Professor Kong Siu-cheung is currently a Research Chair Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology (MIT); and Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Competency Education Centre (AIDCEC), at The Education University of Hong Kong. 

Professor Kong is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL) and Journal of Computers in Education (JCE). He was the President of the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE) in 2014 and 2015 and is serving as the President of the Global Chinese Society for Computers in Education (GCSCE) from July 2023 to June 2025. 

Professor Kong is on the Stanford Top 2% Scientist in Education list from 2019 to 2024. He was the winner of the 2019-2020 HKSAR University Grants Council Teaching Award (Team Award). He won The Education University of Hong Kong President’s Awards for Outstanding Performance in Knowledge Transfer (Team Award) in 2020 and Outstanding Performance in Administration (Team Award) in 2021 and 2024. He was also the winner of the National Teaching Award 2022 – Higher Education (Undergraduate) – Tier-Two Award – Team Award of the PRC. Currently, he is a member of the 7th Academic Committee of the China Association for Educational Technology (CAET). 

Professor Kong is leading an international project on promoting coding education and computational thinking development starting from 2016 to 2025. He is also leading two projects on Artificial Intelligence Literacy education for senior primary and junior secondary students in Hong Kong and France; senior secondary students, university students, school teachers and parents, and administrative staff at workplace in Hong Kong from 2020 to 2026. He is the proposed programme leader of the newly developed and initially approved Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence for Executive Professionals [MSc(AIEP)] programme at the Education University of Hong Kong, pending final approval. His research interests include AI literacy, metaverse literacy, and quantum literacy education; computational thinking, STEM and mathematics education; pedagogy in digital classrooms, teacher development, and policy in digital education.

External Appointments

• Editor-in-Chief, the international journal Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL)
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Computers in Education (JCE)
• Director of Hong Kong Education City Limited (EdCity) (May 2021 to Present)
• Executive Committee Member of Hong Kong Teaching Excellence Alliance (October 2021 to Present)
• Member of CDC Committee on Technology Education, Curriculum Development Council, HKSAR Education Bureau
• Member of the 7th Academic Committee of China Association for Educational Technology (CAET) (April 2024 to Present)