Professional Service

Research Grants

  1. A Framework for Fast, Accurate, and Explainable Computerized Adaptive Language Test, Early-Career Scientists, No.24K20903, 2024-2027. (PI)
  2. Design and Evaluation of an Evidence-Informed Teaching Improvement Process Using Educational and Learning Data for STEM Talent Development (original title in Japanese), The Joint Research Program with Fukuoka City. 2026-2027. (Co-Investigator)
  3. Design and Evaluation of a Learning Support Environment Leveraging Data-Driven Learning Environments (original title in Japanese), The Joint Research Program with Fukuoka Municipal Fukuoka Girls' High School. 2026-2027. (Co-Investigator)
  4. Advancing Teaching-Material Recommendation and Generation via Fine-Grained Learning Analytics and Generative AI (original title in Japanese), The Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications. 2025-2026. (Co-Investigator)
  5. ICT Curriculum Design and Evaluation for STEM Talent in the Digital Society (original title in Japanese), The Joint Research Program with Fukuoka City Board of Education. 2025-2026. (Co-Investigator)
  6. The Study on English Language Learning Support Systems (original title in Japanese), The Joint Research Program with Obunsha Inc. & OpenDNA Inc. 2023-2026. (PI)
  7. Exploring Forgetting Behavior From Learning Data for Enhancing Knowledge Tracing, Education and Research Support Program on Mathematical and Data Science (Kyushu University). 2023-2024. (PI)
  8. Distributed Cooperative Learning Analytics for Developing Communities (original title in Japanese), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), No.20H00622, 2020-2024. (Co-Investigator)

Journal Reviewing

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT)
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)
Information Processing & Management (IPM)
Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS)
Neurocomputing
Big Data Mining and Analytics (BDMA)
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI)
Journal of Educational Data Mining (JEDM)
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education (IJAIED)
Interactive Learning Environments
Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (RPTEL)
Contemporary Educational Technology
Cogent Education
Discover Education
Discover Artificial Intelligence
Connection Science
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Computers

Conference Reviewing

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026)
ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026)

Program Committee

ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2026)
International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK 2026)
International Conference on Learning Evidence and Analytics (ICLEA 2025-2026)
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2025-2026)
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2025-2026)
International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2024-2026)

Organizing Committee

International Conference on Learning Evidence and Analytics (ICLEA2025)
HAI-Agency: Workshop on Orchestrating Human and AI Agency for Proactive and Reflective Learning (HAI-Agency@AIED2026)

Session Chair

IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2025) [Session: Big Data in Education and Learning Analytics (BDELA)]

Invited Talk

  1. Data-Driven Learning Analytics and Personalized Learning Support Systems.
    4th MediaLib Workshop - Learning Support and Learning Analytics for a New Educational Paradigm. 2023. Kyoto, Japan.
  2. Each Encounter Counts: Modeling Language Learning and Forgetting.
    Forum on Information Technology (FIT2024), Top Conference Session. 2024. Hiroshima, Japan.
    Link

Awards and Honors

🌟Best Short Paper Award:
Examining Metacognitive Difficulties in Learning Programming: Analysis of Student Behavior and Strategy
Huiyong Li, Boxuan Ma* and Chengjiu Yin
International Conference on Learning Evidence and Analytics (ICLEA 2025), 2025.
🌟Best Paper Award:
Leveraging ChatGPT for Automated Knowledge Concept Generation
Tianyuan Yang, Baofeng Ren, Chenghao Gu, Boxuan Ma and Shin'ichi Konomi
International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2024), 2024.
🌟Student Encouragement Award:
EEMR: An Emotion-Enhancing Hybrid Recommendation Mechanism for Music Playlists
Feike Xu, Boxuan Ma and Shin'ichi Konomi
Special Interest Group on Web Intelligence and Interaction, 2024.

Courses

  1. Informatics G & H (E/J Bilingual Course)
    Kyushu University
    2026-2027 Spring Quarter, Summer Quarter
  2. Kikan Education Seminar (English Class)
    Kyushu University
    2026-2027 Summer Quarter
  3. Information ScienceⅠ&Ⅱ
    Kyushu University
    2026-2027 1st Semester
  4. Python Programming Exercise
    Kyushu University
    2026-2027 2rd Semester, Winter Quarter
  5. Methodologies for Practical Data Analysis 1 & 2 (E/J Bilingual Course)
    Kyushu University
    2025-2026 Spring Quarter, Summer Quarter
  6. Kikan Education Seminar (English Class)
    Kyushu University
    2025-2026 Summer Quarter
  7. Information ScienceⅠ&Ⅱ
    Kyushu University
    2025-2026 1st Semester
  8. Python Programming Exercise
    Kyushu University
    2025-2026 2rd Semester, Winter Quarter
  9. Kikan Education Seminar (English Class)
    Kyushu University
    2024-2025 Summer Quarter
  10. Methodologies for Practical Data Analysis (E/J Bilingual Course)
    Kyushu University
    2024-2025 Spring Quarter, Autumn Quarter
  11. Computer Programming Exercise (English Class)
    Kyushu University
    2024-2025 1st Semester
  12. Python Programming Exercise
    Kyushu University
    2024-2025 Winter Quarter*2
  13. Kikan Education Seminar
    Kyushu University
    2023-2024 Summer Quarter
  14. Python Programming Exercise
    Kyushu University
    2023-2024 1st Semester, Summer Quarter, Winter Quarter
  15. Fundamentals of Data Science
    Teaching Fellow
    Kyushu University
    2020-2021 1st Semester
  16. Interdisciplinary Collaboration Learning of Social Issues
    Teaching Assistant
    Kyushu University
    2020-2021
  17. Social Computing
    Teaching Assistant
    Kyushu University
    2019-2021
  18. Fundamentals of Data Science
    Teaching Assistant
    Kyushu University
    2019-2020 1st Semester
  19. Information Science
    Teaching Assistant
    Kyushu University
    2018-2020


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