Matthias Hauswirth

Matthias Hauswirth is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Informatics of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), leading the Lugano Computing Education Research Lab (LuCE) and the Software and Programmer Efficiency (SAPE) research group. His research bridges programming language design and computing education, with a focus on how people learn to program. He actively contributes to Swiss national initiatives like GymInf to train high school informatics teachers and has co-authored influential textbooks such as Informatik - Programmieren und Robotik.

His teaching spans undergraduate, graduate, and teacher-training courses, emphasizing engaging pedagogy. He pioneered USI's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and developed educational tools like PyTamaro, Expression Tutor, and the Progmiscon inventory. His prior work on software performance explored system-layer interactions from hardware to applications.

He serves on program committees for conferences like SIGCSE and ICER, and organized ICER 2022. His contributions include innovative teaching materials, national teacher-training programs, and open-source platforms enhancing programming education globally.