CPiE — "see-pi" · Reimagining how programming is taught, learned, and lived. Where pedagogy meets Virtual Reality, research, and real-world impact.
The P@SHA report found that only 5–8% of CS graduates are considered employable. CPiE exists to change that — through research, immersive technology, and rethinking how programming is taught.
Strengthen problem-solving abilities through competitive programming frameworks and grassroots-level research into programming pedagogy.
Pioneering Virtual Reality-based instruction in Pakistan, with active collaborations with Copenhagen Business School, Kristiania University College, and the University of Toronto.
Linking academia with DeltaLab, Mindstorm Studio, PITB, dirAction, Takhleeq, Educative, and SeedProgramming to produce industry-ready graduates.
Scalable training tracks in AI, Data Science, Game Development, and Mathematical Foundations — launching this summer, Insha'Allah.
From immersive VR studies to the foundations of mathematical reasoning in code.
Published · ECIS 2025
One of the first immersive Virtual Reality–based studies in Pakistan, published at the European Conference on Information Systems in collaboration with Copenhagen Business School and Kristiania University College. Now extended into a longitudinal full-semester study with the University of Toronto.
Linking ∃ Existential and ∀ Universal quantifiers in propositional logic to for / while loop constructs — making mathematical reasoning tangible to programmers.
An ongoing exploration into how Concept Maps broaden intuitive thinking — unlocking new methods of teaching that help students visualize abstract relationships in code.
A research paper exploring induction and the inductive hypothesis — and how its rigorous teaching transforms the way students reason about recursion and correctness.
Two ongoing research projects under progress with Master's students — extending CPiE's footprint into deeper, theory-grounded contributions to programming education.
Beyond the lab — student-led societies powering the culture of curiosity at ITU.
Google Developer Group — driving developer culture at ITU through hackathons, study jams, and tech talks.
Cultivating diplomacy, debate, and global perspective — bridging technology students with public-policy thinking and leadership.
Pakistan's emerging space & aerospace innovation society at ITU — running NASA Space Apps Challenge and high-impact international competitions.
A fully-fledged IDE built in-house by our team — for evaluating coding courses, lab assignments, and exams with automated correctness checking.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// CodeForge auto-evaluates each test case
template<typename T>
class Stack {
T* data;
int top, cap;
public:
Stack(int c=10) : top(-1), cap(c) {
data = new T[cap];
}
void push(T v) { data[++top] = v; }
T pop() { return data[top--]; }
};The OOP Lab Exam was conducted on CodeForge — proven at scale under real conditions.
Weekly assignments and lab tasks are now evaluated automatically — saving instructors hundreds of hours.
Designed and engineered by a CPiE team member — proof that our students don't just learn the tools, they build them.
One of Pakistan's most well-known competitive programming tech events — a high-energy showcase of ITU's coding culture, and a magnet for the country's brightest student programmers.
Nebula Society students — under CPiE — became national winners of AIS 2025 and earned a spot at the ActInSpace 2026 International Finals. A defining milestone for ITU on the world stage.
Hosted under Nebula Society — bringing the world's largest hackathon to ITU students with real space-data problem sets from NASA.
Teaching Fellow · AI/CS Department · Information Technology University, Lahore
Founder & Director of CPiE. Researcher in programming pedagogy, immersive learning, and computational thinking. Speaker at UET Lahore, Kinnaird, UMT, FAST-NUCES, and LUMS. Recognized by NCEAC. Founder of SeedProgramming. Mentor to 10–15 active student researchers.
Department of Computer Science
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Department of Computer Science
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Department of Computer Science
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Department of Artificial Intelligence
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Department of Artificial Intelligence
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Department of Artificial Intelligence
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Department of Artificial Intelligence
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