Jake Renzella

Dr Jake Renzella is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales' School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), where he serves as Co-Head of the Computing and Education research group and Director of Studies for Computer Science. His work focuses on Pedagogical Generative AI and education technology, with a particular emphasis on compiler tools like the Debugging C Compiler (DCC) and its AI debugger, as well as the Formatif teaching platform.

• Research: Premier computer science education conferences (SIGCSE TS, ICSE), AI-driven educational tools, learning analytics
• Collaboration: Key role in Day of AI Australia initiative

Scientific Awards:

• 2024 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Innovation Award
• 2023 UNSW Engineering Faculty Education Award
• 2022 UNSW Teaching Excellence Award
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Grants: $2,165,000 total including Google.org Generative AI Accelerator ($1.5M), NVIDIA Academic Grant (cloud GPU hours), and multiple Google/UNSW grants for inclusion research and teaching innovation.