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EdUHK Holds Pitch Day and Award Ceremony of AIREA Higher Education and Open Category

The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), in partnership with the Artificial Intelligence Research and Education Alliance (AIREA), hosted the Pitch Day and Award Ceremony for the Higher Education and Open Category of the AIREA International Competition on AI in Education, on 20 August 2025. The competition attracted over 200 submissions from countries and places including India, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as Mainland China and Hong Kong. From the submissions, 32 finalists were selected.

 

The competition was divided into two categories: Higher Education and Open. Each category featured three tracks and judged by up to 12 scholars from various universities. The judges for Stream 1 included Professor Jia Jiyou from Peking University, Professor Morris Jong Siu-vung from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and Dr Sun Daner, Associate Head at the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology of EdUHK. The judges for Stream 2 comprised Professor Jiang Bo from East China Normal University, Dr Sean McMinn from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Professor Wang Minjuan, Chair Professor of Emerging Technologies and Future Education, Associate Co-Director of Academy for Applied Policy Studies and Education Futures and Co-Director, Global Institute for Emerging Technologies of EdUHK. The judges for Stream 3 (Higher Education category) included Professor Shen Jun from the University of Wollongong, Professor King Irwin from CUHK and EdUHK Research Chair Professor of Learning Sciences; Associate Dean (Quality Assurance and Enhancement) Professor Looi Chee-kit. Also judging in Stream 3 (Open category) were Professor Li Li, Director of Higher Education Research Institute at iFLYTEK, Professor Ali Raian from Hamad Bin Khalifa University and Professor Xu Guandong, Chair Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Director of Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology and Director of University Research Facility of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence from EdUHK.


Open Category—Stream 1

Project Title

Team/School

Region

Result

Empowering a Future-Ready Community: VSA’s Design-Driven Holistic AI Integration

Victoria Shanghai Academy

Hong Kong

Champion

ExPAND in Practice: Supporting Young ESL Learners with Scaffolded AI Integration

Affinity Learn London Limited

United Kingdom

First-Runner Up

The next-generation personalized learning AI agent

The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong

Second-Runner Up

Open Category—Stream 2

Project Title

Team/School

Region

Result

AICan-AI for Cantonese Education

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hong Kong

Champion

Bilden Full Stack AI Education Solution

Harvard University, Columbia University, Southwest University, Bilden Education

Mainland China, United States

First-Runner Up

MathAgent: Leveraging a Mixture-of-Math-Agent Framework for Real-World Multimodal Mathematical Error Detection

Squirrel Ai Learning, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Mainland China

Second-Runner Up

Virtual Reality in Chinese Poem

The Salvation Army Tin Ka Ping School, The Education University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Merit

InstrucTwin: Your Trusted Virtual Teaching Assistant

Umm AI-Qura University, King Faisal University

Saudi Arabia

Excellence in Educational Impact Award

Open Category—Stream 3

Project Title

Team/School

Region

Result

Enhance social and emotional learning of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder through a gamified interactive virtual community of generative agents (ESAIAS)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong

Champion

Deep K12 math error attribution and error-aware tutoring with LLMs

Squirrel AI Learning

Mainland China

First Runner-Up

R’ODYSSEY: AI-Powered Interactive Storytelling and Analytics for Engaged Learning Across Subjects

The EduHK Jockey Club Primary School

Hong Kong

Second Runner-Up

JoBot

The Education University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Merit

Embodied conversational agents for the development of professional communication skills: Design and evaluation of a learning environment with virtual conversation agents for Retail Assistants

Zurich University of Teacher Education, Switzerland, Deakin University Melbourne, Vocational School BBZ Herisau, Switzerland

Switzerland, Australia

Outstanding Innovation and Creativity Award

Pain points in the process of chemistry teaching

Harbin No.9 High School

Mainland China

Innovative Problem Discovery Award

Towards Automatic Arabic Test Scoring: Leveraging ChatGPT for Prompt Design

Umm AI-Qura University

Saudi Arabia

Excellence in Educational Impact Award

Higer Education Category—Stream 1

Project Title

Team/School

Region

Result

IntelliTest

Mumbai University

India

Champion

VLG[AI]: CHATBOT PROMPT GUIDEFOR SUCCESSFUL VLOGGING-Unleash Your True Creativity

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Malaysia

First Runner-Up

AI-Driven Critical Thinking Coach

Nagoya University

Japan

Second Runner-Up

PIZZ

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong

Merit

Higer Education Category—Stream 2

Project Title

Team/School

Region

Result

K-CUBE PET: Knowledge Graph Personalized Engagement Tutor for Immersive Teaching and Learning

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong

Champion

GenAI Global Sign Language Translatorr

Hong Kong Institute of Information Technology at IVE (Lee Wai Lee)

Hong Kong

First Runner-Up

ChatnLearn: Enhancing Personalised Learning through Speech-to-Speech AI Conversation for Hong Kong Secondary Students

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

Second Runner-Up

Cracking the vicious circle of pre-exam anxiety with AI intelligence - a lightweight AI solution based on psychology

Hong Kong Metropolitan University Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education (LiPACE)

Hong Kong

Merit

Higer Education Category—Stream 3

Project Title

Team/School

Region

Result

ROV for Environmental Monitoring and Education

The Education University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Champion

Fencing in the Metaverse:

Revolutionising Training with

Virtual Reality

The Education University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

First Runner-Up

LLM-enabled chatbot of supporting teachers' AI competency development based on AI-CFT

University College London

United Kingdom

SecondRunner-Up

Facial Expression Recognition, Sign Language and English Bilingual Learning Software

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Sha Tin)

Hong Kong

Merit

Intelligent recommendations for online video courses

Central China Normal University

Mainland China

Merit

Fencing in the Metaverse:

Revolutionising Training with

Virtual Reality

The Education University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Outstanding Innovation and Creativity Award

DeepFusionRec – A Hybrid Knowledge Graph & Sequence Behaviour Recommendation System

The Education University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Best Pitching Award

The Award Presentation Ceremony was addressed by Professor John Lee Chi-Kin, EdUHK President. Professor Lee said, “The diverse participation across continents and cultures emphasises our shared vision: harnessing AI responsibly and ethically to improve the quality of education and society worldwide.”


The competition demonstrated the potential and adaptability of AI technology. EdUHK and AIREA will continue to promote collaboration in AI research and education by engaging with experts and professionals from renowned universities, research centres and industry entities worldwide. The goal is to drive innovation in the education sector and beyond, to foster a more inclusive and responsible AI research and education ecosystem.
 

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