Dr. Bastian Küppers

• Doctoral Studies (Dr. rer. nat) at the Learning Technologies Research Group headed by Prof. Ulrik Schroeder
• Overall grade: very good (magna cum laude)
• October 2014 - June 2021

• Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence
• Overall grade: excellent (8.63) - passed with distinction (Recalculation of Grades)
• February 2011 - July 2012

• Master’s program Computer Science
• October 2010 – February 2011

• Bachelor of Science in Scientific Programming
• Overall grade: very good (1.3)
• September 2007 - August 2010

• Apprenticeship as Mathematical and Technical Software Engineer (MATSE)
• Overall grade in Chamber of Commerce final exam: good (90%)
• September 2007 - August 2010

• Assistant Professor for Computer Sciences
• since February 2024

• Researcher
• since February 2024

• Deputy Group Manager
• Workgroup: MATSE Education
• July 2019 - January 2024

• Scientific employee
• Workgroup: MATSE Education
• August 2013 - January 2024

• Scientific employee at Center for Computing and Communication
• Workgroup: IT Process Support
• August 2012 - August 2013

• Non-scientific employee at Center for Computing and Communication
• Workgroup: MATSE-Education
• August 2010 - August 2012

• Apprentice at the Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems
• September 2007 - August 2010

• subjects: Data Analysis, Introduction to Parallel Programming, Multithreading at Desktop Systems, Robotics - Programming Embedded Systems, IT Systems, IT Basics
• since September 2010

• subject: Object Oriented Programming
• Summer Semester 2014

• subject: Operating Systems, IT Infrastructure
• since Winter Semester 2015 / 16

• December 2013

• since 2015
• since 2020 deputy chairman of the board of examiners

• Reimagine Education Awards 2019

• April 2021 - March 2024

• Best Master Thesis in Artificial Intelligence 2012
• July 2012

• Fellowship for "Innovationen in der digitalen Hochschullehre"
• 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017
• https://www.stifterverband.org/lehrfellows/2016/kueppers

• Best PhD Project Award at CSEDU17
• April 2017
• http://www.csedu.org/PreviousAwards.aspx

• Fellowship for "Innovationen in der digitalen Hochschullehre"
• 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019
• https://www.stifterverband.org/digital-lehrfellows-nrw/2019/eifert_kueppers

• Participation in the initiative "Wirkung hoch 100" of the German Stifterverband with the project "FLEX – Framework For FLExible ELectronic EXaminations"
• 10.2020 - 04.2021
• https://www.stifterverband.org/wirkunghoch100/projekte

• Participation in the 2nd roud of the initiative "Wirkung hoch 100" of the German Stifterverband with the project "Prüfung hoch 3. Didaktik – Technik – Vernetzung"
• 05.2021 - 09.2021
• https://www.stifterverband.org/wirkunghoch100/30projekte

• Participation in the 3rd roud of the initiative "Wirkung hoch 100" of the German Stifterverband with the project "Prüfung hoch 3. Didaktik – Technik – Vernetzung"
• 09.2021 - 12.2021
• https://www.stifterverband.org/wirkunghoch100/10projekte

• Title: Development of a Framework for E-Assessment on Students’ Devices
• Grade: very good (magna cum laude)
• https://doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-2021-09235
• June 2021

• Title: How cryptanalysis can benefit from Artificial Intelligence search techniques
• Grade: excellent (9.5) (Recalculation of Grades)
• July 2012

• Title: Extension of a hybrid-genetic optimization environment by modules for solving combinatorial optimization problems
• Grade: very good (1.0)
• August 2010

2022

• Bastian Küppers: Einführung in die Informatik, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, ISBN: 978-3-658-37837-0, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-37838-7.

2023

• B. Küppers, S. Bedenlier, S. Gerl, M. Bandtel: KI-GESTÜTZTE ERSTELLUNG VON PRÜFUNGSLEISTUNGEN, DELFI 2023 Workshops, In: T. Leonhardt, M. Ehlenz, S. Noichl, R. Röpke (Hrsg.) Workshops der 21. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI), pp. 209-216, DOI: 10.18420/wsdelfi2023-70
• B. Küppers: DIGITALE PRÜFUNGEN MIT BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE (BYOD). DISKUSSIONSPAPIER NR. 24, Arbeitspapiere (Geschäftsstelle Hochschulforum Digitalisierung), ISSN: 2365-7081, Berlin: Hochschulforum Digitalisierung.

