The new generation of information technology has led a new digital wave in the world, and large language models (LLM) have further accelerated the process of informatization and intelligence of the human society. The digital transformation of higher education has been also promoted by this digital wave. Facing the challenges of these changes, universities around the world are actively exploring new education models and the ways to cultivate Π-shaped elites in the digital era. The concept of sustainable competency-oriented computing education has been developed to adapt to future technological and social changes. Based on analyzing the characteristics of engineering and computing education in the digital era, the concepts of sustainable competency are presented in this talk. In order to cultivate the Π-shape IT elites with sustainable competencies, agile education and open education ecosystems are also proposed. Then, through the new trends of higher education in the future, new forms of higher education, e.g., AI+ education, service-oriented education, metaverse education, are presented. Finally, some thoughts and suggestions on the innovation and development of computer education in the future digital and intelligent era are put forward from the viewpoint of sustainable competency-oriented agile education, AGI and metaverse empowered education, ability-driven education, university-industry collaboration, and education ecological fusion.

Prof. Dr. Xu Xiaofei received his Ph.D. Degree in computer science at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in 1988, and has been a professor of HIT since 1993. He was also vice president of HIT. He is a Fellow of China Computer Federation (CCF), vice director of China MOE (Ministry of Education) University Steering Committee on Software Engineering, vice director of China MOE University Steering Committee on Digital Education and Innovation, and chairman of the executive committee of the Union of MOOC associations in China. His research interests include service computing, service science and engineering, enterprise computing, software engineering, digital education, etc. He is the author/co-author of 300+ journal/conference papers, and seven academic books. His awards, include the CCF Outstanding Education Award, IEEE TCSVC Outstanding Leadership Award, CCF Outstanding Contribution Award, and CCF TCSC Life-Time Academic Contribution Award. He has been chair or co-chair of conferences, and on program committees in more than twenty international conferences, including IEEE ICWS, SCC, ICSOC, and ICSS. He has supervised 36 Ph.D. and over 100 Masters on computer science and software engineering.