Keynote speakers biography

Prof. Tsukasa Hirashima received his Ph.D. in 1991 from Osaka University, Japan. He worked at The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University as a research associate and lecturer from 1991 to 1997. During 1997–2003, he worked in Department of Artificial Intelligence at Kyushu Institute of Technology as an associate professor. He has been a professor of Graduate School, Department of Information Engineering, Hiroshima University since 2004. Prof. Hirashima's contributions in Computers in Education, especially, in artificial intelligence in education include modeling of problem-solving process, error-visualization for error-awareness, information filtering, question/problem generation, learning by problem posing and design method of learning game. Recently, he is interested in Kit-Build concept map on formative assessment, Educational Externalization of Thinking Task by Kit, and Effects of Error-Based Simulation as a Counterexample for Correcting MIF Misconception.