Ibrahim Albluwi

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Princess Sumaya University for Technology

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Computing Education

Albluwi, Ibrahim and Bouvier, Dennis and Brabrand, Claus and Craig, Michelle and Duran, Rodrigo and Hundhausen, Christopher and Lewis, Colleen and Lin, Kevin and Luxton-Reilly, Andrew and Porter, Leo et al. "Computing Education When Writing Code Is No Longer the Challenge". Communications of the ACM 69, no. 9 (2026): 22-25.

@article{albluwi2026computing,
    title={Computing Education When Writing Code Is No Longer the Challenge},
    author={Albluwi, Ibrahim and Bouvier, Dennis and Brabrand, Claus and Craig, Michelle and Duran, Rodrigo and Hundhausen, Christopher and Lewis, Colleen and Lin, Kevin and Luxton-Reilly, Andrew and Porter, Leo and others},
    journal={Communications of the ACM},
    volume={69},
    number={9},
    pages={22--25},
    year={2026},
    publisher={ACM New York, NY, USA}
}

Mak, Janice, Tony Clear, Alison Clear, Ibrahim Albluwi, Oana Andrei, Lorenzo Angeli, Stephen MacNeil et al. "Navigating the Ethical and Societal Impacts of Generative AI in Higher Computing Education." In In 2025 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp. 313-359. 2025.

@misc{mak2025navigating,
      title         = {Navigating the Ethical and Societal Impacts of Generative AI in Higher Computing Education}, 
      author        = {Janice Mak and Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende and Tony Clear and Alison Clear and Ibrahim Albluwi and Oana Andrei and Lorenzo Angeli and Stephen MacNeil and Solomon Sunday Oyelere and Matthew Hale Rattigan and Judy Sheard and Tingting Zhu},
      year          = {2025},
      eprint        = {2511.15768},
      archivePrefix = {arXiv},
      primaryClass  = {cs.CY},
      url           = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15768}, 
}

Albluwi, Ibrahim, Raghda Hriez, and Raymond Lister. "Varying Program Input to Assess Code Reading Skills." ACM Transactions on Education 41, no.1 (2025): e13100.

@article{10.1145/3737884,
    author      = {Albluwi, Ibrahim and Hriez, Raghda and Lister, Raymond},
    title       = {Varying Program Input to Assess Code Reading Skills},
    year        = {2025},
    publisher   = {Association for Computing Machinery},
    address     = {New York, NY, USA},
    url         = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3737884},
    doi         = {10.1145/3737884},
    note        = {Just Accepted},
    journal     = {ACM Trans. Comput. Educ.},
    month       = jun,
}

Alkafaween, Umar, Ibrahim Albluwi, and Paul Denny. "Automating Autograding: Large Language Models as Test Suite Generators for Introductory Programming." Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 41, no.1 (2025): e13100.

@article{alkafaween2024automating,
    author  = {Alkafaween, Umar and Albluwi, Ibrahim and Denny, Paul},
    title   = {Automating Autograding: Large Language Models as Test Suite Generators for Introductory Programming},
    journal = {Journal of Computer Assisted Learning},
    volume  = {41},
    number  = {1},
    pages   = {e13100},
    doi     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.13100},
    url     = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jcal.13100},
    year    = {2025}
}

Prather, James, Paul Denny, Juho Leinonen, Brett A. Becker, Ibrahim Albluwi, Michelle Craig, Hieke Keuning et al. "The robots are here: Navigating the generative ai revolution in computing education." In Proceedings of the 2023 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp. 108-159. 2023.

@inproceedings{prather2023robots,
    title     = {The robots are here: Navigating the generative AI revolution in computing education},
    author    = {Prather, James and Denny, Paul and Leinonen, Juho and Becker, Brett A and Albluwi, Ibrahim and Craig, Michelle and Keuning, Hieke and Kiesler, Natalie and Kohn, Tobias and Luxton-Reilly, Andrew and others},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education},
    pages     = {108--159},
    year      = {2023}
}

Albluwi, Ibrahim, and Haley Zeng. "Novice Difficulties with Analyzing the Running Time of Short Pieces of Code." In Australasian Computing Education Conference, pp. 1-10. 2021.

