Keynote Speakers

Aras Bozkurt, Anadolu University, Türkiye

 

Aras Bozkurt is a researcher and faculty member at Anadolu University, Türkiye. With MA and PhD degrees in distance education, Dr. Bozkurt's work focuses on empirical studies in areas such as distance education, online learning, networked learning, and educational technology. He applies critical theories like connectivism, rhizomatic learning, and heutagogy to his research. Dr. Bozkurt is also interested in emerging research paradigms, including social network analysis, sentiment analysis, and data mining. Dr. Bozkurt's studies also cover the integration of artificial intelligence technologies into educational processes in the axis of human-machine interaction.

 

His dedication to advancing the field is reflected in his editorial roles as the Editor-in-Chief of Open Praxis and Asian Journal of Distance Education, as well as his roles as an associate editor for prestigious journals like Higher Education Research and Development, Online Learning, eLearn Magazine, and Computer Applications in Engineering Education.

Speech Title: The Symbiotic Future: Mastering Hybrid Intelligence Through Human-AI Collaboration

 

Xinguo Yu, ACM Senior Member, IEEE Senior Member, Central China Normal University, China

 

Xinguo Yu is the dean of CCNU Wollongong Joint Institute and a professor of National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning at Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China. He is a senior member of both IEEE and ACM, and an adjunct professor of University of Wollongong, Australia. He is a vice director of Smart Educational Technology Branch Society under Automation Society in China, and the chair of Hubei Society of Artificial Intelligence in Research and Education. He received B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Wuhan University of Technology, M. Eng degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, another M. Eng. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from National University of Singapore. His current research mainly focuses on intelligent educational technology, educational robotics, multimedia analysis, computer vision, and machine learning. He has published over 170 research papers. He is Associate Editor and Guest Editors for several international journals. He was general chairs or program chairs or Keynote speakers for more than 30 international conferences. He is the main founder of annual International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education and Research.

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Ben Kei Daniel,ACM Member, IEEE Senior Member, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

 

Ben Kei Daniel, PhD, is Professor in Higher Education at the University of Otago, New Zealand and the convenor for Educational Technology for the university. Dr Daniel obtained his PhD in Jointly in Educational Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada in 2007.

 

Current research programmes are broadly situated in the area of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED). In particular, Prof. Daniel is interested in understanding the value of Big Data and learning analytics in influencing learning and teaching. Also, he is investigating theories and praxis of teaching research methodologies for Business and Academia. Ben has Professional memberships in the International Society for Artificial Intelligence in Education (IAIED), EDUCAUSE. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)(Learning Technologies) and the Association for the Advancement of Communities in Education (AACE).

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