Email: ashishjuit@ufl.edu
Address: NSC 329
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
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
- Leslie Harvey, Ashish Aggarwal. 2020. How do Quiz and Homework Submission Times Affect Students’ Performance in a Flipped CS1 Class? [poster] . ACM International Computing Education Research (ICER) 314
2019
- Ashish Aggarwal, David S. Touretzky, Christina Gardner-McCune. 2019. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Explicit Instruction in Reducing Program Reasoning Fallacies in Elementary Level Students [poster]. ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) 292.
2017
- Ashish Aggarwal. 2017. Neo-Piagetian Classification of Reasoning Ability and Mental Simulation to Lawfully Simulate Computational Rules in Microsoft’s Kodu Game Lab. ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE)
- *(Second in the Graduate Student Research Competition at ACM SIGCSE-2017, Seattle, WA)
2016
- Ashish Aggarwal, Christina Gardner-McCune. 2016. Measuring and Assessing the Ability to Understand, Recognize and Construct Computational Rules in Elementary School using Microsoft Kodu’s Game Lab. IEEE Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology Conference (RESPECT)
- Ashish Aggarwal, David S. Touretzky, Christina Gardner-McCune. 2016. Designing and Refining of Questions to Assess Students’ Ability to Mentally Simulate Programs and Predict Program Behavior [poster]. ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)