What are we up to?
We at Luce are involved in research, teaching, and service related to programming languages and computer science education, in Switzerland and beyond. Find out below what we have been up to.
If you'd like to meet us, come visit us in beautiful Lugano! If you cannot make it to Lugano, you might find us at one of the upcoming events.
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 14/11/2024 | Koli Calling'24 | Talk: Assessing the Understanding of Expressions: A Qualitative Study of Notional-Machine-Based Exam Questions |
| 24/10/2024 | SPLASH-E '24 | Talk: Judicious: API Documentation for Novices |
| 10/10/2024 | SI Seminar by Luca Chiodini | Talk: What Does It Mean To Learn? |
| 02/10/2024 | Hosting a Delegation from University of Western Bohemia | Workshop on Teaching Programming in Schools |
| 02/09/2024 | GymInf Verteidigung von Isabella Gall | Programmierunterricht mit PyTamaro-Web für vier Klassen am Gymnasium |
| 02/09/2024 | GymInf Verteidigung von Christoph Benkler | Effektivität von PyTamaro im Python-Unterricht: Auf Stufe Sek II (Gymnasium & FMS), im Vergleich zu Turtle |
| 22/07/2024 | PyTamaro Summer Academy 2024 | Five-Day Summer Academy at the Software Institute at USI in Lugano |
| 14/06/2024 | Tim Bell Visit | Talk: Putting the Computation into Computational Thinking via CS Unplugged |
| 12/06/2024 | GymInf Verteidigung von Marco Lichtsteiner | BioCode: Programmieren lernen mit Biologie |
| 25/05/2024 | GymInf Tag | Workshop on Teaching Python Programming with PyTamaro in Schools |
| 16/05/2024 | SI Seminar by Joey Bevilacqua | Talk: Assessing the Understanding of Expressions: A Qualitative Study of Notional-Machine-Based Exam Questions |
| 13/05/2024 | WG 2.4 Meeting 69 | Talk: Teaching Problem Decomposition with PyTamaro |
| 23/03/2024 | SIGCSE '24 PyTamaro Workshop | Workshop 404: Decompose Graphics to Compose Programs in Python with PyTamaro |
| 22/03/2024 | SIGCSE '24 Poster | Using Notional Machines to Automatically Assess Students' Comprehension of Their Own Code |
| 25/01/2024 | Meeting at UER MI, HEP Vaud | Talks on Scratch Misconceptions, PyTamaro, Expression Tutor |
| 23/01/2024 | Meeting at Institut für Medien und Schule, PH Schwyz | Discussion on Misconceptions in Block-Based Languages |
| 04/12/2023 | Hour of Code 2023 | Hour of Code: Program Your Own Castle |
| 14/11/2023 | PhD Dissertation Defence of Andrea Adamoli | An Agile Concept Inventory Methodology to Accurately and Efficiently Measure Student Programming Language Misconceptions |
| 25/10/2023 | SPLASH-E '23 | Talk: Teaching Programming with Graphics: Pitfalls and a Solution |
| 05/10/2023 | SI Seminar by Agnese Zamboni | Talk: Program Your Own Castle - Developing a Self-Guided Tutorial for the Hour of Code |
| 28/09/2023 | PhD Dissertation Defence of Igor Moreno Santos | Sound Notional Machines |
| 13/09/2023 | ECDL Information Day | Guest Lecture: Four Principles for Teaching Programming |
| 14/08/2023 | PyTamaro Summer Academy 2023 | Five-Day Summer Academy at the Software Institute at USI in Lugano |
| 19/06/2023 | MSDE Defense of Marco Tereh | A Typed Expression Parser for Python |
| 19/06/2023 | MSDE Defense of Joey Bevilacqua | Automated Assessment of Student Understanding of Expressions in Their Own Code |
| 13/03/2023 | Luca Chiodini spends a semester at Aalto University | SNSF-funded research period at Aalto University |
| 09/03/2023 | SI Seminar by Luca Chiodini | Talk: Teaching problem decomposition with graphics |
| 12/12/2022 | SPLASH-E '22 | Talk: Expressions in Java: Essential, Prevalent, Neglected? |
| 09/12/2022 | GymInf Verteidigung von Hans Adrian-Schmassmann | Lambda-Kalkül für das Gymnasium |
| 02/11/2022 | Hasler Workshop on the Research Situation in CS Education Research in Switzerland | Workshop Participation |
| 20/10/2022 | SI Seminar by Matthias Hauswirth | Talk: Pitfalls in Teaching Programming |
| 29/09/2022 | SVIA edu-i-day 2022 | Organizing the Swiss Highschool Informatics Teacher Association (SVIA) edu-i-day |
| 09/09/2022 | Crista Lopes Visit | Talk: Exercises in Programming Style |
