Publications

Simulating Requirement Elicitation: Development and Evaluation of a Persona-Based Tool

Ildar Akhmetov and Mirjana Prpa

Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 2025

An MS in CS for Non-CS Majors: A Ten Year Retrospective

Logan W Schmidt, Caitlin J Kidder, Ildar Akhmetov, Megan Bebis, Alan C Jamieson, Albert Lionelle, Sarah Maravetz, Sami Rollins and Ethan Selinger

Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 2025

An Empirical Study of Python Library Migration Using Large Language Models

Md Mohayeminul Islam, Ajay Kumar Jha, May Mahmoud, Ildar Akhmetov and Sarah Nadi

arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.13272 2025

C-ing Beyond AI: A Cloud-Based Approach to Authentic Programming Assessment

Ildar Akhmetov, Maryam Tanha, Logan W Schmidt and Saeed Yazdanian

Proceedings of the 27th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education 2025

When Lyrics Become Code: Programming Like a Rock Star

Ildar Akhmetov

Proceedings of the 27th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education 2025

Adapting Computing Curricula in the Era of Automated Software Development

Ludek Kucera, Ildar Akhmetov, Cruz Izu and Olufisayo Omojokun

Proceedings of the ACM Global on Computing Education Conference 2025 Vol 2 2025

How We Manage an Army of Teaching Assistants: Experience Report on Scaling a CS1 Course

Ildar Akhmetov, Sadaf Ahmed and Kezziah Ayuno

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 2024

Characterizing Python Library Migrations

Mohayeminul Islam, Ajay Kumar Jha, Ildar Akhmetov and Sarah Nadi

Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering 2024 Vol. 1 No. FSE

Building Bridges in Computer Networks: A Nifty Assignment for Cross-Language Learning and Code Refactoring

Ildar Akhmetov and Logan W Schmidt

Proceedings of the 26th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education 2024

PyMigBench: A Benchmark for Python Library Migration

Mohayeminul Islam, Ajay Kumar Jha, Sarah Nadi and Ildar Akhmetov

2023 IEEE/ACM 20th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR) 2023

Managing TAs at Scale: Investigating the Experiences of Teaching Assistants in Introductory Computer Science

Emma McDonald, Gisele Arevalo, Sadaf Ahmed, Ildar Akhmetov and Carrie Demmans Epp

Proceedings of the Tenth ACM Conference on Learning@ Scale 2023

Generating CS1 Coding Questions Using OpenAI

Pranjal Dilip Naringrekar, Ildar Akhmetov and Eleni Stroulia

Proceedings of the 25th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education 2023

Capstone Course Dashboard: Analyzing Team Dynamics in Software Engineering Education

Ildar Akhmetov, Pranjal Dilip Naringrekar, Rylan Chin, Michael Huang, Shasta Johnsen-Sollos, Yutong Liu, Vivek Malhotra, Vardan Saini and Charffy Wang

Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research-Volume 2 2023

Managing an Army of Teaching Assistants: Rethinking the Organizational Structure of a Large Introductory CS Course

Ildar Akhmetov and Sadaf Ahmed

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 2022