Meeting Room 100 - SIGCSE TS 2026

VenueThe Cervantes Convention Center at America's Center

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Wed 18 Feb
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13:00 - 16:00	Scaling the CS Teacher Pipeline: Certification Pathways, Capacity Modeling, and Preservice InnovationAffiliated Events at Meeting Room 100

13:00 3h Talk		Scaling the CS Teacher Pipeline: Certification Pathways, Capacity Modeling, and Preservice InnovationK12 Affiliated Events Jaci McCune University of Texas at Austin, Carol Fletcher Texas Advanced Computing Center, Joshua Childs The University of Texas at Austin, Rebecca Zarch SageFox Consulting Group, Aman Yadav Michigan State University, Jennifer Rosato University of Minnesota

Thu 19 Feb
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10:40 - 12:00	Student Experiences with AIPapers at Meeting Room 100

10:40 20m Talk		Capturing Student Reasoning with Low-Cost AI: An Early Experience in a Data-Structures Course Papers Kwabena Bamfo Ashesi University, Olaf Hall-Holt St. Olaf College, Oluwakemi Ola University of British Columbia, Govindha Yeluripati Ashesi University, Dennis Owusu Ashesi University
11:00 20m Talk		Exploring Student Choice and the Use of Multimodal Generative AI in Programming Learning Papers Xinying Hou University of Michigan, Ruiwei Xiao Carnegie Mellon University, Runlong Ye University of Toronto, Michael Liut University of Toronto Mississauga, John Stamper Carnegie Mellon University
11:20 20m Talk		If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Conscript ‘Em: Experiences Requiring the Use of AI in a Capstone Course Papers David Levine University of Southern Maine

13:40 - 15:00	Assessment and FeedbackPapers at Meeting Room 100

13:40 20m Talk		Assessing Student Proficiency in Foundational Developer Tools Through Live Checkoffs Papers Connor McMahon pc, Lauren Feldman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
14:00 20m Talk		Understanding Student Interaction with AI-Powered Next-Step Hints: Strategies and Challenges Papers Anastasiia Birillo JetBrains Research, Aleksei Rostovskii JetBrains Research, Yaroslav Golubev JetBrains Research, Hieke Keuning Utrecht University
14:20 20m Talk		Personalized Exam Prep (PEP): Scaling No-Stakes, No-LLM Dialogue-Based Assessments in a Large CS Course Papers Kelly Cochran pc, Chris Piech Stanford University
14:40 20m Talk		Fine-Tuning Open-Source Models as a Viable Alternative to Proprietary LLMs for Explaining Compiler Messages Papers Lorenzo Lee Solano University of New South Wales, Sydney, Charles Koutcheme Aalto University, Juho Leinonen Aalto University, Alexandra Vassar University of New South Wales, Sydney, Jake Renzella University of New South Wales, Sydney

15:40 - 17:00	Entangling K-12 Teachers, Undergrads, and Cyber Pros in Quantum ConceptsPapers at Meeting Room 100

15:40 20m Talk		QuantAid: A Quiz-based Quantum Learning Platform for High-school and Undergraduate StudentsK12 Papers Kevin Hernandez Rice University, Kaushani Patel None, Tirthak Patel
16:00 20m Talk		PQCIP: A Post-Quantum Cryptography Educational Program for Cybersecurity Professionals Papers Ron Steinfeld Monash University, Muhammed F. Esgin Monash University, Nikai Jagganath Monash University, Amin Sakzad Monash University, Carsten Rudolph Monash University, James Boorman Monash University
16:20 20m Talk		Quandray:Student Conceptions of Quantum Concepts from a Gameworld Papers David Gonzalez-Maldonado University of Chicago, Grace Williams University of Chicago, Emily Edwards Duke University, Danielle Harlow University of California at Santa Barbara, Diana Franklin University of Chicago
16:40 20m Talk		Introducing Quantum Computing to K-12 Teachers through a Professional Development WorkshopK12 Papers David Gonzalez-Maldonado University of Chicago, Emily Edwards Duke University, Diana Franklin University of Chicago

