HUANG Ronghuai

HUANG Ronghuai

Co-Dean, Smart Learning Institute, Beijing Normal University; Chairholder, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair on Artificial Intelligence in Education

About

Ronghuai Huang is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University (BNU). He currently serves as Co-Dean of the Smart Learning Institute of BNU, Director of the National Engineering Research Center of Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology, Director of the MOE Research Base for Education Informatization Strategy (Beijing), holder of the UNESCO Chair on Artificial Intelligence in Education. He is also Secretary-General of the Expert Group on Education Informatization of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, a Member of the Expert Committee on Science Subjects of the National Textbook Committee, a Member of the Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation of the Ministry of Education, and Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s Journal of Computers in Education and Smart Learning Environments.

His research mainly focuses on artificial intelligence and education, smart education, and educational digitalisation. His work has been widely recognised and highly acclaimed. The courses he has taught have been selected as National Excellent Courses and National Excellent Resource-Sharing Courses. He has received numerous honors, including the National Teaching Achievement Award, the Beijing Higher Education Distinguished Teacher Award, the Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award in Higher Education, the National Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award, as well as the titles of Beijing Excellent Teaching Team and Beijing Outstanding Teacher. In addition, he has undertaken more than 100 national, provincial, ministerial-level, and commissioned research projects. He has published over 40 books in Chinese and English, and more than 400 academic papers in both Chinese and English.