AIFE 2025 Programme

Day 1: Designing Intelligence – Tools and Frameworks

18 Nov Session
Venue: NTU - LT1A
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome
9:30Opening Keynote 1: Prof Joseph Sung (NTU)
Educating for an Intelligent Future: Medical, Ethical and Societal Responsibilities in the Age of AI
10:15Tea break
10:45Keynote 2: Prof Simon See (NVIDIA)
Do We Need to Learn Anymore?
11:30

Panel Discussion 1 
Chair: Dr Sophia Tan (NTU)
Panel: Prof Simon See (NVIDIA), Prof Song Jie (Peking University), Prof Mutlu Cukurova (University College London), and Dr Ho Shen Yong (NTU)

12:15Transit to EMB 
Venue:  NTU -  Experimental Medicine Building (EMB)
12:30Lunch / Poster Session + Exhibition at EMB (Lvl3)
13:30Parallel Talks / Workshop 1
ColLab1 (Lv5)ColLab2 (Lv5)Learning Studio (Lv1)

T1a: Human Agency
and AI Learning
[Moderator: Dr Sophia Tan]

Assoc Prof Ben Leong (NUS)
Achieving Competency-based Learning with LLMs

Assoc Prof Lee Wee Leong (SUSS)
Harnessing AI to Transform Adult Learning: A Case Study of iSmartGuide at SUSS

Dr Lydia Cao (University of Toronto)
AI and Knowledge Building: A Collaborative Dialogue on Theory, Design, Ethics, and Tensions

Prof Zhang Ying (Peking University)
TeachPod: A faculty-centered AI tool

Combined Q&A

T2a: AI Systems and Pedagogical Design
[Moderator: Dr Chan Hsiao-Yun]

Dr Peter Johnson (Imperial College London)
Microservices for Sustainable Innovation in AI

Dr Mohamed Arif Mohamed (NTU)
Timely Automated Personalized Feedback for Computational Thinking Quizzes: Beating ChatGPT’s Generic Feedback

Dr Ho Jia Xuan (NTU)
Essay-writing in the Age of GenAI

Panel Discussion
Panel: All the speakers above and Mr Chen Leheng (Peking University)

W1a: NTU In-house AI Learning


InsPIRE (NTU)
Building the First Prototype of an Agentic AI Learning Intelligence Platform for Personalized Student Success

InsPIRE (NTU)
NTU AI Learning Assistants: Learning About and Beyond AI through Co-Development with Students

Round Table Session

15:15Tea Break
15:45 Parallel Talks / Workshop 2
ColLab1 (Lv5)ColLab2 (Lv5)Learning Studio (Lv1)

T1b: The Nexus of AI, Education, Society, and Industry (Session supported by DI-IDEA)
[Moderator: Dr Ho Shen Yong]

Panel Discussion
Panel: Prof Zhang Ying (Peking University), Assoc Prof Ben Leong (NUS), Assod Prof Ingrid Winkler (SENAI CIMATEC University), and Dr Lydia Cao (University of Toronto)

Ms Lin Jie (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, member of DI IDEA)
Beyond Usability: Disciplinary Ecologies and the Social Drivers of GenAI Adoption in Graduate Education

Mr Chen Leheng (Peking University)
PKU Quest: Reducing AI Hallucination & Forcing Critical Thinking

Dr Ho Shen Yong (NTU, member of DI IDEA)
Developing Pedagogy from First Principles in the Age of AI

T2b: AI Agents and Immersive Learning
[Moderator: Dr Dewi A.K. Ungu]

Assoc Prof Jung Younbo (NTU)
Teachable AI Agents as Learning Partners: Rethinking Education with, about, and beyond Generative AI

Mr Daniel Mitelpunkt (Imperial College London)
Further Extending Reality & Other Tales From the Studio Floor

Prof Heng Luo (Central China Normal University)
Using Large Language Model (LLM) Agent to Enhance Case-Based Learning: A Mixed-Methods Study

Panel Discussion

W1b: NVIDIA NIMs

NVIDIA Workshop 1
NIMs Build Tune Deploy Workshop

17:15End of Day 1

Day 2: AI in Context – Applications Across Fields

19 Nov Session
Venue: NTU - LT1A
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome
Dr Ng Aik Beng (NVIDIA)
Sharing of Developments in NVIDIA
9:30Opening Keynote 3: Prof Miao Chunyan (NTU)
Agentic AI for Experiential Learning
10:15Tea break
10:45Keynote 4: Prof Mutlu Cukurova (University College London)
Teacher-AI Teaming in Education: Replacement, Amplification, & Augmentation of Competence
11:30

Panel Discussion 2
Chair: Asst Prof Tanmay Sinha (NTU/NIE) 
Panel: Dr Yang Yang (NTU/NIE), Dr Aishah Abdul Rahman (NTU/NIE), Dr Lee Vwen Yen Alwyn (NTU/NIE)
Emotions in Learning With Implications for Educational Technology Design

12:15Transit to EMB
Venue: NTU - Experimental Medicine Building (EMB)
12:30Lunch / Poster Session + Exhibition at EMB (Lv3)
13:45 Parallel Talks / Workshop 3
ColLab1 (Lv5)ColLab2 (Lv5) Learning Studio (Lv1)

T1c: AI and Industry 5.0 Training
[Moderator:  Dr Ho Shen Yong]

Assoc Prof Ingrid Winkler (SENAI CIMATEC University)
Designing Industry 5.0 Training with Generative AI and VR

Mr Etienne Sellan (Ynov Campus)
When Knowledge Becomes Experience

Assoc Prof Sameer Alam (NTU)
Immersive Digital Twins and AI-Augmented Interfaces: Enabling Collaborative and Experiential Learning through Mixed Reality Platforms

