Daniel Prol

Hi! 👋 I'm Daniel. I'm a first-year PhD student in CS at the University of Houston, advised by Amin Alipour. I do research in Computing Education (you can follow me on Substack!), with a particular focus on Programming Education, AI for Computing Education and Human-AI Interaction.

Before that, I worked for 10 years in various industry positions (my LinkedIn profile has more details about the "industry side" of my life). I'm also passionate about outreach: blogs, podcasts, newsletters, social media, and teaching, of course.

Publications

To Google or To ChatGPT? A Comparison of CS2 Students Information Gathering Approaches and Outcomes
Aayush Kumar, Daniel Prol, Amin Alipour, and Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan. arXiv Preprint (2025).
From prompts to propositions: A logic-based lens on student-llm interactions
Ali Alfageeh, Mahdi Kazemi, Daye Nam, Daniel Prol, Matin Amoozadeh, Souti Chattopadhyay, James Prather, Paul Denny, Juho Leinonen, Michael Hilton, Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan, and Amin Alipour. arXiv Preprint (2025).
Student-AI Interaction: A Case Study of CS1 students
Matin Amoozadeh, Daye Nam, Daniel Prol, Ali Alfageeh, James Prather, Michael Hilton, Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan, and Amin Alipour. Koli Calling 2024 (2024).

Projects

Here are a few projects I've worked on over the years.

Buddy

2025

Buddy is a VS Code extension that helps students better understand programming problems.

Research Group Website

2025

Learn about who I work with and what we do in our research group.

Catholic Podcasts Website

2024

A curated selection of Spanish-language podcasts to bring Jesus into your daily routine.

SaaS Product Chat

2018

SaaS Product Chat was a Spanish-language video podcast covering software-as-a-service topics, featuring speakers from the Latin American and Spanish tech industry.

Blog