Leaders

Huang Ronghuai

Co-Dean of Smart Learning Institute

Huang Ronghuai is a Professor in the Faculty of Education of Beijing Normal University (BNU). He has been engaged in research on smart learning environments, artificial intelligence in education, educational technology, and knowledge engineering. He received the ‘Chang Jiang Scholar’ award in 2016, which is the highest academic award presented to an individual in higher education by the Ministry of Education of China. He serves as Co-Dean of Smart Learning Institute, Director of National Engineering Research Center for Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology, Director of the Educational Informatization Strategy Research Base, Ministry of Education, P.R.C (Beijing), and UNESCO Chair on Artificial Intelligence in Education. He is actively involved in academic organizations both domestically and internationally. He is also Committeeman of the Science Subject Expert Committee of the National Textbook Committee, Co-Leader of Information and Communication Technology Course Standard Group in Ordinary Senior High School, Vice-Chairman of China Educational Technology Association, Vice-Chairman of Teaching Guidance Committee of Educational Technology at Institutions of Higher Education, Vice-Chairman of Beijing Education Informatization Expert Committee, and Expert of MOE AI Innovation Panel. He is also President of the Global Chinese Society for Computers in Education, Vice President of International Association of Smart Learning Environments, and Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s Journal of Smart Learning Environment and Journal of Computers in Education. To date, he has accomplished and is currently working on over 100 projects, and his ideas have been widely spread, with approximately 400 academic papers and more than 60 books published.