स्वरूप जोशी

स्वरूप जोशी

Assistant Professor

CS & IS, BITS Pilani, Goa

I am a Researcher, Educator, Developer interested in a range of topics in Computing Education, Software Engineering, and the intersection of the two. I am currently working on Sugamyata – Teaching Accessibility.

I am also one of the Principal Investigators (PI) at the Human-Centered Future Computing lab at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus.

If you are a student interested in working with me, please read this post first.

Interests
  • Computing Education
  • Software Engineering
  • Accessibility
  • Mobile Apps Development
Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering

    The Ohio State University

  • M.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering

    IIT Bombay, India

  • B.E. in Computer Engineering

    NITK Surathkal, India

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS Pilani--KK Birla Goa Campus
 
 
 
 
 
School of Computing, University of Utah
Assistant Professor, Lecturer
School of Computing, University of Utah
Aug 2019 – Dec 2020 Salt Lake City UT
 
 
 
 
 
Computer Science & Engineering, The Ohio State University
Senior Lecturer
Computer Science & Engineering, The Ohio State University
Jan 2017 – Jul 2019 Columbus OH
 
 
 
 
 
GCC Resource Center, IIT Bombay
Senior Project Engineer
GCC Resource Center, IIT Bombay
Aug 2010 – Apr 2011 Mumbai India
 
 
 
 
 
SoftJin Technologies Pvt Ltd
Software Engineer
SoftJin Technologies Pvt Ltd
Jul 2005 – Jul 2006 Bengaluru India

Projects

Click here for a list of my current and past students.

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Current Past
Computational Thinking for Children with Disabilities
Currently exploring the existing literature
Auto-assessment toolchain for Introductory Programming Courses
Developing a testing mechanism that is simple to adapt
Students
(Listed alphabetically by their first name.) Current Students PhD Arun Velaayudhan Ganesan Parthasarathy PD Sukanya Roychowdhury Undergrads Aditya Janaikar Akanksha Dasmohapatra Akshay Reddy Ravula Anagha Rajesh Anushka Umarani Arnav Gupta Athreya Krishna Govind S Nambiar Gurbaaz Singh Gill (B.
Accessible Science Labs
Assistive Technology for making highschool science labs accessible for visually impaired.
Sugamyata
Teaching Accessibility: Primarily through game based learning
CONSIDER
Conflict-driven Collaborative-Learning
Geogame
A Virtual Simulation Workbench for Teaching and Learning through a Real-World Spatial Perspective
gdfa
A generic data-flow analyzer in GCC

Recent Publications

Jaskaran Singh Bhatia, Parthasarathy P D, Snigdha Tiwari, Dhruv Nagpal, Swaroop Joshi (2023). Integrating Accessibility in a Mobile App Development Course. Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1.

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Dhruv Nagpal, Jaskaran Singh Bhatia, Dev Goel, Parthasarathy PD, Snigdha Tiwari, Swaroop Joshi (2022). Inclusive Thinking Questionnaire: Preliminary Results. 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (SIGCSE 2022).

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Swaroop Joshi (2021). Teaching Accessibility in India: A Work in Progress. Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research.

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Soumyadip Bandyopadhyay, Swaroop Joshi (2021). A Report on the Second International Workshop on Software Engineering for Artificial Intelligence (SE4AI 2021). 14th Innovations in Software Engineering Conference (formerly known as India Software Engineering Conference).

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Neelam Soundarajan, Swaroop Joshi (2018). Innovative Approach to Online Argumentation and Models for Structuring the Arguments. 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (FIE 2018).

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Talks

Android App Development Workshop @ YEB 2023
A glimpse into the world of mobile app development for the participants of the Young Enterpreneurs’ Bootcamp at BITS Goa. The students developed a simple dice game Cho Han.
Last updated on Mar 31, 2023
Code Slides
Integrating Accessibility Topics in Computing Education
I presented our work on integrating accessibility in a mobile app development course at BITS Goa (published in SIGCSE’23) and discussed our other ongoing work in the area of computing education and accessibility.
Last updated on Mar 31, 2023
PDF Project
CPS in Computing Education: Current Trends
Cyber-physical systems provide new ways of interacting with the engineered systems around us. Computing Education Researchers are leveraging these tangible systems for new interactions and teaching computing to demographics that are typically underrepresented in computing education. In this talk, I present three such examples.
Last updated on Oct 10, 2020
PDF Video
IUCEE Principles of Programming Languages
10-part webinar on how to teach a Principles of Programming Languages course, attended by more than 50 CS faculty from India
Last updated on Apr 24, 2020
Cooperative and Collaborative Learning in Engineering Classrooms
Effective use of Cooperative and Collaborative Learning techniques attended by over 100 engineering faculty from various colleges in …
Last updated on Apr 24, 2020

Recent Posts

Seeking Letters of Recommendation
Writing letters recommending students to graduate schools, fellowships, internships, and such is a part of my academic job. Advice like this is neither new nor unique. I am building on more detailed posts from more experienced academicians and my personal experience as a reader of several recommendation letters.
Last updated on Nov 5, 2023 2 min read
Ramayana: Abilities, not resources, determine success
The life of śrīrāma continues to inspire millions like me across the world. The lesson I remembered this year is it’s abilities, not resources, that determine success.
Last updated on Apr 1, 2023 3 min read
Approaching me for research projects
Some info to make it easy for both of us
Last updated on May 16, 2023 4 min read research
Troubleshooting the Android Device Not Found Issue
How I manged to fix a ‘device not found’ error when using a physical device for development.
Last updated on Aug 29, 2020 2 min read android, note-self
Teaching Learning Resources
Various teaching/learning resources from different sources I find useful
Last updated on Apr 24, 2020 2 min read note-self
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Popular Topics

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