Dr. Sarel van Vuuren is an applied researcher. His work focuses on
personalized evidence-based learning solutions to assess, assist and
treat specific educational and clinical needs in speech, language, and
literacy. He is a Fellow in the Institute of Cognitive Science where he
is an investigator and co-investigator on grants funded by NIH, IES,
NIDDR, NSF and the University of Colorado. He collaborates with
colleagues Wise and Snyder on the ICARE and Early ICARE projects funded
by IES to adaptively assess children's reading and comprehension, and
with colleagues Wise, Olson and Byrne on a project funded by NIH to
study Response to Intervention. This latter project uses a comprehensive
computer-assisted program called CARLA to improve foundational reading
and comprehension abilities. Other current projects include an animated
agent with accurate visual speech to guide learning; technologies to
deliver highly interactive learning programs seamlessly on the Internet;
educational research and programs to assess and remediate reading
difficulties using computers; computational linguistic approaches for
such reading and assessment programs; clinical solutions for cognitive
training across the lifespan; vocational training; medical and document
literacy; and spoken dialog interaction for science tutoring. Sarel's
work has led to more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, participation
in national competitions, outreach activities and entrepreneurial
activities. He is a cofounder of Mentor Interactive, an interactive
education company (no relationship with projects mentioned above). Sarel
holds a PhD from Oregon Graduate Institute/OHSU and is a past Fulbright
Scholar.
Sarel Van Vuuren
Cognitive Sci Institute-Admin
University of Colorado at Boulder
594 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0594
