Niels Pinkwart

Prof. Dr. Niels Pinkwart is a Professor of Computer Science at Humboldt University Berlin and Scientific Director of the Educational Technology Lab at the DFKI Berlin Project Office. His work focuses on AI-driven educational technologies, including roles as spokesperson for the interdisciplinary ProMINT program and leadership positions in the German Society for Informatics' Learning Analytics and Educational Technologies working groups.

• Education: Computer Science and Mathematics at University of Duisburg
• Doctorate: Collaborative learning technologies (2005)
• Postdoctoral: Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Research interests span educational technologies, human-AI collaboration, and digital learning systems, with applications in serious games for ASD, creativity assessment, and healthcare informatics. His publications (over 200) demonstrate expertise in scaling educational mentoring through AI.

Current affiliations include the Einstein Center Digital Future and Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. He has led projects like AZUKIT (AI tutors for performance assessment), tech4comp (scalable mentoring processes), and AI.EDU Lab (AI in higher education).