Education

• Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing [ Aug 2017 – Jul 2023 (expected) ]
  University of Florida, FL, U.S.A. 
• M.S. in Computer Science  [ Aug 2015 – May 2017 ]
  University of Florida, FL, U.S.A.
• M.S. in Management  [ Aug 2015 – May 2017 ]
  University of Florida, FL, U.S.A.
• B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering [ July 2011 – May 2015 ]
  Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, India. 

Research Interests

• Learning Analytics
• Computer Science Education
• Computational Reasoning
• AI and Embedded Ethics
• Engineering Education

CURRENT Projects

Grants and Scholarships

Teaching Experience

As Instructor

• COP 2271, Computer Programming for Engineers (MATLAB), University of Florida 
• IDH 2930, (Un)Common Reads ‘Zero to One’ by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters, University of Florida 

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

2023

• Ashish Aggarwal, Neelima Puthanveetil and Christina Gardner-McCune. 2023. Who does Optional Practice Problems in a CS1 Course? Exploring Learner Agency to foster Mastery Learning? [pdf] ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)

2022

• Ashish Aggarwal and Akshay Ashok. 2022. Exploring the Differences in Students’ Behavioral Engagement With Quizzes and Its Impact on their Performance in a Flipped CS1 Course [pdf]. Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli 2022)
• José Alejandro Cabrera, Ashish Aggarwal. 2022. Can Natural Language Acquisition Theory inform How Students Learn to Program? [pdf] American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Ashish Aggarwal, Saurabh Ranjan. 2022. How do Undergraduate Students Reason about Ethical and Algorithmic Decision-Making?[pdf] ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)

2021

• Leslie Harvey, Ashish Aggarwal. 2021. Exploring the Effect of Quiz and Homework Submission Times on Students’ Performance in an Introductory Programming Course in a Flipped Classroom Environment [pdf]. American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Bhaskar Mishra, Ashish Aggarwal. 2021. Opponent Hand Estimation in Gin Rummy Using Deep Neural Networks and Heuristic Strategies [pdf]. Educational Advancement in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI)

2020

• Caleb O’Malley, Ashish Aggarwal. 2020. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Lab Practice in the Context of Prior Programming Experience in an Introductory Programming Course [pdf]. American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Caleb O’Malley, Ashish Aggarwal. 2020. Evaluating the Use and Effectiveness of Ungraded Practice Problems in an Introductory Programming Course [pdf]. Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE)

2018

• Ashish Aggarwal, David S. Touretzky, Christina Gardner-McCune. 2018. Demonstrating the Ability of Elementary Students to Reason about Programs [pdf]. ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)

2017

• Ashish Aggarwal, Christina Gardner-McCune, David S. Touretzky. 2017. Evaluating the Effect of using Physical Manipulatives to Foster Computational Thinking in Elementary School [pdf]. ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
• David S. Touretzky, Christina Gardner-McCune, Ashish Aggarwal. 2017. Semantic Reasoning in Young Programmers [pdf] ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)

2016

• David S. Touretzky, Christina Gardner-McCune, Ashish Aggarwal. 2016. Teaching ‘lawfulness’ with Kodu [pdf]. ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)

Peer Reviewed Conference Posters

2020