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 Carolyn Rosé
Kavčić-Moura Professor of Language Technologies and Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction Institute Language Technologies Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
USA
Professor Carolyn Rosé is an American computer scientist who is a Professor of Language Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research looks to understand human conversation, and use this understanding to build computer systems that support effective communication in an effort to improve human learning. She has previously served as President of the International Society for the Learning Sciences and a Leshner Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Rosé served as president of the International Society of the Learning Sciences in 2015. In 2020 Rosé was awarded an American Association for the Advancement of Science Leshner Leadership Fellowship. The 2020 fellowships supported public engagement in artificial intelligence. Rosé was a founding chair of the International Alliance to Advance Learning in a Digital Era (IAALDE).
Professor Xiaoming Zhai
Professor of Science Education and AI, (courtesy) Professor of Computer Science and Statistics, Director of the AI4STEM Education Center, and Director of the National GENIUS Center
University of Georgia
USA
Xiaoming Zhai is Professor of Science Education and AI, (courtesy) Professor of Computer Science and Statistics, Founding Director of the AI4STEM Education Center, and Director of the National GENIUS Center, University of Georgia. His research pioneers the use of AI to transform science and STEM education, supported by NSF, IES, NIH, and NAEd/Spencer Foundation. He has published extensively in leading journals and premier AI and AI-in-Education venues, including Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Computers & Education, AIED, LAK, AAAI, NeurIPS, KDD, and ICLR. Dr. Zhai chaired the 2022 and 2025 International Conferences on AI in STEM education, leads NARST’s RAISE group, and has edited four books and eight special issues. His research has earned prestigious honors such as the AERA TACTL Early Career Award, Humboldt Research Fellowship, and NAEd/Spencer Award, establishing him as a leading voice in shaping the future of AI in STEM 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 .