| 11/08/2022 | Martin Henz Visit | Meeting about Source Academy, SICP, and Programming Education |
| 07/08/2022 | ICER'22 | Co-organizing the first hybrid ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research |
| 10/07/2022 | WG 2.4 Meeting 66 | Talk: 'Correct-by-Construction' Notional Machines |
| 17/06/2022 | GymInf Verteidigungen von Dario Biasini und David Eichenberger | lernbaum.ch: Programmierung einer webbasierten Unterrichtsplattform |
| 15/06/2022 | MSDE Defense of Alessandra Vicini | Salesforce extension of the Net Zero Cloud |
| 03/06/2022 | GymInf Verteidigungen von Andreas Stoll und Nino Wilkins | Adaption von 'Bootstrap:Data Science' in Python für den Schweizer Kontext |
| 13/04/2022 | Brown CS Ed Grad Seminar Presentation by Luca Chiodini | Talk: The Risks of Ad Hoc Instruments |
| 09/03/2022 | WGLD March 2022 Online Meeting | Talk: PyTamaro: Teaching Problem Decomposition Using Graphics |
| 19/11/2021 | Koli Calling'21 | Talk: Wrong Answers for Wrong Reasons: The Risks of Ad Hoc Instruments |
| 05/11/2021 | CodeGrade Webinar | Talk: Programming Misconceptions |
| 05/11/2021 | Formula USI 2021 | Co-organizing the "Formula USI" AI-Based Autonomous Car Racing Competition |
| 04/11/2021 | SI Seminar by Andrea Gallidabino | Talk: Do you understand the code you write? 'I hope the TAs won't look at this!' |
| 28/10/2021 | SI Seminar by Igor Moreno Santos | Talk: Towards sound notional machines: a Lambda Calculus crash course |
| 20/09/2021 | EC-TEL'21 | Demo: Conceptual Checks for Programming Teachers |
| 16/08/2021 | ICER'21 | Co-organizing the 2021 virtual edition of ICER on Clowdr |
| 09/08/2021 | GymInf Intensivwoche 2021 | Organization of Training Week for Swiss Highschool Informatics Teachers, Teaching of Course "Programmiersprachenkonzepte" |
| 01/07/2021 | ITiCSE'21 | Talk: A Curated Inventory of Programming Language Misconceptions |
| 07/06/2021 | WGLD June 2021 Online Meeting | Talk: A Notional Machine for Teaching Expressions |
| 06/05/2021 | SI Seminar by Luca Chiodini | Talk: A Curated Inventory of Programming Language Misconceptions |
| 03/12/2020 | SI Seminar by Matthias Hauswirth | Talk: Rainfall and LuCE: The Difficulty of Learning to Program |
| 15/11/2020 | SPLASH'20 Doctoral Consortium | Co-chairing the Doctoral Symposium |
| 03/08/2020 | GymInf Intensivwoche 2020 | Organization of Training Week for Swiss Highschool Informatics Teachers, Teaching of Course "Programmiersprachenkonzepte" |
| 23/07/2020 | Computer Science in K-12: Book Launch | Presenting Chapter on "Operators and Expressions" |
| 15/06/2020 | ITiCSE'20 WG 2 | Capturing and Characterising Notional Machines |
| 26/02/2020 | Mike Barkmin Visit | Visitor talk: "Automatic Evaluation of Tasks for Instantaneous Diagnostics in Computer Science Lessons" |
| 18/01/2020 | Textbook Writing Retreat | Contribute to "Informatik: Programmieren und Robotik" textbook |
| 13/12/2019 | Textbook Writing Retreat | Contribute to "Informatik: Programmieren und Robotik" textbook |
| 22/11/2019 | SIRA 2019 Conference | Represent USI at general assembly of Swiss Informatics Research Association |
| 09/11/2019 | WGLD November 2019 Nice Meeting | Talk: Transfer when learning new languages |
| 25/10/2019 | SPLASH-E '19 | Talk: Experiences in Bridging from Functional to Object-Oriented Programming |
| 24/10/2019 | OOPSLA '19 | Talk: Casting about in the Dark: An Empirical Study of Cast Operations in Java Programs |
| 09/09/2019 | GymInf Program Committee Meeting | Design of GymInf program for future high school informatics teachers |
| 07/07/2019 | Dagstuhl Seminar on Notional Machines and Programming Language Semantics in Education | Collaborate on initiating projects related to notional machines and programming language misconceptions |
| 19/06/2019 | GymInf Program Committee Meeting | Design of GymInf program for future high school informatics teachers |
| 04/02/2019 | WGLD February 2019 Portland Meeting | Talk: Learning to Abstract |
| 14/05/2018 | WGLD May 2018 Antwerp Meeting | Talk: Misconceptions & PL Design |
| 29/08/2017 | WGLD August 2017 Park City Meeting | Talk: Abstraction-Free Programming |