Dr Cruz Izu

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  1996 - ongoing	Lecturer	The University of Adelaide
  1991 - 1993	Visiting research student	The University of Surrey

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  Spanish; Castilian	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2009 - 2011	University of Adelaide	Australia	Graduate Certificate
  1994	University of the Basque Country	Spain	PhD
  1985 - 1989	University of the Basque Country	Spain	BSc

• Research Interests

  Computer System Architecture Higher Education Networking and Communications Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2023	Luna, A., & Izu, C. (2023). Using IF-AT Cards to Engage Students in Deeper Learning of Course Content. Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje, 18(1), 136-145. DOI Scopus3
  2021	Izu, C., & Lonati, V. (2021). Introduction to the Special Issue. Informatics in Education, 20(4), 513. DOI
  2021	MIROLO, C., IZU, C., LONATI, V., & SCAPIN, E. (2021). Abstraction in Computer Science Education: An Overview. Informatics in Education, 20(4), 615-639. DOI Scopus12 WoS1
  2019	Benito, M., Vallejo, E., Izu, C., & Beivide, R. (2019). Non-minimal adaptive routing based on explicit congestion notifications. Concurrency Computation, 31(2), 1-21. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2017	Izu, M., Mirolo, C., Settle, A., Mannila, L., & Stupurienė, G. (2017). Exploring bebras tasks content and performance: a multinational study. Informatics in Education, 16(1), 39-59. DOI Scopus44 WoS30
  2016	Ortín-Obón, M., Suárez-Gracia, D., Villarroya-Gaudó, M., Izu, C., & Viñals, V. (2016). Reactive circuits: dynamic construction of circuits for reactive traffic in homogeneous CMPs. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 95, 57-68. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2016	Ortín-Obón, M., Suárez-Gracia, D., Villarroya-Gaudó, M., Izu, C., & Viñals-Yúfera, V. (2016). Analysis of network-on-chip topologies for cost-efficient chip multiprocessors. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 42, 24-36. DOI Scopus11 WoS6
  2008	Miguel-Alonso, J., Izu, M., & Gregorio, J. (2008). Improving the performance of large interconnection networks using congestion-control mechanisms. Performance Evaluation, 65(3-4), 203-211. DOI Scopus14 WoS14
  2006	Martinez, C., Vallejo, E., Beivide, R., Izu, M., & Moreto, M. (2006). Dense Gaussian networks: Suitable topologies for on-chip multiprocessors. International Journal of Parallel Programming, 34(3), 193-211. DOI Scopus31 WoS26
  2006	Puente, V., Gregorio, J., Vallejo, F., Beivide, R., & Izu, M. (2006). High-performance adaptive routing for networks with arbitrary topology. Journal of Systems Architecture, 52(6), 345-358. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
  2005	Izu, M., Miguel-Alonso, J., & Gregorio, J. (2005). Evaluation of interconnection network performance under heavy non-uniform loads. Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 3719, 396-405. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
  2003	Puente, V., Gregorio, J., Beivide, R., & Izu, M. (2003). On the design of a high-performance adaptive router for CC-NUMA multiprocessors. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 14(5), 487-501. DOI Scopus10 WoS2
  2001	Puente, V., Izu, M., Beivide, R., Gregorio, J., Vallejo, F., & Prellezo, J. (2001). The adaptive bubble router. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 61(9), 1180-1208. DOI Scopus109 WoS63
  1993	Izu, C., Beivide, R., Jesshope, C., & Arruabarrena, A. (1993). Experimental evaluation of Mad Postman bidimensional routing networks. Microprocessing and Microprogramming, 38(1-5), 33-41. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  1993	JESSHOPE, C. R., & IZU, C. (1993). THE MP1 NETWORK CHIP AND ITS APPLICATION TO PARALLEL COMPUTERS. COMPUTER JOURNAL, 36(8), 763-777. DOI WoS2
  1992	Izu, C., Arruabarrena, A., & Beivide, R. (1992). Analysis and evaluation of message management functions for bidimensional transputer networks. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 16(6), 301-309. DOI Scopus1

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2004	Izu, C., & Beivide, R. (2004). Understanding Buffer Management for Cut-Through 1D Rings. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 908-915). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. DOI

