SIGCSE 2009

The 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
March 4-7, 2009, Chattanooga, TN USA
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/sigcse09

SIGCSE 2009 Program-at-a-Glance

Links to additional information about SIGCSE 2009

 
Tuesday, March 3, 2009  8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
 
Location:
Meeting Room 7
Studio-Based Learning in Computing Education
 
Tuesday, March 3, 2009   9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
 
Location:
Marriott Plaza C
Think Parallel- Training Opportunity with Intel Software College
 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009  8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
 
Session Type:
Pre-Conference
Room:
Meeting Room 8
Roundtable for Department Chairs
Session Type:
Pre-Conference
Room:
Meeting Room 7
Studio-Based Learning in Computing Education
 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009   8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
 
Location:
Meeting Room 11
Assessment Roundtable
 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009  8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
 
Session Type:
Pre-Conference
Room:
Meeting Room 2
Integrating FOSS into the Undergraduate Computing Curriculum
Session Type:
Pre-Conference
Room:
Meeting Room 16
Data Intensive Scalable Computing
Session Type:
Pre-Conference
Room:
Meeting Room 17
Robots in Education Symposium
Session Type:
Pre-Conference
Room:
Meeting Room 18
Managing the Academic Career for Faculty Women at Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering Institutions (CRA-W)
 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009  12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
 
Location:
Meeting Room 10
New Teaching Faculty Roundtable
 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009   1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
 
Location:
Marriott Plaza C
From Java to C# - How, What, and Why
(sponsored by Microsoft)
 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009   1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
 
Location:
Marriott Plaza A
BlueJ/Greenfoot Day
 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009  7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
 
Workshop: Room:
As Assigned
Workshops 1-14
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009   8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall C
2009 SIGCSE Award Winner: Dr Elliot Koffman, Temple University, Philadelphia
"All I really need to know I learned in CS1"
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  10:00 AM to 10:45 AM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
Coffee Break & Exhibits
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
NSF Showcase
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  10:45 AM to 12:00 PM
 
Panel Session: Room:
Ballroom E
Starting with Scratch in CS 1
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom F
Developing Problem-Solving Skills
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom G
Listening to Students
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom H
Networking and Mobile Apps
Supporter Session: Room:
Ballroom I
Microsoft Supporter Session 1:
Windows Kernel Source in the Classroom: Worldwide Use and New Resource Kit
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom J
Breadth n-th
Special Session: Room:
Exhibit Hall C
SIGCSE at 40: From the beginnings to a bright future
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 4/5
Rediscovering the Passion, Beauty, Joy, and Awe: Making Computing Fun Again, continued
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 13/14
Exploring NSF Funding Opportunities in EHR and CISE
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  12:00 PM to 1:45 PM
 
Session Type:
Tasty
Room:
Exhibit Hall D
First Timers' Lunch
Speaker: Mike Clancy on Change Making
Session Type:
Tasty
Room:
On your own
Lunch
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
Student Research Poster Session
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  1:45 PM to 3:00 PM
 
Panel Session: Room:
Ballroom E
Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom F
Quotidian Pedagogy
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom G
Recruitment
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom H
Distributed Computing for the Classroom
Supporter Session: Room:
Ballroom I
Microsoft Supporter Session 2:
Worldwide Telescope
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom J
CS1/2 Transitions
Special Session: Room:
Exhibit Hall C
SIGCSE at 40: A Historical Look at the SIGCSE Conference
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 4/5
Report of the 2008 SIGPLAN Programming Languages Curriculum Workshop
Panel Session: Room:
Meeting Room 13/14
Using Open Source Software to Engage Students in Computer Science Education
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  3:00 PM to 3:45 PM
 
Session Type:
Tasty
Room:
Rotunda
Birthday Cake and Celebration
Session Type:
Tasty
Room:
Exhibit Hall B
Coffee Break & Exhibits
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
NSF Showcase
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  3:45 PM to 5:00 PM
 
Panel Session: Room:
Ballroom E
Preparing Students for Ubiquitous Parallelism
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom F
Test-Driven Pedagogical Approaches
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom G
Retention
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom H
Capturing and Analyzing Student Artifacts
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom J
Computational Thinking Across Disciplines
Special Session: Room:
Exhibit Hall C
SIGCSE at 40: A Historical Look at Computing Curricula and Materials
Supporter Session: Room:
Marriott Plaza AB
Google Supporter Session 1:
Google's New Products and Programs
Panel Session: Room:
Meeting Room 4/5
Girls Do Like Playing and Creating Games
Panel Session: Room:
Meeting Room 13/14
Best Practices in Software Engineering Project Class Management
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009   5:15 PM to 6:00 PM
 
Birds-of-a-Feather Session: Room:
As assigned
BOFs Session I
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  6:10 PM to 6:55 PM
 
Birds-of-a-Feather Session: Room:
As assigned
BOFs Session II
 
Thursday, March 5, 2009  7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
 
Location:
Tennessee Aquarium
SIGCSE Reception
 
Friday, March 6, 2009   8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall C
Keynote Speaker: Craig Mundie, Microsoft, Chief Research and Strategy Officer
Title: "Rethinking computing"
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
Coffee Break & Exhibits
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
NSF Showcase
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
 
Poster: Room:
Exhibit Hall B
Posters Session I
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
 
Panel Session: Room:
Ballroom E
Introductory Programming Courses and Computer Games
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom F
Graphical Frameworks for CS1
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom G
Engaging K-12
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom H
Secure Systems
Supporter Session: Room:
Ballroom I
Sun Supporter Session 1:
Teach the Concepts, Not the Tools!
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom J
Shaking Up Our Worldview
Supporter Session: Room:
Marriott Plaza AB
Google Supporter Session 2:
Google Applications and Programs for Educators
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 4/5
It Seemed like a Good Idea at the Time
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 13/14
Report on the ACM/IEEE-CS Undergraduate Curricula Recommendations
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  11:45 AM to 1:30 PM
 
Location:
On Your Own
Lunch Break
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
 
Location:
Ballroom G
UPE Annual Meeting, presenting the Abacus Award to Dr. Eugene Spafford
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  1:30 PM to 2:45 PM
 
Special Session: Room:
Ballroom E
Preparation of High School Computer Science Teachers: The Israeli Perspective
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom F
Graphical Introduction to Programming in K-12
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom G
Mental Hygiene: Analysis and Promotion of Good CS Work Habits
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom H
Taking Software Engineering Out of the Classroom
Supporter Session: Room:
Ballroom I
Sun Supporter Session 2:
Case Studies in Using Open Source Collateral
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom J
Games 2 Teach
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 4/5
The Future of the AP CS Program
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 13/14
From The Man On The Moon To 2001 And Beyond: The Evolving Social And Ethical Impact Of Computers
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  2:45 PM to 3:30 PM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
Coffee Break & Exhibits
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  2:45 PM to 4:15 PM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
NSF Showcase
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  2:45 PM to 4:45 PM
 
Poster: Room:
Exhibit Hall B
Posters Session II
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  3:30 PM to 4:45 PM
 
Panel Session: Room:
Ballroom E
New Models for the CS1 Course: a Fifteen Year Retrospective
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom F
Games How-To
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom G
Departmental Issues
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom H
Reflecting on Programming
Supporter Session: Room:
Ballroom I
Intel Supporter Session 2:
Merging onto the Parallel Programming Highways
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom J
Models for Cross-Course Fertilization of Ideas
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 4/5
Advanced Placement Computer Science: The Future of Tracking the First Year of Instruction
Panel Session: Room:
Meeting Room 13/14
Trends and Discoveries of the Computing Educators Oral History Project
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  5:00 PM to 5:45 PM
 
Location:
Ballroom E
SIGCSE Business Meeting
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  6:00 PM to 6:45 PM
 
Location:
Ballroom E
CCSC Business Meeting
 
Friday, March 6, 2009  7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
 
Workshop: Room:
As Assigned
Workshops 15-26
 
Saturday, March 7, 2009  8:30 AM to 10:10 AM
 
Special Session: Room:
Ballroom E
Historical Sources as a Teaching Tool
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom F
Tools for Engagement
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom G
Robots
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom H
Systems
Supporter Session: Room:
Ballroom I
Microsoft Supporter Session 3:
Kodu
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom J
Interdisciplinary Multimedia
Student Research Presentations: Room:
Marriott East/West
Graduate Student Research Competition
Student Research Presentations: Room:
Marriott Plaza AB
Undergraduate Student Research Competition
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 4/5
Nifty Assignments
Special Session: Room:
Meeting Room 13/14
A Tutorial on Stroke-based Interfaces: Unistroke Recognition Algorithms Appropriate for Compelling Projects in Introductory Courses
 
Saturday, March 7, 2009  10:10 AM to 10:40 AM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
Coffee Break & Exhibits
 
Saturday, March 7, 2009  10:10 AM to 11:40 AM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall B
NSF Showcase
 
Saturday, March 7, 2009  10:40 AM to 11:55 AM
 
Special Session: Room:
Ballroom E
ACM Education Board and Masters Level Programs
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom F
Data- and Code-Space Animation
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom G
Summer Outreach Programs
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom H
Software Design
Supporter Session: Room:
Ballroom I
Sun Supporter Session 3:
Bring Java + Friends to Life—Computer Club on a Memory Stick
Paper Session: Room:
Ballroom J
Curriculum Innovation
Session Type:
Board Session
Room:
Marriott East/West
Special Session: SIGCSE Members' Dialogue
Session Type:
Project Showcase
Room:
Marriott Plaza AB
SIGCSE Special Projects Showcase
Panel Session: Room:
Meeting Room 4/5
The Present and Future of Computational Thinking
Panel Session: Room:
Meeting Room 13/14
Whither Scheme? 21st Century Approaches to Scheme in CS1
 
Saturday, March 7, 2009  12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
 
Location:
Exhibit Hall C
SIGCSE Luncheon
Gregory Abowd
Make IT Matter: How computing can make a difference
 
Saturday, March 7, 2009  2:15 PM to 5:15 PM
 
Workshop: Room:
As Assigned
Workshops 27-36
 
Saturday, March 7, 2009  6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
 
Workshop: Room:
As Assigned
Workshop 37