Research Interests
Information Systems and Knowledge Management - application to E-learning, Technology Enhanced Learning. Educational Data Mining, Learning Analytics.
Current Projects
- Digital Study Programmes: Analysis of Success and Dropout Factors - Digitale Studiengänge: Analyse von Erfolgs- und Abbruchfaktoren (DiSEA). We have released educational datasets and used some of them in the paper "Does Regularity Captured in an LMS Relate to Students' Performance in Courses of an Online Degree Program? A Case Study." Zenodo Preprint.
- Student Advice.
- Associated Partner in the German project mEDUator, a national prototype platform for education.
Older Projects
- Smart Learning: SLHw and SLOW. Ended 31.12.2018
- EU Tempus-Project PROMIS (Master Informatics as a Second Competence)
- fMOOC - Fitness MOOC wearable learning for healthy aging. Ended 31.12.2015.
- Information Retrieval in Learning Management Systems. Ended 30.11.2013.
- "Monitoring of Learning Processes in personalised and not personalised Systems", project LeMo. 01.04.2011 - 31.12.2013.
In the Press
- Software will Abschlüsse von Schülern vorhersagen und verbessern, Rebecca Ciesielski, 07.01.2017, Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Germany.
Member of
- JEDM Journal of Educational Data Mining - Associate Editor - Editor (14.02.2022 - 18.07.2024)
- Journal STICEF Sciences et Technologies de l´Information et de la Communication pour l´Éducation et la Formation - Membre du comité de rédaction
- Data Science Group of Berlin University of Applied Sciences
- International Educational Data Mining Society IEDMS
- Society for Learning Analytics Research Solar
- Association of Computing Machinery ACM
- Gesellschaft für Informatik GI
- Arbeitskreis Learning Analytics
Tutorials
Program Committees present and last years
- EDM 2025 The 18th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, July 20 - 23, 2025, Palermo, Italy. Track JEDM@EDM25 co-Chair.
- 15th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference LAK 25, March 3-7, 2025, Dublin, Ireland.
- 2nd International Tutorial and Workshop on Responsible Knowledge Discovery in Education, Co-Organizer, Side event at the ECML-PKDD 2024 Conference, September 13th, Vilnius, Italy.
- EDM 2024 The 17th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, July 14 - 17, 2024, Atlanta, USA. Track JEDM@EDM24 co-Chair.
- AIED 2025 The 25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Educational, July 8- 12, 2024, Recife, Brazil.
- 1st International Workshop on User-Centered Practices of Knowledge Discovery in Education, Side event at the UMAP 2024 Conference, July 1st, Cagliari, Italy.
- 14th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference LAK 24, March 18-22, 2024, Kyoto, Japan.
- 1st International Tutorial and Workshop on Responsible Knowledge Discovery in Education, Side event at the ECML-PKDD 2023 Conference, September 18th, Turin, Italy.
- Workshop Learning Analytics co-located with DeLFI 2023, 11.09.2023. Aachen, Germany.
- DeLFI 2023 Die 20. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 11.-13.09.2023, Aachen, Germany.
- AIED 2023 The 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Educational, July 3- 7, 2023, Kyoto, Japan.
- EDM 2023 The 16th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, July 11 - 14, 2023, Bengaloru, India. Track JEDM@EDM23 co-Chair.
- 13th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference LAK 23, March 17-21, 2023, Airlington, USA.
- DeLFI 2022 Die 20. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 12.-14.09.2022, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- AIED 2022 The 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Educational, July 27- 31, 2022, Durham, UK and Virtual.
- EDM'22 The 15th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, July 24 - 27, 2022, Durham, UK. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chair.
- 12th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference LAK 22, March 21-25, 2022, Online Everywhere, USA
- Sixteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 20.- 24.09.2021, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
- DeLFI 2021 Die 19. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 13.-16.09.2021, Dortmund - Online, Germany.
- EDM'21 The 14th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, June 29 - July 2, 2021, Paris, France.
- 1st International Workshop on Learning Path Recommender Systems (LPRS) with ACM UMAP 2021, June 21, 2021, Cyberspace. Invited keynote.
- The seventh European MOOCS Stakeholders Summit (EMOOCS 2021), June 22-25, 2021, Potsdam, Germany, Co-Workshop Track Chair
- 2nd International Workshop on Addressing Dropout Rates in Higher Education (ADORE’21) with LAK'21, April 12-13, 2021, Online-Everywhere. Co-Organiser.
- 11th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference LAK 21, April 12-16, 2021, Online Everywhere, USA
- Fifteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 14.- 18.09.2020, Heidelberg, Germany
- DeLFI 2020 Die 18. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 14.-17.09.2020, Heidelberg, Germany.
- EDM'20 The 13th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, July 10- 13, 2020, Ifrane, Morocco.
- AIED 2020 The 21rst International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Educational, July 7- 10, 2020, Ifrane, Morocco.
