School of Arts and Science

Department of Computer Science

CCSC Eastern Conference 2005
Conference Program
Friday: October 14, 2005  
     
8:00am-5:45pm Registration Murphy Center Lobby Desk
     
     

10:00am-6:30pm

Vendor Displays

 Murphy Center Student Lounge & Hallway
     

9:00am-12 noon

 Workshops

  
     
  Workshop 1: Victor Clincy (Kennesaw State University) Murphy Center, room 212
  Using an Easy-To-Use and Free Tool in Teaching and Researching Network and Security Issues  
     
  Workshop 2: Mark D. LeBlanc (Wheaton College), Betsey D. Dyer (Wheaton College) Murphy Center, room 209
  Travels in “DNA Land”: Approaching DNA Sequence Analysis Through Word Play  
     

1:00pm-1:15pm

Opening Session

 Joyce Auditorium, Murphy Center
  Alexander Eodice  
 

Dean, School of Arts and Sciences,

  
 

Iona College

  
     

1:15pm-2:15pm

  Keynote Speaker Joyce Auditorium, Murphy Center
  Efficient Reasoning in Large Ontologies  
 

Aaron Kerchenbaum

  
 

IBM T.J. Watson Reasearch Center

 
     

2:15pm-2:45pm

BREAK

 Murphy Center 2nd floor Hallway
  Vendor Session Murphy Center, room 132
     
2:15pm-6:30pm Student Posters Murphy Center, Arrigoni Library
     
2:45pm-4:00pm Concurrent Sessions  
     
  Session 1A Murphy Center, room 201
  Papers: Software and Hardware Engineering  
  Chair: Pauline Mosley (Pace University)  
  Adrienne Decker (State University of New York, Buffalo), Sara Haydanek (State University of New York, Buffalo), Christopher Egert (Rochester Institute of Technology)  
  When Objects Collide: Abstractions over Common Physics Problems for Capstone Projects in CS1  
     
  Carol Masuck (University of Idaho)  
  Categorizing Faults in the Software Build Cycle Decreases the Total Number of Faults  
     
  Ed Harcourt (St. Lawrence University)  
  Teaching Computer Organization and Architecture Using SystemC  
     
  Session 1B Murphy Center, room 214
   
 

Panel: Innovative Approaches to Science Education

  
 

Moderator: Danny Kopec (Brooklyn College)

  
 

Panelists:

  
  Ronald Eckhardt (Brooklyn College), Devon Gayle (Brooklyn College), Richard Close (Elizabethtown College), Gavriel Yarmish (Brooklyn College), Myra Kogen (Brooklyn College)  
     
  Session 1C Murphy Center, room 132
     
  Tutorial: Promoting Classroom Interactivity in Computer Science Courses using Laptops, Tablet PCs and DyKnow Software  
  Presenter: Dave Berque (DePauw University)  
     
4:00pm-4:30pm BREAK Murphy Center 2nd floor Hallway
  Vendor Session Murphy Center, room 132
     
4:30pm-5:45pm Concurrent Session
     
  Session 2A Murphy Center, room 201
     
  Papers: Visualization  
  Chair: Mary Courtney (Pace University)  
  Jason Best (Shepherd University), Teresa Stritch (Shepherd University)  
  A Java 3d Visualization Application for Research Use in Astronomy  
     
  Keitha Murray (Iona College), Aaron Kershenbaum (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center )  
  Visualization of Computer Networks  
     
  Ron Coleman (Marist College)  
  Gedi: A Game Engine for Teaching Videogame Design and Programming  
     
  Session 2B Murphy Center, room 214
     
  Panel: Guidelines and Suggestions for ABET (formerly CSAB) Accreditation  
 

Moderator: Frances Bailie (Iona College)

  
 

Panelists:

  
  Adel M. Abunawass (University of West Georgia), Bernice Houle (Pace University), Deborah Whitfield (Slippery Rock University)  
     
  Session 2C Murphy Center, room 217
     
  Tutorial: Using the Java Midi Package to Create Music in CS1  
  Presenter: Tom Cortina (Carnegie Mellon University)  
     

5:45pm-6:30pm

Reception

 Arrigoni Center
 

Welcome by Brother James Liguori, President, Iona College

Student-Generated MIDI Music provided by Victor Stanionis, Iona College

  
     
6:30pm-8:00pm Conference Banquet Arrigoni Center
  Banquet Program 8:00pm  
  On The Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science Redux
  Owen Astrachan, Professor of the Practice of Computer Science  
  Duke University  
     
Saturday: October 15, 2005  
     

7:30am-8:30am

Continental Breakfast

 Murphy Center 2nd floor Hallway
     

8:00am-10:00am

Registration

 Murphy Center Lobby Desk
     

8:30am-12:30pm

Vendor Displays

 Murphy Center Student Lounge & Hallway
     

7:30am-12:30pm

Student Programming Contest

Continental Breakfast & Orientation for all teams ( 7:30am - required)

 
McSpedon
  College Programming Teams Orientation McSpedon room001
  High School Programming Teams Orientation McSpedon room 023
8:30am - 12:30pm  Practice Session and Contest  
  College Teams Murphy Center Labs 121, 122
  High School Teams McSpedon Labs
  Judges  McSpedon and Murphy Center 209
     

