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Rafael Ferreira Mello

Publication record assembled from the DBLP archive of ranked conferences.

Papers indexed

50

Venues

9

Active years

2016–2026

Best venue rank

A

Where they publish

Papers

50 indexed papers, newest first.

YearVenueTitleAuthors
2026AIEDUnderstanding Teacher Revisions of Large Language Model-Generated Feedback.Conrad Borchers, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Newarney Torrezo da Costa, Cleon Xavier, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2026AIEDTranslating XAI Into Actionable Feedback Using LLMs to Prevent Student Dropout.Filipe Dwan Pereira, George Zambonin, Andr C. A. Nascimento, Mario A. P. Santos, Mariana G. Mello, Tyagi M. Lima, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Cleon Xavier, Newarney Torrezo da Costa, Dragan Gasevic, Gabriel Alves, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2026LAKAutomated Assessment of Handwritten Math Problems: A Comparison of Prompting Strategies for Open and Closed-source LLMs.Daniel Rosa, Andreza Falco, Jamilla Lobo, Everton Souza, Mosio Wenceslau da Silva Filho, Dragan Gasevic, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues
2026LAKFrom Solo Graders to Assisted Annotation: Integrating LLM Suggestions into the Educational Data Creation Pipeline.Cleon Xavier, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Ana Valdo, Ariadne Carvalho, Gabriela Matos, Lucas Kalinke, Ramon Vilela, Erika Resende, Thais Moraes, Matheus Silva, Nara Nobre-Silva, Newarney Torrezo da Costa, Fabola Gonalves Coelho Ribeiro, Anderson Pinheiro, Dragan Gasevic, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2025AIEDThe Impact of Oversampling Techniques on the Detection of Cognitive Presence.Vitor Rolim, Cleon Xavier, Luiz Rodrigues, Newarney Torrezo da Costa, Rafael Dueire Lins, Dragan Gasevic, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2025CSEDUDesigning Actionable and Interpretable Analytics Indicators for Improving Feedback in AI-Based Systems.Esther Flix, Elaine Harada T. de Oliveira, Ilmara M. M. Ramos, Mar Prez-Sanagustn, Esteban Villalobos, Isabel Hilliger, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Julien Broisin
2025InteractCan GPT-4o Evaluate Usability Like Human Experts? A Comparative Study on Issue Identification in Heuristic Evaluation.Guilherme Corredato Guerino, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Bruna Santana Capeleti, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Andr Pimenta Freire, Luciana Zaina
2025LAKThat's What RoBERTa Said: Explainable Classification of Peer Feedback.Kevin Huang, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Cleon Pereira Junior, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Martine Baars, Olga Viberg
2025LAKAutomatic Short Answer Grading in the LLM Era: Does GPT-4 with Prompt Engineering beat Traditional Models?Rafael Ferreira Mello, Cleon Pereira Junior, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Filipe Dwan Pereira, Luciano de Souza Cabral, Newarney Torrezo da Costa, Geber L. Ramalho, Dragan Gasevic
2025LAKExploring Human-AI Collaboration in Educational Contexts: Insights from Writing Analytics and Authorship Attribution.Hongchen Pan, Eduardo Araujo Oliveira, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2025LAKLLMs Performance in Answering Educational Questions in Brazilian Portuguese: A Preliminary Analysis on LLMs Potential to Support Diverse Educational Needs.Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Cleon Xavier, Newarney Torrezo da Costa, Hyan Batista, Luiz Felipe Bagnhuk Silva, Weslei Chaleghi de Melo, Dragan Gasevic, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2024AIEDEnhancing Algorithmic Fairness in Student Performance Prediction Through Unbiased and Equitable Machine Learning Models.Luciano de Souza Cabral, Filipe Dwan Pereira, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2024AIEDExploring NLP and Embedding for Automatic Essay Scoring in the Portuguese.Ruan Carvalho, Lucas Fernandes Lins, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Pricles B. C. Miranda, Hilrio Oliveira, Thiago Damasceno Cordeiro, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Seiji Isotani, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2024AIEDLANSE: A Cloud-Powered Learning Analytics Platform for the Automated Identification of Students at Risk in Learning Management Systems.Cristian Cechinel, Emanuel Marques Queiroga, Tiago Thompsen Primo, Henrique Lemos dos Santos, Vinicius Faria Culmant Ramos, Roberto Muoz, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Matheus Francisco Batista Machado
