Igor dos Santos Montagner

Igor dos Santos Montagner is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Insper Institute of Education and Research, where he has worked for seven years. He holds a Bachelor's (2010) and Doctorate (2017) in Computer Science from the University of São Paulo, with a doctoral internship at INSA-Rouen, France.

His educational background includes undergraduate and doctoral studies at the University of São Paulo under supervision of Professors Roberto Hirata Jr and Nina Hirata, with doctoral work conducted in collaboration with Professor Stéphane Canu at INSA-Rouen.

Montagner's research focuses primarily on Computing Education Research, with specific interests in student-centered teaching methodologies and their impact on developing professional skills beyond technical content. He also investigates the use of Free Software in academic environments and its educational benefits. His work combines theoretical educational frameworks with practical classroom implementations, particularly in programming education and computer science fundamentals.

His publication record shows a clear trajectory from his doctoral work in image processing and computer vision toward his current focus on computing education. His recent articles demonstrate increasing specialization in programming pedagogy, particularly around teaching the C programming language, mastery-oriented grading systems, and integrating open source contributions into academic coursework. The publications reflect strong international collaboration, particularly with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Montagner actively contributes to the academic community through conference presentations at venues like SIGCSE and through his involvement in developing innovative educational approaches. His work emphasizes practical implementation and measurable educational outcomes.

He advises on curriculum development and has created electives such as the Open Development course, which teaches students through real open source contributions. His projects include 'Frequent testing and feedback' in partnership with UIUC researchers, and 'Learning the C programming language' with colleagues at Insper. These projects focus on optimizing student effort and improving learning experiences in programming education.

Montagner maintains an active academic blog discussing both professional and personal perspectives on technology and education, and has contributed to open source projects including ElementaryOS during the pandemic period.