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May 12, 2026May 12, 2026colaps statements, newsBy irene

Congratulations, Cleo Schulten! 🎉

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, Universität Duisburg-Essen. The dissertation was awarded magna cum laude, a testament to the quality and rigor of four years of dedicated research. Cleo joined the COLAPS research group in 2021, and from the […]

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026newsBy Bibeg Limbu

AugMENTOR: Augmented Intelligence for Pedagogically Sustained Training and Education

In December 2025, we at the Colaps Group at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) successfully concluded the European H2020 AugMENTOR project (https://augmentor-project.eu) AugMENTOR’s project was led by an international consortium of thirteen (13) European Institutions. The Colaps augMENTOR team consisted of Prof. Dr. Irene-angelica Chounta, Bibeg Limbu, and Lisa van der Heyden. AugMENTOR adopts an augmented intelligence approach to develop personalised and collaborative learning paths that promote both foundational and […]