9:00am-12 noon

Workshop Session

 Murphy Center, room 204
  Workshop 3: John Loase (Concordia College), Teresa Piliouras (Technical Consulting & Research, Inc.), Anita Cook (Westchester Community College)  
  Assessment of Intervention Efforts to Promote Student Success and Persistence  
     
8:30am-9:45am Concurrent Sessions  
     
  Session 3A Murphy Center, room 201
     
  Papers: Introductory Courses  
  Chair: Nicholas DeLillo (Manhattan College)  
  Norman Brenner (George Washington University)  
  Visual Basic .Net--One Teacher's Experience  
     
  Jennifer Polack-Wahl (University of Mary Washington), Marsha Zaidman (University of Mary Washington)   
  Raising Student Awareness Of Computing Concerns And Ethical Practices  
     
  Zhixiong Chen (Mercy College)  
  Experiences With Eclipse IDE In Programming Courses  
     
  Session 3B Murphy Center, room 214
  Chair: Sofya Poger  
  Papers: Robotics and AI  
     
  Susan Imberman (College of Staten Island of the City University of New York)  
  Three Fun Assignments for an Artificial Intelligence Class  
     
  Rathika Rajaravivarma (Central Connecticut State University), Leo Cetinski  
  A Development Platform for Wireless Internet Connected Robotic Devices  
     
  Susan Imberman (College of Staten Island of the City University of New York), Roberta Klibaner (College of Staten Island of the City University of New York)  
  A Robotics Lab for CS1  
     
  Session 3C Murphy Center, room 217
     
  Panel: Innovation in Undergraduate Computer Science Education  
  Moderator: Amruth Kumar  (Ramapo College of New Jersey)  
  Panelists:  
     
  B. Bhagyavati (Columbus State University),Homma Farian (SUNY Geneseo), Matthew Haas (Corning Community College), Frank Lee (Drexel University), Yelena Kushleyeva (Drexel University), Ingrid Russell (University of Hartford), Jack Beidler (University of Scranton)  
     

9:45am - 10:15am

Break

 Murphy Center 2nd floor Hallway
 

Vendor Session

IBM: Partnering with IBM to Address Today's Computing Challenges
Dr. David Whitehouse

 Murphy Center, Room 132
10:15am - 11:30am Concurrent Sessions  
     
  Session 4A Murphy Center, room 201
     
  Papers: Learning  
   Chair: Ming Huang (Iona College)  
  Susan Strayer (Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania)  
  The Student Techcorps: Providing Experiential Learning Opportunities to Students in Computing And Information Science  
     
  Karen Anewalt (University of Mary Washington)  
  Using Peer Review as a Vehicle for Communication Skill Development and Active Learning  
     
  Tom Briggs (Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania)  
   Techniques for Active Learning in CS Courses  
     
  Session 4B Murphy Center, room 214
     
  Panel: Undergraduate Research: Students’ Rewards and Challenges  
  Moderator: Stefan A. Robila (Montclair State University)  
  Panelists:  
  Amruth N. Kumar (Ramapo College of New Jersey), Goran Trajkovski (Towson University), Jeffrey L. Popyack (Drexel University) , Sofya Poger (Iona College)  
     
  Session 4C Murphy Center, room 217
     
  Panel: Course Continuity in the Computer Science Curriculum  
  Moderator:   Mark Hoffman (Quinnipiac University)  
  Panelists:  
  Richard Connelly (Providence College), Haldun Hadimioglu (Polytechnic University), David Herscovici (Quinnipiac University), Lubomir Ivanov (Iona College)  
     

11:30am-12:00pm

Break

 Murphy Center Hallway
   Vendor Session Murphy Center, room 132
12:00pm-1:15pm Concurrent Sessions  
     
  Session 5A Murphy Center, room 201
     
  Papers: Algorithms and Compilers  
  Chair: Xiaoming Wei (Iona College)  
  John Mallozzi (Iona College)  
  Thoughts on and Tools for Teaching Compiler Design  
     
  Karina Assiter (Wentworth Institute of Technology)  
  Analysis of Algorithms: Programming to Problem Solving  
     
  Yana Kortsarts (Widener University), Jeffrey Rufinus (Widener University)   
  How (and why) to introduce Monte-Carlo randomized algorithms into a basic algorithms course  
     
  Session 5B Murphy Center, room 214
     
  Panel: Group Project Management: Academic, Government, and Private Sector Approaches  
  Moderator: Susan Schwartz (US Military Academy, West Point)  
  Panelists:  
  Rachel Borhauer (US Army), Maria Ebling (IBM TJ Watson Research Center), Tanya T. Markow (US Military Academy, West Point)  
     
  Session 5C Murphy Center, room 217
     
  Tutorial: Safe Computing on Campus and at Home  
  Presenters: Charles E. Frank (Northern Kentucky University), Michael Olan (Richard Stockton College), Laurie Werner (Miami University, Hamilton)  
     

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Conference Luncheon

 Arrigoni Center
  Poster Competition Winners Announced
Programming Contest WInners Announced 		  

3:00pm -  4:00pm

CCSC Eastern Region Meeting

Arrigoni Center
     

3:00pm – 6:00 pm

Workshops        

 
     
  Workshop 4: Donald R. Moscato (Iona College)  
  An Interactive Workshop on Web Site Privacy and Security Policies on E-Commerce Sites Murphy Center, room 121
     
  Workshop 5: Matthew M. Burke (St. Mary’s College of Maryland) Murphy Center, room 122
  Prototype-Based Languages  

 

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