2024AIEDContextual Features for Automatic Essay Scoring in Portuguese.Lucas Galhardi, Maria Fernanda Herculano, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Pricles B. C. Miranda, Hilrio Oliveira, Thiago Damasceno Cordeiro, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Seiji Isotani, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2024AIEDCan VLM Understand Children's Handwriting? An Analysis on Handwritten Mathematical Equation Recognition.Cleon Xavier Pereira Jnior, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Newarney Torrezo da Costa, Valmir Macrio Filho, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2024AIEDLAFe: Learning Analytics Solutions to Support On-Time Feedback.Rafael Ferreira Mello, Gabriel Alves, Elaine Harada T. de Oliveira, Mar Prez-Sanagustn, Isabel Hilliger, Esteban Villalobos, Esther Flix, Julien Broisin
2024AIEDAutomatic Detection of Narrative Rhetorical Categories and Elements on Middle School Written Essays.Rafael Ferreira Mello, Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Erverson B. G. de Sousa, Hyan Batista, Mateus Lins, Andr C. A. Nascimento, Dragan Gasevic
2024AIEDAnticipating Student Abandonment and Failure: Predictive Models in High School Settings.Emanuel Marques Queiroga, Daniel Santana, Marcelo da Silva, Martim de Aguiar, Vincius G. dos Santos, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Cristian Cechinel
2024AIEDCan GPT4 Answer Educational Tests? Empirical Analysis of Answer Quality Based on Question Complexity and Difficulty.Luiz A. L. Rodrigues, Filipe Dwan Pereira, Luciano de Souza Cabral, Geber L. Ramalho, Dragan Gasevic, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2024AIEDPrediction of Essay Cohesion in Portuguese Based on Item Response Theory in Machine Learning.Bruno Alexandre Barreiros Rosa, Hilrio Oliveira, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2024LAKTowards Improving Rhetorical Categories Classification and Unveiling Sequential Patterns in Students' Writing.Sehrish Iqbal, Mladen Rakovic, Guanliang Chen, Tongguang Li, Jasmine Bajaj, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Yizhou Fan, Naif Radi Aljohani, Dragan Gasevic
2024SIGCSEVisual Data Science with Blockly-DS.Luiz Barboza, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Erico Souza Teixeira, Andrew M. Olney
2023AIEDAIED Unplugged: Leapfrogging the Digital Divide to Reach the Underserved.Seiji Isotani, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Geiser Chalco Challco, Diego Dermeval, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2023LAKBlockly-DS: Blocks Programming for Data Science with Visual, Statistical, Descriptive and Predictive Analysis.Luiz Barboza, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Micah Gideon Modell, Erico Souza Teixeira
2023LAKTowards Automated Analysis of Rhetorical Categories in Students Essay Writings using Bloom's Taxonomy.Sehrish Iqbal, Mladen Rakovic, Guanliang Chen, Tongguang Li, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Yizhou Fan, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Naif Radi Aljohani, Dragan Gasevic
2023LAKLearner-centred Analytics of Feedback Content in Higher Education.Jionghao Lin, Wei Dai, Lisa-Angelique Lim, Yi-Shan Tsai, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Hassan Khosravi, Dragan Gasevic, Guanliang Chen
2023LAKTowards explainable prediction of essay cohesion in Portuguese and English.Hilrio Oliveira, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Bruno Alexandre Barreiros Rosa, Mladen Rakovic, Pricles B. C. Miranda, Thiago Damasceno Cordeiro, Seiji Isotani, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Dragan Gasevic
2022CECMulti-Objective Optimization of Sampling Algorithms Pipeline for Unbalanced Problems.Pricles B. C. Miranda, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Andr C. A. Nascimento, Tapas Si
2022LAKA Penny for your Thoughts: Students and Instructors' Expectations about Learning Analytics in Brazil.Taciana Pontual Falco, Rodrigo Lins Rodrigues, Cristian Cechinel, Diego Dermeval, Elaine Harada Teixeira de Oliveira, Isabela Gasparini, Rafael D. Arajo, Tiago T. Primo, Dragan Gasevic, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2022LAKNASC: Network analytics to uncover socio-cognitive discourse of student roles.Mverick Andr Dionsio Ferreira, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Vitomir Kovanovic, Andr C. A. Nascimento, Rafael Dueire Lins, Dragan Gasevic
