Schedule

There will be several events at CMSC, including:

• Keynotes from invited international speakers: Timothy C. Bell (University of Canterbury), Vanesa Guerrero Lozano (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Neeldhara Misra (Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar). See here for titles and abstracts.
• Presentations of accepted papers (see below).
• Poster session for accepted posters (see below).
• Social events: tour of Palazzo Bo, which is the historical main building of the University of Padova; social dinner at Dante Alle Piazze restaurant.
• Special event: Generative AI and co-creativity in music by Sergio Canazza, Alessandro Fiordelmondo, Elisa Gremmo and Ardavan Vossoughi, (University of Padua, “Centro di Sonologia Computazionale”). We will discuss to what extent modern generative artificial intelligence is “creative” in the music field. To this end, we will bring together a small group of three experts from the hard sciences (computer science/engineering) and the humanities (philosophy and musicology). Can machines compose? How does musical writing change when a composer works side by side with an AI? At the Centro di Sonologia Computazione (CSC) of the Department of Information Engineering (Padua University), a study was conducted with the aim of examining the interaction between the composer and generative AI. The experiment consisted of three steps: the composition of the dataset, the artificial generation of the pieces, and finally, their reworking by the composer Ardavan Vossoughi. The instrument chosen as the recipient and performer of the music was the Disklavier, an acoustic piano equipped with actuators that allow remote control of keys and pedals. During the event, we can discuss with the composer from different points of view and listen to the music co-created together with an AI.
• Teachers’ Day (October 15th, 2026)

List of accepted papers (in alphabetical order by first author)

• Valeria Andriano, Monica Barbero, Matteo Bramardi, and Walter Dambrosio. Integrating Immersive Technologies into Secondary Mathematics: from AR Applications to Teachers’ Training
• Laura Antonelli and Maria Francesca Carfora. Genius: Enhancing Mathematical Discovery through Teamwork and Play
• Smitha Balakrishnan, Deepali Navghane, and Vipul Shah. Songs and Other Pedagogical Modes to Teach Computational Thinking in Primary School: An Experience Report
• Pietro Belotti, Francesca Fumero, and Federico Malucelli. A practical activity on the shortest path problem with theoretical and algorithmic implications
• Philip Bille and Inge Li Gørtz. Data Stream Algorithms Unplugged
• Alessandro Bogliolo. CodyRoby: An Embodied Programming Environment for Computational Thinking
• Laura Cesaro, Amy Eguchi, Amber Jones, Emanuele Menegatti, and Thomas Deneux. From Logic Gates to Hidden Layers: a hands-on introduction to Neural Networks for young learners
• Laura Cesaro, Anna Polato, and Emanuele Menegatti. Making CS Education more accessible through creative robot personalisation
• Neha Garg and Jyothi Krishnan. Playing the Odds: Bids, Beliefs and Probabilistic Reasoning in Indian Classrooms
• Christoph Greger and Gregor Porsch. TuringViz: Teaching Turing Machines with Configuration Graphs and Computation Trees
• Juraj Hromkovič and Regula Lacher. Teaching Error Detection and Correction by Card Magic
• Andreas Imhof and Matthias Müller. Strategies in Geometry Problem Solving supported by Dynamic Geometric Software
• Adithi Iyer and Jyothi Krishnan. From Cards to Conversations: Tracing Participation Through a Mathematics Game Introduced Online
• Sonja Klein, Lukas Lehner, Klaus Nigsch, and René Röpke From Pantomime to Bitomime – A CS Unplugged Approach to Binary Encoding & Decoding in Primary Education
• Daranee Lehtonen, Esa Satomaa, Valentina Dagienė, Javier Bilbao, Tuğba Öztürk, and Marika Parviainen Interrelations and Overlaps between Computational and Algebraic Thinking: A Cross-National Study in Schools
• Michael Lodi. Hangers and Straws: Designing Low-Cost Unplugged Activities for Primary-School Algorithms
• Lucas Lorieau and Nicolas Schivre. From Problem Solving to Research Thinking: A Graph-Theoretic Whodunit
• Cosimo Perini Brogi. Mapping Abstract Reasoning: A Freinet-Inspired Approach to Creative Logic Communication in Secondary Schools
• Antonio Rodà. The Fairness Puzzle: Unplugged Activities for Discovering Why Fair AI Is Hard
• Christophe Stammet. Hands-On Methods for Teaching about Generative AI

List of accepted posters (in alphabetical order by first author)

• Cecilia Campani and Francesca Morselli. Investigating Mathematics Outreach Laboratories as Communicative and Educational Environments
• Valentina Dagienė and Marika Parviainen. When Computational Thinking Meets Mathematics A Technology-Enhanced Approach to Strengthening Mathematical Problem Solving in Primary Education
• Eglė Jasutė, Valentina Dagienė, Vaidotas Kinčius and Marika Parviainen. Bridging Computational Thinking and Mathematics through Tangible Learning Materials
• Zuzana Masárová and Josef Tkadlec. Activities of Grow Trails Verein: Math Camp Austria \& GPS games
• Sebastian Meiser and Esfandiar Mohammadi. Differential Privacy Poker
• Martin Nöllenburg and Soeren Terziadis. Platypuses and Binary Number
• Simone Ramello and Daniela Volpatto. WhoDATAit? Game-based Learning of Data Analysis and Visualization in Secondary School
• Anuya Trivedi, Jay Thakkar, Imroz Khan and Neha Garg. Unplugged CT at Playground Scale