Welcome to IES group web page !

Introduction to IES Group

Information and Communication Technology (ICT), esp. the Internet and the World Wide Web, AI, and machine learning have been revolutionizing education. Educational systems are computerized and networked. They become fertile soil for artificial intelligence (AI) that makes educational systems smart and efficient for both educators and learners. The only limitation is your imagination. When we work together, we can make things happen.
Our research is funded by NSERC, Alberta Innovates, and Athabasca University. We are a group of researchers who devote our attention to the study of AI for education.

• Adaptive Learning
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems
• Formative Assessment and Adaptive Practicing
• Interactive Simulation and Visualization
• Auto-assessed Exercises
• Emotional Intelligence
• Gamified Learning Systems
• Student modeling

• Dr. Fuhua (Oscar) Lin (Group founder and leader)
• Professor Dr. Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
• Professor Dr. Wu-Yuin Hwang, National Central University, Taiwan
• Professor Dr. Rossitza Marinova, Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada
• Dr. Volodymyr Voytenko, Professor at Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advance Learning, Greater Toronto Area, Canada
• Dr. Azza Basiouni, Liwa University, UAE.
• Dr. Hongxin Yan
• Hyeyung Park (EdD (doctoral student of Athabasca University))
• Raymond Morland (MSc IS, Athabasca University )
• Gagan Jhajj (MSc CIS, Athabasca University)
• Jeet Parmar (MSc CIS, Athabasca University)
• Ryan Gustafson, Applied Research Coordinator & Computer Science Instructor at Southeast College Saskatchewan of Canada, (MSc CIS, Athabasca University)
• Adam Zieleman (MSc CIS, Athabasca University)
• Greg MacDonald (MSc CIS, Athabasca University)
• Edenilson De Meira (MSc CIS, Athabasca University)
• Katelyn Grimoldby (NSERC Undergrad Student Research Award (USRA) recipient, 2025, Athabasca University )
• Nicholas Rey (BSc CIS, Athabasca University)

• Leo Howard (MSc CIS, Athabasca University)
• Anthony Azime (MSc CIS, Athabasca University, co-supervised with Ali Dewan)
• Jacob Mellick (USRA, University of Alberta)
• Hari Bala (BSc CIS, Athabasca University)
• Supun De Silva (BSc CIS, Athabasca University)
• Diptanshu Mandal (MITACS GRI 2023 from India)
• Manuel Gentes (MITACS GRI 2023 from Germany)
• Archit Sood (MITACS GRI 2023 from India)
• Gurpreet Singh (MITACS Globalink Research Internship (GRI) 2017 from India)
• Nitin Dogra (MITACS GRI 2018 from India)
• AJ Armstrong (MSc IS)
• Ming Cai (NSERC RA)
• Diane Qiao (NSERC RA)
• Jack Huang (NSERC USRA)
• Michale Dupuis (BSc CIS)
• Philip Kirkbride (MITACS Research Training Award Recipient,2019 MSc IS)
• John Mui (MSc IS)
• Michale Procter (MSc IS)
• Grant McClure (MSc IS)
• Jeanne Blair (MSc IS)
• Sima Shabani (MSc IS)
• Ireti Fakinlede (MSc IS)
• William Chen (MSc IS)
• Steeve Leberge (MSc IS)
• Harsh Kothari (NSERC USRA, U of Alberta, UG, co-supervised with Dr Ali Dewan)
• Leo Howard (NSERC USRA, BSc CIS)
• Jerry (Ryan) Gustafson (NSERC USRA, BSc CIS)
• Lawrence Wang (USRA, University of Alberta)
• Rayhan Kabir (Research Assistant)

• Bo Wu (Waseda University, Japan)
• Martin Weng (from Tamkang University, Taiwan, R, O. China)

• Dr Eugene (Youn-Gyou) Kook (from Korea)
• Dr Xia Ning (from P. R. China)
• Lanlan Huang (from P. R. China)