17:30 - 18:20	Flock 1aBirds of a Feather at Meeting Room 100

17:30 50m Talk		Primarily Undergraduate Institution Faculty (2 & 4 year institutions) Birds of a Feather Sophia Krause-Levy University of California, San Diego, Cynthia Taylor Oberlin College, Stephanos Matsumoto Olin College of Engineering, Jean Salac Carleton College

18:30 - 19:20	Flock 2aBirds of a Feather at Meeting Room 100

18:30 50m Talk		Alternative Assessment in the Era of AI Birds of a Feather Peter Ohmann College of St. Benedict / St. John's University, Ed Novak Franklin and Marshall College, Scott Reckinger University of Illinois Chicago, Shanon Reckinger University of Illinois at Chicago

Fri 20 Feb
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10:40 - 12:00	Scaling Feedback and Assessments Without Losing Your Sanity (or Your Servers)Papers at Meeting Room 100

10:40 20m Talk		Aligning Small Language Models for Programming Feedback: Towards Scalable Coding Support in a Massive Global Course Papers Charles Koutcheme Aalto University, Juliette Woodrow Stanford University, Chris Piech Stanford University
11:00 20m Talk		Designing and Implementing Skill Tests at Scale: Frequent, Computer-Based, Proctored Assessments with Minimal Infrastructure Requirements Papers Anastasiya Markova University of California San Diego, Anish Kasam University of California San Diego, Bryce Hackel University of California San Diego, Marina Langlois University of California San Diego, Sam Lau University of California at San Diego
11:20 20m Talk		Scaling Engagement: Leveraging Social Annotation and AI for Collaborative Code Review in Large CS Courses Papers Raymond Klefstad University of California, Irvine, Susan Klefstad Independent Researcher, Vincent Tran University of California, Irvine, Michael Shindler University of California, Irvine

12:35 - 13:25	Flock 3aBirds of a Feather at Meeting Room 100

12:35 50m Talk		Revised CSTA Standards: What’s Next for PK-12 CS EducationK12 Birds of a Feather Jacob Koressel Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), Bryan Twarek Computer Science Teachers Association

13:40 - 15:00	Testing, Teaching, and Hacking: Openness in CS EducationPapers at Meeting Room 100

13:40 20m Talk		Comparing Student Performance on Un-Proctored Online Exams and Proctored In-Person Exams in a CS0 Course Papers Ben Stephenson University of Calgary
14:00 20m Talk		Enabling Open Educational Resource Adoption through Integrated Sharing in PrairieLearn Papers Seth Poulsen Utah State University, Geoffrey Herman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mariana Silva University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Max Fowler University of Illinois, David Smith Virginia Tech, Leo Porter University of California San Diego, Nico Ritschel University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Craig Zilles University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Matthew West University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
14:20 20m Talk		Open Cybersecurity Education: Five Years of pwn.college Papers Connor Nelson pc, Robert Wasinger Arizona State University, Adam Doupé Arizona State University, Yan Shoshitaishvili Arizona State University

15:40 - 17:00	Natural Language, Code, and Usability Papers at Meeting Room 100

15:40 20m Talk		Describing Functionality in Natural Language May Improve Decomposition Behaviors Papers Matthew Burns Utah State University, Wesley Edwards Utah State University, John Edwards Utah State University
16:00 20m Talk		HeuristicBuilder: An Interactive Multimodal Approach to Teaching Usability Heuristics Papers Wajdi Aljedaani Saud Data & Artifical Intelligent Authority, Marcelo Medeiros Eler University of São Paulo, Parthasarathy PD BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, Will Witherspoon University of North Texas, Andrew Pamer University of North Texas
16:20 20m Talk		You Don't Need a Data Center to Explain in Plain English! Comparing Open-Source and Propriety LLMs for EiPE Grading Papers Eddy Jiang University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Max Fowler University of Illinois
16:40 20m Talk		Systematically Thinking about the Complexity of Code Structuring Exercises at Introductory Level Papers Georgiana Haldeman Colgate University, Peter Ohmann College of St. Benedict / St. John's University, Paul Denny The University of Auckland

