Claus Zinn
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Tuebingen
Constance, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolClaus Zinn is a seasoned postdoctoral researcher and software engineer with over a decade of experience at leading German and international research institutions, including the Universities of Tübingen and Konstanz, DFKI, and the Max Planck Institute. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude) and blends deep academic expertise in cognitive diagnosis and intelligent tutoring systems with practical software development—authoring educational iPad apps showcased at lehrerlaempel.com. His career alternates between research leadership (PI on a DFG-funded project) and hands-on engineering roles, giving him a rare ability to translate experimental findings into usable educational technology. Based in Constance, he maintains an active profile of publications and applied projects that bridge psycholinguistics, AI-driven assessment, and user-facing software.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
English, French, German
Github Skills (21)
switchboard10
languagetool10
textlint9
refactoring9
rule-based8
researchkit8
linux5
windows5
viewer5
api3
fits3
rest3
nodejs3
java2
web-application2
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
clarin-eric/LRSwitchboard
Dec 2015 - Apr 2019
Code Repository for the Language Resources Switchboard of CLARIN
Contributions:3 releases, 397 commits, 3 PRs in 3 years 5 months
textlintswitchboardrule-basedlanguagetoolcode-repository
clarin-eric/CLARIN_centreFinder
Mar 2016 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
browserletclarinfitsbrowser-based
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.