2021

• M. Persike, T. Halbherr, S. Slotosch, C.Rößler, E.Behrens, J. Dohr, A. Daberkow, B. Küppers: DIGITALE PRÜFUNGSPRAXIS: SZENARIEN, PERSPEKTIVEN, EMPFEHLUNGEN, Whitepaper – Digitale Prüfungen in der Hochschule, In: Bandtel, M., Baume, M., Brinkmann, E., Bedenlier, S., Budde, J., Eugster, B., Ghoneim, A., Halbherr, T., Persike, M., Rampelt, F., Reinmann, G., Sari, Z., Schulz, A. (Hrsg.) (2021). Digitale Prüfungen in der Hochschule. Whitepaper einer Community Working Group aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Version 1.1. Berlin: Hochschulforum Digitalisierung.
• M. Ehlenz, B. Küppers, T. Leonhardt, U. schroeder: EXPLORING EFFECTS OF GAMIFIED COLLABORATIVE FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING OF REGULAR EXPRESSIONS, ICALT 2021, Proceedings of the IEEE 21st International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, pp. 114-118, ISBN: 978-1-6654-4106-3, DOI: 10.1109/ICALT52272.2021.00042

2020

• B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: FLEX: A BYOD Approach to Electronic Examinations, Book Chapter, Workgroups eAssessment: Planning, Implementing and Analysing Frameworks (Springer ISRL, vol 199), pp. 145-179, ISBN: 978-981-15-9908-8, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9908-8_6
• B. Küppers, R. Zameitat, T. Eifert, U. Schroeder: SCALABLE IT FOR E-ASSESSMENT, EUNIS 2020, European Journal of Higher Education IT, 2020-1, ISSN: 2519-1764
• B. Küppers, T. Eifert, R. Zameitat, U. Schroeder: EA AND BYOD: THREAT MODEL AND COMPARISON TO PAPER-BASED EXAMINATIONS, CSEDU 2020, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, pp. 495-502, ISBN: 978-989-758-417-6, DOI: 10.5220/0009578004950502
  Presentation
• B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE ON E-ASSESSMENT - A CASE STUDY FROM GERMANY, CSEDU 2020, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, pp. 503-509, ISBN: 978-989-758-417-6, DOI: 10.5220/0009578105030509
  Poster

2019

• B. Küppers, J. Opgen-Rhein, T. Eifert, U. Schroeder: CHEATING DETECTION: IDENTIFYING FRAUD IN DIGITAL EXAMS, EUNIS 2019, European Journal of Higher Education IT, 2019-1, ISSN: 2519-1764
  Presentation
• B. Küppers, T. Eifert, U. Schroeder: CONDUCTION OF EXAMS: ANALOGOUS VS. DIGITAL, EUNIS 2019, European Journal of Higher Education IT, 2019-1, ISSN: 2519-1764
  Presentation
• J. Opgen-Rhein, B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHOR VERIFICATION IN ELECTRONIC COMPUTER SCIENCE EXAMS, CSEDU 2019, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, pp. 503-509, ISBN: 978-989-758-367-4, DOI: 10.5220/0007736104320439
  Presentation

2018

• J. Opgen-Rhein, B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: AN APPLICATION TO DISCOVER CHEATING IN DIGITAL EXAMS, Koli Calling '18, Proceedings of the 18th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling '18), Article 20, 5 pages, DOI: 10.1145/3279720.3279740
  Presentation
• C. Keverpütz, B. Küppers: KONSISTENTE LEHR-LERN-PROZESSE IN DER DUALEN IT-AUSBILDUNG, HDI 2018, Commentarii informaticae didacticae: 8. Fachtagung des GI-Fachbereichs Informatik und Ausbildung/Didaktik der Informatik; 12.-13. September 2018 an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, pp. 91-100, ISBN: 978-3-86956-435-7
• B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF E-ASSESSMENT - A CASE STUDY FROM GERMANY, OCCE.2018, Empowering Learners for Life in the Digital Age (Springer IFIPAICT, vol. 524), pp. 275-284, ISBN: 978-3-030-23513-0, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23513-0_27
  Presentation
• B. Küppers, R. Zameitat, U. Schroeder: E-ASSESSMENT: ENSURING EQUALITY OF TREATMENT IN A BYOD-SETTING, EUNIS 2018, Eunis 2018 Congress Proceedings, pp. 107-108
  Presentation
• B. Küppers, M. Politze, R. Zameitat, F. Kerber, U. Schroeder: PRACTICAL SECURITY FOR ELECTRONIC EXAMINATIONS ON STUDENTS’ DEVICES, Computing Conference 2018, SAI 2018: Intelligent Computing (Springer AISC, vol 857), pp. 290-306, ISBN: 978-3-030-01177-2, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01177-2_21 (Nominated for Best Paper Award)
  Presentation
• B. Küppers, T. Eifert, M. Politze, U. Schroeder: E-ASSESSMENT BEHIND THE SCENES, CSEDU 2018, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, pp. 285-291, ISBN: 978-989-758-291-2, DOI: 10.5220/0006788402850291
  Poster

