Felix T.J. Dietrich, M.Sc. (CIT–I1)
Boltzmannstraße 3
85748 Garching b. München
🧑🔬 Research Topics & Interests
I am a software engineering education researcher focusing on how individual developers learn to participate effectively in agile teams. My work centers on Hephaestus, a process-aware mentoring platform that scaffolds newcomers through their first contributions—reducing cognitive load via process visualization and supporting self-regulated learning cycles (goal-setting, monitoring, reflection) with an AI mentor. I also maintain educational tools like Apollon (UML modeling) and contribute to Artemis.
My research interests include:
- Scaffolding & Self-Regulated Learning in Software Engineering
- Process-Aware Mentoring for Agile Teams
- Developer Onboarding & Cognitive Load Reduction
- LLM-Based Assessment & Feedback
📄 Publications
↓ 2026Interactive Learning Dashboards: Rethinking Learning Visualisations as Engagement Tools
Laura Graf,
Patrick Bassner,
Maximilian Anzinger,
Felix T.J. Dietrich,
Stephan Krusche, and
Oleksandra Poquet.
In: Education and Information Technologies.
July
2026.
doi: 10.1007/s10639-026-14082-1
LLM-Based Multi-Artifact Consistency Verification for Programming Exercise Quality Assurance
Felix T.J. Dietrich,
Yuchen Zhou,
Tobias Wasner,
Stephan Krusche, and
Maribel Acosta.
25th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
(Koli_'25
)
.
Koli, Finland,
November
2025.
doi: 10.1145/3769994.3770042
Direct Automated Feedback Delivery for Student Submissions Based on LLMs
Maximilian Sölch,
Felix T.J. Dietrich, and
Stephan Krusche.
33rd International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering
(FSE Companion '25
)
.
Trondheim, Norway,
June
2025.
doi: 10.1145/3696630.3727247
[BibTeX]
🏛 Organization
- 2024: GenAI Talks Coordination — Lightning Talks for GenAI. Munich, Germany.
🏆 Awards
💻 Projects
Software Projects
- Hephaestus — Process-aware mentoring platform for agile software teams. Features code review gamification, an AI mentor (Heph) for self-regulated learning, and workflow analytics. Supervisor and main developer. (GitHub)
- Apollon — Web-based UML editor for education. Maintainer of the Apollon2 re-engineering effort with real-time collaboration and mobile support.
- Artemis — Interactive learning platform. Maintainer of Hyperion (monitoring) and modeling exercises.
- Athena — AI-powered assessment system. Contributor to LLM-based feedback generation.
Team Projects (iPraktikum Project Lead)
- Obsphera — Guided AR Capture for 3D Reconstruction (iPraktikum SS 26)
- TUM — TUMi Chatbot (iPraktikum SS 25)
- msg — Roomsgen AR Interior Design (iPraktikum WS 24/25)
- iABG — Field Grid Farm Management (iPraktikum SS 24)
👨🏫 Teaching
↓ Summer 2026
↓ Winter 2025/26
↓ Summer 2025
↓ Winter 2024/25
📚 Theses & IDPs
I supervise Bachelor’s and Master’s theses as well as Interdisciplinary Projects (IDPs). Open topics are listed in the thesis management system. If no topic is listed but you have a concrete idea related to Hephaestus or Apollon, you may propose it during office hours.
In Progress
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