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Alessio Gaspar

Evolutionary Computation Computing Education Research Computer Assisted Teaching And Learning Evolutionary Algorithms

About

Dr. Alessio Gaspar is an Associate Professor with the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa where he leads the USF Computing Education Research & Evolutionary Algorithms Lab (CEREAL). He received his Ph.D. in computer science in 2000 from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis (France). Before joining USF, he worked as visiting professor at the ESSI polytechnic and EIVL engineering schools (France), then as postdoctoral researcher at the University of Fribourg’s Computer Science department (Switzerland). Dr. Gaspar is an ACM SIGCSE, SIGITE and SIGEVO member, regularly serves as reviewer for international journals & conferences, and serves as panelist for various NSF programs (CCLI, AISLE, IUSE). His research interests include Evolutionary Computation and Computing Education Research, with applications to Computer Assisted Teaching and Learning. His work has been so far funded by the National Science Foundation under programs such as CCLI, IUSE, and ATE. His technology interests include Linux System Administration, Programming (e.g., C, Java, JavaScript, Python), Web Development (e.g., Flask), and open source technologies in general.

Research Performance Summary

72
Total Papers
1006
Total Citations
16
H-Index
1996-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

"Royal-Road" Landscapes for a Dual Genetic Algorithm

Year: 1996

Citations: 10

Venue: ECAI 96, 12th

Latest Recorded Paper

Coordinate System Extraction as the Search Driver in Test-Based Genetic Programming

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
3
2022
2
2021
2
2020
1
2019
4
2018
4
2017
2
2016
4
2015
1
2013
2
2012
5

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 34
Journal 12
Book 1

Top Coauthors

Gaspar Langevin Boyer

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 3
Citations 1
Avg. Citations / Paper 0.3
H-Index 1

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 5
Citations 10
Avg. Citations / Paper 2
H-Index 2

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 15
Citations 82
Avg. Citations / Paper 5.5
H-Index 6

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 8
Citations 52
Avg. Citations / Paper 6.5
H-Index 4

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 27
Citations 457
Avg. Citations / Paper 16.9
H-Index 12

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 6
Citations 90
Avg. Citations / Paper 15
H-Index 4

1995-1999

Period Stats
Papers 8
Citations 314
Avg. Citations / Paper 39.2
H-Index 7

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

alessio@usf.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Time Dependent Optimization Linux System Administration Introductory Programming Courses Peer Learning Forums Strict Acceptance Condition Undergraduate Operating Systems Test Pareto Coevolution Virtualization Computing Education Online Asynchronous Programming Informatively Hard Concepts