| 2025 | ITiCSE | Revisiting the Confidence Gap in University-Level Programming Courses. | Leo Leppnen, Nea Pirttinen, Erkki Kaila |
| 2025 | PROFES | PostItFlow: An Early Study on Agent-Based Workflow for Enhancing and Visualizing User Stories. | Oshani Weerakoon, Juuso Rytilahti, Tuomas Mkil, Erkki Kaila, Shola Oyedeji |
| 2020 | ICWE | Blended or Distance Learning? - Comparing Student Performance Between University and Open University. | Erkki Kaila, Henri Kajasilta |
| 2017 | ITiCSE | About Programming Maturity in Finnish High Schools: A Comparison Between High School and University Students' Programming Skills. | Erkki Kaila, Rolf Lindn, Erno Lokkila, Mikko-Jussi Laakso |
| 2016 | ITiCSE | Programming Misconceptions in an Introductory Level Programming Course Exam. | Einari Kurvinen, Niko Hellgren, Erkki Kaila, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Tapio Salakoski |
| 2015 | ACE | Comparing student performance between traditional and technologically enhanced programming course. | Erkki Kaila, Teemu Rajala, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Rolf Lindn, Einari Kurvinen, Ville Karavirta, Tapio Salakoski |
| 2012 | ICALT | Breaking the Programming Language Barrier: Using Program Visualizations to Transfer Programming Knowledge in One Programming Language to Another. | Johannes Holvitie, Teemu Rajala, Riku Haavisto, Erkki Kaila, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Tapio Salakoski |
| 2011 | FIE | Comparing the collaborative and independent viewing of program visualizations. | Teemu Rajala, Erkki Kaila, Johannes Holvitie, Riku Haavisto, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Tapio Salakoski |
| 2008 | ICALT | Define and Visualize Your First Programming Language. | Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Erkki Kaila, Teemu Rajala, Tapio Salakoski |