Seiji Isotani

(born 1979 in São Paulo city, São Paulo) is a Brazilian scientist specializing in the areas of artificial intelligence applied to education, particularly intelligent tutoring systems, gamification, and educational technologies. He is a visiting full professor in education at Harvard University and a full professor in computer science and educational technologies at the University of São Paulo. (, USP) since 2019,

Isotani's research focuses on advancing the science of how people learn with interactive and intelligent educational technologies. He is recognized for his research aimed at democratizing access to the benefits of technology to serve underprivileged populations. With over two hundred published scientific articles, he is listed among the most influential Latin American researchers in his fields of expertise. Since 2017, he has been working as a technical-scientific advisor in the design and implementation of various projects and public policies related to evidence-based educational technologies with the Ministry of Education of Brazil. In 2022, he was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Artificial Intelligence in Education, becoming the first Latin American to hold such a position. In 2023, he became an Affiliate Faculty at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Provided by Wikipedia