Alumni

We at Luce (and its predecessor group Sape) have always been lucky to have a diverse, fascinating team from Switzerland and all over the world. If you are interested in joining us at Luce, check out our open positions. Note, however, that we have very few if any opportunities for research internships on the Bachelor or Master level for international students from outside Switzerland and the EU (if you are a Masters student and would like to stay for a semester in our group to work on your thesis, check out the MaRS program).

PostDocs

Dr. Andrea Gallidabino PostDoc

PhDs

Dr. Igor Moreno Santos PhD (September, 2023)
Sound Notional Machines
Dr. Andrea Adamoli PhD Student
An Agile Concept Inventory Methodology to Accurately and Efficiently Measure Student Programming Language Misconceptions
Dr. Luis Mastrangelo PhD (October, 2019)
When and How Java Developers Give Up Static Type Safety
Dr. Mohammad Reza Azadmanesh PhD (September, 2019)
Debugging by Filtering History Slices
Dr. Dmitrijs Zaparanuks PhD (February, 2013)
Algorithmic Profiling
Dr. Milan Jovic PhD (September, 2011)
Understanding the Performance of Interactive Applications

Former PhD Students

Dmitri Makarov Former PhD Student
Programming Languages for Heterogeneous Computing
Matej Vitasek Former PhD Student
Dynamic Program Analysis

Visiting

Peter Libic Visiting while PhD student at Charles University, Prague
Sciex Fellowship: Measurement and Modeling of Garbage Collector Impact on Observed Application Performance
Todd Mytkowicz Visiting while PhD student at CU Boulder
ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship: Rethinking Experimental Performance Evaluation

Master Thesis Students

Nicola Dal Pian MSII (2023)
Introduzione alla programmazione con la libreria PyTamaro
Marco Tereh MS (2023)
A Typed Expression Parser for Python
Joey Bevilacqua MS (2023)
Automated Assessment of Student Understanding of Expressions in Their Own Code
Francesco Lardelli MSII (2023)
Curriculum in PyTamaro per i laboratori di informatica in seconda liceo
Cristian Sulmoni MSII (2023)
Introdurre alla programmazione con la grafica: sviluppo di percorsi didattici e attività con PyTamaro
Nino Wilkins GymInf (2022)
Bootstrap: Data Science für die Schweiz - Daten analysieren und visualisieren
Hans Adrian-Schmassmann GymInf (2022)
Lambda-Kalkül für das Gymnasium
David Eichenberger GymInf (2022)
lernbaum.ch: Programmierung einer webbasierten Unterrichtsplattform
Dario Biasini GymInf (2022)
lernbaum.ch: Programmierung einer webbasierten Unterrichtsplattform
Andreas Stoll GymInf (2022)
Bootstrap: Data Science für die Schweiz - Daten analysieren und visualisieren
Alessandra Vicini MS (2022)
Extension of Salesforce's Sustainability Cloud
Stefano Malagò MS (2021)
TSR: Tagging System for Qualitative Research in Programming Education
Armend Azizi MS (2021)
Expression Tutor Classroom
Demo
Luca Chiodini MS (2020)
Qualitative analysis of Mastery Checks in a programming course
Matthias Eberli MS (2012)
Performance Bottleneck Visualization
Mattia Gustarini MS (2010)
Informa Web: A Web-based Classroom Response System
Luca Della Toffola MS (2010)
Memory Locality Optimizations for Java Programs
Mahesh Kumar MAS (2008)
Micro-Benchmarks for Performance Counter Validation
Dmitrijs Zaparanuks MS (2007)
Capturing, Analyzing, and Modeling the Runtime Behavior of a Virtual Machine

UROP Interns

Jeferson Jesus Morales Mariciano UROP (2022)
Expression Tutor for Python
Cristian Buratti UROP (2021)
Activity Builder for Expression Tutor
Jason Naldi UROP (2020)
Concept Inventory Quiz Platform for Research
Margarita Grinvald UROP (2013)
Web-based Clicker Features
Patrick Zulian UROP (2008)
Trace Query Language: Dynamic On-the-fly Code Generation for Efficient Trace Analysis & Visualization
Claudio Marforio UROP (2006)
Eclipse Predictor
Alessandro Gaia UROP (2006)
Eclipse Predictor

Interns

Jamila Oubenali Stage (2023)
PyTamaro Hour of Code
Giorgia Lillo Stage (2023)
PyTamaro Hour of Code
Fabio Marchesi Stage (2023)
PyTamaro Improvement
Davide Frova Stage (2023)
PyTamaro Hour of Code
Agnese Zamboni Stage (2023)
PyTamaro Materials & Hour of Code
Joey Bevilacqua Stage (2022)
Expression Tutor Service
Alen Sugimoto Stage (2022)
Improving the understanding of Scratch expressions in K-12 students
Agnese Zamboni Stage (2022)
PyTamaro Improvement and Materials
Joey Bevilacqua Stage (2021)
Expression Tutor Service
Alen Sugimoto Stage (2021)
Feedback Infrastructure for Expression Tutor

Bachelor Thesis Students

Tiziano Marsetti BS (2021)
Expression Tree Builder: A React Implementation
Renato Iannace BS (2021)
From Expressions to JVM Instructions
Nicola Brunner BS (2021)
Accessible Notional Machine
Mejrima Smajilbasic BS (2021)
Worked Examples for Expression Tutor
Joey Bevilacqua BS (2021)
Expression Generator
Federico Lagrasta BS (2021)
Beaver: Pattern Explorer
Luca Omini BS (2020)
Informa Coding Study Tasks with Automated Feedback
Thesis Code
Davide Ciulla BS (2020)
Stack and Heap Diagrams: A Graphical Editor
Thesis Code Demo
Stefano Malagò BS (2019)
Detecting Misconceptions in Java Code with PMD
Ardil Günay BS (2019)
Concept Mapping Recall Plugin for Informa Platform
Code
Albert Walser BS (2019)
Student Dashboard Plugin for Informa
Susanna Riccardi BS (2018)
Online Platform for Productive Failure
Renzo Cotti BS (2018)
Bytecode to Source Code Mapper
Andreia Faria Carvalho BS (2016)
Blaster: Back-in-time debugging
Code
Mohamed Mosa BS (2010)
Course Evaluation Web Application
Matthias Eberli BS (2010)
Listener Latency Profiler Eclipse Plug-in
Mike Godenzi BS (2008)
Linux Kernel Performance Monitors
Mattia Gustarini BS (2008)
Pharma Lab Management System
Alessio Bockmann BS (2008)
Eclipse CodeSearch