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The Third Forum on Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence and Education Development was held at the School of Computer Science of SCNU on December 19, with its theme on how AI empowers education.
Hosted by Guangzhou Chapter of the China Computer Federation (CCF) and held on the campus of SCNU, the forum offered a platform for renowned specialists and scholars in China to share the latest interdisciplinary research and applications of AI in the field of education science. Issues such as the intersection of AI, big data and education, as well as the application of technology integration were also discussed.
On behalf of SCNU, Xiao Jing, vice dean of the School of Computer Science, delivered an opening speech. She described the work and studies at the School of Computer Science, as well as its developments in the area of AI algorithms, knowledge graphs and smart education.
Xiao Jing, vice dean of the School of Computer Science, gives an openning speech.
Professor Tang Yong of the School of Computer Science, and CCF director, addressed the audience about the forum’s theme, the latest national policies and frontier progress in the academic field of AI education integration. He pointed out that the prospects for “AI plus Education” are great, expecting more enterprises to deepen their cooperation with universities and colleges in the future.
Professor Tang Yong of the School of Computer Science, and CCF director, addresses audiences on behalf of CCF.
Later, a series of keynote speeches were given by five experts, covering topics on smart education driven by educational big data, AI-empowered individualized education, integrated learning theory and its application in smart education, computational and neural mechanisms of learning, and Huawei’s Kunpeng computing platforms and motherboards. Participants had heated discussion and exchanged their views on the topics.
Agenda of the Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence and Education Development
Names | Professional titles | Speech topics |
Jia Weijia | Vice president of Beijing Normal University - Hong Kong Baptist University United International College | Smart education driven by educational big data - research on efficient relation extraction of big data in language. |
Lu Yun | Vice president of Tencent Cloud and Tencent Education | AI empowers individualized education. |
Yu Zhiwen | Professor of the School of Computer Science & Engineering of SCUT | Integrated learning theory and its application in smart education. |
Chen Qi | Professor of the School of Psychology of SCNU | The computational and neural mechanisms of learning and decision-making in dynamic environment. |
Shi Yangyang | CTO of “Kunpeng + Shengteng” Ecosystem Innovation Center1 in Guangzhou | The root technology of openGauss and its community ecology. |
1 “Kunpeng + Shengteng” Ecosystem Innovation Center is an important program to deepen cooperation between Huawei and Guangzhou government in Kunpeng Computing Industry.
More than 160 scholars, specialists, teachers and students from over 10 universities and several enterprises such as Tencent participated. The universities included Sun Yat-Sen University, South China University of Technology (SCUT), Jinan University, South China Agricultural University (SCAU) and SCNU, among others.
A group photo of representatives of the forum.
The forum was first advocated by professor Tang Yong of SCNU in 2018. Hosted by CCF (Guangzhou), this forum has been held successfully for three sessions so far, gradually becoming the brand activity of CCF (Guangzhou).
Source: SCNU News Center, Tang Yong’s Academic Journal
Translated by Li Yusang, Xu Yirui, Yang Yi
Proofread by Edwin Baak
Edited by Li Jianru
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