19:00 - 22:00	TutorialTutorials at Meeting Room 100

19:00 3h Talk		Tutorial 301: Modern, Multi-Tier Apps using Amazon Web Services Tutorials Joe Hummel Northwestern University

Sat 21 Feb
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10:40 - 12:00	CS TeachersPapers at Meeting Room 100

10:40 20m Talk		A Longitudinal Pilot Study Exploring the Impacts of Coaching for Equity on Computer Science TeachersK12 Papers Jennifer Rosato University of Minnesota, Joseph Tise Institute for Advancing Computing Education, Monica McGill Institute for Advancing Computing Education, Megan Deiger Consultant
11:00 20m Talk		A Structured Inventory of Tools to unveil Teachers' Computer Science KnowledgeK12 Papers Agnese Del Zozzo University of Trento, Luca Lamanna University of Milan, Violetta Lonati University of Milan, Alberto Montresor University of Trento
11:20 20m Talk		Praxis Prep: Supporting Secondary Career & Technical Education Teachers Pursuing CS LicensureK12 Papers Jon Stapleton CodeVA, Chris Mayfield James Madison University, Lesley Frew Fairfax County Public Schools, Ebonie Campbell Norfolk Public Schools, Shelita Hodges Richmond Public Schools, Buffie Holley Albemarle High School, Natalie Rice CodeVA, Perry Shank CodeVA, Debra Bernstein TERC, James K.L. Hammerman TERC

13:40 - 15:00	CS Teachers Papers at Meeting Room 100

13:40 20m Talk		How Teacher Educators Adapt Debugging Instruction for Non-CS Teachers in K-12 Professional Development PracticesK12 Papers Tamara Nelson-Fromm , Aadarsh Padiyath University of Michigan, Mark Guzdial University of Michigan
14:00 20m Talk		Programmatic, Policy, and Communication Challenges in Developing CS Teacher Preparation PathwaysK12 Papers Erin Anderson Georgia State, Yin-Chan Liao Georgia State University, Ijeoma Mbaezue Georgia State University, Jennifer Rosato University of Minnesota, Michelle Friend University of Nebraska Omaha
14:20 20m Talk		Supporting K-12 CS Teacher Identity Development through Peer MentoringK12 Papers Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua WestEd, Portia Morrell Computer Science Teachers Association, Bryan Twarek Computer Science Teachers Association, Tonya Davis CSTA Black Affinity Group, Kathleen Effner CSTA New Jersey, Amy Fetherston CSTA Wisconsin Dairyland, Kevin Jala CSTA New Jersey, Linnea Logan CSTA Wisconsin Dairyland

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Meeting Room 100	Affiliated Events Scaling the CS Teacher Pipeline: Certification Pathways, Capacity Modeling, and Preservice Innovation																																																																								Tutorials

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Meeting Room 100									Papers Student Experiences with AI																																				Papers Assessment and Feedback																								Papers Entangling K-12 Teachers, Undergrads, and Cyber Pros in Quantum Concepts																						Birds of a Feather Flock 1a												Birds of a Feather Flock 2a

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Meeting Room 100									Papers Scaling Feedback and Assessments Without Losing Your Sanity (or Your Servers)																							Birds of a Feather Flock 3a													Papers Testing, Teaching, and Hacking: Openness in CS Education																								Papers Natural Language, Code, and Usability																																								Tutorials Tutorial

