Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology

Dr. Björn Rudzewitz

Björn Rudzewitz is Researcher at the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology.

His research interests are intelligent tutoring systems, learning analytics, language learning and teaching, adaptive learning systems, automatic feedback generation and fullstack software development.

Publications

  • Hui, B., Rudzewitz, B., & Meurers, D. (2023). Learning processes in interactive CALL systems: Linking automatic feedback, system logs, and learning outcomes. Language Learning & Technology, 27(1), 1–23. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73527 

  • Rudzewitz, B. (2021). Learning Analytics in Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning (Doctoral dissertation, Universität Tübingen). [link]

  • Quixal, M., Rudzewitz, B., Bear, E., & Meurers, D. (2021, May). Automatic annotation of curricular language targets to enrich activity models and support both pedagogy and adaptive systems. In Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on NLP for Computer Assisted Language Learning (pp. 15-27). [pdf]

  • Rudzewitz, B., Ziai, R., Nuxoll, F., De Kuthy, K., & Meurers, D. (2019, July). Enhancing a Web-based Language Tutoring System with Learning Analytics. In EDM (Workshops) (pp. 1-7). [pdf]

  • Meurers, D., De Kuthy, K., Nuxoll, F., Rudzewitz, B., & Ziai, R. (2019). Scaling up intervention studies to investigate real-life foreign language learning in school. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 39, 161-188. [link]

  • Ziai, R., Nuxoll, F., De Kuthy, K., Rudzewitz, B., & Meurers, D. (2019, September). The impact of spelling correction and task context on short answer assessment for intelligent tutoring systems. In Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on NLP for Computer Assisted Language Learning (pp. 93-99).[pdf]

  • Meurers, W. D., De Kuthy, K., Nuxoll, F., Rudzewitz, B., & Ziai, R. (2019). KI zur Lösung realer Schulherausforderungen: interaktive und adaptive Materialien im Fach Englisch. Schulmanagement-Handbuch-München: Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, 169.

  • Ziai, R., Rudzewitz, B., De Kuthy, K., Nuxoll, F., & Meurers, D. (2018, November). Feedback strategies for form and meaning in a real-life language tutoring system. In Proceedings of the 7th workshop on NLP for Computer Assisted Language Learning (pp. 91-98).[pdf]

  • Rudzewitz, B., Ziai, R., De Kuthy, K., Möller, V., Nuxoll, F., & Meurers, D. (2018, June). Generating feedback for English foreign language exercises. In Proceedings of the thirteenth workshop on innovative use of NLP for building educational applications (pp. 127-136). [pdf]

  • Meurers, D., De Kuthy, K., Möller, V., Nuxoll, F., Rudzewitz, B., & Ziai, R. (2018). Digitale Differenzierung benötigt Informationen zu Sprache, Aufgabe und Lerner. Zur Generierung von individuellem Feedback in einem interaktiven Arbeitsheft. FLuL–Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lernen, 47(2), 64-82. [link]

  • Rudzewitz, B., Ziai, R., De Kuthy, K., & Meurers, D. (2017, May). Developing a web-based workbook for English supporting the interaction of students and teachers. In Proceedings of the joint workshop on NLP for Computer Assisted Language Learning and NLP for Language Acquisition (pp. 36-46). [pdf]

  • Rudzewitz, B. (2016). An Integrated Approach to Answer Selection in Question Answering: Exploring Multiple Information Sources and Domain Adaptation. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Computational Linguistics (M.A. Thesis).
    [pdf]

  • Rudzewitz, B. (2016, June). Exploring the intersection of short answer assessment, authorship attribution, and plagiarism detection. In Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (pp. 235-241). [pdf | poster]

  • Rudzewitz, B. (2015). Alignment Weighting for Short Answer Assessment. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Computational Linguistics (B.A. Thesis).
    [pdf | slides]

  • Ziai, R., & Rudzewitz, B. (2015). CoMiC: Exploring Text Segmentation and Similarity in the English Entrance Exams Task. In CLEF (Working Notes) [pdf]

  • Rudzewitz, B., & Ziai, R. (2015, June). CoMiC: Adapting a short answer assessment system for answer selection. In Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval 2015) (pp. 247-251). [pdf | poster]

  • Wall, A. Ott, N., Ziai, R. & Rudzewitz, B. (2014, June). Macunaíma as a data source for the distribution and interpretation of bare NPs in Brazilian Portuegese: Corpus preparation and first annotation agreement results. Poster at the Third International Conference on Ibero-Romance Historical Corpora (CODILI 3). [poster]

Lectures and workshops

  • 17/06/2023: Presentation “Erhöhung der Zugänglichkeit von Java Swing Anwendungen”, Tag der digitalen Freiheit 2023, Tübingen, Germany, summary

  • 15/02/2023: Presentation “Einführung in X-Technologien 2: XML Schema”, XUGS Talk Series, invited talk, slides.

