Darren was a full-time research officer on the MiGen Project which is building a system to help 11-14-year-old children with their understanding of mathematical generalisation:

Profile data from 2010:

"I am responsible for researching and developing the overall system architecture, representations for teachers and support for collaboration. Previously I worked with Professor Rose Luckin at the lab as a Research Officer in Learner-Centred Educational Technology. My research followed on from Riddles, a University of Sussex project which developed novel software to improve the language comprehension skills of 7-11-year-old children.

"In general, I am interested in the ways in which it is possible to collaborate on a task (in the most general sense of both 'collaborate' and 'task'). I am also interested in task state-space navigation, especially in combination with sophisticated approaches to collaboration.

"Currently, I am a Visiting Research Fellow at the Ideas Lab at the University of Sussex. I also†recently (finally!) finished†my DPhil in Natural Language Processing in Informatics (at Sussex). It is entitled 'Collocation Extraction: A Generic Substitution-Based Approach'.

Click here for my web-site at Sussex."

• Pearce, D., Geraniou, E., Gutierrez-Santos, S. & Mavrikis, M. (2009). An Eco-Friendly Intelligent Environment for Exploring Mathematical Generalisation. In Proceedings of AIED 2009 (Interactive Event). Forthcoming.
• Pearce, D., Geraniou, E., Mavrikis, M., Gutierrez-Santos, S., & Kahn, K. (2008). Using Pattern Construction and Analysis in an Exploratory Learning Environment for Understanding Mathematical Generalisation: The Potential for Intelligent Support. In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Intelligent Support for Exploratory Environments held in conjunction with the EC-TEL'08 Conference.
• Pearce, D., Mavrikis, M., Geraniou, E., GutiÈrrez, S., & Kahn, K. (2008). An Environment for Expressing Mathematical Generalisation using Pattern Construction and Analysis. Workshop for HCI for Technology Enhanced Learning, at HCI2008 Culture, Creativity, Interaction.
• Pearce, D., Mavrikis, M., Geraniou, E., & Gutierrez, S. (2008). Issues in the Design of an Environment to Support the Learning of Mathematical Generalisation.† In Proceedings of the European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL'08). p. 326-337, ISBN: 978-3-540-87604-5, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
• Gutierrez, S., Pearce, D., Geraniou, E., & Mavrikis, M. (2008). Supporting Reasoning and Problem-Solving in Mathematical Generalisation with Dependency Graphs. In Proceedings of the International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams. Herrsching, Germany.
• Gutierrez, S., Mavrikis, M., & Pearce, D. (2008). A Learning Environment for Promoting Structured Algebraic Thinking in Children. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'08). Santander, Spain.