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Despite the increasing use of large language models (LLMs) in education, concerns have emerged about their potential to reduce deep thinking and active learning. This study investigates the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI)…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Georgios P. Georgiou

AI assistants are being increasingly used by students enrolled in higher education institutions. While these tools provide opportunities for improved teaching and education, they also pose significant challenges for assessment and learning…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Beatriz Borges , Negar Foroutan , Deniz Bayazit , Anna Sotnikova , Syrielle Montariol , Tanya Nazaretzky , Mohammadreza Banaei , Alireza Sakhaeirad , Philippe Servant , Seyed Parsa Neshaei , Jibril Frej , Angelika Romanou , Gail Weiss , Sepideh Mamooler , Zeming Chen , Simin Fan , Silin Gao , Mete Ismayilzada , Debjit Paul , Alexandre Schöpfer , Andrej Janchevski , Anja Tiede , Clarence Linden , Emanuele Troiani , Francesco Salvi , Freya Behrens , Giacomo Orsi , Giovanni Piccioli , Hadrien Sevel , Louis Coulon , Manuela Pineros-Rodriguez , Marin Bonnassies , Pierre Hellich , Puck van Gerwen , Sankalp Gambhir , Solal Pirelli , Thomas Blanchard , Timothée Callens , Toni Abi Aoun , Yannick Calvino Alonso , Yuri Cho , Alberto Chiappa , Antonio Sclocchi , Étienne Bruno , Florian Hofhammer , Gabriel Pescia , Geovani Rizk , Leello Dadi , Lucas Stoffl , Manoel Horta Ribeiro , Matthieu Bovel , Yueyang Pan , Aleksandra Radenovic , Alexandre Alahi , Alexander Mathis , Anne-Florence Bitbol , Boi Faltings , Cécile Hébert , Devis Tuia , François Maréchal , George Candea , Giuseppe Carleo , Jean-Cédric Chappelier , Nicolas Flammarion , Jean-Marie Fürbringer , Jean-Philippe Pellet , Karl Aberer , Lenka Zdeborová , Marcel Salathé , Martin Jaggi , Martin Rajman , Mathias Payer , Matthieu Wyart , Michael Gastpar , Michele Ceriotti , Ola Svensson , Olivier Lévêque , Paolo Ienne , Rachid Guerraoui , Robert West , Sanidhya Kashyap , Valerio Piazza , Viesturs Simanis , Viktor Kuncak , Volkan Cevher , Philippe Schwaller , Sacha Friedli , Patrick Jermann , Tanja Käser , Antoine Bosselut

We systematically study the quality of 4,066 ChatGPT-generated code implemented in two popular programming languages, i.e., Java and Python, for 2,033 programming tasks. The goal of this work is three folds. First, we analyze the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Yue Liu , Thanh Le-Cong , Ratnadira Widyasari , Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn , Li Li , Xuan-Bach D. Le , David Lo

The rapid advancements in Generative AI (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, are transforming software engineering by automating code generation tasks. While these tools improve developer productivity, they also present…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Alyssia Chen , Timothy Huo , Yunhee Nam , Dan Port , Anthony Peruma

Generative AI offers significant opportunities for language learning. Tools like ChatGPT can provide informal second language practice through chats in written or voice forms, with the learner specifying through prompts conversational…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-06-03 Robert Godwin-Jones

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically large language models (LLMs), has opened opportunities for various educational applications. This paper explored the feasibility of utilizing ChatGPT, one of the most popular…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Zhengdong Zhang , Zihan Dong , Yang Shi , Noboru Matsuda , Thomas Price , Dongkuan Xu

The potential of Generative AI (GenAI) for generating feedback in computing education has been the subject of numerous studies. However, there is still limited research on how computing students engage with this feedback and to what extent…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Sven Jacobs , Maurice Kempf , Natalie Kiesler

In recent years, ChatGPT \cite{openai_2023_gpt4} along with Microsoft Copilot have become subjects of great discourse, particularly in the field of education. Prior research has hypothesized on potential impacts these tools could have on…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Ishaan Masilamony

This paper surveys the use of Generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT and Claude, in computer science education, focusing on key aspects of accuracy, authenticity, and assessment. Through a literature review, we highlight both the challenges…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-17 Iman Reihanian , Yunfei Hou , Yu Chen , Yifei Zheng

Motivation. Trust in generative AI programming assistants is a vital attitude that impacts how programmers use those programming assistants. Programmers that are over-trusting may be too reliant on their tools, leading to incorrect or…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Anshul Shah , Thomas Rexin , Elena Tomson , Leo Porter , William G. Griswold , Adalbert Gerald Soosai Raj

To foster the development of pedagogically potent and ethically sound AI-integrated learning landscapes, it is pivotal to critically explore the perceptions and experiences of the users immersed in these contexts. In this study, we perform…

The use of AI assistants, along with the challenges they present, has sparked significant debate within the community of computer science education. While these tools demonstrate the potential to support students' learning and instructors'…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Tianjia Wang , Daniel Vargas-Díaz , Chris Brown , Yan Chen

This study aimed to explore the experiences, perceptions, knowledge, concerns, and intentions of Gen Z students with Gen X and Gen Y teachers regarding the use of generative AI (GenAI) in higher education. A sample of students and teachers…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-05-05 Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan , Katherine K. W. Lee

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT have recently gained significant attention in higher education. This study aims to understand how universities establish policies regarding the use of AI tools and explore the factors that influence their…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Ping Xiao , Yuanyuan Chen , Weining Bao

As AI tools such as ChatGPT enter programming classrooms, students encounter differing rules across courses and instructors, which shape how they use AI and leave them with unequal capabilities for leveraging it. We investigate how students…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Tianyu Shao , Miguel Feijóo-García , Yi Zhang , Hugo Castellanos , Tawfiq Salem , Alejandra Magana , Tianyi Li

ChatGPT has been evidenced to enhance human performance in creative tasks. Yet, it is still unclear if this boosting effect sustains with and without ChatGPT. In a pre-registered seven-day lab experiment and a follow-up survey after 30 days…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Qinghan Liu , Yiyong Zhou , Jihao Huang , Guiquan Li

As generative AI (Gen-AI) tools become more prevalent in education, there is a growing need to understand how educators, not just students, can actively shape their design and use. This study investigates how two instructors integrated four…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Qian Huang , Thijs Willems

Since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, Generative AI (GenAI) is increasingly being used in higher education computing classrooms across the United States. While scholars have looked at overall institutional guidance for the use of GenAI and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Areej Ali , Aayushi Hingle Collier , Umama Dewan , Nora McDonald , Aditya Johri

Over the past decade, predictive language modeling for code has proven to be a valuable tool for enabling new forms of automation for developers. More recently, we have seen the advent of general purpose "large language models", based on…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Sajed Jalil , Suzzana Rafi , Thomas D. LaToza , Kevin Moran , Wing Lam

Although generative artificial intelligence (AI) is not new, recent technological breakthroughs have transformed its capabilities across many domains. These changes necessitate new attention from educators and specialized training within…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Maria J. Molina , Amy McGovern , Jhayron S. Perez-Carrasquilla , Xiaowen Li , Robin L. Tanamachi
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