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2024	Izu, C., Mirolo, C., Börstler, J., Connamacher, H., Crosby, R., Glassey, R., . . . Shah, A. (2024). Introducing Code Quality in the CS1 Classroom. In Proceedings of the Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education ( (ITiCSE, 2024) V.2 Vol. 2 (pp. 773-772). Milan, Italy: ACM. DOI
  2024	Izu, C., & Mirolo, C. (2024). Asking Students to Refactor their Code: A Simple and Valuable Exercise. In Proceedings of the Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education ( (ITiCSE, 2024) V. 1 Vol. 1 (pp. 73-79). Milan, Italy: ACM. DOI
  2024	Izu, C., & Mirolo, C. (2024). Towards Comprehensive Assessment of Code Quality at CS1-Level: Tools, Rubrics and Refactoring Rules. In Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON, 2024) (pp. 1-10). Kos Island, Greece: IEEE. DOI
  2024	Izu, C., & Weeransinghe, A. (2024). Testing and Debugging Habits of Intermediate Student Programmers. In Proceedings of the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON, 2024) (pp. 1-10). Kos Island, Greece: IEEE. DOI
  2023	Izu, C., & Mirolo, C. (2023). Exploring CS1 Student's Notions of Code Quality. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE, 2023) Vol. 1 (pp. 12-18). Turku Finland: ACM Digital Library. DOI Scopus5
  2023	Izu, M., Ng, D., & Weerasinghe, H. (2023). Mastery Learning and Productive Failure: Examining Constructivist Approaches to teach CS1. In S. Holland, M. Petre, L. Church, & M. Marasoiu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Workshop of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group (PPIG 2022) (pp. 168-178). Online: Psychology of Programming Interest Group (PPIG).
  2022	Izu, C., & Chandra, S. (2022). Are We There Yet? Novices’ Code Smells Linked to Loop Constructs. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (pp. 1151). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI
  2022	Izu, C. (2022). Modelling the Use of Abstraction in Algorithmic Problem Solving. In Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 1 Vol. 1 (pp. 7 pages). Online: ACM. DOI Scopus1
  2022	Izu, C., Denny, P., & Roy, S. (2022). A Resource to Support Novices Refactoring Conditional Statements. In Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 1 Vol. 1 (pp. 344-350). Online: ACM. DOI Scopus16 WoS5
  2022	Jeuring, J., Keuning, H., Marwan, S., Bouvier, D., Izu, C., Kiesler, N., . . . Sarsa, S. (2022). Steps Learners Take when Solving Programming Tasks, and How Learning Environments (Should) Respond to Them. In Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 2 Vol. 2 (pp. 570-571). ACM. DOI Scopus4
  2022	Jeuring, J., Keuning, H., Marwan, S., Bouvier, D., Izu, C., Kiesler, N., . . . Sarsa, S. (2022). Towards Giving Timely Formative Feedback and Hints to Novice Programmers. In Proceedings of the 2022 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 95-115). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus19
  2021	Izu, M. C., Lonati, V., Morpurgo, A., & Sanchez, M. (2021). An Inventory of Goals from CS1 Programs Processing a Data Series. In 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Vol. 2021-October (pp. 1-8). online: IEEE. DOI Scopus2
  2021	Izu, C. (2021). Looking at CS1 through Three Colour-Tinted Glasses. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 1291). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI
  2021	Izu, M. (2021). Exploring the Inchworm problem's ability to measure basic CS Skills. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE'21) (pp. 355-361). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus5
  2021	Izu, M., & Mirolo, C. (2021). Learning transfer in novice programmers: A preliminary study. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2021) (pp. 178-184). online: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI
  2020	Izu, M. (2020). Using Consistency to Measure CS1 Student’s Comprehension of User-defined Functions. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) (pp. 1-7). online: IEEE. DOI
  2020	Weeda, R., Izu, M., Kallia, M., & Barendsen, E. (2020). Towards an Assessment Rubric for EiPE Tasks in Secondary Education: Identifying Quality Indicators and Descriptors. In Koli Calling ’20: Proceedings of the 20th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (pp. 1-10). online: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus4
  2020	Raj, R. K., Romanowski, C. J., Impagliazzo, J., Aly, S. G., Becker, B. A., Chen, J., . . . Thota, N. (2020). High Performance Computing Education: Current Challenges and Future Directions. In Proceedings of the Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 51-74). New York, USA: ACM. DOI Scopus15 WoS5
  2020	Izu, M. C., & Weerasinghe, H. (2020). Assessing CS1 design skills with a string manipulation task. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2020) (pp. 432-438). virtual online: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus2
  2020	Izu, M. (2020). Extending a CPU Design Project to Reinforce Learning. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 547-548). online: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus1
  2020	Raj, R. K., Romanowski, C. J., Aly, S. G., Becker, B. A., Chen, J., Ghafoor, S., . . . Thota, N. (2020). Toward High Performance Computing Education. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 504-505). online: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus1
  2020	Izu, M., & Mirolo, C. (2020). Comparing Small Programs for Equivalence: A Code Comprehension Task for Novice Programmers. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 466-472). online: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus4
  2020	Izu, M., & Luna, A. (2020). Using IF-AT cards to Engage Students in Reading and Understanding CS Course Materials. In 2020 IEEE World Conference on Engineering Education (EDUNINE) (pp. 1-6). online: IEEE. DOI Scopus2