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Meeting Room 100									SIGCSE TS Papers Capturing Student Reasoning with Low-Cost AI: An Early Experience in a ... 10:40 - 11:00				SIGCSE TS Papers Exploring Student Choice and the Use of Multimodal Generative AI in Pro ... 11:00 - 11:20				SIGCSE TS Papers If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Conscript ‘Em: Experiences Requiring the Use of ... 11:20 - 11:40																												SIGCSE TS Papers Assessing Student Proficiency in Foundational Developer Tools Through L ... 13:40 - 14:00				SIGCSE TS Papers Understanding Student Interaction with AI-Powered Next-Step Hints: Stra ... 14:00 - 14:20				SIGCSE TS Papers Personalized Exam Prep (PEP): Scaling No-Stakes, No-LLM Dialogue-Based ... 14:20 - 14:40				SIGCSE TS Papers Fine-Tuning Open-Source Models as a Viable Alternative to Proprietary L ... 14:40 - 15:00												SIGCSE TS PapersK12 QuantAid: A Quiz-based Quantum Learning Platform for High-school and Un ... 15:40 - 16:00				SIGCSE TS Papers PQCIP: A Post-Quantum Cryptography Educational Program for Cybersecurit ... 16:00 - 16:20				SIGCSE TS Papers Quandray:Student Conceptions of Quantum Concepts from a Gameworld 16:20 - 16:40				SIGCSE TS PapersK12 Introducing Quantum Computing to K-12 Teachers through a Professional D ... 16:40 - 17:00										SIGCSE TS Birds of a Feather Primarily Undergraduate Institution Faculty (2 & 4 year institutions) 17:30 - 18:20												SIGCSE TS Birds of a Feather Alternative Assessment in the Era of AI 18:30 - 19:20

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Meeting Room 100									SIGCSE TS Papers Aligning Small Language Models for Programming Feedback: Towards Scalab ... 10:40 - 11:00				SIGCSE TS Papers Designing and Implementing Skill Tests at Scale: Frequent, Computer-Bas ... 11:00 - 11:20				SIGCSE TS Papers Scaling Engagement: Leveraging Social Annotation and AI for Collaborati ... 11:20 - 11:40															SIGCSE TS Birds of a FeatherK12 Revised CSTA Standards: What’s Next for PK-12 CS Education 12:35 - 13:25													SIGCSE TS Papers Comparing Student Performance on Un-Proctored Online Exams and Proctore ... 13:40 - 14:00				SIGCSE TS Papers Enabling Open Educational Resource Adoption through Integrated Sharing ... 14:00 - 14:20				SIGCSE TS Papers Open Cybersecurity Education: Five Years of pwn.college 14:20 - 14:40																SIGCSE TS Papers Describing Functionality in Natural Language May Improve Decomposition ... 15:40 - 16:00				SIGCSE TS Papers HeuristicBuilder: An Interactive Multimodal Approach to Teaching Usabil ... 16:00 - 16:20				SIGCSE TS Papers You Don't Need a Data Center to Explain in Plain English! Comparing Ope ... 16:20 - 16:40				SIGCSE TS Papers Systematically Thinking about the Complexity of Code Structuring Exerci ... 16:40 - 17:00																												SIGCSE TS Tutorials Tutorial 301: Modern, Multi-Tier Apps using Amazon Web Services 19:00 - 22:00

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Meeting Room 100									SIGCSE TS PapersK12 A Longitudinal Pilot Study Exploring the Impacts of Coaching for Equity ... 10:40 - 11:00				SIGCSE TS PapersK12 A Structured Inventory of Tools to unveil Teachers' Computer Science Kn ... 11:00 - 11:20				SIGCSE TS PapersK12 Praxis Prep: Supporting Secondary Career & Technical Education Teachers ... 11:20 - 11:40																												SIGCSE TS PapersK12 How Teacher Educators Adapt Debugging Instruction for Non-CS Teachers i ... 13:40 - 14:00				SIGCSE TS PapersK12 Programmatic, Policy, and Communication Challenges in Developing CS Tea ... 14:00 - 14:20				SIGCSE TS PapersK12 Supporting K-12 CS Teacher Identity Development through Peer Mentoring 14:20 - 14:40

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