Scholar
Dennis Komm
Google Scholar ID: lUr3YZcAAAAJ
Associate Professor of Computer Science, ETH Zurich
Citations & Impact
Citations
606
H-index
12
i10-index
17
Publications
20
Co-authors
29
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Gave multiple talks at international conferences and academic institutions, such as a talk on the impact of generative AI on teaching in 2025; involved in several educational projects, including the training for the European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics.
Research Experience
- Postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich from 2012 to 2013; Lecturer at ETH Zurich from 2013 to 2019; External Lecturer at the University of Zurich from 2014 to 2020; External Lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences in 2018; Lecturer at PH Graubünden from 2018 to 2019 and Head of Department “Schule und Technik” from 2019 to 2021; Professor of “Fachdidaktik Informatik” at PH Graubünden from 2021 to 2022; Associate Professor of Algorithms and Didactics at ETH Zürich since 2022.
Education
- Studied Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University from 2002 to 2008; studied Information Technology at QUT Brisbane in 2006; received his doctoral degree from ETH Zurich in 2012.
Background
- Professor of Algorithms and Didactics, with a major research interest in communicating basic ideas and concepts of computer science to students of all ages, focusing on computational thinking, programming education, and educational robotics. In theoretical computer science, his main topics of interest include approximation algorithms for hard optimization problems, reoptimization of optimization problems, and advice complexity in different setups and environments.
Miscellany
- Enjoys hiking, snowboarding, traveling, LaTeX, Linux, Perl, and Python. Married with two daughters.
