Published

• Paludo, G., & Montresor, A. (2024a). Collaborative Approaches for Effective and Sustainable Integration of Computational Thinking Educational Strategies. Proceedings of the 19th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1145/3677619.3678129

• Paludo, G., & Montresor, A. (2024b). Educational Robotics: A Promising Alliance for Inclusive Computational Thinking and CS Education. Proceedings of the Italian Symposium for Digital Education 2024. ISYDE 2024, Pavia ISBN 9788891938800.

• Paludo, G., & Montresor, A. (2024c, novembre 25). Fostering Metacognitive Skills in Programming: Leveraging AI to Reflect on Code. 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Systems in Education, Bolzano, Italy. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3879/AIxEDU2024_paper_13.pdf

• Paludo, G., Vielmo, C., Fiore, F., Del Zozzo, A., Decarli, G., Montresor, A., & Bigatto, M. (2025). Re-imagining Education Through AI: Students Insights from DigiEduHack. In T. Schlippe, E. C. K. Cheng, & T. Wang (A c. Di), Artificial Intelligence in Education Technologies: New Development and Innovative Practices (Vol. 228, pp. 437–449). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-9255-9_30 

• Paludo, G., Fiore, F., & Montresor, A. (2025). Fostering creative style «contamination» and self-efficacy in STEAM students through multidisciplinary co-design. Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference. EDUCON 2025, London, doi: 10.1109/EDUCON62633.2025.11016538

• Fiore, F., Montresor, A., Del Zozzo, A., Paludo, G., & Bissoli, G. (2025). “Building a Constructionist Community. Building communities, bridging ideas”. Constructionism 2025, Zurich https://doi.org/10.21240/constr/2025/73.X 

• Bissoli, G., Del Zozzo, A., Fiore, F., Montresor, A., Paludo, G., Valentini, M., & Zikovitz, D. (2025). “Never Have I Ever… Struggled to Explain Constructionism: (And What to Do About It!)”. Constructionism Conference Proceedings, 8, 589–591. https://doi.org/10.21240/constr/2025/90.X

• Montresor, A., Paludo, G., Del Zozzo, A., & Fiore, Francesca. (2025). Informatics and Constructionism for Transdisciplinary Teacher Training, Q-times Anno XVII-n. 1, 2025, 287–302.

• Paludo, G., Fiore, F., Del Zozzo, A., & Montresor, A. (2025). AI in CS Education: Transformative Interventions and Research Frameworks. 6th Conference of Higher Education Learning Methods and Technologies Online HELMeTO ‘24, Rome https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94002-6_15.

• Paludo, G. (2025). Learning to Think Computationally: Designing Cognitive-Aware Toolkit for Computational Thinking Education. 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter, Salerno, Italy https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-4151/short12.pdf .

• Paludo, G. (2025).  Unlocking Metacognition through Computational Thinking. 22nd International Conference A 2025 on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, Porto, Portugal ISBN: 978-989-8704-72-6

• L. Mogianesi, G. Paludo, F. Rasponi, D. Amendola and A. Perali, (2026) "MetaHumanTutor: A Realistic AI-Based Virtual Assistant for University Physics Education," 2025 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering (MetroXRAINE), Ancona, Italy, 2025, pp. 500-505, doi: 10.1109/MetroXRAINE66377.2025.11340329

• Ersparmer, A., Montresor, A., Paludo, G., & Sapia, P. (2026). L’informatica nell’Apprendimento come Competenza Trasversale. RicercAzione - Journal on Learning, Research and Innovation in Education | Risorse di RicercAzione n. 2/2025

• Paludo, G., & Montresor, A. (2026) Toward a New Paradigm of AI-Powered Programming Education through Metacognition. Italian Journal of Educational Technology, General Issue  https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/1457 

• Paludo, G. 2026. Designing Cognitive Mini-Games for Computational Thinking and Executive Functions (Work in Progress) . In 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26), April 13–17, 2026, Barcelona, Spain. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799090 

In press/Submitted

• H.A. Haxvig, C. Bosco, E. Otenen and G. Paludo (Accepted) “More-Than-Human Synthetic Personas in Participatory Design for Contemporary Challenges ”in Proceedings of Hybri-Human-AI Interaction (HHAI) Bruxelles 2026 

• Paludo, G & Fiore F. (Submitted) “Empowering STEM Aspirations: A Study of Career Self-Efficacy through Life Design Interventions" Research in Science & Technological Education, Taylor & Francis. 

• Paludo, G., Fiore, F., Del Zozzo, A., & Montresor, A. (Submitted) “The Value of Extracurricular Activities in Fostering STEM interest and Gender Gap Awareness” in Research in Science Education, Springer Nature Link.

• Paludo G. and L. Mogianesi (Submitted) “Same Behavior, Different Perception: Gender Effects in Metahuman AI Tutors” - Hybrid-Human-AI Interaction conference (HHAI) Bruxelles 2026. 

Presentations, Talks and Posters

• Apr 2026 | Poster. “Mapping STEM Learning Experiences: A Constructionist Approach to Assessing Students' Engagement and Potential” at IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 26) 

• Apr 2026 | Poster. “Designing Cognitive Mini-Games for Computational Thinking and Executive Functions (Work in Progress)” at CHI '26: Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (April 2026)

• Feb 2026 | Presentation. “Informatics and Computational Thinking as a New Literacy for Complexity”  8th International Conference (Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia – Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) Systems and Knowledge 18-20 February 2026

• Nov 2025 | Talk.  “Ragazze digitali: percorsi di empowerment”, Seminars Cycle “Ri-orientarsi per orientare” – Scelta dei percorsi di studio e stereotipi di genere” by University of Trento Equity and Diversity Office, 3-21 November 2025

• Nov 2025 | Talk.  “Computational Thinking: What’s Inside the Mind of a Programmer? The Cognitive Sciences of Programming”, SFSCON 25, 24th Edition of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference, 7-8th November 2025 - Bozen (BZ)

• Sept 2025 | Poster. “Does Computational Thinking Train Metacognition, Or the Other Way Around? ” , Metacognition, Aging and Perception Symposium MAPS 2025, September 2025, University of Trento. 

• Sept 2025| Presentation. “Unpacking Gender Bias in AI STEM Education: A Pilot Study on Student Perceptions of MetaHuman Tutors in University Physics ” BOA 7th International Conference on Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies (HELMeTO 2025) 

• June 2025| Workshop. “A new community of Practice for constructionism”, Constructionism 2025

• May 2025| Presentation. “Reimmaginare l’orientamento: il futuro come spazio da progettare” Breakpoint Seminars at University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland 2025

• March 2025| Presentation. “Empowering Future’s Thinkers: a Cognitive Approach to Computational Thinking Education” , University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Doctoral Consortium 2025.

• Feb 2025| Poster “Computational Thinking Beyond Logic: Exploring Its Connections with Creativity and Cognitive Flexibility” G. Paludo, G. Decarli and A. Montresor,  Cognitive Science Arena 2025, CSA ‘25

• Apr 2024 | Workshop. “Design your future through Life Design”, ICT days 2024 at DISI, University of Trento

• Feb 2024 | Poster “Words and Algorithms: Exploring the Cognitive and Creativity Underpinnings of Computational Thinking”, G. Paludo, G. Decarli and A. Montresor,  Cognitive Science Arena 2024, CSA ‘24