Prof. Dr. 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
 
CV

Academic Education

Postdoctoral lecturer qualification in Computer Science (WWU Münster)
Graduate studies in Computer Science (WWU Münster)
Undergraduate studies in Mathematics, Computer Science, Classical Philology, and Educational Sciences (WWU Münster)

Positions

Full Professor of Computer Science (University of Münster)
Associate Professor of Computer Science (TU Dortmund)
Research Associate at the Department of Computer Science (WWU Münster)
Visiting professor (Universität Siegen)
Visiting professor (UMIT Innsbruck)
Research assistant at the Department of Computer Science (WWU Münster)

External Functions

German Informatics Society (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, Speaker)
German Informatics Society (Board, Member)
Informatics Europe (Board of Directors, Member)
TeachAI.org (Advisory Committee, Member)
MINT-Vernetzungsstelle, Stifterverband der deutschen Wirtschaft (Scientific Advisory Board, Member)
Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH (Dagstuhl-Seminar 24251 (Teaching Support Systems for Formal Foundations of Computer Science), Co-Organizer)
TrainDL (Scientific Advisory Board, Member)
German Informatics Society (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, Vice-Speaker)
18th ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER 2022) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
17th ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER 2021) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Award, Jury Chair)
Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH (Dagstuhl Seminar 19281 “Notional Machines and Programming Language Semantics in Education”, Co-Organizer)
Computer Science Education (Co-Editor-in-Chief)
ACM Inroads (Associate Editor)
Journal of Computational Geometry (Associate Editor)
ACM SIGCSE Doctoral Consortium (Co-Chair)
Informatics Europe (Infomatics Europe Best Practice in Education Award, Jury Chair)
ACM SIGCSE Doctoral Consortium (Co-Chair)
Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH (Dagstuhl-Seminar 16072 “Assessing Learning in Introductory Computer Science”, Co-Organizer)
11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE 2016) (Program Committee, Co-Chair and General Chair)
8th Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools (ISSEP 2015) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
10th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPCSE 2015) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
4th Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools (ISSEP 2010) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)
26th European Workshop on Computational Geometry (EuroCG 2010) (Program Committee, Chair and General Chair)
8th Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2009) (Program Committee, Chair and General Chair)
1st Workshop on Massive Geometric Data Sets (MASSIVE 2005) (Program Committee, Co-Chair)