Director, It-vest - networking universities
MSc and PhD in Computer Science
It-vest - networking universities
Åbogade 15
DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Phone: (+45) 7027 6852
Mobile: (+45) 2338 2067
Email: mec@it-vest.dk
Michael E. Caspersen is honorary professor for Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University.
From April 1st 2022 to March 31st 2023 appointed special adviser on digital education and skills for Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Margrethe Vestager.
Main research interests
Informatics education, computational thinking, programming education and methodology, object-oriented programming
Publications
Google Scholar Citations
Selected activities
- Special adviser for Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Margrethe Vestager
- Designer of the educational framework of the new course teknologiforståelse (primary school) as well as the course informatik (secondary school)
- Initiator of the continuing education programmes Master of IT as well as Master of Informatics Teaching
- Founder of Center for Computational Thinking at Aarhus University – now Center for Computational Thinking & Design
- Member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences
- Member of the Digital Council
- Member of the Steering Committee for Science & Engineering in Education
- Co-founder af the European koalition Informatics for All and member of the steering committee
- Board member in Informatics Europe and responsible for the organisations educational activities
- Distinguished member of ACM – Association for Computing Machinery
Updated April 28 2022