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July 31, 2026July 31, 2026news, researchBy ireneAIED, AIED2026, conferences, festival of learning

colaps at the Festival of Learning 2026

We had a great time at the Festival of Learning / AIED 2026 in Seoul, South Korea presenting our work, meeting old and new friends and colleagues 🙂 You can see a short video about our adventures here: https://youtu.be/7geVdmw_5J8?si=Aj-NSel8Mtn6-mLM This year, the group had 4 main contributions: Kai presented our paper “Beyond one-size-fits-all: personalizing computational proxies of the zone of proximal development through help-seeking behaviors“.This paper proposes a computational representation […]

July 29, 2026August 6, 2026job opportunities, newsBy irene

AI Literacy & Learner Modeling at colaps

AI-generated image that depicts a dialogue between a human and an LLM

We are excited to open a new PhD position at colaps at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) at the intersection of learner modeling, psychology, philosophy and generative AI. What’s the project about? The position is part of MORAL-ALIGN, a DFG-funded project in the context of the DFG Priority Programme 2573 “Rethinking Disinformation” (Re:DIS) exploring how generative AI systems can gradually shift their moral framing to match a user and how […]

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 […]