Xiangen Hu

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Professor
Xiangen Hu
胡祥恩
Citizenship Flag of the United States.svg American
Known forCognitive Psychology, Research Design and Statistics, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Tutoring
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 胡祥恩
Simplified Chinese 胡祥恩
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Hú Xiángēn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping wu4 cheung4 yan1
Website www.xiangenhu.info

Xiangen Hu is a Chinese-American Psychologist and Computer Scientist. He is currently a Chair Professor of Learning Sciences and Technologies at Department of Applied Social Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. [1] He is also the Director of Institute for Higher Education Research and Development [2] and Educational Research Center of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. [3]

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Hu is a Professor Emeritus of Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis (UofM), [4] where he was a professor in the Departments of Psychology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science for 30 years, and also worked as a senior researcher at the Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS). [5] Meanwhile, Prof Hu has been appointed Professor and Dean of the School of Psychology in the Central China Normal University since 2016 on a visiting basis where he has established good connections with the Chinese Mainland. He also used to work as a senior researcher at the Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior, backed by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Hu is also an Advisor of EmoBay, a Hong Kong-based startup. [6]

Background

Hu obtained an MS in applied mathematics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1985. He then completed an MA in social science in 1991 and Ph.D. in cognitive sciences in 1993 - both at the University of California, Irvine. [5]

Hu is a co-director of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) center. As a member of the ADL Initiative, Hu was one of the first proponents of SCORM. He is also employed as a senior researcher in the Chinese Ministry of Education. [7]

Hu is a contributor to the Handbook of Latent Semantic Analysis.

References

  1. ↑ "Prof. Xiangen HU | Academic Staff | People". Department of Applied Social Sciences. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  2. ↑ "Director | People". Institute for Higher Education Research and Development. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  3. ↑ "Director | People". Educational Research Centre. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  4. ↑ "Xiangen Hu, Ph.D." www.memphis.edu. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  5. 1 2 Sottilare, Robert; Graesser, Arthur; Hu, Xiangen; Holden, Heather (2013). Design Recommendations for Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Volume 1 - Learner Modeling. Orlando, FL: U.S. Army Research Laboratory. p. 254. ISBN   978-0-9893923-0-3.
  6. ↑ "EmoBay - Your AI Psychosocial Bestie Available Anytime, Anywhere!". emobay.org. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  7. ↑ O'Neil, Harold F.; Baker, Eva L.; Perez, Ray S. (2016). Using Games and Simulations for Teaching and Assessment: Key Issues. New York: Routledge. pp. xiii. ISBN   978-0-415-73787-6.


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