Prof. Xiwen Zhang
Beijing Language and
Culture University, China
Xiwen Zhang is currently a Professor of Digital Media
Department, School of Information Science, in the
Beijing Language and Culture University. He worked as an
associated professor from 2002 to 2007 at the
Human-computer interaction Laboratory, Institute of
Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 2005 to 2006
he was a Postdoctor advised by Prof. Michael R. Lyu in
the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the
Chinese University of Hong Kong. From February to April
in 2001 he was a Research Assistant by Dr. KeZhang Chen
in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the
University of Hong Kong. From 2000 to 2002 he was a
Postdoctor advised by Prof. Shijie Cai in the Computer
Science and Technology Department, Nanjing University.
Prof. Zhang 's research interests include pattern
recognition, computer vision, and human-computer
interaction, as well as their applications in digital
image, digital video, and digital ink. Prof. Zhang has
published over 60 refereed journal and conference papers
in his research areas. His SCI paper are published in
Pattern Recognition, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man,
and Cybernetics - Part B: Cybernetics, Computer-Aided
Design. He has published more than twenty EI papers.
Prof. Zhang received his B.E. in Chemical equipment and
machinery from Fushun Petroleum Institute (became
Liaoning Shihua University since 2002) in 1995, and his
Ph.D. advised by Prof. ZongYing Ou in Mechanical
manufacturing and automation from Dalian University of
Technology in 2000.
Assoc. Prof. Matthew Farber
University of Northern Colorado, USA
Matthew Farber, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor at the
University of Northern Colorado, where he co-directs the
Gaming SEL Lab. He has been invited to the White House,
authored several books and papers, and is a frequent
collaborator with UNESCO MGIEP and Games for Change. His
most recent book is “Gaming SEL: Games as
Transformational to Social and Emotional Learning.”
Assoc. Prof. Vincent CS Lee
Monash University, Australia ( IEEE Senior Member)
Vincent CS Lee is currently an Associate Professor with the Faculty of IT, Monash University and a Senior Member of IEEE. His education qualifications include Bachelor and Master degrees in EEE, both from the National University of Singapore; MBA from Henley Management College in Oxford, England; BBus (Hons 1st class in Economics & Finance) and MBus (Accountancy), both from RMIT University in Melbourne; and PhD degree from University of Newcastle, NSW in Australia. He is an active researcher and educator (with Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching from Monash University) with 30 years as academicians for four universities including Monash University and Swinburne University, both in Melbourne, joint Monash-South East University in Suzhou, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He was visiting Professors with School of Economics and Management, and School of Computing and Technology, Tsinghua University in Beijing. Lee’s research and higher education teaching (developed and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate courses) span multi-disciplinary domains across IT, Digital Health, Signal and Information Processing, Financial Engineering (FinTech), Educational Data Mining (with learner-centric education technology tools), Explainable AI, Deep ML, Computer Vision for dynamic objects tracking, and Multi-agent Autonomous Systems. Lee has published 200+ papers in IEEE/ACM SCImago ranked Q1 High Impact factors of Journals, and in CORE A/A* Peer-review International Conferences proceedings (AAAI, IJCAI, ICDM, ICWS, ICDE, PAKDD, CIKM, WWW, IEEE IC Signal Processing, IC-EDM). Lee also served as invited keynote speakers for a number of these IEEE and ACM Flagship conferences’ and General Chair and Co-chair of steering committees and technical programs.
Assoc. Prof. Feng Xiang
East China Normal University, China
Dr. Feng Xiang is an Associate Professor of East China
Normal University in the Department of Educational
Information Technology and Shanghai Digital Educational
Equipment Engineering Technology Research Center. He is
also the Deputy Secretary of Information Technology
Education Professional Committee for Primary and
Secondary Schools of The Chinese Society of Education.
Dr Feng have 2 years of postdoc experience in
Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell& Shanghai Jiao Tong
University from 2018-2010 in telecom strategy
development. He obtained his PhD in geography
information system and master Degree in Computer Science
& Engineering.