@inproceedings{albluwi2021novice,
    title     = {Novice Difficulties with Analyzing the Running Timeof Short Pieces of Code},
    author    = {Albluwi, Ibrahim and Zeng, Haley},
    booktitle = {Australasian Computing Education Conference},
    pages     = {1--10},
    year      = {2021}
}

Albluwi, Ibrahim, and Joseph Salter. "Using static analysis tools for analyzing student behavior in an introductory programming course." Jordanian J. Comput. Inf. Technol 6, no. 3 (2020): 215-233.

@article{albluwi2020using,
  title   = {Using static analysis tools for analyzing student behavior in an introductory programming course},
  author  = {Albluwi, Ibrahim and Salter, Joseph},
  journal = {Jordanian J. Comput. Inf. Technol},
  volume  = {6},
  number  = {3}, 
  pages   = {215--233}
  year    = {2020}
}

Albluwi, Ibrahim. "Plagiarism in programming assessments: a systematic review." ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE) 20, no. 1 (2019): 1-28.

@article{albluwi2019plagiarism,
  title     = {Plagiarism in programming assessments: a systematic review},
  author    = {Albluwi, Ibrahim},
  journal   = {ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)},
  volume    = {20},
  number    = {1},
  pages     = {1--28},
  year      = {2019},
  publisher = {ACM New York, NY, USA}
}

Luxton-Reilly, Andrew, Ibrahim Albluwi, Brett A. Becker, Michail Giannakos, Amruth N. Kumar, Linda Ott, James Paterson, Michael James Scott, Judy Sheard, and Claudia Szabo. "Introductory programming: a systematic literature review." In Proceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp. 55-106. 2018.
```
@inproceedings{luxton2018introductory,
  title     = {Introductory programming: a systematic literature review},
  author    = {Luxton-Reilly, Andrew and Albluwi, Ibrahim and Becker, Brett A and Giannakos, Michail and Kumar, Amruth N and Ott, Linda and Paterson, James and Scott, Michael James and Sheard, Judy and Szabo, Claudia},
  booktitle = {Proceedings Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education},
  pages     = {55--106},
  year      = {2018}
}
```
This article won the “Top 5 in 25” award in ITiCS 2020, which was awarded to 5 working group reports out of the 129 working group reports published in the ITiCSE conference from 1975 to 2019.

Albluwi, Ibrahim. "A closer look at the differences between graders in introductory computer science exams." IEEE Transactions on Education 61, no. 3 (2018): 253-260.

@article{albluwi2018closer,
  title     = {A closer look at the differences between graders in introductory computer science exams},
  author    = {Albluwi, Ibrahim},
  journal   = {IEEE Transactions on Education},
  volume    = {61},
  number    = {3},
  pages     = {253--260},
  year      = {2018},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

Co-authored the "Digital Skills" textbook for Grade 11 in the Jordanian National Curriculum. The book is in use by the Ministry of Education in Jordan since October 2024.

Robotics (selected)

Denarie, Laurent, Ibrahim Al-Bluwi, Marc Vaisset, Thierry Siméon, and Juan Cortés. "Segmenting Proteins into Tripeptides to Enhance Conformational Sampling with Monte Carlo Methods." Molecules 23, no. 2 (2018): 373.

@article{denarie2018segmenting,
  title     = {Segmenting Proteins into Tripeptides to Enhance Conformational Sampling with Monte Carlo Methods},
  author    = {Denarie, Laurent and Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim and Vaisset, Marc and Sim{\'e}on, Thierry and Cort{\'e}s, Juan},
  journal   = {Molecules},
  volume    = {23},
  number    = {2},
  pages     = {373},
  year      = {2018},
  publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute}
}

Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim, Marc Vaisset, Thierry Siméon, and Juan Cortés. "Modeling protein conformational transitions by a combination of coarse-grained normal mode analysis and robotics-inspired methods." BMC structural biology 13, no. 1 (2013): 1-14.

