keynotes/talks/panels

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    1. Generative AI in Engineering Education Practice. Brett A. Becker. Keynote at 2024 Practical Engineering Education Conference (PEE ’24), University of Sheffield, July 2-3, 2024.
    2. AI in Computing Education. Juho Leinonen, Paul Denny, James Prather and Brett A. Becker. Keynote at the Brazilian Symposium of Computing Education (educomp 2024), April 23, 2024.
    3. Generative AI in programming education: Bridging the gap from school to what lies ahead. Brett A. Becker. Raspberry Pi Research Seminar Series, April 16, 2024. https://www.raspberrypi.org/research/seminars  Video here (soon).
    4. Generative AI in Computing Education. Brett A. Becker. Insight – Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Data Analytics, April 3, 2024.
    5. The Robots are Here: Navigating the Generative AI Revolution in Computing Education. Brett A. Becker. IT University of Copenhagen, February 8, 2024. Slides here.
    6. AI in Computing Education: Rebooting Teaching Practice. Brett A. Becker. Keynote at Computing Education Practice (CEP), Durham University, January 4, 2024. Slides here.
    7. AI, Education & You: The Impacts of AI on Education, Assessment and Examinations. Keynote. Brian Mac Namee and Brett A. Becker. Keynote at State Examinations Commission annual conference 2023, Galway, Ireland, November 28, 2023.
    8. Educational Opportunities and Challenges of AI Code Generation. Brett A. Becker and James Prather. UC Davis, November 15, 2023.
    9. The Evolution of Computer Science Education: Embracing Diversity, AI, and Competency Amidst Historical Context. Alison Clear, Brett A. Becker, Yolanda A. Rankin and Judy Sheard.
    10. Sense of Belonging in Undergraduate Computer Science. Catherine Mooney and Brett A. Becker. UC Berkeley, October 23, 2023.
    11. Large Language Models for Computing Education. James Prather, Brett A. Becker, Paul Denny and Juho Leinonen. University of Utah, October 23, 2023.
    12. The Influence of Generative AI on Pedagogy and Assessment in Computing Education. Brett A. Becker, Wen-Jung Hsin, Joe Hummel, Bill Kerney, Brian Krupp, Jean Mehta. Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Midwest (CCSC-MW), University of Indianapolis, October 20, 2023.
    13. Academic Sense of Belonging in Computer Science. Catherine Mooney and Brett A. Becker. University of Edinburgh, October 4, 2023.
    14. Generative AI and Computing Education. Brett A. Becker. Irish Third-level Computing Forum. September 28, 2023.
    15. Chat Overflow: Artificially Intelligent Models for Computing Education – renAIssance or apocAlypse? Keynote at ACM Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ACM ITiCSE). Paul Denny, Juho Leinonen, Brett A. Becker, and James Prather. University of Turku. July 12, 2023. Video (YouTube) here. Slides here.
    16. Embracing the Future: Leveraging Generative AI in Computing Education (invited talk). Paul Denny, Juho Leinonen, Brett A. Becker, and James Prather. Simon Fraser University. June 12, 2023.
    17. Programming Is Hard – Or at Least It Used to Be: Educational Opportunities And Challenges of AI Code Generation (invited talk). Brett A. Becker, James Prather and Eddie Antonio Santos. UK ACM SIGCSE Chapter. May 15, 2023.
    18. Generative AI in Computer Science, Brett A. Becker, Intentional Teaching Podcast, April 18, 2023.
    19. Stanford University Embedded Ethics Conference (Panel: Embracing Many Approaches). Brett A. Becker, Casey Fiesler, Ryan Jenkins, Evan M. Peck. March 7, 2023.
    20. It’s a Two-Way Street: From the Computing Classroom to Computing Education Research (Keynote). Brett A. Becker. ACM COMPUTE 2022. November 10, 2022.
    21. Research in Computing for the Social Good (panel). Brett A. Becker, Kathi Fisler and Miranda Parker. ACM SIGCAS Showcase. September 14, 2022.
