June 14-30, the 13th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), the 19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED), and the 5th Annual ACM Conference on Learning at Scale (L@S) was held in London, the United Kingdom. Dr. Yu Lu, the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Advanced Innovation Center for Future Education (AICFE), Researcher Dr. Penghe Chen, Assistant Researcher Chen Chen, and Dr. Lishan Zhang from the Learning Science Laboratory attended conferences while their research papers were accepted by the AIED and L@S.
Dr. Yu Lu, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, introducing the work of the Center
At the conference, Dr. Yu Lu introduced the educational robot based on the SDT (Self-determination Theory) motivation theory as design principles and the application of voice interaction, knowledge graph, emotion recognition and other technologies, and showed the video of the robot in learning scene. Which aroused strong interest of the audience.
Dr. Yu Lu introducing the research of the educational robot
Participants reading research posters and communicating with research team
Dr. Penghe Chen shared research project on the educational knowledge graph construction: An Automatic Knowledge Graph Construction System for K-12 Education. Dr. Chen mainly introduced the educational concept recognition through the CRF model and the concept relation recognition using probabilistic association rule mining algorithm. By taking mathematics as an example, a demonstrative knowledge graph was presented. Many scholars were interested in the educational knowledge graph, and conducted in-depth communication and with Dr. Chen.
Dr. Penghe Chen from the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory introducing the knowledge graph research
Dr. Lishan Zhang introduced the application of Deep AutoEncoder in Chinese short text answer scoring and the challenges faced by, and carried out the corresponding poster display.
Dr. Lishan Zhang from the Learning Science Laboratory introducing Chinese short text answer scoring research
Besides, Dr. Yu Lu was invited to participate in the workshop organized by AIED – Artificial Intelligence to Promote Quality and Equity in Education, and shared the case of the Center’s use of Smart Learning Partners and Online and Offline Teaching Service platforms to promote the quality and equity in education in the panel discussion session with stakeholders from universities, education and investment industries.
Dr. Yu Lu participated in the panel discussion
At the Learning Festival International Conference, the Center’s research progress in the field of artificial intelligence in education application have been recognized widely. Researchers have learned the international cutting edge research trends, which will promote the center’s academic research in the field of “artificial intelligence + education”. It is also conducive to further promoting international cooperation and joint research.
