We then show how our model can be used as an emotional "plug-in" for artificially intelligent systems that interact with humans in two different settings: an exam practice assistant (tutor) and an assistive device for persons with a cognitive disability.
In 1871 Lie became an assistant tutor at Kristiania and submitted his doctoral dissertation on the theory of contact transformations.
As an undergraduate he had indulged in second-rate take-offs of dons such as the Provost, Sir John Sheppard, and particularly the Assistant Tutor, the young Noël Annan (later Lord Annan).
But there was also a streak of recklessness in him that reminded Noel (later Lord) Annan, then assistant tutor, of Guy Burgess as an undergraduate - "they were both scamps who by their example liberated their more timid contemporaries".
When budgets for instructional resources are under pressure, it may not be possible to assign homework, problem sets, quizzes, or other instruments that must be graded by an instructor, graduate teaching assistant, tutor, or other expert.
The academic experiences of Harvard undergraduates, like those of students at most other schools, are largely governed by committees, deans, professors, teaching assistants, tutors and advisers.
In early December 2003 an agreement between the University of California and United Auto Workers Local 2865, bargaining agent for 11,000 teaching assistants, tutors, and readers on the UC system's eight undergraduate teaching campuses, narrowly averted a strike scheduled for final exam week.
The United Auto Workers Local 2865, which represents about 13,000 teaching assistants, tutors and readers, called the strike to protest what it called unfair labor practices and intimidation by UC administrators.
And Bill Bertka, the assistant coach who tutors the big men, recites a list of positives, starting with Campbell's desire to improve and only then moving to great athletic skill.
Patrick Ewing, who served as Mourning's chief rival during the grudge matches between the Knicks and the Miami Heat in the 1990's, is now an assistant coach in Houston, tutoring Yao to take another giant stride in his development.
