Universität Bonn is one of eleven German Universities of Excellence and has 33,000 students plus 6,000 PhD students.
It is the only German university with as many as six Clusters of Excellence and in recent decades it has produced more winners of the Nobel Prize and Fields Medal than any other German university. The University of Bonn has a 200-year history of combining excellent research in a range of disciplines with research-led teaching.
The Scientific University IT and Data Centre (HRZ) is the central IT service provider at the University of Bonn. The main HRZ tasks are to operate all central IT services for research, teaching and studies and to make own IT know-how available to the members of the university. That includes the operation of the central servers and High Performance Clusters (HPC) for research, teaching and studies, the provision of network services as well as scientific research with a special focus on Open Education and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Christian M. Stracke
Christian M. Stracke developed interdisciplinary expertise in research, education and management while leading international large-scale projects (budgets over 50 million euros and up to 200+ researchers).
As globally recognized expert and innovator and appointed ICDE Chair in OER, he published over 200 scientific publications on his main research fields: Open Education, Artificial Intelligence, Technology-Enhanced Learning, Competence Building, Impact Assessment and Educational Policies (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9656-8298).
He consults many educational institutions, international ministries and global organisations including UNESCO, Council of Europe, European Commission and European Parliament.
As a member of the AI&ED Expert Group appointed by the Council of Europe, he works on the international law for the use of AI in education.
At the University of Bonn, he is the coordinator for the university-wide cloud strategy and research on Open Education and Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Christian M. Stracke holds a PhD in Economics and Informatics and a Magister Artium (M.A.) in Educational Sciences.