- 1st International Workshop on Addressing Dropout Rates in Higher Education (ADORE’20) with LAK'20, March 24, 2020, Frankfurt, Germany. Co-Organiser.
- 10th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference LAK 20, March 23-27, 2020, Frankfurt, Germany
- 3rd Annual Learning & Student Analytics Conference (LSAC) 2019, 22-23.10.2019, Nancy, France, invited speaker.
- Fourteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 16.- 20.09.2019, Delft, The Netherlands
- DeLFI 2019 Die 17. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 16.-19.09.2019, Berlin, Germany.
- EDM'19 The 12th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, Program Chair, July 2- 5, 2019, Montreal, Canada.
- Israeli Workshop on Learning Analytics, Invited Speaker, March 25-26, 2019, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- 9th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference LAK 19, March 4-8, 2019, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Computer Science and Software Engineering ICONICS'18, Keynote, December 5-6, 2018, NED University, Karachi, Pakistan
- DeLFI 2018 Die 16. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 10.-13.09.2018, Frankfurt, Germany. Keynote
- Workshop Learning Analytics DeLFI 2018 10.09.2015, Frankfurt, Germany
- Thirteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 03.- 06.09.2018, Leads, UK
- EDM'18 The 11th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, July 15- 18, 2018, Buffalo NY, USA.
- 8th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference LAK 18, Program Chair, March 5-9, 2018, Sydney, Australia
- Twelfth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, 12.- 15.09.2017, Tallin, Estonia
- DeLFI 2017 Die 15. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 05.-08.09.2017, Leipzig, Germany
- The fourth International Workshop on Educational Recommender Systems EdRecSys 2017 at UMAP2017, July 9, 2017, Bratislava, Slovakia.
- EDM'17 The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, June 25- 28, 2017, Wuhan, China.
- 24th International Science Conference on Computer Networks CN2017, June 20-23, 2017, Poland.
- Conférence Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain EIAH 2017, Strasbourg, France, June 6-9 2017.
- 1st Learning Analytics Summer Institute LASI Berlin, HTW Berlin, Germany, 6.-7.04.2017, co-organizer.
- The 7th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, March 13-17, 2017.
- EC-TEL 2016 ELEVENTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING, 14.- 16.09.2016, Lyon, France.
- DeLFI 2016 - Die 14. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 11.- 44.09.2015, Potsdam, Germany.
- Workshop Learning Analytics DeLFI 2016 11.09.2015, Potsdam, Germany
- EDM'16 the 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, June 29- July 2, 2016, Raleigh, NC, USA.
- The 6th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK16), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, April 25-29, 2016.
- EC-TEL 2015 TENTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING, 15.- 18.09.2015, Toledo, Spain.
- DeLFI 2015 - Die 13. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 1.- 04.09.2015, Munich, Germany.
- Workshop Learning Analytics DeLFI 2015 01.09.2015, Munich, Germany
- EDM'15 8th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, June 26-29, 2015 Madrid, Spain. Industry Track co-chair.
- Conférence Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain EIAH’2015 , Agadir, Maroc, June 2-5 2015.
- Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK15), Programm Chair, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, USA, March 16-20, 2015.
- EC-TEL 2014 NINTH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING, 16.- 19.09.2014, Graz, Austria.
- DeLFI 2014 - Die 12. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 12.- 15.09.2014, Freiburg, Germany.
- EDM'14 7th International Conference on Educational Data Mining , July 4, 2014 - July 7, 2014 London, UK.
- Fourth International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK14), Indianapolis, USA, March 24-28, 2014.
- DeLFI 2013 - Die 11. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, 08.- 11.09.2013, Bremen, Germany.
- EDM'13 6th International Conference on Educational Data Mining , July 6, 2013 - July 9, 2013 Memphis, TN, USA.
- Third International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK13), Leuven, Belgium, April 7 , 2013 - April 12, 2013.
- DAILE13 Workshop on Data Analysis and Interpretation for Learning Environments, Alpine Rendez-vous 2013. January 28-30, Villard de Lans, France.
- DeLFI 2012 - Die 10. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik , 24.- 26.09.2012, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.
- EDM'12 5th International Conference on Educational Data Mining , June 19, 2012 - June 21, 2012 Panorama Hotel, Chania, Greece.
- Second International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK12), Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, Canada from 29th April to 2nd May 2012.
- Workshop Emerging Web Technologies, Facing the Future of Education, half day 16th april 2012, afternoon, Lyon, France.
Collaborations with
- AIDA team: Interdisciplinary approach for technology enhanced learning.
Check
- Journal of Educational Data Mining. Associate Editor
- Sciences et Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication pour l'Éducation et la Formation. Member of the Editorial Board
Former Interests:
- Formal Verification, Reactive Systems, Formal Methods, Temporal Logics, Synchronous Languages, Petri Nets.
- Collaboration with the modelisation and verification team of LIAFA, university of Paris 7.
- TURN program, the research network of TTTech.