  2020	Mirolo, C., Izu, M., & Scapin, E. (2020). High-School Students’ Mastery of Basic Flow-Control Constructs through the Lens of Reversibility. In Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Primary and Secondary Computing Education (pp. 1-10). online: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus3
  2019	Izu, C., Schulte, C., Aggarwal, A., Cutts, Q., Duran, R., Gutica, M., . . . Weeda, R. (2019). Program Comprehension: Identifying Learning Trajectories for Novice Programmers. In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 261-262). online: ACM. DOI Scopus5 WoS2
  2019	Mirolo, C., & Izu, M. (2019). An Exploration of Novice Programmers’ Comprehension of Conditionals in Imperative and Functional Programming. In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 436-442). online: ACM. DOI Scopus4 WoS1
  2019	Izu, C., Schulte, C., Aggarwal, A., Cutts, Q., Duran, R., Gutica, M., . . . al, E. (2019). Fostering Program Comprehension in Novice Programmers - Learning Activities and Learning Trajectories. In Proceedings of the Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 27-52). online: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus58 WoS20
  2019	Izu, M. C., & Vallejo, E. (2019). Impact of Network Fairness on the Performance of Parallel Systems. In Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference on - {ACSW} 2019} (pp. 1-10). online: ACM. DOI Scopus1
  2019	Izu, M. C., & Dinh, P. (2019). Can Novice Programmers Write C Functions?. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) (pp. 965-970). online: IEEE. DOI Scopus8 WoS3
  2019	Izu, M. C. (2019). Improving Outcomes for a Masters Capstone IT Project. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (pp. 301-307). online: IEEE. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
  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 WoS3
  2018	Izu, M., & Alexander, B. (2018). Using unstructured practice plus reflection to develop programming/problem-solving fluency. In Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Computing Education Conference (pp. 25-34). online: ACM. DOI Scopus7
  2018	Izu, C., Mirolo, C., & Weerasinghe, A. (2018). Novice Programmers’ Reasoning About Reversing Conditional Statements. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education Vol. 2018-January (pp. 646-651). Baltimore: ACM. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
  2018	Erkan, A., Barr, J., Clear, T., Izu, C., Del Alamo, C., Mohammed, H., & Nadimpalli, M. (2018). Developing a holistic understanding of systems and algorithms through research papers. In J. Sheard, & A. Korhonen (Eds.), ITiCSE-WGR 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ITiCSE Conference on Working Group Reports Vol. 2018-January (pp. 86-104). Bologna, ITALY: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI Scopus2
  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 Scopus5 WoS3
  2017	Benito, M., Vallejo, E., Beivide, R., & Izu, M. C. (2017). Extending Commodity OpenFlow Switches for Large-Scale HPC Deployments. In 2017 IEEE 3rd International Workshop on High-Performance Interconnection Networks in the Exascale and Big-Data Era (HiPINEB), (pp. 1-8). online: IEEE. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
  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 Scopus40 WoS25
  2015	Barendsen, E., Mannila, L., Demo, B., Grgurina, N., Izu, C., Mirolo, C., . . . Stupurienė, G. (2015). Concepts in K-9 Computer Science Education. In Proceedings of the 2015 ITiCSE on Working Group Reports (pp. 85-116). Vilnius, Lithuania: ACM. DOI Scopus38 WoS18
  2014	Ortín, M., Suárez, D., Villarroya, M., Izu, C., & Viñals, V. (2014). Dynamic construction of circuits for reactive traffic in homogeneous CMPs. In Proceedings: Design, Automation & Test in Europe (pp. 1-4). Dresden, Germany: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
  2014	Izu, C., & Weerasinghe, A. (2014). Flowcharts: A tool for computational thinking. In Conference Proceedings of the Australian Computers in Education Conference 2014: Now it's Personal (pp. 305-313). Adelaide, SA, Australia: Australian Council for Computers in Education.
  2013	Ortin, M., Ferreron, A., Albericio, J., Suarez, D., Villarroya-Gaudo, M., Izu, M., & Vinals, V. (2013). Characterization and cost-efficient selection of NoC topologies for general purpose CMPs. In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Interconnection Network Architecture On-Chip, Multi-Chip, INA-OCMC 2013 (pp. 1-4). online: ACM. DOI
  2013	Ortin Obon, M., Suarez Gracia, D., Villarroya Gaudo, M., Izu, M., & Vinals Yufera, V. (2013). Reserva de circuitos para tráfico reactivo en CMPs homogéneos. In G. Botella, & A. Del Barrio Garcia (Eds.), Actas de las XXIV Jornadas de Paralelismo: IV Congreso Español de Informática (pp. 36-42). Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
  2012	Izu, M., & Vallejo, E. (2012). Throughput fairness in indirect interconnection networks. In Proceedings of the IEEE 2012 13th International Conference on Parallell and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (pp. 233-238). CD: IEEE. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2011	Izu, M. (2011). On the use of multiplanes on a 2D mesh network-on-chip. In Proceedings of ICA3PP 2011 Vol. 7017 LNCS (pp. 276-286). Germany: Springer-Verlag. DOI
  2010	Alexander, B., & Izu, M. (2010). Engaging weak programmers in problem solving. In Proceedings of IEEE EDUCON Education Engineering 2010 - The Future of Global Learning Engineering Education (pp. 997-1005). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus3
  2009	Izu, M. (2009). A throughput fairness injection protocol for mesh and torus networks. In Proceedings of HiPC2009 (pp. 1-10). India: ACM. DOI Scopus5 WoS2
  2007	Ridruejo, F., Navaridas, J., Miguel-Alonso, J., & Izu, M. (2007). Realistic evaluation of interconnection network performance at high loads. In D. Munro (Ed.), Proceedings of PDCAT 2007 (pp. 97-104). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus5 WoS1
