Daniel Prol
Hi, I'm Daniel! I'm a second-year PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Houston, advised by Amin Alipour and Michael Hilton. I do research in Computing Education (you can follow me on Substack!). I create and evaluate software tools for computer science education.
Before beginning graduate school, 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.
Contact
email: dprol@uh.edu
Research
arXiv Preprint
(2026).
To Google or To ChatGPT? A Comparison of CS2 Students'
Information Gathering Approaches and Outcomes
arXiv Preprint
(2025).
Koli Calling 2025
(2025).
Projects
- AI-powered programming assistant for coding students — Buddy is a VS Code extension that helps students better understand programming problems.
- Research Group Website — Learn about who I work with and what we do in our research group.
- Co-creator and Podcast Host — 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.