Nian-Shing Chen

Dr. Nian-Shing Chen is serving as a Chair Professor in the Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences and Program of Learning Sciences at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.

Professor Chen received the National Outstanding Research award three times in 2008, 2011, and 2015. He is once ranked in second place on the Top Authors list by article count in Computers & Education. He was ranked number 4 on the top scholar list in the educational technology field based on an article published in the British Journal of Educational Technology. One of his papers published in Innovations in Education and Teaching International was awarded as the top-cited article in 2010.

Based on AD Scientific Index 2027, Prof. Chen is ranked 70th in the world in Education (Other, All), 145th in Education overall, 2nd at NTNU, and 79th in Taiwan. He is listed as World’s top 2% scientists in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 and in the list of "Lifelong Science Influence Rankings (1960-2024) by Stanford University. The 2024 Edition of Top Scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities by Research.com released recently at https://research.com/scientists-rankings/social-sciences-and-humanities where Professor Chen ranked 1031 in the world and 3 in Taiwan. He has also been recognized for the Social Sciences and Humanities Leader Award for the consecutive four years in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Professor Chen was served as the Editor-in-Chief for Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) journal. He is also a golden core member of IEEE, a lifelong member of ACM, and the former Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology.

Specialties: Pedagogical AI agent, Educational robots, Wearable technologies, Embodied Cognition, Real-time Adaptive Learning