    22. The Robots Are Coming: Exploring the Implications of OpenAI Codex on Introductory Programming. James Finnie-Ansley, Paul Denny, Brett A. Becker, Andrew Luxton-Reilly and James Prather.  Ireland ACM SIGCSE Chapter. April 27, 2022.
    23. The Robots Are Coming: Exploring the Implications of OpenAI Codex on Introductory Programming. James Finnie-Ansley, Paul Denny, Brett A. Becker, Andrew Luxton-Reilly and James Prather.  Irish Third-level Computing Forum. March 31, 2022.
    24. Investigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Computing Students’ Sense of Belonging. Catherine Mooney and Brett A. Becker. UK ACM SIGCSE Chapter Journal Club. December 12, 2021.
    25. Investigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Computing Students’ Sense of Belonging. Catherine Mooney and Brett A. Becker. Computing Education Research at Davis (CERD), University of California, Davis. November 25, 2021.
    26. The Machine Ep 37: What 3rd Level Needs To Know About 2nd Level Computer Science (Podcast) June 17, 2021. Spotify, Apple, Acast, Stitcher, Anchor
    27. The Machine Ep 36: Leaving Cert Computer Science & More with Brett Becker (Podcast) April 22, 2021. Spotify, Apple, Acast, Stitcher, Anchor
    28. SIGCSE Morning Coffee (Interview) March 12, 2021.
    29. Digital Disciplines: Using Computing to Make New Disciplinary Knowledge. Brett A. Becker. International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy. December 11, 2020.
    30. Python on the Irish Leaving Certificate (Keynote). Keith Quille and Brett A. Becker. Pycon Ireland, November 11, 2020.
    31. Technology Tenses. Brett A. Becker. Column in the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education’s e-zine. July 2, 2020.
    32. The Effects of Compilation Mechanisms and Error Message Presentation on Novice Programmer Behavior. Brett A. Becker. Invited talk, Computing Education and Learning Technology Research Group (CELT), University of Auckland, Auckland New Zealand (virtual), April 3, 2020. Paper at my publications page
    33. Pedagogical Practice and Research. Brett A. Becker. Guest Lecture at CCT College Dublin, January 20, 2020.
    34. Ireland ACM SIGCSE Chapter and Computer Science Education in Ireland. Brett A. Becker. Ireland ACM SIGCSE Chapter Launch. UCD School of Computer Science, December 11, 2019.
    35. Computer Science Education Research in Ireland. Brett A. Becker. Irish Third-level Computing Forum. September 26, 2019. 
    36. Perspectives on Global Bachelor Computing Education. John Impagliazzo, Brett A. Becker, Alison Clear, Ernesto Cuadros-Bargas, Xiaoyong Du and Abhijat Vichare. Panel at 2019 ACM Conference on Global Computing Education (CompEd 2019) Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
    37. Computing Education Research. Junlin Lu,  Juan Chen, Jane Prey, Stephen Cooper, Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Brett A. Becker, Bo Yang. Panel at 2019 SIGCSE China Symposium, 2019 ACM Turing Celebration Conference – China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
    38. How Novice Programmers Interact with Programming Environments. Brett A. Becker. Keynote at 2019 International Workshop on Computer Science Education, (IWCSE 2019) Changsha, Hunan, China.
    39. Combining Academic Research and Computer Science Education. Daniel Garcia, Brett A. Becker, Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Ming Zhang, Juan Chen, Sheng Xiao. Panel at 2019 International Workshop on Computer Science Education (IWCSE 2019) Changsha, Hunan, China.
    40. Artificial Intelligence in Education. Brett A. Becker. Radio Interview, South East Radio (Ireland) 95.2 – 96.4FM, Business Matters with Karl Fitzpatrick, May 11, 2019.
    41. Python in Education. Brett A Becker and Keith Quille. Keynote at Pycon Ireland 2018.
    42. Prior materials coming soon (or never).