Dr. Feng is committed to education informatization
research and services from 2010. In recent years, he is
mainly focusing on the application of artificial
intelligence in education, learning analytics. He has
published over 20 peer-reviewed papers; contributed in 2
published standards in educational informatization in
china; obtained 9 software copyright registration
certificates; applied for 5 invention patents, and 2 has
been authorized.
Senior Lecturer Dr. Neil Gordon
University of Hull, UK
Neil Gordon is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Hull in England. Neil is a National Teaching Fellow, and a Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. He has produced a number of reports for AdvanceHE, with major ones on the way that technology enhanced learning can enable flexible pedagogy, on the role of assessment in education, and on ways to address issues in retention and attainment in computing education. His awards include University Teaching Fellowships and awards for scholarship in teaching and learning. His research interests include applications of computer science to enable true technology enhanced learning, issues around sustainable development, as well as more discipline specific work on applications of computer algebra and formal methods. He has published over 50 journal articles, a similar number of refereed conference proceedings, along with a variety of book chapters, reports and other publications.
Assoc. Prof. Yang Chen
Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China
Yang Chen is currently an associate professor in the
college of humanity and social sciences of Harbin
Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China. She received
her bachelor’s degree in mass communication from
Communication University of China, master’s degree in
digital media from Harbin Institute of Technology,
China, and doctoral degree in computer graphics
technology with a concentration in human-computer
interaction from Purdue University, USA. Her research
interests include social media, user experience,
environmental communication, and educational
gamification. As principal investigator, she has
undertaken funded research projects on gamified
pro-environmental communication, gamification in second
language acquisition, and big data and education
resources, which were funded by national/provincial
social science foundations. She has publications in
international journals including International Journal
of Human-Computer Interaction, sustainability, and
International Journal of Language, Literature and
Linguistics. She also published in international
conferences such as ICBDE, ICESS, ICIET, WCEEE, and
ELEARN. In addition, she serves as a reviewer for
several prestigious international journals (such as
Information, Communication & Society, Information
Processing and Management, Social Media and Society,
Behaviour & information Technology, and Interacting with
Computers) and international conferences in the fields
of social media, technology, and education.
Assoc. Prof. Giuliana Cucinelli
Concordia University, Canada
Dr. Giuliana Cucinelli is an Associate Professor in the
Educational Technology Program in the Department of
Education at Concordia University, and the co-director
of the Participatory Media cluster for Concordia
University's Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and
Technology. Cucinelli's research-creation program
focuses on the social, cultural and educational impacts
of technology.
Currently she is a principal investigator on a Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight
Development Grant and a Fonds de recherche du Québec –
Société et culture (FRQSC), Établissement de nouveaux
professeurs grant which examines digital device
practices and policy in K-12 schools in Quebec and
Ontario. She is also a PI on a Concordia funded
research-creation project Virtual Reality and Empathy
Education: Understanding Cultural, Gender and Ethnic
Difference in the Workplace.
Furthermore, she is a co-applicant on ACT: Ageing,
Communication, Technologies, a multi-methodological
research project that brings together researchers and
institutional and community partners to address the
transformation of the experiences of ageing with the
proliferation of new forms of mediated communications in
networked societies. The project is funded by a SSHRC
Partnership Grant, with Dr. Kim Sawchuk as Director and
Principal Investigator.
Before joining Concordia, Cucinelli was a FRQSC
Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Comparative
Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (Cambridge), with research affiliations to
their Open Documentary Lab, the Center for Civic Media,
and the Youth and Media Project in the Berkman Center
for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and a
Postdoctoral Research Affiliate for the Mobilities Lab
in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia
University.
Prof. Emad A. S. Abu-Ayyash
British University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Emad A. S. Abu-Ayyash is an associate professor of education/TESOL at the British University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He achieved his Ph.D in Education/TESOL from the British University in Dubai, in 2016, his M.A. degree in translation from Yarmouk University, Jordan in 2007 and his B.A. degree in English literature and linguistics from Yarmouk University, Jordan in 1996. His research interests and publications include discourse analysis, teaching and learning, translation, assessment, online education and TESOL.