Markos Stamatakis

Markos Stamatakis is a Researcher at the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) within the Research and Development Department, specifically working in the Visual Analytics Research Group. His office is located at Lange Laube 28, 30159 Hannover (Room: 2.04), with postal address Welfengarten 1 B, 30167 Hannover.

Dr. Stamatakis' research focuses on the automatic processing of educational videos with the purpose of generating questions related to the topic. His work integrates multiple modalities including images, audio, and speech transcripts/subtitles. Key aspects of his research include dataset creation, implementation of object detection algorithms, and application of large language models to recognize video content and enable subsequent question generation.

His publication record demonstrates consistent contributions to the fields of educational technology and AI, with recent work examining vision-language models for educational video question generation, analysis of student drawings in chemistry classes, and predicting knowledge gain from MOOC video consumption. His research shows a clear trajectory toward developing AI systems that enhance educational experiences through multimodal analysis of learning materials.

As part of the TIB's research infrastructure, Stamatakis collaborates with colleagues including R. Ewerth, A. Hoppe, and others across multiple projects focused on scholarly communication and educational technology.