2017

• B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: A FRAMEWORK FOR E-ASSESSMENT ON STUDENTS' DEVICES: TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS, TEA 2017, Technology Enhanced Assessment (Springer CCIS, vol. 829), pp. 83-95, ISBN: 978-3-319-97807-9, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97807-9_7
  Presentation
• B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: VERGLEICH VON PAPIERKLAUSUREN UND ELEKTRONISCHEN PRÜFUNGEN, INFORMATIK 2017 | Digitale Kulturen, GI-Edition - Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), P-275, pp. 307-318, ISSN: 1617-5468, DOI: 10.18420/in2017_24
  Presentation
• R. Zameitat, B. Küppers: JDB – EINE BIBLIOTHEK FÜR JAVA-DEBUGGING IM BROWSER, ePS 2017, Tagungsband ePS 2017
  Poster
• B. Küppers, F. Kerber, U. Meyer, U. Schroeder: BEYOND LOCKDOWN: TOWARDS RELIABLE E-ASSESSMENT, DeLFI 2017 - Bildungsräme, GI-Edition - Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), P-273, pp. 191-196, ISSN: 1617-5468, DOI: 20.500.12116/4841
  Presentation
• B. Küppers, M. Politze, U. Schroeder: RELIABLE E-ASSESSMENT WITH GIT - PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION, EUNIS 2017 – Shaping the Digital Future of Universities, Book of Proceedings, EUNIS 23rd Annual Congress, pp. 253-262, DOI: 10.17879/21299722960
  Presentation
• B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: E-ASSESSMENT AND BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE, ITiCSE '17, Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, p. 373, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4704-4, DOI: 10.1145/3059009.3072994
  Poster, Handout
• B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: IMPLEMENTATION OF A FRAMEWORK FOR E-ASSESSMENT ON STUDENTS' DEVICES, Doctoral Consortium - DCCSEDU (CSEDU 2017), pp. 11-20
• B. Küppers: FROM LATEX TO JUPYTER: CONVERTING TRADITIONAL TO MODERN, INTED2017, INTED2017 Proceedings, pp. 1592-1596, ISSN: 2340-1079, DOI: 10.21125/inted.2017.0504

2016

• B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: TO CHEAT OR NOT TO CHEAT, ePS 2016, Teaching is Touching the Future & ePS 2016 – Kompetenzorientiertes Lehren, Lernen und Prüfen, pp. 167-172, ISBN: 978-3-946017-05-9
  Presentation
• B. Küppers, M. Politze: ADAPTING SOFTWARE LIFECYCLE AS A PROGRAMMING CONTEST FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, ICERI2016, ICERI2016 Proceedings, pp. 3506-3511, ISSN: 2340-1095, DOI: 10.21125/iceri.2016.1833
• B. Küppers, U. Schroeder: BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE FOR E-ASSESSMENT - A REVIEW, EDULEARN2016, EDULEARN2016 Proceedings, pp. 8770-8776, ISSN: 2340-1117, DOI: 10.21125/edulearn.2016.0919
• B. Küppers, T. Dondorf, B. Willemsen, H. Pflug, C. Vonhasselt, B. Magrean, M. Müller, C. Bischof: THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMING INTEGRATED DEGREE PROGRAM - A PIONEERING APPROACH TO JOIN THEORY AND PRACTICE, ICCS2016, Procedia Computer Science, vol. 80, 2016, pp. 1957-1967, DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2016.05.516
• B. Küppers: HELP ME - AN E-LEARNING PLATFORM FOR MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION USING JUPYTER NOTEBOOKS, INTED2016, INTED2016 Proceedings, pp. 5678-5682, ISSN: 2340-1079, DOI: 10.21125/inted.2016.0361
• A. Heinze, B. Küppers: EDUTAINMENT WITH A SMARTPHONE - A QUIZ APP IN THE CONTEXT OF GAMIFICATION, INTED2016, INTED2016 Proceedings, pp. 2950-2957, ISSN: 2340-107, DOI: 10.21125/inted.2016.1666

2015

• B. Küppers, C. Vonhasselt, M. Politze: RECONCEPTION OF AN EXISTING LECTURE TO FIT CHANGING NEEDS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ICERI2015, ICERI2015 Proceedings, pp. 1690-1696, ISSN: 2340-1095
• M. Politze, B. Decker, S. Schaffert, B. Küppers: FACILITATING TEACHER-STUDENT COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION IN LARGE-SCALE LECTURES WITH SMARTPHONES AND RWTHAPP, EDULEARN2015, EDULEARN2015 Proceedings, pp. 4820-4828, ISSN: 2340-1117

Current

• Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.: E-Assessment, https://fg-bildungstechnologien.gi.de/fachgruppe/arbeitskreise/ak-e-assessment.

