Prof. Dr. Jan Vahrenhold
Current affiliations
- Professur für Praktische Informatik (Prof. Vahrenhold)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Algorithms and Data Structures, in particular for geometry-related problems
- Algorithm Engineering, in particular I/O- and cache-efficiency
- Computer Science Education, in particular (mis)conceptions and lower secondary education
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) |
Work Experience | |
| 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) |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2024 | Speaker, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, German Informatics Society |
| since 2024 | Member, Board, German Informatics Society |
| since 2024 | Member, Board of Directors, Informatics Europe |
| since 2023 | Member, Advisory Committee, TeachAI.org |
| since 2021 | Member, Scientific Advisory Board, MINT-Vernetzungsstelle, Stifterverband der deutschen Wirtschaft |
| since 2018 | Co-Editor-in-Chief, Computer Science Education |
| since 2018 | Associate Editor, ACM Inroads |
| since 2009 | Associate Editor, Journal of Computational Geometry |
| 2024 | Co-Organizer, Dagstuhl-Seminar 24251 (Teaching Support Systems for Formal Foundations of Computer Science), Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH |
| 2021 - 2024 | Member, Scientific Advisory Board, TrainDL |
| 2021 - 2023 | Vice-Speaker, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, German Informatics Society |
| 2022 | Co-Chair, Program Committee, 18th ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER 2022) |
| 2021 | Co-Chair, Program Committee, 17th ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER 2021) |
| 2019 | Jury Chair, ACM Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Award, Association for Computing Machinery |
| 2019 | Co-Organizer, Dagstuhl Seminar 19281 “Notional Machines and Programming Language Semantics in Education”, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH |
| 2018 | Co-Chair, ACM SIGCSE Doctoral Consortium |
| 2017 | Jury Chair, Infomatics Europe Best Practice in Education Award, Informatics Europe |
| 2017 | Co-Chair, ACM SIGCSE Doctoral Consortium |
| 2016 | Co-Organizer, Dagstuhl-Seminar 16072 “Assessing Learning in Introductory Computer Science”, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH |
| 2016 | Co-Chair and General Chair, Program Committee, 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE 2016) |
| 2015 | Co-Chair, Program Committee, 8th Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools (ISSEP 2015) |
| 2015 | Co-Chair, Program Committee, 10th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPCSE 2015) |
| 2010 | Co-Chair, Program Committee, 4th Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools (ISSEP 2010) |
| 2010 | Chair and General Chair, Program Committee, 26th European Workshop on Computational Geometry (EuroCG 2010) |
| 2009 | Chair and General Chair, Program Committee, 8th Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2009) |
| 2005 | Co-Chair, Program Committee, 1st Workshop on Massive Geometric Data Sets (MASSIVE 2005) |
Publications
Steinhorst, Phil; Duhme, Christof; Jiang, Xiaoyi; Vahrenhold, Jan (2024) In: Battestilli, Lina; Rebelsky, Samuel; Shoop, Libby (eds.), Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1. New York, NY: ACM Press. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | |
Vahrenhold, Jan (2024) In: Komm, Dennis (eds.), Wirksamer Informatikunterricht. Unterrichtsqualität: Perspektiven von Expertinnen und Experten. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Dornbusch, Maja; Vahrenhold, Jan (2024) In: Denny, Paul; Porter, Leo; Hamilton, Margaret; Morrison, Briana (eds.), Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER 2024). New York, NY: ACM Press. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | |
Wortmann, Carolin; Vahrenhold, Jan (2024) In: Denny, Paul; Porter, Leo; Hamilton, Margaret; Morrison, Briana (eds.), Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER 2024). New York, NY: ACM Press. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | |
Thießen, Thore; Vahrenhold, Jan (2024) In: Mestre, Julián; Wirth, Anthony (eds.), Proceedings of the 35th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2024). Dagstuhl Publishing. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: DAAD - Programm des projektbezogenen Personenaustauschs mit verschiedenen Partnerländern Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2020 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project | |
The 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, Münster, October 13-15, 2016 (WiPSCE 2016) Duration: 13/10/2016 - 15/10/2016 Funded by: Google Ireland Limited Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2017 | 1st Funding period Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project | |
Duration: 01/04/2014 - 31/03/2016 Funded by: Informatics Europe, Association for Computing Machinery Type of project: Individual project |
Prizes
| Best Paper Award, 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Animal Movement Ecology and Human Mobility (HANIMOB 2021) Awarded by: HANIMOB 2021 Organizing Committee Award given to: Seep, Jana; Vahrenhold, Jan Announced at: 15/11/2021 | Date of awarding: 15/11/2021 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Best Paper Award, 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling '21) Awarded by: Koli Calling '21 Conference Chairs Award given to: Kather, Philipp; Vahrenhold, Jan Announced at: 15/11/2021 | Date of awarding: 15/11/2021 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Best Paper Award, 6th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Analytics for Big Geospatial Data (BigSpatial 2017) Awarded by: 6th BigSpatial Organizing Committee Award given to: Beckemeyer, M; Vahrenhold, J Announced at: 10/11/2017 | Date of awarding: 15/11/2017 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS Cup (3rd place) Awarded by: 25th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS Organizing Committee Award given to: Dütsch, F; Vahrenhold, J Announced at: 15/11/2017 | Date of awarding: 15/11/2017 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Chair's Award for the Thirteenth Annual ACM International Computing Education Research (ICER) Conference 2017 Awarded by: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Award given to: Danielsiek, Holger; Toma, Laura; Vahrenhold, Jan Date of awarding: 15/08/2017 Type of distinction: Best publication award |
Doctorates
| Analyse semantisch annotierter Trajektorien Candidate: Seep, Jana | Supervisors: Vahrenhold, Jan | Reviewers: Vahrenhold, Jan; Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/11/2017 - 09/02/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Towards Algorithm Comprehension Candidate: Kather, Philipp | Supervisors: Vahrenhold, Jan | Reviewers: Vahrenhold, Jan; Schulte, Carsten, Schukajlow-Wasjutinski, Stanislaw Period of time: 01/04/2018 - 25/04/2022 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Approximation Algorithms for Geometrical Distance Problems that are not Solvable Exactly Candidate: Scheffer, Christian | Supervisors: Vahrenhold, Jan Period of time: until 07/07/2014 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Fach- und bildungswissenschaftliche Grundlagen für den Informatikunterricht in der Sekundarstufe I Candidate: Pasternak, Arno | Supervisors: Vahrenhold, Jan | Reviewers: Vahrenhold, Jan; Schulte, Carsten Period of time: 01/08/2008 - 17/05/2013 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Models and Algorithms for Mobile Objects and Environemnts Candidate: Blunck, Henrik | Supervisors: Hinrichs, Klaus; Vahrenhold, Jan Period of time: 01/07/2002 - 27/10/2006 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |