KeynotesSIGCSE Virtual 2026
Keynote speakers
Sridhar Iyer
Thursday, 12 November 2026
Sridhar Iyer has been a faculty member at IIT Bombay since 1999. Currently he is a Professor in the Educational Technology Program. His current research interests include: Technology enhanced learning of disciplinary practices, Teacher use of educational technologies, and Computer science education research. Prior to Educational Technology, he has worked in wireless networking protocols and mobile applications. Sridhar Iyer received the ACM India Outstanding Contrubution to Computing Education Award in 2020, the AECT International Contribution Award in 2019, and Excellence in Teaching Award at IIT Bombay in 2016 and 2013. He is also the President of the EdTech Society in India. Some development projects that that he has conceptualized and led are: (i) Computer Masti, a series of books for teaching-learning of Computers in schools. These products have seen more than 100K downloads from 120 countries. In 2016, Computer Masti was acquired by a company and the books are now being used in ~1000 schools in India. (ii) Project OSCAR, a repository of ~450 Interactive Visualizations for topics at the school and higher education levels. Sridhar Iyer received his BTech, MTech and PhD from the Dept of Computer Science & Engg at IIT Bombay. More information is available from his webpage: www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~sri.
G. Ayorkor Korsah
Friday 13 November 2026
G. Ayorkor Korsah teaches courses and works with students in the areas of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Data Structures, and Algorithms. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Dartmouth College, and a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Her scholarly interests follow three main thrusts, that is: strengthening computing education, particularly in the African context; solving optimization problems, such as those that arise in robotics planning and coordination; and exploring the application of technology to various development-related problems. Dr. Korsah is a passionate advocate for women in STEM and broadening participation in technology disciplines. To strengthen the pipeline of students entering university, she co-created and is part of a dedicated team that runs the annual Ashesi Innovation Experience (AIX), a pre-college enrichment program aimed at inspiring high school students by engaging them in leadership, design, robotics, engineering, entrepreneurship and the creative arts.
Felienne Hermans
Saturday 14 November 2026
Felienne Hermans is a professor of computer science education at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and computer science teacher at Open Schoolgemeenschap Bijlmer. At VU Amsterdam, she teaches the courses Computer Science Education and AI in Education, and conducts research on the accessibility of the digital world in a broad sense. Her previous work was quite technical; in her dissertation, she developed algorithms to detect errors in Excel spreadsheets and created a programming language for children, Hedy, with which you can learn to program easily and in your own language. Hedy is found at https://hedy.org/ Her more recent work is more philosophical in nature and questions how we actually define ‘computer science’ or ‘programming’ and how those choices influence the field and the software we create. Since early 2025, she has been publishing a weekly newsletter with AI news that caught her attention that week, and sometimes older articles and book and film tips! The newsletter is available at https://www.felienne.nl/.