Short Bio - Jan Vahrenhold

Research Foci

Algorithms and Data Structures, in particular for geometry-related problems
Algorithm Engineering, in particular I/O- and cache-efficiency
Computing Education Resarch, in particular cognitive and non-cognitive aspects of teaching and learning computer science content

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Academic Education
01.2000 – 01.2004
Postdoctoral lecturer qualification in Computer Science (WWU Münster)
05.1996 – 12.1999
Graduate studies in Computer Science (WWU Münster)
10.1992 – 04.1996
Undergraduate studies in Mathematics, Computer Science, Classical Philology, and Educational Sciences (WWU Münster)
Positions
since 03.2012
Full Professor of Computer Science (University of Münster)
09.2006 – 02.2012
Associate Professor of Computer Science (TU Dortmund)
03.2000 – 08.2006
Research Associate at the Department of Computer Science (WWU Münster)
10.2002 – 09.2003
Visiting professor (Universität Siegen)
10.2001 – 03.2002
Visiting professor (UMIT Innsbruck)
05.1996 – 02.2000
Research assistant at the Department of Computer Science (WWU Münster)
External Functions
since 2024
German Informatics Society (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, Speaker)
since 2024
German Informatics Society (Board, Member)
since 2024
Informatics Europe (Board of Directors, Member)
since 2023
TeachAI.org (Advisory Committee, Member)
2021 – 2025
MINT-Vernetzungsstelle, Stifterverband der deutschen Wirtschaft (Scientific Advisory Board, Member)
2024
Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH (Dagstuhl-Seminar 24251 (Teaching Support Systems for Formal Foundations of Computer Science), Co-Organizer)
2021 – 2024
TrainDL (Scientific Advisory Board, Member)
2021 – 2023
German Informatics Society (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, Vice-Speaker)
2022
18th ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER 2022) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
2021
17th ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER 2021) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
2019
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Award, Jury Chair)
2019
Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH (Dagstuhl Seminar 19281 “Notional Machines and Programming Language Semantics in Education”, Co-Organizer)
since 2018
Computer Science Education (Co-Editor-in-Chief)
since 2018
ACM Inroads (Associate Editor)
2009 – 2025
Journal of Computational Geometry (Associate Editor)
2018
ACM SIGCSE Doctoral Consortium (Co-Chair)
2017
Informatics Europe (Infomatics Europe Best Practice in Education Award, Jury Chair)
2017
ACM SIGCSE Doctoral Consortium (Co-Chair)
2016
Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH (Dagstuhl-Seminar 16072 “Assessing Learning in Introductory Computer Science”, Co-Organizer)
2016
11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE 2016) (Program Committee, Co-Chair and General Chair)
2015
8th Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools (ISSEP 2015) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
2015
10th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPCSE 2015) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
2010
4th Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools (ISSEP 2010) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
2010
26th European Workshop on Computational Geometry (EuroCG 2010) (Program Committee, Chair and General Chair)
2009
8th Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2009) (Program Committee, Chair and General Chair)
2005
1st Workshop on Massive Geometric Data Sets (MASSIVE 2005) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)

Research Foci

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Academic Education

Positions

External Functions