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Rita Kuo

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Rita Kuo

Biography

Rita Kuo is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, Utah Valley University. Her research interests include e-learning, computerized adaptive testing, computerized item generation, cognitive theory, intelligent agent, mobile learning, and game-based learning.

Rita Kuo received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in the Information and Computer Engineering and her Ph. D degree in the Electronic Engineering from Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung Li, Taiwan, in 2000, 2002, and 2007, respectively. She was an instructor (2015 ~ 2022) in New Mexico Tech, an assistant research fellow (2011 ~ 2015) in the academic and industrial research centre of Knowledge Square, Inc. and an assistant professor (2007 ~ 2011) associated with the department of digital design, Mingdao University, Taiwan.

She is the Chair of IEEE Technical Community on Learning Technology (TCLT) from 2023 July and was the Vice Chair in EDI (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) & Event between June 2021 and July 2023. She has been the Chair of Educational Gamification and Game-based Learning Special Interest Group in Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE) (2020 - 2021). She has also been the track coordinator of Track 7: Technology-Enhanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (TeSTEM) in ICALTs (International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies) since 2018. In addition, she is the Executive Editor of IEEE Bulletin of Technical Committee on Learning Technology (E-SCI) and the Associate Editor of International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (E-SCI) .

Teaching

CS 4450

Analysis of Programming Languages, Spring 2025

CS 1400

Fundamentals of Programming, Spring 2025

CS 2550

Web Programming I, Spring 2025

Presentations

Krahn, Ted (Author Only), Kuo, Rita (Presenter & Author), Chang, Maiga (Author Only), The 19th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, "Personalized Study Guide_ A Moodle Plug-in Generating Personal Learning Path for Students", Corfu, Greece. (June 4, 2023)
Kuo, Rita (Presenter & Author), Iriarte, Maria F (Author Only), Zou, Di (Author Only), Chang, Maiga (Author Only), The 19th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, "Preliminary Performance Assessment on Ask4Summary’s Reading Methods for Summary Generation", Corfu, Greece. (June 4, 2023)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Chen, Xi , Liang, Jingsai , Kuo, Rita , Tang, Jingpeng (JP) , "Exploring COVID-19's Impact on Computer Science Education Using Student Reviews" . https://www.uvu.edu/cet/i-etc/
Camphouse, Wesley M, Kuo, Rita , Ramyaa, Ramyaa , "Implementaton of an Educatonal Game to Teach the Digital File System" . IEEE. https://www.uvu.edu/cet/i-etc/
Inani, Dishank , Tang, Jingpeng (JP) , Kuo, Rita , "Smart University Assistant_ Leveraging Graph Databases and Vector Embeddings for Efficient Information Retrieval" .
Schmidt, Robert , Fredin, Greg , Haghighat, Kevin , Kuo, Rita , Chang, Maiga , "Written by Human or ChatGPT – Authorship Forensics in the era of Generative AI" .
Schmidt, Robert , Chang, Maiga , Cheng, Hsiang-Han , Fredin, Greg , Haghighat, Kevin , Kuo, Rita , (2024) "Authorship Forensics Portal" . https://icce2024.ateneo.edu/
Dennis, Brandon , Kuo, Rita , Ramyaa, Ramyaa , "Implementing Interactive Programming Tutorials in Object-Oriented Programming Education" . IEEE.