Speakers
| Prof. Benjamin W.Wah, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow Benjamin W. Wah is a Research Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Franklin W. Woeltge Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Previously, he served as the Provost and Wei Lun Professor of Computer Science and Engineering of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as well as the Franklin W. Woeltge Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of the Coordinated Science Laboratory of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. Wah received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, in 1979. He has received many awards for his research and service contributions, including the IEEE-CS W. Wallace-McDowell Award (2006), the IEEE-CS Richard E. Merwin Award (2007), the IEEE-CS Tsutomu Kanai Award (2009), the Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science of the University of California, Berkeley (2011), and the Bronze Bauhinia Star of the Hong Kong Self Administrative Region (2021). Wah's research interests are nonlinear search and optimization, multimedia technologies, and artificial intelligence. Wah co-founded the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering in 1988 and served as its Editor-in-Chief between 1993 and 1996. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence and the Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge and Information Systems. In addition, Wah served the IEEE Computer Society in various capacities, including Vice President for Publications (1998 and 1999) and President (2001). He is a Fellow of the AAAS, ACM, and IEEE. |
Prof. Heng Luo, Central China Normal University, China Heng Luo received his Ph.D. degree in Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation from Syracuse University in 2015, and worked as a Research Associate at John A. Dutton e-Education Institute in Pennsylvania State University. He is currently a Professor and Department Head of educational technology in the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Central China Normal University. His research work focuses on the effective integration of learning sciences, instructional design, and AI technologies to promote quality and equity of education in diverse contexts, which has led to over 50 publications in SCI/SSCI journals. His academic contribution has been recognized with scholarly awards such as TICL Outstanding International Research Collaboration Award of AERA’2022 and D&D Outstanding Practice Award in the annual conference of AECT’2019. Research direction : Digital Learning, Virtual reality in education, etc. |
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| Prof. Shadiev Rustam, Zhejiang University, China Prof. Rustam Shadiev is a Tenured Professor at the College of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, specializing in advanced learning technologies for language learning and cross-cultural education. He earned his Ph.D. in Network Learning Technology from National Central University in 2012. Prof. Shadiev is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He also serves as a Graduate Faculty Scholar in the College of Graduate Studies at the University of Central Florida, USA. In 2019, Prof. Shadiev was honored with the title of Distinguished Professor of Jiangsu Province, China. He has published over 200 academic studies, with half appearing in journals indexed by SSCI. Furthermore, he has been recognized as one of the most cited Chinese researchers in the field of education by Elsevier, Scopus, and Shanghai Ranking for four consecutive years, from 2020 to 2023. Prof. Shadiev serves on the Editorial Board of several prestigious journals, including the Journal of Educational Technology & Society, the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, and Smart Learning Environments. He also guest edits special issues for various esteemed journals, such as the Journal of Educational Technology & Society, Sustainability, and Frontiers in Psychology. Research direction : Advanced educational technologies, language and culture learning Speech title：Advancing Language and Culture Learning through VR: From Basic Immersion to AI-enhanced Multilingual Interaction and Content Engagement |
