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ActiveMath-EU partners

This book will contain a description of the partners of the ActiveMath-EU project. Both core and associated.

Still to be introduced:
- Temacom (uk)

Partner: University of Saarland

Partner-information about about the University Saarland.

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UdS has an internationally reknown Computer Science Department and has been involved in many cooperations and interdisciplinary research.. Jörg Siekmann is a leading scientist in artificial intelligence. He is member of numerous program committees of international conferences, e.g., ECAI, MKM, KI, CADE. He is member of the editorial boards of several journals and is editor of the Springer series LNAI. His group at UdS has been one of the main developers of the ActiveMath system and of other intelligent mathematics learning tools. Its members have published at international conferences for ITS, semantic Web, automated theorem proving, and technology-enhanced learning.

UdS has been involved in a number of EU-projects as well as national projects. It is a member of the network of excellence Kaleidoscope. The group collaborates with pedagogists, educational psychologists, etc. It collaborates with quite a number of internationally reknown groups including a number of European groups as well as CMU (Pittsburgh, USA), Jiaotong University Shanghai (China). Jörg Siekmann has co-ordinated several networks and EU-projects.

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Partner : University of Pierre and Marie Curie

MOCAH (Models and Tools of knowledge engineering for Human Apprenticeship) is the French research Team in the LIP6 lab.

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MOCAH team focus on the two following research themes: Theme 1: design and description of digital resources This theme has three objectives: a. design and implement digital resources b. describe and annotate these resources
c. propose tools and methodology for design

Theme 2: Functionalities for Interactive Learning Environments

Our aim is to propose new functionalities for teachers by conducting research in two directions. a. Diagnosis and updating of the Learner Model. b. Pedagogical planning (strategic and tactic levels).

Moreover, MOCAH is in a multi lab research team called AIDA which gathers more than forty members (PhD students and researchers).

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Partner: Charles University

Charles University founded in 1348 is one of the oldest universities in the world and nowadays belongs to the most eminent educational and scientific establishments in the Czech Republic which are recognized in both the European and global context. It is an outstanding cultural institution due to its scientific and pedagogical results and its unique historical tradition.

Charles University now contains 17 faculties (14 in Prague, 2 in Hradec Králové, and 1 in Plzeň), 3 collegiate institutes, 6 additional establishments for educational, scientific, research and developmental activities and other creative activities and for information service, 5 university-wide facilities and the vice-chancellor´s/ rector´s office as an executive establishment for Charles University management. There are more than 7000 University employees, 4000 of them are academic and research workers.

The Faculty of Education was established in 1946. It educates teachers and other pedagogical staff for all types of schools and school systems, at various levels of study (Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D.). The training is concentrated primarily on general school subjects (that is: in general the 5th through 12th grades); for the 2nd level of primary schools; for the lst level of primary schools; and for nursery schools. The Faculty has about 4,500 students. The main research activity concentrates on pedagogical study and similar spheres. Postgraduate (doctoral) study concentrates on Pedagogical Science, Special Pedagogy, Educational Psychology, Didactic of Mathematics, Theory of Art and Musical Education.

Partner: DFKI

Partner-information about about the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH).

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The DFKI is the leading research institute for AI in Europe. It employs about 200 researchers and one of its departments is the Competence Center for eLearning (CCeL). The DFKI has been one of the main developers of ActiveMath and other intelligent mathematics software. It is recognized as a successful member of the scientific communities of ITS, semantic Web, and technologyenhanced learning and is a leading member of the network of excellence ProLearn. Erica Melis is a well-known researcher in Artificial Intelligence and intelligent tutoring systems and member of numerous program committees of international conferences, e.g., ITS-2006, eLearn 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, ECTEL-06, CELDA etc.

DFKI has been involved in a large number of EU-projects as well as national projects. DFKI has coordinated LeActiveMath and managed the interdisciplinary project efficiently. Erica Melis is the co-ordinator of the EU-project LeActiveMath. Her group collaborates with educationalists,, teachers, psychologists, computational linguists, etc. It collaborates with quite a number of internationally known groups including a number of European groups as well as the Pittsburgh Center of the Learning Sciences (Pittsburgh, USA), Aries Lab (Canada), University Joschka Ola (Russia), Jiaotong University Shanghai (China).

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Partner: Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

Partner-information about the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU).

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Founded as the first bavarian university in Ingolstadt in 1472 today’s Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich moved two times - first to Landshut in 1800 and finally in 1826 to Munich. The university has nowadays more than 44.000 students who come from many different countries. The Ludwig Maximilian University is one of the leading German universities. Researchers work in 103 Science Departments, 21 Collaborative Research Centers (“Sonderforschungsbereiche” of the German Research Foundation) and 9 Associations of Bavarian Research Cooperations.

Prof. Dr. Kristina Reiss is professor of mathematics education at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany). Her research focuses on empirical classroom studies of cognitive processes with respect to the learning of mathematics. Her projects encompass all levels of schooling from the primary to the upper secondary level. Her research group has worked in the context of several national projects funded for example by the German science foundation (DFG) and by the Federal ministry of education and Research (BMBF). Moreover, she and her group are involved in the international project LeActiveMath, funded by the European Union. The projects address in particular aspects of innovative teaching by means of multimedia computers. The group cooperates with various national and international educational scientists, mathematical educators, and mathematicians. Kristina Reiss is a member of the German PISA advisory board. Moreover she is editor of national and international journals and book series and a member of various national and international boards.

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Partner: St. Michael College

Partner-information about about St. Michael College.

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- Name: St. Michael College
- Location: Zaandam, the Netherlands (for the branch involved in the project)
- Type: non-profit institution, secondary school
- Roles: content translation and dissemination

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St. Michael College is a secondary school in Zaandam, the Netherlands, preparing 12-18 year olds for higher education. Several years the SMC has been involved with projects concerning mathematics and ICT. The last one was and is the Galois project.

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