Nian-Shing Chen

Dr. Nian-Shing Chen is a Chair Professor in the Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences and the Program of Learning Sciences at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Taiwan. His research focuses on designing emerging technologies that support human learning, with current work on pedagogical AI agents, human–AI collaboration in education, educational robots, wearable technologies, embodied cognition, and real-time adaptive learning.

Professor Chen has published about 230 refereed journal articles and more than 320 conference papers. His work has been cited more than 30,000 times (Google Scholar h-index 88).

He has been named among the World’s Top 2% Scientists every year from 2020 to 2025, and appears on Stanford University’s Lifelong Science Influence Rankings (1960–2024). In the AD Scientific Index 2027, he ranks 70th in the world in Education (Other), 145th in Education overall, 2nd at NTNU, and 79th in Taiwan. Research.com’s 2024 ranking of top scientists in the Social Sciences and Humanities places him 1,031st in the world and 3rd in Taiwan, and he received the Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities Leader Award four years in a row (2022–2025). He is a three-time recipient of Taiwan’s National Outstanding Research Award (2008, 2011, and 2015). Earlier milestones include ranking second among top authors by article count in Computers & Education, ranking fourth among the top scholars in educational technology in a study published in the British Journal of Educational Technology, and receiving the 2010 top-cited article award from Innovations in Education and Teaching International.

Professor Chen is the former Editor-in-Chief of Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) and the former Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. He is an IEEE Golden Core Member and a Life Member of the ACM.

Research interests: Pedagogical AI agents · Human–AI collaboration · Educational robots · Wearable technologies · Embodied cognition · Real-time adaptive learning