  • 18/01/2023: Presentation “Einführung in X-Technologien 1: Xpath”, XUGS Talk Series, invited talk, slides.

  • 08/11/2021: Presentation "The ICALL System FeedBook: Implementing Learning Analytics and Adaptivity in the English Classroom", ResetEdu conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia (video recording)

  • 02/10/2021: Presentation "Learning Analytics und Adaptive Förderung: Zur Konkretisierung des Potenzials für den realen Schulkontext", ZSL Digitalkongress Baden-Württemberg

  • 24/03/2021: Presentation "FeedBook: Ein interaktives Arbeitsheft für den englischen Fremdsprachenunterricht", Tag der Forschung: Digitalisierung in der Lehre, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart

  • 02/07/2019: Presentation "Enhancing a Web-based Language Tutoring System with Learning Analytics" at 2nd workshop of Learning Analytics: Building bridges between the Education and the Computing communities at EDM 2019, Montréal, Kanada.

  • 08/02/2019: Presentation "Pro Learning Analytics" at Landesakademie für Fortbildung und Personalentwicklung an Schulen as part of the workshop "Chancen der Digitalisierung im Englischunterricht mit besonderem Fokus auf 2 Kompetenzbereiche (Schreiben und rezeptive Fähigkeiten)"

  • 24/01/2019: Presentation "Developing an interactive workbook for English foreign language teaching" in the Proseminar Current Trends in Linguistics

  • 02/10/2018: System demonstration of learning analytics in FeedBook at the INDUS meeting in Essen

  • 20/07/2018: Presentation "Computerlinguistik am Beispiel des Projektes SFB 833 T1" at the Doktorandenkonvent summer school of the SFB 833

  • 01/03/2018: Presentation "Feedback in the interactive online workbook FeedBook" at INDUS network workshop

  • 19/12/2017: Presentation of FeedBook prototype in the proseminar "Current Trends in Linguistcs"

  • 22/05/2017: Presentation of paper "Developing a web-based workbook supoorting the interaction of students and teachers" at the NLP4CALL Workshop 2017 (Gothenburg, Sweden) [link]

  • 17/05/2017: Full-day workshop "NLP Technologies for Automatic Analysis of Language Productions" (with Xiaobin Chen) at the CALICO 2017 conference (Flagstaff, Arizona, USA) [link]

  • 05/10/2016: Presentation of the FeedBook prototype at the SFB Days 2016 [poster]

  • 16/06/2016: Presentation of the work "Exploring the Intersection of Short Answer Assessment, Authorship Attribution, and Plagiarism Detection" at The 11th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA-11) [poster]

  • 13/05/2016: "A gentle introduction to UIMA" at the Oberseminar: hands-on session on UIMA's theoretical and practical foundations.
    Get the slides here.
    Get the materials here.

  • 17/02/2016: Presentation of Alignment Weighting at the KonferenzLE 2016 (link)
    [ slides ]

  • 30/10/2015: Presentation of B.A. Thesis in the Oberseminar Linguistic Modeling and its Interfaces (link)
    [ slides ]

  • 05/06/2015: Presentation of publication CoMiC: Adapting a short answer assessment system for answer selection. at the 9th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluations (SemEval) in Denver, Colorado, USA.
    [ poster ]

Lectures

Curriculum Vitae

since 07/2023
PostDoc software developer

at the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology at University of Tübingen

since 2020
Member

of the LEAD Graduate School & Research Network

04/2022 - 06/2023
Fullstack senior software developer and team leader

at pagina GmbH

09/2021 - 03/2022
Study advisor

for B.A. Computational Linguistics at University of Tübingen

03/2020 - 03/2022
Researcher

at the project "DigBinDiff" at University of Tübingen

04/2017 - 09/2021
Study advisor

for M.A. Computational Linguistics at University of Tübingen

10/2016 - 02/2020
Researcher

at the project "FeedBook" (SFB 833) at University of Tübingen

09/2016 - 03/2022
Assistant Professor

at the chair of Prof. Dr. Walt Detmar Meurers at University of Tübingen

09/2016 - 08/2021
Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Linguistics

at University of Tübingen

09/2015 - 08/2016
Master of Arts in Computational Linguistics

at University of Tübingen

08/2013 - 09/2016
Research Assistant

at the project "A4" (SFB 833) at University of Tübingen

10/2012 - 08/2015
Bachelor of Arts in Computational Linguistics

at University of Tübingen