The University of North Texas, USA

Research interests: innovative paradigms, architectures and implementations of online, distance learning systems for individualized, adaptive learning in increasingly global environments

Bio:

Dr. Kinshuk is the Dean of the College of Information and Full Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas. Prior to that, he held the NSERC/CNRL/Xerox/McGraw Hill Research Chair for Adaptivity and Personalization in Informatics. He was also Full Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems and Associate Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology, at Athabasca University, Canada. His work has been dedicated to advancing research on the innovative paradigms, architectures and implementations of online and distance learning systems for individualized and adaptive learning in increasingly global environments.

With more than 575 research publications in refereed journals, international refereed conferences and book chapters, he is frequently invited as keynote or principal speaker in international conferences and visiting professor around the world. He has been twice awarded the prestigious fellowship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2008 and 2013). He also has a successful record of procuring external funding over 10 million US dollars as principal and co-principal investigator. Dr. Kinshuk is Founding Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technologies, Founding Editor of the Educational Technology & Society Journal (SSCI indexed, within top 10 in Google Scholar metrics ranking for Educational Technology), and Founding Editor of Springer's Smart Learning Environments journal.