Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT)Coordinator

Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology · Berlin, Germany · bht-berlin.de

Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT) is a public university of applied sciences in Berlin and one of the largest in Germany. Its present form dates from 1971, when several engineering academies merged; it has carried its current name since October 2021. Some 11,600 students are enrolled in its eight departments. Its research includes the Data Science +X Research Center, where mathematicians and computer scientists work on machine learning and text and image mining, with a dedicated AI + Education strand. The Competence Center for Digital Teaching is the university’s central contact point for digitalisation in teaching, offering advice, training and guidance on the use of AI.

Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem · Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Schoeneberg

Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC)

Spanish National Research Council · Barcelona, Spain · iiia.csic.es

The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) is an internationally recognised research institute in artificial intelligence, conducting research in areas such as machine learning, multi-agent systems, automated reasoning and natural language processing. Its research is organised around three core areas — Machine Learning, Multiagent Systems, and Reasoning and Logic — supported by a dedicated technology transfer unit. With over 3,000 scientific publications and more than 100 PhD theses, IIIA-CSIC plays a significant role in advancing both fundamental and applied AI research. The institute contributes to the international scientific community through editorial leadership, research networks and the organisation of major international conferences. IIIA-CSIC also coordinates AIHUB-CSIC, the Spanish National Research Council’s multidisciplinary artificial intelligence network, which brings together more than 500 researchers working on fundamental AI research and its applications across scientific disciplines.

Université Côte d’Azur

Nice, France · univ-cotedazur.eu

Université Côte d’Azur (UniCA) is a public research university based in Nice. Since January 2020 it has operated as an experimental university, succeeding the Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, founded in 1965. It enrols about 35,000 students and received the French Initiative of Excellence (IdEx) label in 2016. Its research units include LINE, a team in educational sciences hosted at the INSPE teacher-education institute in Nice, which studies educational innovation, media literacy, co-creativity and critical thinking from nursery school to university. UniCA also offers the MSc SmartEdTech, a two-year, largely online programme taught in English that combines computer science, education sciences and applied cognitive science, including machine learning applied to learning data.

Prof. Dr. Oksana Strutynska · Chengcheng Li

University of Oulu

Oulun yliopisto · Oulu, Finland · oulu.fi

The University of Oulu, founded in 1958, is a Finnish research university with about 14,800 students and 4,300 staff in eight faculties; AI, digitalisation and data form one of its four research focus areas. In the Faculty of Education and Psychology, the Learning and Educational Technology Research Lab (LET Lab) studies self-regulated, socially shared and collaborative learning, drawing on multimodal data and learning analytics, and examines human-AI collaboration. The Hybrid Intelligence research programme, funded by the Research Council of Finland, combines expertise in emotion AI, learning processes, perceptual engineering and nursing science to investigate how humans and AI co-evolve and learn together in physical and virtual realities.

Dr. Andy Nguyen · Prof. Sanna Järvelä · Dr. Luna Huynh · Azusa Nakata

INESC-ID

Lisbon, Portugal · inesc-id.pt

INESC-ID is a private, non-profit research institute in Lisbon working in computer science and electrical and computer engineering. Created in 1999 and jointly owned by Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon) and INESC, it has public-interest status and has been an Associate Laboratory of the Portuguese science ministry since 2004. More than 800 researchers, students and staff work across ten scientific areas. The Group of Artificial Intelligence for People and Society (GAIPS) conducts research on affective computing, intelligent agents, social robotics, serious games and multi-agent systems, and has a long record of projects on technology-enhanced learning, such as empathic robot tutors and educational games for children.

Prof. Ana Paiva · Prof. Rui Prada · Prof. Joana Campos

Dragomanov Ukrainian State University (DUSU)

Kyiv, Ukraine · udu.edu.ua

Dragomanov Ukrainian State University (DUSU) is one of Ukraine’s long-established higher-education institutions, with a strong tradition in teacher education, pedagogical research and educational innovation. The university plays an important role in preparing future educators and advancing modern teaching methodologies, with a growing focus on digital transformation, artificial intelligence and the development of digital competences. DUSU takes part in international research and educational projects that promote the integration of AI technologies into teaching and learning. Through its research in computer-science education, AI-assisted learning and innovative pedagogical approaches, the university contributes to modern, technology-enhanced education in Ukraine and beyond.