Xinhua News Agency Client: The opening of the Good Future AI Conference, building a new ecology for future education with "AI+Brain Science"
2018-07-20 03:30:06

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In the age of intelligent data, artificial intelligence and neuroscience are experiencing cross-border integration, quietly changing people's thinking patterns and educational methods. On July 18, "Love Education, AI Future" - The 2018 TAL AI SUMMIT (hereinafter referred to as the "TI Conference") was successfully held. At the conference, TAL officially launched the "WISROOM" smart classroom solution, and upgraded the "Magic Mirror" to an intelligent evaluation system based on classroom teaching effectiveness. At the same time, TAL Neuroscience Lab and seven major universities jointly released the "Dynamic Information Group Construction Map of Child and Adolescent Brain Development," launched the "Alpha Brain" brand, and released a curriculum system of neuroscience knowledge to help teachers, parents, and students understand and apply the principles of neuroscience education.
"Internet is reconstructing learning, and artificial intelligence will integrate with education. We hope to make children learn more scientifically by researching the science of learning," said Zhang Bangxin, founder and CEO of TAL. "TAL's mission is to 'use technology to promote educational progress.' We hope to provide large-scale, low-cost, high-quality teaching services through technology, to truly provide education that is in line with the physical and mental health development of students, and work hand in hand with our peers to promote the equal and universal distribution of educational resources."
"AI+ Neuroscience" Collaborative Win to Fully Activate the Education Industry
The intersectional integration of artificial intelligence and neuroscience is triggering a new technological revolution and has become a focus of research for universities and educational enterprises. In recent years, TAL has been making continuous efforts in educational technology, having established the industry's first "Artificial Intelligence Lab" and "Neuroscience Lab." The CTO of TAL stated, "Technologies such as artificial intelligence and neuroscience are promoting further evolution in teaching methods. We hope to use education products and technology to serve schools and institutions of different forms, and rhythmically output to the entire education industry in the future."
The released "WISROOM" is a smart classroom solution developed by TAL based on "artificial intelligence + neuroscience." "WISROOM" hopes to redefine the 40-minute classroom, significantly enhance the participation and interaction of teachers and students, and truly provide "good teachers tailored to each class, and 'personalized attention' tailored to each student." In the WISROOM classroom, teachers can use WISROOM's built-in teaching assistant system to quickly determine "how many students raised their hands to answer a question," "what are their names," "which students have lower participation," and "which students need attention." Most classroom behaviors can be translated into decision suggestions for teachers, providing real-time assistance to teachers during teaching.
"WISROOM" achieves the completeness of the educational scenario, benefiting from the new upgrade of the "Magic Mirror" system. As an important component of "WISROOM," TAL's "Magic Mirror" system uses image and voice artificial intelligence technologies to quantify the teaching process and model the classroom interaction, content delivery, and teacher-student emotions, scientifically evaluating the quality of teaching, and ultimately providing suggestions and guidance for teachers to improve teaching skills.
Under the accumulation of a large number of scientific and technological research and teaching, the application of "AI+ Neuroscience" has already begun to show results in TAL. According to reports, "Magic Mirror" has been used in the teaching of multiple brands under TAL, significantly improving teaching effectiveness. TAL's Neuroscience Lab has also collaborated with XRSI and Jzb in launching open neuroscience courses and series of courses, transforming research results into easy-to-understand and quickly applicable educational teaching methods, and has been recognized by tens of thousands of parents.
At the TI Conference, TAL's Neuroscience Lab announced the launch of the new "Alpha Brain" brand, including courses to empower teachers and parents developed in collaboration with XRSI and Jzb. Its new media platform will also feature programs such as "60-second Neuroscience," "Brainpower Adventure," and live broadcasts to help students unleash their cognitive potential and promote comprehensive development.
Echoing Industry and Social Forces to Advance Future Educational Reform
In addition to launching new products and courses, TAL hopes to bring together industry and society to jointly promote future educational reform. Since its establishment, TAL's AI Lab and Neuroscience Lab have established strategic partnerships with top domestic and foreign universities and have conducted joint scientific research with top experts to explore innovative models for future education.
At the TI Conference, TAL's Neuroscience Lab signed agreements with experts and scholars from several well-known domestic and foreign universities to launch the first industry-wide neuroscience research project, the "Dynamic Information Group Construction Map of Child and Adolescent Brain Development," which will conduct long-term tracking and data collection nationwide to describe the dynamic process of brain development in children and adolescents and establish a corresponding quantitative index system. The lab will also establish a fund for "Cognitive Science and Educational Innovation" to help researchers explore cutting-edge issues in educational neuroscience and encourage the transformation of research results into practical applications.
"The human brain is the ultimate answer to all issues of consciousness, soul, and character." The head of TAL's Neuroscience Lab pointed out, "Through cooperation on neuroscience projects and research topics, TAL hopes to optimize the learning process with neuroscience, cultivate children's thinking and reasoning abilities, and shape a successful character for the future."
Meanwhile, TAL's AI Lab also announced strategic partnerships with four domestic and foreign universities to establish the "Tsinghua University-TAL" Joint Research Center for Intelligent Education Information Technology, the "Stanford University-TAL" Future Education Research Laboratory, the "Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences-TAL" Joint Laboratory for Educational Intelligent Technology, and the "Sichuan University-TAL" Educational Donation Research Center. It also initiated the FUTURE CAMP talent training program, fostering and selecting the most promising scientific and technological talents to enter the field of "AI+ Education," continuously inputting outstanding scientific and technological talents into the education industry.
At the TI Conference, many experts and scholars also discussed the prospects for "how artificial intelligence and neuroscience can help future education." Chen Xilin, a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, expressed the hope that artificial intelligence and education can be better integrated. As a technology education company, TAL's substantial investment in technology is a very positive signal for the education industry, and it hopes that TAL can demonstrate and lead the industry, providing a more equitable education for children.
Artificial intelligence and neuroscience are becoming driving forces to inspire the global education ecosystem. Continuous investment in educational technology is not only an important step for TAL to implement the "technology-driven educational progress," but also demonstrates its firm determination to empower the education industry and explore the future of education. In the future, TAL will inject core driving forces into the future of education through cutting-edge technology and quality services, jointly building a new ecosystem of "technology + education" with the industry.