School of Computing Science

EDUCATION & PRACTICE (EAP)

Education & Practice section members are actively involved in Computing Science Education and Software Engineering research, working in collaboration with industry, government, schools, and other university partners. The section is led by Dr Matthew Barr, and comprises two main research groups:

• Centre for Computing Science Education (led by Professor Quintin Cutts)
• Software Engineering Laboratory (led by Dr Tim Storer)

Members of EAP contribute to several of the School's cross cutting research themes including Understandable Autonomous Systems, Low Carbon and Sustainable Computing and Programming Languages.

Academic Staff:

• Dr Oana Andrei (Lecturer)
• Dr Matthew Barr (Senior Lecturer & Section Head)
• Dr Mireilla Bikanga Ada (Lecturer)
• Dr Handan Gul Calikli (Lecturer in Software Engineering)
• Professor Quintin Cutts (Professor of Computer Science Education)
• Dr Peggy Gregory (Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering)
• Professor Per Hammer (Professor in Practice)
• Dr Maria Kallia (Lecturer in Computing Science Education)
• Professor Mark Logan (Professor in Practice - Technology Entrepreneurship)
• Dr Alistair Morrison (Lecturer)
• Dr Syed Waqar Nabi (Lecturer)
• Derek Somerville (Lecturer)
• Dr Tim Storer (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Yutian Tang (Lecturer)

Research Staff:

• Jack Parkinson
• Kristina Pavlou
• Kathleen West

Professional, Administrative & Support Staff:

• Len Lukowski (GUSS Finance Administrator)
• Brendan McCart (STACS Project Lead)
• Toni Scullion (STACS Project Lead)
• Lyle Simpson (GUSS Assistant Manager)
• Omar Tufayl (GUSS Software Engineering Manager)
• Tess Vaughan (GUSS Assistant Manager)

Affiliated Staff:

• Anna Doyle (Graduate Apprenticeship Programme Manager)
• Claire Johnston (Graduate Apprenticeship Programme Manager)

Research Students:

• Ohud Abdullah F Alasmari
• Sultanah Abdullah A Albakri
• Noha Abdulkhalig M Alharbi
• Talha Enes Ayranci
• Anaclara Gerosa Barboza
• Jinling Huang
• Fionnuala Johnson
• Nicola Looker
• Surasak Phetmanee
• Anna Teresa Sollazzo

We are engaged in a wide range of research projects and activities related to Computing Science education, including:

• Intrinsic Value of Computer Programming: Academics’ practices and students’ perspectives - Maria Kallia, Jack Parkinson, Anaclara Gerosa, Matthew Barr
• Investigating and improving induction training for CS work-based learning workplace mentors (led by Edinburgh Napier University) - Matthew Barr, Maria Kallia
• MyPath - Quintin Cutts, Tim Storer, Omar Tufayl
• spatiaLEGO- Jack Parkinson
• Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science (STACS) - Toni Scullion, Brendan McCart, Quintin Cutts
• STEM SPACE Project - Jack Parkinson, Quintin Cutts
• Understanding the role models that inspire women to study Computing Science - Matthew Barr, Kathleen West, Kristina Pavlou

Both the Centre for Computing Science Education and the Software Engineering Laboratory run a varied programme of seminars.