@article{al2013modeling,
  title     = {Modeling protein conformational transitions by a combination of coarse-grained normal mode analysis and robotics-inspired methods},
  author    = {Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim and Vaisset, Marc and Sim{\'e}on, Thierry and Cort{\'e}s, Juan},
  journal   = {BMC structural biology},
  volume    = {13},
  number    = {1},
  pages     = {1--14},
  year      = {2013},
  publisher = {Springer}
}

Devaurs, Didier, Léa Bouard, Marc Vaisset, Christophe Zanon, Ibrahim Al-Bluwi, Romain Iehl, Thierry Siméon, and Juan Cortés. "MoMA-LigPath: a web server to simulate protein–ligand unbinding." Nucleic acids research 41, no. W1 (2013): W297-W302.

@article{devaurs2013moma,
  title     = {MoMA-LigPath: a web server to simulate protein--ligand unbinding},
  author    = {Devaurs, Didier and Bouard, L{\'e}a and Vaisset, Marc and Zanon, Christophe and Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim and Iehl, Romain and Sim{\'e}on, Thierry and Cort{\'e}s, Juan},
  journal   = {Nucleic acids research},
  volume    = {41},
  number    = {W1},
  pages     = {W297--W302},
  year      = {2013},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press}
}

Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim, Marc Vaisset, Thierry Simeon, and Juan Cortés. "Coarse-grained elastic networks, normal mode analysis and robotics-inspired methods for modeling protein conformational transitions." In 2012 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops, pp. 40-47. IEEE, 2012.

@inproceedings{al2012coarse,
  title         = {Coarse-grained elastic networks, normal mode analysis and robotics-inspired methods for modeling protein conformational transitions},
  author        = {Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim and Vaisset, Marc and Simeon, Thierry and Cort{\'e}s, Juan},
  booktitle     = {2012 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops},
  pages         = {40--47},
  year          = {2012},
  organization  = {IEEE}
}

Cortés, Juan, and Ibrahim Al-Bluwi. "A robotics approach to enhance conformational sampling of proteins." In International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, vol. 45035, pp. 1177-1186. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012.

@inproceedings{cortes2012robotics,
  title         = {A robotics approach to enhance conformational sampling of proteins},
  author        = {Cort{\'e}s, Juan and Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim},
  booktitle     = {International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference},
  volume        = {45035},
  pages         = {1177--1186},
  year          = {2012},
  organization  = {American Society of Mechanical Engineers}
}

Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim, Thierry Siméon, and Juan Cortés. "Motion planning algorithms for molecular simulations: A survey." Computer Science Review 6, no. 4 (2012): 125-143.

@article{al2012motion,
  title     = {Motion planning algorithms for molecular simulations: A survey},
  author    = {Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim and Sim{\'e}on, Thierry and Cort{\'e}s, Juan},
  journal   = {Computer Science Review},
  volume    = {6},
  number    = {4},
  pages     = {125--143},
  year      = {2012},
  publisher = {Elsevier}
}

Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim, and Ashraf Elnagar. "Maintaining visibility of a moving target: Maximizing escape time vs. exposure time." In 2010 11th International Conference on Control Automation Robotics & Vision, pp. 982-987. IEEE, 2010.

@inproceedings{al2010maintaining,
  title         = {Maintaining visibility of a moving target: Maximizing escape time vs. exposure time},
  author        = {Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim and Elnagar, Ashraf},
  booktitle     = {2010 11th International Conference on Control Automation Robotics \& Vision},
  pages         = {982--987},
  year          = {2010},
  organization  = {IEEE}
}

Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim, and Ashraf Elnagar. "Pursuit evasion in dynamic environments with visibility constraints." In International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, pp. 116-129. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010.

@inproceedings{al2010pursuit,
  title         = {Pursuit evasion in dynamic environments with visibility constraints},
  author        = {Al-Bluwi, Ibrahim and Elnagar, Ashraf},
  booktitle     = {International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications},
  pages         = {116--129},
  year          = {2010},
  organization  = {Springer}
}

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