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Prof. Dr. Paul Libbrecht

Professor of M.Sc. Computer Science

Brief Profile

Upon his graduation, he worked on NoSQL databases, semantic web and search engines at DFKI GmbH (the German Research Centre for AI) in Saarbrücken, and went on to work as a software developer for Cabrilog SAS and XWiki SAS, among others.

Research Areas

Paul Libbrecht is a professor of Data and Computer Science at the IU University of Applied Sciences online studies department. Prof. Dr. Libbrecht teaches classes on computer science applications for web architectures, mathematical models, and intelligent learning systems.


Having studied mathematics at the University of Lausanne and the Université du Québec à Montréal, he obtained a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Saarland, with a focus on developing learning materials for intelligent tutoring systems. Upon his graduation, he worked on NoSQL databases, semantic web and search engines at DFKI GmbH (the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence) in Saarbrücken.


Paul Libbrecht then went on to work as a software developer for Cabrilog SAS, Curriki Inc, XWiki SAS and the Leibniz Institute for Educational Research and Educational Information. Throughout his years in the academic and business worlds, he developed expert knowledge on the infrastructure of research data, and its potential uses for learning analytics, web architectures and other data analysis fields. 


Selected publications:

  • Paul Libbrecht, and Matija Lokar, Issues in Combining the Use of Various Tools in Solving Mathematical Problems – Why is Copy-Paste Often Useless, Acta Didactica Napocensia, Iuliana Zsoldos-Marchis and Csaba Sárvári (Editors). Available online. 2017-05-30.

  • David Carlisle, Patrick Ion, Robert Miner, and others, Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0, W3C Recommendation, 2010-10-21.

  • Erica Melis, George Goguadze, Paul Libbrecht, and Carsten Ullrich, ActiveMath – a Learning Platform With Semantic Web Features, Semantic Web Technologies for e-Learning, a book edited by D. Dicheva, R. Mizoguchi and J. Greer (eds), Volume 4 The Future of Learning, IOS Press, ISBN 978-1-60750-062-9. 2009-11.

  • James H. Davenport, and Paul Libbrecht, The Freedom to Extend OpenMath and its Utility, Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science, number 59, SpecialIssue on Mathematical KnowledgeManagement, Manfred Kerber (ed)., 2008, Birkhäuser Verlag.