Cheryl Pope

Dr Cheryl Pope

Senior Lecturer

School of Computer Science and Information Technology

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

My current primary research interest is in Computer Science Education particularly in the impact of cognitive load on the learning of programming and structuring blended learning tasks to adapt to variations in student cognitive load.I also have a long term, ongoing interest in networks particularly around adaptive protocols in the Internet.

My current primary research interest is in Computer Science Education particularly in the impact of cognitive load on the learning of programming and structuring blended learning tasks to adapt to variations in student cognitive load.



I also have a long term, ongoing interest in networks particularly around adaptive protocols in the Internet.

Year Citation
2025 Ang, K. K., Farrelly, G., Pope, C., & Ranasinghe, D. C. (2025). An Automated Blackbox Noncompliance Checker for QUIC Server Implementations. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (pp. 1459-1475). VIETNAM, Hanoi: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY.
DOI Scopus1
2019 Izu, M., Pope, C., & Weerasinghe, A. (2019). Up or Down?: An Insight into Programmer's Acquisition of Iteration Skills. In SIGCSE '19 Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 941-947). online: ACM.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2017 Izu, M. C., Pope, C., & Weerasinghe, H. (2017). On the Ability to Reason About Program Behaviour: A Think-Aloud Study. In ITiCSE '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. Part F128680 (pp. 305-310). New York, NY, USA: ACM.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2016 Izu, C., Weerasinghe, A., & Pope, C. (2016). A study of code design skills in novice programmers using the SOLO taxonomy. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (pp. 251-259). New York, USA: ACM.
DOI Scopus44 WoS35
2010 Pope, C. (2010). Breaking down barriers: providing flexible participation options for on-campus courses. In The Education Research Group of Adelaide. Adelaide, Australia.
2010 Pope, C., Karanicolas, S., Willis, C., Green, I., Snelling, C., Carrington, A., & Baron, J. (2010). Ready to Learn: Effectively Engaging Students with Pre-Lecture Activities. In Proceedings of 5th Education Research Group of Adelaide (ERGA) Conference (pp. 14-15). online: University of Adelaide.
2008 Pope, C. (2008). Experiences with Building Intrinsic Motivation Through Self Directed Projects. In Proceedings of the ERGA Conference 2008 (pp. 1-10). Australia: University of Adelaide.
2003 Pope, C., Detmold, H., Munro, D., & Vaughan, F. (2003). Adapting to new environments: rethinking the TCP/IP Stack. In P. Langendoerfer, & O. Droegehorn (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing Vol. 2 (pp. 519-522). USA: CSREA Press.
Scopus1

I teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in computer networks and various foundation courses.  I am a member of the Adelaide Education Academy and hold a graduate certificate in online learning in higher education.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Methods for Testing QUIC Network Protocol Implementations Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Kian Kai Ang
2007 - 2009 Co-Supervisor Efficient Data Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Haibo Zhang

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