Dr Jake Renzella
@drjake.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales
New pre-print alert: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05305
Narrowing the Gap: Supervised Fine-Tuning of Open-Source LLMs as a Viable Alternative to Proprietary Models for Pedagogical Tools
Frontier Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Gemini can decipher cryptic compiler errors for novice programmers, but their computational scale, cost, and tendency to over-assist make them pr...
arxiv.org
July 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
New pre-print alert: arxiv.org/abs/2507.05305
I’ll be working with Day of AI Australia and Google to build interactive GenAI experiences for Aussie school kids! Read more: blog.google/intl/en-au/f...
Day of AI Australia selected for Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI cohort
Day of AI Australia, together with UNSW, has been selected to join the prestigious Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI cohort for 2025.Day of AI Australia is one of 20…
blog.google
June 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I’ll be working with Day of AI Australia and Google to build interactive GenAI experiences for Aussie school kids! Read more: blog.google/intl/en-au/f...
Another year, another SIGCSE TS.
Our paper on conversational generative AI for programming debugging: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
A BoF session delivering a session on AI Literacy for K-12, presenting our lessons learned running Day of AI.
Capping it off with a visit to MIT RAISE and MIT Solve.
Our paper on conversational generative AI for programming debugging: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
A BoF session delivering a session on AI Literacy for K-12, presenting our lessons learned running Day of AI.
Capping it off with a visit to MIT RAISE and MIT Solve.
March 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Another year, another SIGCSE TS.
Our paper on conversational generative AI for programming debugging: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
A BoF session delivering a session on AI Literacy for K-12, presenting our lessons learned running Day of AI.
Capping it off with a visit to MIT RAISE and MIT Solve.
Our paper on conversational generative AI for programming debugging: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
A BoF session delivering a session on AI Literacy for K-12, presenting our lessons learned running Day of AI.
Capping it off with a visit to MIT RAISE and MIT Solve.
Really we’re just going to extreme lengths to ensure we can keep teaching C as our students’ first language: www.unsw.edu.au/engineering/...
@cyberhammond.com @litoria.bsky.social
@cyberhammond.com @litoria.bsky.social
A new approach to an old language | Engineering - UNSW Sydney
UNSW's Debugging C Compiler (DCC) uses AI to help students learn C programming by explaining errors without fostering reliance on AI, aiming to prevent future software issues.
www.unsw.edu.au
December 13, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Really we’re just going to extreme lengths to ensure we can keep teaching C as our students’ first language: www.unsw.edu.au/engineering/...
@cyberhammond.com @litoria.bsky.social
@cyberhammond.com @litoria.bsky.social
(Not quite) end of term drinks @florasalim.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 12:46 PM
(Not quite) end of term drinks @florasalim.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Jake Renzella
Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
Some mid-conference hacking to pull in real-time numbers into the Debugging C Compiler website, 14 million compilations! dcc.cse.unsw.edu.au
November 22, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Some mid-conference hacking to pull in real-time numbers into the Debugging C Compiler website, 14 million compilations! dcc.cse.unsw.edu.au
Reposted by Dr Jake Renzella
Putting together a starter pack of CS academics in Australia (+NZ), hit me up to be added.
go.bsky.app/N5x6GLQ
go.bsky.app/N5x6GLQ
November 21, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Putting together a starter pack of CS academics in Australia (+NZ), hit me up to be added.
go.bsky.app/N5x6GLQ
go.bsky.app/N5x6GLQ
Reposted by Dr Jake Renzella
CSE, UNSW Sydney is hiring multiple Associate Professors (Level D, tenured) on:
- Algorithms
- Computer Graphics
- Embedded Systems
- Formal Methods
- NLP
- Theoretical Machine Learning
- Robotics
Closing 27 Jan 2025. Those wanting to know about working in Sydney and Australia do reach out 🦘🎓
URL👇
- Algorithms
- Computer Graphics
- Embedded Systems
- Formal Methods
- NLP
- Theoretical Machine Learning
- Robotics
Closing 27 Jan 2025. Those wanting to know about working in Sydney and Australia do reach out 🦘🎓
URL👇
November 16, 2024 at 11:35 AM
CSE, UNSW Sydney is hiring multiple Associate Professors (Level D, tenured) on:
- Algorithms
- Computer Graphics
- Embedded Systems
- Formal Methods
- NLP
- Theoretical Machine Learning
- Robotics
Closing 27 Jan 2025. Those wanting to know about working in Sydney and Australia do reach out 🦘🎓
URL👇
- Algorithms
- Computer Graphics
- Embedded Systems
- Formal Methods
- NLP
- Theoretical Machine Learning
- Robotics
Closing 27 Jan 2025. Those wanting to know about working in Sydney and Australia do reach out 🦘🎓
URL👇
At Koli Calling in Finland presenting our very early work on fine-tuning Large Language Models to align them with pedagogical behaviour.
These models power our compiler error explanation system: dcc.cse.unsw.edu.au
Read the paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
@cyberhammond.com, @litoria.bsky.social
These models power our compiler error explanation system: dcc.cse.unsw.edu.au
Read the paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
@cyberhammond.com, @litoria.bsky.social
Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Better Programming Error Explanations | Proceedings of the 24th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
dl.acm.org
November 16, 2024 at 9:35 AM
At Koli Calling in Finland presenting our very early work on fine-tuning Large Language Models to align them with pedagogical behaviour.
These models power our compiler error explanation system: dcc.cse.unsw.edu.au
Read the paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
@cyberhammond.com, @litoria.bsky.social
These models power our compiler error explanation system: dcc.cse.unsw.edu.au
Read the paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
@cyberhammond.com, @litoria.bsky.social
Stoked to finally share that Google have funded our DCC + LLM research (research.google/outreach/air...) as Sasha Vassar, @litoria.bsky.social and I will design and develop pedagogically-minded LLMs to making programming more accessible. We are also launching our new homepage: dcc.cse.unsw.edu.au
The Debugging C Compiler (DCC) - A novice-friendly C/C++ compiler
The Debugging C Compiler (DCC) - A novice-focused C compiler.
dcc.cse.unsw.edu.au
November 21, 2023 at 8:36 AM
Stoked to finally share that Google have funded our DCC + LLM research (research.google/outreach/air...) as Sasha Vassar, @litoria.bsky.social and I will design and develop pedagogically-minded LLMs to making programming more accessible. We are also launching our new homepage: dcc.cse.unsw.edu.au
Happy SIGCSE notification day! Celebrating the acceptance of our paper "dcc --help: Transforming the Role of the Compiler by Generating Context-Aware Error Explanations with Large Language Models". @litoria.bsky.social @cyberhammond.com
October 3, 2023 at 12:46 AM
Happy SIGCSE notification day! Celebrating the acceptance of our paper "dcc --help: Transforming the Role of the Compiler by Generating Context-Aware Error Explanations with Large Language Models". @litoria.bsky.social @cyberhammond.com