  2006	Izu, M., Miguel-Alonso, J., & Gregorio, J. (2006). Effects of injection pressure on network throughput. In J. Cantarella (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-based Processing Vol. 2006 (pp. 91-98). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus6
  2006	Izu, M. (2006). Throughput fairness in k-ary n-cube networks. In V. Estivill-Castro, & G. Dobbie (Eds.), Proceedings of ACSC 2006 Vol. 48 (pp. 137-145). Australia: Australian Computer Society. Scopus6
  2005	Luque, E., Izu, C., Lysne, O., & Legatheaux, J. (2005). Topic 13 routing and communication in interconnection networks. In J. C. Cunha, & P. D. Medeiros (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 3648 (pp. 973). Lisbon, PORTUGAL: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. DOI
  2004	Izu, M., Beivide, R., & Gregorio, J. (2004). The case of chaotic routing revisited. In B. Black, & M. Lipasti (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Workshop on Duplicating, Deconstructing, and Debunking 2004 (pp. www 32-www 40). http://www.ece.wisc.edu/~wddd/2004/04_izu.pdf: WDDD.
  2004	Izu, M., & Beivide, R. (2004). Understanding buffer management for cut-through 1D rings. In M. Danelutto, D. Laforenza, & M. Vanneschi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th Euro-Par 2004 Conference on Parallel Processing Vol. 3149 (pp. 908-915). Berlin, Germany: Springer. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2003	Martinez, C., Beivide, R., Gutierrez, J., & Izu, M. (2003). Distance-hereditary embeddings of circulant graphs. In P. Srimani (Ed.), Proceedings of ITCC 2003 (pp. 320-324). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  2003	Beivide, R., Martinez, C., Izu, M., Gutierrez, J., Gregorio, J., & Miguel-Alonso, J. (2003). Chordal topologies for interconnection networks. In A. Veidenbaum, K. Joe, H. Amano, & H. Aiso (Eds.), 5th International Symposium, ISHPC 2003 Toyko-Odabia, Japan, October 2003 Proceedings Vol. 2858 (pp. 385-392). Berlin, Germany: Springer. DOI Scopus12 WoS8
  2001	Beivide, R., Jesshope, C., Robles, A., & Izu, C. (2001). Topic 12, routing and communication in interconnection networks. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 2150 (pp. 611-612). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. DOI
  2000	Puente, V., Prellezo, J. M., Izu, C., Gregorio, J. A., & Beivide, R. (2000). A case study of trace-driven simulation for analyzing interconnection networks: cc-NUMAs with ILP processors. In Proceedings - 8th Euromicro Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing, EURO-PDP 2000 (pp. 174-180). IEEE Comput. Soc. DOI Scopus3
  2000	Puente, V., Izu, M., Gregorio, J., Beivide, R., Prellezo, J., & Vallejo, F. (2000). Improving parallel system performance by changing the arrangement of the network links. In A. Veidenbaum (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Supercomputing (pp. 44-53). New Mexico, USA: ICS. DOI Scopus18
  1999	Puente, V., Gregorio, J. A., Izu, C., & Beivide, R. (1999). Impact of the head-of-line blocking on parallel computer networks: Hardware to applications. In P. Amestoy, P. Berger, M. Dayde, I. Duff, V. Fraysse, L. Giraud, & D. Ruiz (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 1685 LNCS (pp. 1222-1230). TOULOUSE, FRANCE: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
  1999	Puente, V., Gregorio, J. A., Izu, C., Beivide, R., & Vallejo, F. (1999). Low-level router design and its impact on supercomputer system performance. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing (pp. 193-201). ACM. DOI Scopus5
  1998	Izu, C., & Arruabarrena, A. (1998). Applying segment routing to k-ary n-cube networks. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing (pp. 409-416). ACM. DOI
  1998	Carrión, C., Izu, C., Gregorio, J. A., Vallejo, F., & Beivide, R. (1998). Ghost packets: A deadlock-free solution for k-ary n-cube networks. In Proceedings of the 6th Euromicro Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing, PDP 1998 (pp. 133-139). UNIV MADRID, MADRID, SPAIN: IEEE COMPUTER SOC. DOI Scopus4 WoS2
  1997	Izu, C., Carrion, C., Gregorio, J. A., & Beivide, R. (1997). Restricted injection flow control for k-ary n-cube networks. In A. ElAmawy, & S. Q. Zheng (Eds.), INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR COMPUTERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS (pp. 511-518). RADISSON HOTEL NEW ORLEANS, NEW ORLEANS, LA: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY COMPUTER S & THEIR APPLICATIONS (ISCA). WoS2
  1995	Izu, C., Beivide, R., Arruabarrena, A., & Gregorio, J. A. (1995). Packet multiplexing: an efficient router implementation for adaptive mesh networks. In V. L. Narasimhan (Ed.), IEEE International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing Vol. 2 (pp. 603-608). BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: I E E E. DOI
  1995	Miguel, J., Arruabarrena, A., Izu, C., & Beivide, R. (1995). Parallel simulation of message routing networks. In Proceedings - Euromicro Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing (pp. 138-145). IEEE Comput. Soc. Press. DOI Scopus4
  1994	Izu, C., Beivide, R., & Jesshope, C. (1994). Mad-postman: A look-ahead message propagation method for static bidimensional meshes. In Proceedings of the 2nd Euromicro Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing, PDP 1994 (pp. 117-124). IEEE. DOI Scopus7
  -	Puente, V., Beivide, R., Gregorio, J. A., Prellezo, J. M., Duato, J., & Izu, C. (n.d.). Adaptive bubble router: a design to improve performance in torus networks. In Proceedings of the 1999 International Conference on Parallel Processing (pp. 58-67). IEEE Comput. Soc. DOI
  -	Jesshope, C., & Izu, C. (n.d.). The MP1 network chip. In 1993 Euromicro Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing (pp. 338-348). IEEE. DOI

