Dr Gennaro Imperatore
Teaching Associate
Computer and Information Sciences
Personal statement
Personal statement
I am currently a Teaching Associate at the University of Strathclyde,
I am primarily interested in Accessibility and Human Computer Interaction. My objective is to research ways in which computer science and technology can help those with disabilities.
As part of my teaching roles I am also interested in accessbile pedaogogy of computer science and rasing awareness of both students and educators about the experiences of those with disabilities both inside and outside university.
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Prize And Awards
Qualifications
I became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2024
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Publications
- DevJourney: A dynamic AI-based educational game for aspiring software engineers
- Wan Azman Wan Faiz, Constantin Aurora, Imperatore Gennaro
- Proceedings of the UK and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference (UKICER 2026) (2026)
- BioStories : A child-AI co-creation storytelling system for biology education in primary school
- Zeng Yaoxuan, Constantin Aurora, Imperatore Gennaro, Zhang Keija
- IDC '26: Proceedings of the 25th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference 25th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, pp. 956-961 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3773077.3812188
- Accessibility in computer science education : shifting practice through dialogic pedagogy (workshop)
- Imperatore Gennaro, Karagiannidou Eleni, Constantin Aurora, Irfan Muhammad, Elawady Mohamed
- CEP '26: Proceedings of the 10th Computing Education Practice , pp. 47-48 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3772338.3772340
- Towards a Technology that Improves Focus, Comprehension, and Retention in E-learning for Higher Education students with ADHD
- Das Aishee, Constantin Aurora, Imperatore Gennaro
- ASSETS '25: Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, pp. 1-4 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3663547.3759705
- Teaching foundational programming to young learners via a block based game
- Gallacher Marc, Imperatore Gennaro
- UKICER '25: Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research UKICER 2025: UK and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, pp. 1-1 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3754508.3754533
- Formative vs. summative assessment of practical programming tasks : Do we need to investigate?
- Irfan Muhammad, Imperatore Gennaro
- 2024 Conference on United Kingdom & Ireland Computing Education Research, pp. 1-1 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3689535.3689549
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Research Interests
- Accessibility
- Human Computer Interaction
- Natural Language Processing
- Accessible Games Development
- Ubiquitous Computing / Mobile Applications
- Digital Health
Professional Activities
- HAW Hamburg
- Visiting researcher
- 29/4/2026
- Hear Our Stories: Empowering Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students and Staff
- Organiser
- 27/11/2025
- Accessible Curriculum: Making the Case
- Invited speaker
- 10/12/2024
- Key Takeaways from TechShare Pro 2024 Conference (University of Edinburgh)
- Speaker
- 12/2024
- Exploring ways of enhancing accessibility and digital inclusion within computer science teaching: with a particular focus on disability
- Organiser
- 18/11/2024
Projects
- StrathWide 2024 :Gen-AI in Higher Education: Hearing the voices of students with diverse needs when shaping and enacting pedagogical practice.
- Imperatore, Gennaro (Principal Investigator) Karagiannidou, Eleni (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024
- Epsrc Doctoral Training Grant | Imperatore, Gennaro
- Imperatore, Gennaro (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2012 - 03-Jan-2016
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Contact
Dr
Gennaro
Imperatore
Teaching Associate
Computer and Information Sciences
Email: gennaro.imperatore@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted