| 2022 | ITiCSE | An Exploration of Student-Tutor Interactions in Computing. | Sophia Krause-Levy, Rachel S. Lim, Ismael Villegas Molina, Yingjun Cao, Leo Porter |
| 2019 | ITiCSE | Paper or Online?: A Comparison of Exam Grading Techniques. | Yingjun Cao, Leo Porter, Soohyun Nam Liao, Rick Ord |
| 2019 | SIGCSE | Hybrid Pair Programming - A Promising Alternative to Standard Pair Programming. | Hans Yuan, Yingjun Cao |
| 2018 | SIGCSE | Two-Stage Programming Projects: Individual Work Followed by Peer Collaboration. | Lina Battestilli, Apeksha Awasthi, Yingjun Cao |
| 2018 | SIGCSE | Achievement Goals in CS1: Replication and Extension. | Daniel Zingaro, Michelle Craig, Leo Porter, Brett A. Becker, Yingjun Cao, Phillip T. Conrad, Diana Cukierman, Arto Hellas, Dastyni Loksa, Neena Thota |
| 2017 | ITiCSE | Impact of Performance Level and Group Composition on Student Learning during Collaborative Exams. | Yingjun Cao, Leo Porter |
| 2017 | ITiCSE | Developing Assessments to Determine Mastery of Programming Fundamentals. | Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Brett A. Becker, Yingjun Cao, Roger McDermott, Claudio Mirolo, Andreas Mhling, Andrew Petersen, Kate Sanders, Simon, Jacqueline L. Whalley |
| 2017 | ITiCSE | Developing Assessments to Determine Mastery of Programming Fundamentals. | Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Brett A. Becker, Yingjun Cao, Roger McDermott, Claudio Mirolo, Andreas Mhling, Andrew Petersen, Kate Sanders, Simon, Jacqueline L. Whalley |
| 2017 | SIGCSE | Gender Differences in Students' Behaviors in CS Classes throughout the CS Major. | Christine Alvarado, Yingjun Cao, Mia Minnes |
| 2017 | SIGCSE | The Power of Analogies in Introductory CS Education (Abstract Only). | Yingjun Cao, Scott D. Anderson |
| 2017 | SIGCSE | Evaluating Student Learning from Collaborative Group Tests in Introductory Computing. | Yingjun Cao, Leo Porter |
| 2016 | ICER | Examining the Value of Analogies in Introductory Computing. | Yingjun Cao, Leo Porter, Daniel Zingaro |
| 2016 | ICML | Learning privately from multiparty data. | Jihun Hamm, Yingjun Cao, Mikhail Belkin |