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2018	Izu, M. C., & Weerasinghe, H. R. (2018). On formative assessment approaches that improve learning. Poster session presented at the meeting of HERGA 2018. Adelaide.
  2018	Izu, C., & Castro, O. S. (2018). Designing Active Mediated Learning Tasks: Can Small Failures Enhance Student Learning?. Poster session presented at the meeting of SIGCSE'18: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 49TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION. Baltimore, MD: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI WoS1
  2017	Erkan, A., Barr, J., Clear, T., Izu, C., Lopez del Alamo, C. J., Mohammed, H., & Nadimpalli, M. (2017). Developing a Holistic Understanding of Systems and Algorithms Through Research Papers. Poster session presented at the meeting of ITICSE'17: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 ACM CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION. Bologna, ITALY: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI WoS1

Cruz  main teaching topics are mapped into her areas of expertise  

• Systems and Computer Architecture:   Computer Systems, Computer Networks, Operating Systems 
• Problem Solving: Specialised Programming, Problem Solving and Software Development, Puzzle Based Learning
• Learning to code: Foundations of CS, Introduction to Programming 

In the administration side she has been a coordinator for the Masters of Computing and Innovation (2015 to 2023) and for the Masters of Computer Science (2023). She has previously hold other admin duties such as  Outreach, Health&Safety and  Course Advice Coordination, and coordinated the Google grant programs CS4HS (2013-2017) and CS Educator PD (2018-2020).

