Biography
Biography
Neil Heffernan is The William Smith Dean's Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Learning Sciences & Technology program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He developed ASSISTments, a web-based learning platform, to help teachers be more effective in their classrooms and to provide researchers with a way to study learning interventions. Before entering academia, Neil taught middle school math and science in Baltimore, MD, and he completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. See his Google scholar page to learn more about his research and publications.