Past

• Hochschulforum Digitalisierung: Prüfungsszenarien für die digitale Hochschulbildung, https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/community-working-group-pruefungsszenarien-fuer-die-digitale-hochschulbildung/.

2024

• DELFI 2024: 22. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien der GI Fachgruppe Bildungstechnologien, https://delfi-tagung.de/2024.
• EMBC 2024: The 24th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, https://embc.embs.org/2024/.

2023

• DELFI 2023: 21. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien der GI Fachgruppe Bildungstechnologien, https://delfi-tagung.de/2023.
• Computing Conference 2024: Computing Conference 2024, https://saiconference.com/Computing2023.

2021

• Computing Conference 2021: Computing Conference 2021, https://saiconference.com/Conferences/Computing2021.
• ITiCSE 2021: 26th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, https://iticse.acm.org/2021/.

2020

• Computing Conference 2020: Computing Conference 2020, https://saiconference.com/Conferences/Computing2020.
• ITiCSE 2020: 25th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, http://iticse.acm.org/ITiCSE2020/.

2019

• Computing Conference 2019: Computing Conference 2019, https://saiconference.com/Conferences/Computing2019.
• ITiCSE 2019: 24th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, http://iticse.acm.org/ITiCSE2019/.

2018

• ITiCSE 2018: 23rd Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, https://iticse.acm.org/ITiCSE2018/.

2017

• ITiCSE 2017: 22nd Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, http://iticse.acm.org/ITiCSE2017/.

2022

• HND-BW up>date: E-Assessment und BYOD, Hochschulnetzwerk Digitalisierung der Lehre Baden-Württemberg.
  Presentation

2020

• University:Future Festival: E-Assessment: Überbewertet?, Hochschulforum Digitalisierung.

2018

• Technology Enhanced Learning Conference 2018: E-Assessment and BYOD: Threat Model and Comparison to Paper-Based Examinations, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
  Presentation

2017

• Mobile Learning Day 2017: E-Assessment und Bring Your Own Device: Anforderungen und Perspektiven, Fernuniversität Hagen.
  Presentation

2020

• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Zertifikat Excellence in Academic Teaching | extensions, 24.08.2020
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Zertifikat Excellence in Academic Teaching | basics, 24.08.2020
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Stressbewältigung und Selbstregulation in Lehrsituationen - mehr Achtsamkeit im Hörsaal, 21.01.2020
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Language and Behaviour Profile: Sprach- und Verhaltensmuster in der Lehre professionalisieren, 20.01.2020

2019

• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Präsenz in der Lehre durch Körper und Stimme, 15.08. & 16.08.2019
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Zwischen Tür und Angel mit Studierenden im Gespräch, 11.07.2019
• DKE, Maastricht University: 12th Maastricht Summer School on Data Science, 26.06. - 28.06.2019
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Open Educational Resources (OER) in der Hochschullehre, 18.06.2019
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Design Thinking in der Lehre, 07.06.2019
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Großveranstaltungen interaktiv gestalten und erfolgreich meistern, 06.06.2019
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Kompetenzpass e-Prüfungen, 06.2016 - 04.2019
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Dynexite: e-Prüfung erfolgreich planen und durchführen, 05.04.2019

2018

• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Hochschul- und Prüfungsrecht, 20.09.2018
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Lernende motivieren - Tipps und Tricks für erfolgreiche Mitarbeit, 05.07.2018
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Lehre kreativ und innovativ gestalten - Studierende aktiv einbinden, 28.06.2018
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Urheberrecht, 15.05.2018
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Storytelling, 03.05.2018
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Demokratie im Lehralltag, 20.04.2018
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Schwierige Situationen in der Lehre meistern, 10.04.2018
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Lehrveranstaltungsplanung, 12.03. & 04.05.2018

2017

• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Effektive Kommunikation mit Studierenden, 27.11.2017
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Einführung in L²P, 29.03.2018
• MiT Professional Education: Cybersecurity: Technology, Application and Policy, 14.03. - 25.04.2017

2016

• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Grundlagen des Prüfens, 03.06.2016
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Academic Teaching, 23.03. & 24.03.2016
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Lehrportfolio Starterworkshop, 02.02.2016
• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: Medienkompetent in die Lehre, 28.01. & 29.01.2016

2015

• ExAcT, RWTH Aachen University: OPS Seminar: e-Prüfungen erfolgreich planen und durchführen, 14.12.2015
• coursera: Cybersecurity, 16.03. - 05.11.2015

2013

• hdw nrw: Aktivierende Methoden in der Informatik, 18.11.2013

2011

• DGQ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität: Prozessorientiertes Qualitätsmanagement I - Grundlagen, 29.03 - 12.05.2011