Song Tong

Dr. Song Tong

Bay Area School of Applied Psychological Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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Biography

Dr. Song Tong is a faculty member at the Bay Area School of Applied Psychological Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, and is affiliated with the Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University. He received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University. His research focuses on AI psychology, psychoinformatics, creativity, and human–AI collaboration, with particular interests in how large language models and emerging technologies can assess, model, and support human cognitive abilities and thinking skills. He has published on LLM-assisted psychological hypothesis generation, embedding-based analyses of psychological constructs, human–LLM collaboration for creativity, and AI-based creativity assessment. He currently serves in academic roles including Interdisciplinary Track Chair for the 2026 International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing (BESC 2026) and as a Young Editorial Board Member of Social Computing and Social Intelligence. He is a Guest Editor of the Journal of Intelligence.

Affiliations

Beijing Normal University

Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

Bay Area School of Applied Psychological Sciences

Honors and Awards

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CAAI-BDSC 2026 Rising Star (Social Computing Young Scholar)

Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, Beijing, China

Selected as a Rising Star / Social Computing Young Scholar at BDSC 2026 and invited as a featured speaker, in recognition of research on AI psychology, psychoinformatics, and human–AI collaboration

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Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Selected for the Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program in recognition of postdoctoral research excellence at Tsinghua University.

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Cognitive Intelligence Scholarship

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Awarded the Cognitive Intelligence Scholarship to support a one-month research visit to the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) at The University of Tokyo.

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International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Beijing, China

Selected for China’s International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program (Incoming Track) to support international postdoctoral research collaboration.

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Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award (Honorable Mention)

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Named a finalist (honorable mention) for the Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award at Tsinghua University (20/3500).

Experience

University Lecturer

Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China

01 Apr 2025 - 01 Jan 2030

Post Doctoral Researcher

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

01 Sep 2021 - 01 Mar 2025

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

Kyoto University, Kyōto, Japan

01 Apr 2015 - 01 Jul 2021