2022LAKUncovering Associations Between Cognitive Presence and Speech Acts: A Network-Based Approach.Sehrish Iqbal, Zachari Swiecki, Srecko Joksimovic, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Naif R. Aljohani, Saeed-Ul Hassan, Dragan Gasevic
2022LAKTowards automated content analysis of rhetorical structure of written essays using sequential content-independent features in Portuguese.Rafael Ferreira Mello, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Hilrio Oliveira, Pricles B. C. Miranda, Mladen Rakovic, Dragan Gasevic
2021AIEDAnalytics of Emerging and Scripted Roles in Online Discussions: An Epistemic Network Analysis Approach.Maverick Andre Dionisio Ferreira, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Rafael Dueire Lins, Dragan Gasevic
2021AIEDContrasting Automatic and Manual Group Formation: A Case Study in a Software Engineering Postgraduate Course.Giuseppe Fiorentino, Pricles B. C. Miranda, Andr C. A. Nascimento, Ana Paula C. Furtado, Henrik Bellhuser, Dragan Gasevic, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2021AIEDAligning Expectations About the Adoption of Learning Analytics in a Brazilian Higher Education Institution.Samantha Garcia, Elaine Cristina Moreira Marques, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Dragan Gasevic, Taciana Pontual Falco
2021AIEDTowards Automatic Content Analysis of Rhetorical Structure in Brazilian College Entrance Essays.Rafael Ferreira Mello, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Pricles B. C. Miranda, Hilrio Oliveira, Mladen Rakovic, Dragan Gasevic
2021EDMTowards automated content analysis of feedback: A multi-language study.Ikenna Osakwe, Alexander Whitelock-Wainwright, Guanliang Chen, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Anderson Pinheiro Cavalcanti, Dragan Gasevic
2021ICALTReducing the size of training datasets in the classification of online discussions.Vitor Rolim, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Andr C. A. Nascimento, Rafael Dueire Lins, Dragan Gasevic
2021ICALTFostering Autonomy through Augmentative and Alternative Communication.Joo P. C. Uchoa, Taciana Pontual Falco, Andr C. A. Nascimento, Pricles B. C. Miranda, Rafael Ferreira Mello
2021LAKThe impact of automatic text translation on classification of online discussions for social and cognitive presences.Arthur Barbosa, Maverick Andre Dionisio Ferreira, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Rafael Dueire Lins, Dragan Gasevic
2021LAKA Teacher-facing Learning Analytics Dashboard for Process-oriented Feedback in Online Learning.Raphael A. Dourado, Rodrigo Lins Rodrigues, Nivan Ferreira, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Alex Sandro Gomes, Katrien Verbert
2021LAKStudent appreciation of data-driven feedback: A pilot study on OnTask.Yi-Shan Tsai, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Jelena Jovanovic, Dragan Gasevic
2020LAKTowards automatic cross-language classification of cognitive presence in online discussions.Gian Barbosa, Raissa Camelo, Anderson Pinheiro Cavalcanti, Pricles B. C. Miranda, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Vitomir Kovanovic, Dragan Gasevic
2020LAKHow good is my feedback?: a content analysis of written feedback.Anderson Pinheiro Cavalcanti, Arthur Diego, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Katerina Mangaroska, Andr C. A. Nascimento, Fred Freitas, Dragan Gasevic
2020LAKLet's shine together!: a comparative study between learning analytics and educational data mining.Guanliang Chen, Vitor Rolim, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Dragan Gasevic
2020LAKPerceptions and expectations about learning analytics from a brazilian higher education institution.Taciana Pontual Falco, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Rodrigo Lins Rodrigues, Juliana Regueira Basto Diniz, Yi-Shan Tsai, Dragan Gasevic
2020LAKTowards automatic content analysis of social presence in transcripts of online discussions.Maverick Andre Dionisio Ferreira, Vitor Rolim, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Rafael Dueire Lins, Guanliang Chen, Dragan Gasevic
2019DocEngDocEng'19 Competition on Extractive Text Summarization.Rafael Dueire Lins, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Steven Simske
2016DocEngMobile Summarizer and News Summary Navigator: Two Multilingual News Article Summarization Tools for Mobile Devices.Luciano de Souza Cabral, Manoel Neto, Artur Borges, Rafael Dueire Lins, Rinaldo Lima, Rafael Ferreira Mello, Marcelo Riss, Steven J. Simske