SICSA Pre-ITiCSE Day 2025

24 June 2025
University of Glasgow

Date

24 June 2025, 9:30-13:00 GMT

Location

Room F121, Sir Alwyn Williams Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8RZ (Hybrid)

About

The SICSA Pre-ITiCSE Day is a hybrid event that will bring together researchers across Scotland to showcase work that has been accepted at ITiCSE 2025.

Organisers

The event is being organised by Dr Tim Storer at University of Glasgow with support from SICSA. Please email SICSA if you have any questions.

09:30 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:05

Coffee & Networking

Welcome

Tim Storer, University of Glasgow

10:05-10:45

Session 1

Double Acts for Demystifying Subroutine Calling Conventions
Alasdair Lambert, University of Strathclyde

AutoMCQ – Automatically Generate Code Comprehension Questions using GenAI
Martin Goodfellow, University of Strathclyde

Type Directed Programming For Programming Education
Alasdair Lambert, University of Strathclyde

10:45-11:15

Discussion

11:15 – 11:20

Short break

11:20 – 11:50

Session 2

Understanding Skill Transfer Between University and Workplace Through Reflective Practice: A Software Engineering Work-Based Learning Experience
Oana Andrei & Matthew Barr, University of Glasgow

Out of the day job: Perspectives of Industry Practitioners in Co-Design and Delivery of Software Engineering Courses
Tim Storer, University of Glasgow

Improving Primary School Pupils’ Spatial Skills Leads to Computational Thinking Gains
Quintin Cutts, University of Glasgow

11:50-12:20

Discussion

12:20 – 12:30

Closing

12:30 – 13:00

Lunch & Networking