Professor Kaśka Porayska-Pomsta
Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Education,
University College London, UCL Knowledge Lab
United Kingdom
Professor Kaśka Porayska-Pomsta is Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Education and Director of the UCL Knowledge Lab at University College London. Her research sits at the intersection of AI, the learning sciences and social research, focusing on how AI-enabled technologies can support learning, communication and socio-emotional development in schools. Over the past two decades she has led interdisciplinary projects designing, implementing and evaluating innovative educational technologies with children and teachers in real-world classrooms. Her work includes AI-supported learning environments, simulations and intelligent agents that help young people develop social communication, empathy and critical thinking. She is also a member of the Bloomsbury Centre for Educational Neuroscience and is internationally recognised for her work on responsible AI in education. She serves as Chair and Jury Member for the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education and advises the OECD on AI and digital technologies in education.
Professor Zhang Yu
Professor and Chair,
School of Education, Tsinghua University
China
Dr. ZHANG Yu is Professor and Chair of the School of Education, Tsinghua University. Her research focuses on learning sciences and future education, and educational economics, integrating interdisciplinary innovations in cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence. She has special interests in learning theories, educational paradigm innovation, and methodological advancements in education research. She also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Education Evaluation Professional Committee, Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy, Executive Council Member of the Learning Sciences Branch, China Association of Higher Education, Deputy Director of the Capital Education High-Quality Development Policy Research Base, and the Program Chair of the “Brain, Neuroscience, and Education” Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Assistant Professor Farhan Ali
National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
Farhan Ali is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research group addresses the key challenge of global declines in motivation in education by understanding and fostering curiosity in learning, self-directedness, and personal agency and impact in technology-rich environments. He leads the development and deployment of several generative AI platforms, such as TeacherGAIA and Silmate , that support curiosity, self-directedness, and 21 st Century competencies in over 100 schools and thousands of students. His group has published in international journals such as Computers & Education: AI, Studies in Educational Evaluation and Journal of Youth and Adolescence, and presented papers at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education and AERA. More details about the work can be found here .