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2024 - 2025	Principal Supervisor	Evaluating Novice Code Smells in C/C++	The University of Adelaide	Computer Science	Master	Full Time	Matthew Theiley
  2023 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	Suitability of AI-related Code Bots in Tracing for Novice Programmers	The University of Adelaide	B Comp Sci (Advanced)	Other	Part Time	Aun Haider
  2023 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	Improving code structure: IDE feedback versus manual refactoring	The University of Adelaide	B Comp Sci (Advanced)	Other	-	Yin Cyrus Hui
  2023 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	Evaluation of refactoring strategies for intermediate programmers	The University of Adelaide	B Comp Sci (Advanced)	Other	-	Lazar Skrob
  2023 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	Automating the Detection of Novice Code Smells in C/C++	The University of Adelaide	B Comp Sci (Advanced)	Other	-	Jose De los Santos, Faisal Umar, Seojun Lee
  2023 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	Enhancing Programming Education: The Impact of AI-Powered Code Comprehension Tools in the Classroom	The University of Adelaide	B Comp Sci (Advanced)	Other	-	Yiran Song
  2022 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	Code Style in the context of CS1 education: a Literature Review	The University of Adelaide	Master of Computer Science	Master	-	Sun Huixin
  2022 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Automatic evaluation of code quality	The University of Adelaide	B Comp (Adv)	Other	-	Edward Gilchrist
  2022 - 2022	Principal Supervisor	Improving code structure: refactoring tools versus manual refactoring	The University of Adelaide	B.Comp (Adv)	Other	-	Dhyan Darji
  2022 - 2022	Principal Supervisor	Readability vs Efficiency: Analysis of C++ compiler optimizations	School of Computer Science, UoA	B. Comp Sci (advanced)	Other	-	Marco Groot (a1797584)
  2022 - 2022	Principal Supervisor	Exploring Notions of Code Quality	School of Computer Science, UoA	B. Comp Sci (Advanced)	Other	-	Soham Sevak
  2021 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Using Source Code Analysers to Detect Refactoring Patterns in Students' Code	The University of Adelaide	Masters of Computer Science	Master	Full Time	Shrey Chandra
  2021 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Creativity in Computer Science: a systematic literature review	The University of Adelaide	B Comp Sci (Hons)	Honours	Full Time	Guanqi Li
  2021 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Refactoring for Novice Programmers	The University of Adelaide	B. Comp (Hons) Computer Science	Honours	Full Time	Sayoni Roy
  2020 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Choosing a Problem-Solving Strategy: Maths vs Simulation	The University of Adelaide	Masters of Computer Science	Master	Full Time	Akshay Pradeep
  2018 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Exploring Novice Programmers' Abilities To Solve A String Manipulation Problem	The University of Adelaide	Masters of Computer Science	Master	Full Time	Xiangkang Pan
  2018 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Novice programmers ability to define and write functions	University of Adelaide	Bachelor of Computer Science (Advanced)	Other	Full Time	Peter Dinh
  2016 - 2018	External Supervisor	Performance and fairness of routing mechanisms for commodity Ethernet networks	The University of Cantabria	-	Doctorate	Part Time	Mariano Benito Hoz

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2005 - ongoing	-	ACM	-

• Consulting/Advisories

  Date	Institution	Department	Organisation Type	Country
  2015 - ongoing	SACE Board of South Australia	Information Technology Writers Group	Instructional and training	Australia
  2014 - 2015	SACE Board of South Australia	Information Technology/ Curriculum Leaders Group	Instructional and training	Australia

• Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice

  Date	Title	Type	Institution	Country
  2019 - ongoing	Associate Program Chair	Conference Review	ACM SIG group Computer Science Education	United States

• Position: Lecturer
• Phone: 83135762
• Email: cruz.izu@adelaide.edu.au
• Fax: 83134366
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Ingkarni Wardli, floor 4
• Org Unit: Computer Science