Panel Discussion

T2c: Perception and Shared Agency with AI
[Moderator:  Assoc Prof Cai Yiyu]

Dr Dewi Ayu Kencana Ungu (NTU)
Evaluating AI Role-Play in Pre-Service Teacher Training

Assoc Prof Xu Hong (NTU)
Visual Perception, Attention and Judgement of Artificially Created Faces

Asst Prof Wen Yun (NTU/NIE)
From AI-powered Multimodal Feedback to Learner-AI Shared Agency in Second Language Learning

Panel Discussion

W1c: Education Transformation


Assoc Prof Wong Teck Yee (LKCMedicine, NTU), Asst Prof Chow Minyang (LKCMedicine, NTU), and Ms Theophilia Yong (LKCMedicine, NTU)
Driving the Learning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Educators Not Required?

15:15Tea Break
15:45 Parallel Talks / Workshop 4
ColLab1 (Lv5)ColLab2 (Lv5)Learning Studio (Lv1)

T1d: AI in Medical Education
[Moderator:  Ms Theophilia Yong]

Asst Prof Fan Xiuyi (LKCMedicine, NTU) [joining virtually]
Medical AI Curriculum Design: Lessons from Framework Development and Pilot Implementation

Prof Huifang Zhou (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) and Dr Chaoyu Lei (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
AI for Medical Education: Experience from Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Panel Discussion

T2d: Teaching with GenAI?
[Moderator:  Dr Lim Fun Siong]

Dr S.M. Sharon Calor (University of Amsterdam)
GenAI as a Tutor for Mathematics?

Dr Ricky Chua (NTU)
"Bringing a Gen-AI crutch to a swimming meet" - Decoupling students' Gen-AI work from assessment criteria

Assoc Prof Lisa Winstanley (NTU)
Do We Really Want AI in Art and Design Education?

Panel Discussion

W1d: NVIDIA SynthDa

NVIDIA Workshop 2

Ms Megani Rajendran (NVIDIA), Mr Yong Leng Kelvin Tan (Hwa Chong Institution), and Asst Prof Edwin Chng (NTU/NIE)
Hands-On Synthetic Data Generation with SynthDa

17:15Conference Reception
18:30End of Day 2

Day 3: Learning Beyond AI

20 Nov Session
Venue: NTU - LT1A
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome
Prof Liu Woon Chia (NTU/NIE)
Introduction to AIED Research in NIE
9:15 Opening Keynote 5: Prof Mairead Pratschke 
The New Context: The Pedagogical Imperative in the Shift from AI Tools to Systems
10:00Tea break
10:30Keynote 6: Prof Phillip Dawson (Deakin University) [joining virtually]
Assessment Design for a Time of Artificial Intelligence
11:15 Panel Discussion 3 
Chair: Assoc Prof Teo Tang Wee (NTU/NIE)
Panel: Prof Mairéad Pratschke, Prof Phillip Dawson (Deakin University) [joining virtually], Mdm Lee Lin Yee (MOE), Mr Jason See (MOE)
Panel
12:15Transit to NIE + Lunch
Venue: NIE
13:15Parallel Talks / Showcase
NIE - LT 1NIE - LT 2NIE - SoLEC Lab

[Moderator:  Dr Sally Ng]

Prof Venky Shankararaman (SMU)
Empowering Students in the AI Age: Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Curriculum Reform

Dr Ho Shen Yong (NTU)
A Systematic Framework for Assessment Design and Curriculum Design in the AI Era

Note: Ms Parvathy Krishnan (University of Amsterdam) is unable to attend due to work exigencies.

Panel Discussion

[Moderator:  Dr Joel Lai]

Dr Felix Lena Stephanie (NTU) and Dr Lee Zheng-wei (NTU)
Declared or Detected? Exploring GenAI Use in Graduate-Level Writing Assessments

Mr Samuel Tan (Educational Technology Division, MOE) 
Snapshots of AI-Augmented Teaching and Learning Practices from Singapore Schools

Panel Discussion

Science of Learning
Research Showcase

(limited to 40 participants)

14:15Parallel Talks
NIE - LT 1NIE - LT 2NIE - LT 12
Asst Prof Lee Gyeonggeon (NTU/NIE)
A Framework for Bias and Ethics in AI in Relation to Justice in Science Education
Dr Yvonne Seng (NTU) on behalf of Assoc Prof Chua Bee Leng (NTU/NIE)
AI Reflection Assistant for Digital Portfolio
Asst Prof Tanmay Sinha (NTU/NIE)
Teaching AI for Education – Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Practical Considerations
Asst Prof Park Joonhyeong (NTU/NIE)
Teachers as Learners: Leveraging LLMs for STEM Assessment
Dr Suryani Binte Atan (NTU/NIE)
AI-Driven Adaptive Learning in Action: Empowering Student Teachers through PALAS
Dr Yuvaraj Rajamanickam (NTU/NIE)
Emotion-Aware Learning: Understanding Boredom Through Affective Computing
15:15Tea Break
Venue: NIE- LT1
15:45Symposium
Chair: Dr Lydia Cao (University of Toronto)
Dr Lydia Cao (University of Toronto), Assoc Prof Bodong Chen (University of Pennsylvania) [joining virtually], Dr Teo Chew Lee (NTU/NIE), Dr Katherine Yuan (NTU/NIE) 
Learning Beyond AI: Using AI to Scaffold Knowledge Building
16:30Closing Keynote 7: Prof David Hung (NTU/NIE) and Assoc Prof Tan Seng Chee (NTU/NIE)
Teacher Learning Beyond AI: From Intelligent Augmentation to Intelligent Transformation
17:15End of Day 3


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