MENLO PARK, Calif., April 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a research collaboration between China's Shanghai-based educational technology company Yixue Education and SRI International entered a new phase, as part of the collaboration, Yixue Education will further work with Stanford International Research Institute to adopt its expertise in artificial intelligence technology and education system solutions to improve the learning effect of Chinese students.
Yixue has opened more than 600 learning centers in many large, medium and small cities in China, providing artificial intelligence-driven personalized K12 extracurricular tutoring services in a mixed classroom learning mode. Online tutoring, AI-driven adaptive learning experience and rich high-quality multidisciplinary course content.
In China, most students do not get a personalized learning experience at all, and qualified tutors are in short supply. By the end of 2018, Yixue expects to open about 1,600 AI adaptive learning centers.
In order to improve its ability to provide personalized learning services for students, Yixue will join hands with its AI technology partner, Stanford International Research Institute, to expand the scale of Yixue's US Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and conduct research on artificial intelligence, natural language, emotion recognition, learning The improvement of system design and cooperation in other research and development areas will further improve the learning outcomes, learning efficiency and student participation of Yixue artificial intelligence system.
Robert Pearlstein, vice president of global business development at the Stanford Institute for International Studies, said: "Our team is very excited to continue working with Yixue to help advance their mission of personalizing learning for more children. By developing strategies together To plan, analyze educational big data and deploy advanced artificial intelligence software technology, we are excited to work with Yixue to further improve the efficiency of its advanced adaptive learning system.”
Li Haoyang, Chairman of Yixue Education, said: "Working with Stanford International Research Institute and leveraging SRI's leading artificial intelligence research capabilities, we will jointly formulate strategic cooperation plans to analyze students' learning data, develop and implement artificial intelligence software technology to improve student participation. efficiency, efficiency and learning outcomes. We are excited to expand our long-standing collaboration with SRI and develop students, schools and educational companies that will benefit China and, in time, we hope globally.”
From left to right: Stephen Ciesinski, President of SRI; Derek Haoyang Li, Founder and Chairman of Yixue Education; Robert Pearlstein, Vice President of SRI
About Stanford International Institute
SRI develops world-changing solutions that help people live safer, healthier and more productive lives. The Institute is a Menlo Park, California-based research center focused on advanced technologies and systems, biological sciences, computing and education. The institute provides innovation to the market in the form of technology licensing, spin-off innovative companies and new product solutions.
Introduction to Yixue Education
Yixue Education is China's leading AI-based adaptive learning service provider for K-12 (K-12) students. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, Yixue provides extracurricular tutoring courses in mathematics, English, Chinese, physics and chemistry supported by its self-developed artificial intelligence adaptive engine and customized content. Students on the Yixue AI platform experience supervised adaptive learning, an experience that has been shown to improve student achievement, efficiency and learning engagement in classes in Yixue online and offline learning centers.