Allegheny CIS Presents Four Projects at PyCon US 2025

From May 14–22, 2025, Allegheny CIS faculty and students traveled to Pittsburgh for PyCon US 2025, one of the largest annual gatherings of the Python community. The department brought four presentations spanning tools, automation, and computing education.

Presentations

“Infomaid: An Offline AI Text-Generative Tool to Support Ethical Learning with Textual Assistance” Poster — Oliver Bonham-Carter

“ExecExam: Streamlining Python Assessments with Automation and Personalized Feedback” Poster — Greg Kapfhammer, Hemani Alaparthi ‘27, Pallas-Athena Cain

“Up and Running with GitHub, GitHub Classroom, and GitHub Actions” Education Summit — Greg Kapfhammer and Hemani Alaparthi ‘27

“Automated and Configurable Programming Project Checking with Chasten” Education Summit — Daniel Bekele, Greg Kapfhammer, Thao Pham

The Education Summit presentations focused on practical tools that lower the barrier to running effective, automated computing courses — work that grows directly out of what students and faculty use every day at Allegheny.