ICER 2027

The 23rd ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER) will take place from 2 to 5 August 2027 in Sacramento, California, United States. The conference will feature a research paper track, along with a doctoral consortium, a lightning talks and posters track, and a work-in-progress track. More details will be available in due course. Please check back soon!

Research Papers: Call for Papers

Important Dates

All submission deadlines are 23:59, “anywhere on Earth” (AoE, UTC-12).

Aims and Scope

The 23rd annual ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER) aims to gather high-quality contributions to the Computing Education Research discipline. The “Research Papers” track invites submissions describing original research results related to any aspect of teaching and learning computing, from introductory through advanced material. Submissions are welcome from across the research methods used in Computing Education Research and related fields. Each contribution will be assessed based on:

• the appropriateness and soundness of its methods
• its relevance to teaching or learning computing,
• the depth of its contribution to the community’s understanding of the question at hand.

Research areas of particular interest include:

• design-based research, learner-centered design, and evaluation of educational technology supporting computing knowledge or skills development,
• discipline based education research (DBER) about computing, computer science, and related disciplines,
• informal learning experiences related to programming and software development (all ages), ranging from after-school programs for children, to end-user development communities, to workplace training of computing professionals,
• learnability of programming languages and tools for learning programming and computing concepts,
• learning analytics and educational data mining in computing education contexts,
• learning sciences work in the computing content domain,
• measurement instrument development and validation (e.g., concept inventories, attitudes scales, etc) for use in computing disciplines,
• pedagogical environments fostering computational thinking,
• psychology of programming,
• rigorous replication of empirical work, relevant to computing education, to compare with or extend previous empirical research results,
• professional development for computing educators at all levels.

The program chairs will be curating the final program to reflect the breadth of computing education research, and diversity of contributions. We strongly encourage submission of papers that make a significant contribution to the field, and for authors to highlight how their paper advances computing education.

Full submission instructions will be made available soon.

Many conferences are experiencing challenges reviewing increasing numbers of submissions. To manage the review process effectively, we ask that at least one author of each submitted paper will volunteer to review three other ACM ICER papers. Authors who do not review papers or do not submit reviews that follow the review guidelines may have their paper desk-rejected. The Program co-Chairs may also desk-reject papers of author reviewers if they consider there is clear evidence that the submitted reviews are AI-generated reviews. The use of AI tools to polish and enhance the language of the review text is authorised. Such desk-rejections are at the discretion of the Program co-Chairs.

ACM Open

Important update on ACMs open access publishing model for 2027 ACM Conferences!

All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, are 100% Open Access. Authors have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With ~3,000 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 76%).

Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial or discretionary waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the APC Waivers and Discounts Policy. Please keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.

To support authors and institutions as they continue to adapt to ACM’s Open Access publishing model, the ACM Council has approved subsidized APC rates for calendar year 2027 allowing more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer:

• $500 APC for ACM/SIG members
• $750 for non-members

This represents a 29% discount off current APC list pricing, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period.

This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2027.

ACM Policies and ORCID

By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.

Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors. We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.

All questions about this call should go to the ICER 2027 program committee chairs at pc-chairs@icer.acm.org.

Changelog since last year

• The program chairs will be curating the final program to reflect the breadth of computing education research, and diversity of contributions.
• To manage the review process effectively, we ask that at least one author of each submitted paper will volunteer to review three other ACM ICER papers.