Congratulations, Cleo Schulten! 馃帀

We are delighted to share that Cleo M. Schulten has successfully defended her PhD dissertation, “Learning in Hackathons: Proposing a methodological framework for the design, implementation and evaluation of interest-driven, community-based events”, at the Faculty of Computer Science, Universit盲t Duisburg-Essen. The dissertation was awarded magna cum laude,聽a testament to the quality and rigor of four years of dedicated research. Cleo joined the COLAPS research group in 2021, and from the […]

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Call for Teaching Assistants

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Call for Teaching Assistants Course: Introduction to Programming (Grundlegende Programmiertechniken), IP101 We are seeking enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistants (TAs) for our upcoming Introduction聽to Programming course for the MIPSY bachelor program, scheduled for WiSe 2025/26. This course聽introduces students to fundamental programming concepts, problem-solving techniques, and basic聽software development skills, using Python. Responsibilities: Assist in delivering lab sessions and tutorials Provide guidance to students during coding exercises Help develop instructional materials and […]

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colaps: Mission and Vision Statement

Founded in 2021, the research group “Computational Methods in Modeling and Analysis of Learning Processes” (COLAPS) is one of the 13 scientific fields at the Department of Human-centered Computing and Cognitive Science (HCCS), Faculty of Computer Science, University of Duisburg-Essen. Our mission is to conduct innovative research on the integration of artificial intelligence and data analytics in education with the aim to model how people learn and to foster transformative […]

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