Research at the intersection of machine learning, programming languages, and software
engineering has recently taken important steps in proposing learnable probabilistic models …

The current massive open online course (MOOC) euphoria is revolutionizing online
education. Despite its expediency, there is considerable skepticism over various concerns …

Many researchers motivate explainable AI with studies showing that human-AI team
performance on decision-making tasks improves when the AI explains its recommendations …

Background and Context: Over the past year, large language models (LLMs) have taken the
world by storm. In computing education, like in other walks of life, many opportunities and …

Powered by recent advances in code-generating models, AI assistants like Github Copilot
promise to change the face of programming forever. But what is this new face of …

Every programmer has a characteristic style, ranging from preferences about identifier
naming to preferences about object relationships and design patterns. Coding conventions …

Personalized chatbot-based teaching assistants can be crucial in addressing increasing
classroom sizes, especially where direct teacher presence is limited. Large language …

Providing feedback on programming assignments is a tedious task for the instructor, and
even impossible in large Massive Open Online Courses with thousands of students …

In large introductory programming classes, teacher feedback on individual incorrect student
submissions is often infeasible. Program synthesis techniques are capable of fixing student …

Despite the fact an intelligent tutoring system for programming (ITSP) education has long
attracted interest, its widespread use has been hindered by the difficulty of generating …