun-En Liu, Richard Snider, Roy Szeto, Zoran Popović

CHI 2011

[website] [pdf] [related papers]

Honorable Mention

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Character Animation in Two-player Adversarial Games

Kevin Wampler, Erik Andersen, Evan Herbst, Yongjoon Lee, Zoran Popović

ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), Vol. 29, Num. 3, 2010

Presented at SIGGRAPH 2011

[website] [pdf]

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Gameplay Analysis through State Projection

Erik Andersen, Yun-En Liu, Ethan Apter, François Boucher-Genesse, Zoran Popović

Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2010

[website] [pdf] [related papers]

Awards

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Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Tucker '50 Teaching Award

Cornell College of Engineering, 2017

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The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Prize

38th NHK Japan Prize, 2011

Team award for Refraction

Awarded for the Best Work in the Primary School Category

Japanese: 文部科学大臣賞

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Grand Prize: Best in Show Award

Disney Learning Challenge, SIGGRAPH 2010

Team award for Refraction

Games (collaborators listed in-game)

What.Hack

Katchi

[play]

What.Hack

What.Hack

[play]

Finalist, Student Game Competition, CHI 2017

Reduct

Reduct

[play]

Finalist, Student Game Competition, CHI 2017

Crystallize

Crystallize

[play]

Finalist, Student Game Competition, CHI 2015

Bpan Yaa

ปัญญา bpan yaa [Thai Alphabet Learning Game]

[play]

Refraction

Refraction

[website] [play] [Kongregate]

Best Work in the Primary School Category, 38th NHK Japan Prize, 2011

Grand Prize: Best in Show Award, Disney Learning Challenge, SIGGRAPH 2010

Treefrog Treasure

Treefrog Treasure

[play]

Refraction

Picard

[pdf]

Experimental and Research Games Festival, FDG 2012

Teaching

CS/INFO 6360: Educational Technology, Spring 2019

[Course Website]

CS/INFO 4154: Analytics-driven Game Design, Fall 2018

[Course Website]

Assassins [play]

ChowChow [play]

Discontinuum [play]

DripDrop [play]

Gemeralds [play] [Kong: Monthly 13th place]

God Mode [play] [Kong: Monthly 12th place]

Hook Frog [play]

A Lonely Alpaca [play] [Newgrounds: Featured]

Robbin' Robbie [play]

Viridian [play] [Newgrounds: Featured]

CS/INFO 4154: Analytics-driven Game Design, Fall 2017

[Course Website]

Arc Shield [play] [Newgrounds: Monthly 16th place]

Burrito Bash [play]

Direkt [play] [Newgrounds: Featured] [Kongregate: Monthly 12th place]

Escargo! [play]

Kirigami [play] [Newgrounds: Featured, Monthly 10th place] [Kongregate: Monthly 7th place]

Outfoxed [play] [Newgrounds: Monthly 11th place] [Kongregate: Monthly 7th place]

Permafrost [play]

Platformaniac [play]

Tower of Tune [play] [Newgrounds: Featured, Monthly 7th place]

Zombie Food Truck [play] [NG: Featured, Monthly 4th place] [Kong: Monthly 8th place]

CS 1110: Introduction to Computing Using Python, Spring 2017

with Lillian Lee

[Course Website]

CS/INFO 6360: Educational Technology, Fall 2016

[Course Website]

Cappucino

CrowdVR 360

Escape the Museum

Geominoes

KitChem

TalkMeter

Timeline of Events

Water Circuits

CS 6360: Educational Technology, Spring 2016

[Course Website]

Commander [website]

Grade Explorer

Information Security Game

Pitch Pursuit [play]

Teach Me To Survive [play]

CS/INFO 4154: Analytics-driven Game Design, Fall 2015

[Course Website]

The Butterfly Effect [play]

Clone Combat [play] [Newgrounds: Featured]

Final Flare

Gravity [play]

Lightmare [play]

Pew Pew Spooky Tower [play]

The Triplicates [play]

Unbalanced [play] [Newgrounds: Featured]

CS 6360: Educational Technology, Spring 2015

[Course Website]

Advanced Type System Tutorial

Inheriturtles [play]

Crystallize (multiplayer module) [play]

CS 4154: Analytics-driven Game Design, Fall 2014

[Course Website]

Box! [play] [Kongregate: Hot New Game] [Jay Is Games review]

Epic's Epic Epic [play]

Pyrokid [play]

Nameless Tactics [play]

Sleep Fighter [play]

That's How We Roll [play] [Kongregate: Hot New Game]

Thermo [play] [Kongregate: Hot New Game] [Jay Is Games review]

Zombify [play]

Independent Studies

Nano Empire by James Senter [play]

Personal

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My Photography

[Flickr]