publications

2026

1. SIGCSEV

   Evaluating Informed Self-Placement in Introductory Programming Courses

   Gul e Fatima Kiani and Brian Dorn

   In Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference, 2026
2. ASEE

   Ethics of Justice and Ethics of Care: Using Generative AI with Speculative Fiction to Assess Students’ Ethical Reasoning Skills

   Gul e Fatima Kiani, Samantha Kang, Andrea Grover, and 1 more author

   In 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2026

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3. JMD

   Investigating Social Relevance and Knowledge Construction in Engineering Design Research Published in the Journals of Mechanical Design and Mechanisms and Robotics

   Bethany Parkinson, Gul e Fatima Kiani, Mary I. Frecker, and 1 more author

   Journal of Mechanical Design, Apr 2026

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4. SIGCSE TS

   Bridging the Experience Gap: An Informed Self-Placement Approach to Introductory Programming

   Gul e Fatima Kiani and Brian Dorn

   In Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2, Apr 2026

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2025

1. IDETC

   Know Thyself: Investigating Social Relevance and Knowledge Construction in Engineering Design Research

   Bethany Parkinson, Gul e Fatima Kiani, Mary I Frecker, and 1 more author

   In International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Apr 2025
2. ICED

   A framework for analyzing goal alignment and social relevance of research papers to identify impact of women in design research communities

   Bethany Parkinson, Gul e Fatima Kiani, Mary Frecker, and 1 more author

   Proceedings of the Design Society, Apr 2025

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   @article{parkinson2025framework,
     title = {A framework for analyzing goal alignment and social relevance of research papers to identify impact of women in design research communities},
     author = {Parkinson, Bethany and Kiani, Gul e Fatima and Frecker, Mary and Toh, Christine},
     journal = {Proceedings of the Design Society},
     year = {2025},
     volume = {5},
     pages = {71--80},
     publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
     url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-design-society/article/framework-for-analyzing-goal-alignment-and-social-relevance-of-research-papers-to-identify-impact-of-women-in-design-research-communities/147F431ECE09163C31E8D5E15CB10E62},
   }

2022

1. IEEE

   Real-time violence detection using deep learning techniques

   Gul e Fatima Kiani and Taheena Kayani

   In 2022 3rd International Conference on Innovations in Computer Science & Software Engineering (ICONICS), Apr 2022

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   @inproceedings{kayani2022real,
     title = {Real-time violence detection using deep learning techniques},
     author = {Kiani, Gul e Fatima and Kayani, Taheena},
     booktitle = {2022 3rd International Conference on Innovations in Computer Science \& Software Engineering (ICONICS)},
     pages = {1--8},
     year = {2022},
     organization = {IEEE},
     url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10100551?casa_token=kfPU0JaM9MwAAAAA:4DFN-Ke7UbWBB_jn1CuxzeGqGDSLBXsO7uTWFhHevxe0wQS3HpNnv1k2ni7ZaNCfPW5ZIxewtA},
   }