Dietrich Albert

Dietrich Albert is currently the Head of Cognitive Science Section and Senior Scientist at Knowledge Technologies Institute (KTI). Prof. Dr. Dietrich Albert graduated from the University of Göttingen (Germany) with a degree in psychology. He received his Dr.rer.nat. and his postdoctoral degree (Habilitation in Psychologie) from the University of Marburg/Lahn (Germany). He was Professor of experimental psychology (Allgemeine Experimentelle Psychologie) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Currently he is senior scientist at TU Graz (KTI), professor emeritus of psychology at University of Graz and key researcher at the Know-Center. His research topics cover several areas in experimental and applied psychology; his actual research focuses on knowledge and competence structures, decision-structures, their applications and empirical research. He was the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Psychological Information and Documentation (ZPID), Germany; and he is a member of several scientific advisory boards. His expertise in European and national R&D projects is documented several grants. The focus of research within these projects has been on modelling knowledge and competence, on developing comprehensive knowledge representation frameworks and ontologies, and on their application in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) for personalizing learning paths, adaptively assessing knowledge and competencies of learners, personalized teaching, self-regulated learning, game-based learning and personalized learning environments. Research in decision-making focuses on cognitive processes of analysts and their cognitive biases, and decision support in disaster management. Furthermore, he aims on the evaluation of adaptive systems from a psychological point of view.