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ICPEC: 5th International Computer Programming Education Conference
https://icpeconf.org/
Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
ISTAR – Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture Research Center
27th-28th June 2024
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Computer programming is a fascinating area but poses numerous challenges for learners. Teachers need techniques and methodologies to facilitate the teaching of programming and to help learners develop problem-solving skills. Learners not only need assistance in understanding programming concepts but also to overcome barriers, which cause poor motivation, preventing them from developing their programming skills and pursuing further knowledge in this area.
ICPEC aims to be a forum where teachers and researchers discuss methodologies, best practices, trends, techniques, and tools to improve the teaching-learning process of computer programming.
New this ICPEC edition: tool demonstrations.

Topics of Interest
We encourage submissions of novel and innovative work related to programming education, within, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Educational environments and tools
- End-user software development
- Gamification and game-based learning
- Software development in specific technical domains (e.g. database systems, physical computing, cybersecurity, cloud computing)
- Learning management systems (LMS)
- Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS)
- Automated assessment systems
- E-learning and blended-learning
- Learning analytics
- Primary, secondary and university education; industry training
- Large language models (LLM) for generation, feedback, and assessment of educational content
- Program visualization; virtual and augmented reality
- Massive open online courses (MOOC)
- Teaching methodologies

Submission
All submissions will be managed through the EasyChair online system at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icpec24
Paper types
- Full papers — 8 to 12 pages; validated work, may include a tool demonstration;
- Short papers — 5 to 8 pages; ongoing work, or tool demonstration;
- Posters - 2 pages; early stage work, or tool demonstration.

Papers should be written in English and should follow OASIcs template: https://submission.dagstuhl.de/documentation/authors
Accepted papers will be published in open-access on OASIcs, and indexed on SCOPUS and DBLP. At least one author for each accepted paper must register for the conference.
Please refer to the conference website https://icpeconf.org for all details. Organizers can be contacted using info[at]icpeconf.org.

Important Dates
- Paper submission: Apr 26, 2024 --) extended: May, 5, 2024
- Paper acceptance notification: May 27, 2024
- Camera-ready and author registration: June 10, 2024
- Conference: June 27-28, 2024

Organizing Committee
- André L. Santos (Iscte, ISTAR-Iscte, Portugal)
- Maria Pinto-Albuquerque (Iscte, ISTAR-Iscte, Portugal)

Steering Committee
- Ricardo Queirós (ESMAD/IPP & uniMAD, Portugal)
- Mário Pinto (ESMAD/IPP & uniMAD, Portugal)
- Alberto Simões (IPCA, Portugal)
- Filipe Portela (UM, Portugal)

Program Committee
- Alberto Simões, 2Ai Lab - IPCA
- Anabela Gomes, University of Coimbra
- André L. Santos, Iscte (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)
- António José Mendes, University of Coimbra
- Bertil Marques, GILT/ISEP/IPP
- Bárbara Cleto, ESMAD/uniMAD
- Cristiana Araújo, University of Minho
- Filipe Portela, University of Minho
- Filomena Lopes, Universidade Portucalense
- Inna Skarga-Bandurova, Oxford Brookes University
- J. Angel Velasquez-Iturbide, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Jakub Swacha, University of Szczecin
- José Paiva, University of Porto
- José Paulo Leal, University of Porto
- Leonel Morgado, INESC TEC / Universidade Aberta
- Marco Temeperini, Sapienza University of Rome
- Maria José Marcelino, University of Coimbra
- Maria Pinto-Albuquerque, Iscte (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa)
- Martinha Piteira, IPS - ESTSetúbal
- Mário Pinto, ESMAD, Polytechnic of Porto
- Paula Morais, Universidade Portucalense
- Paula Tavares, ISEP (Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto)
- Pedro Baltazar Vasconcelos, University of Porto
- Pedro Rangel Henriques, University of Minho
- Ricardo Queirós, ESMAD, Polytechnic of Porto & CRACS - INESC TEC
- Robertas Damaševičius, Kaunas University of Technology
- Rytis Maskeliunas, Kaunas University of Technology
- Sergio Ilarri, University of Zaragoza
- Sokol Kosta, Aalborg University
- Teresa Terroso, ESMAD, Polytechnic of Porto
- Tiago Gasiba, Siemens AG
- Vítor Sá, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Štefan Korečko, Technical University of Košice
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