20th SIGCSE TS 1989

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Proceedings	SIGCSE '89: Proceedings of the twentieth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Dates	February 23-25, 1989
Theme	Racing to the Future
Venue	Commonwealth Convention Center and Galt House Hotel
Location	Louisville, KY, USA
History Blog	Blog entry

1989 Awards

1989 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
Edsger Dijkstra. For providing clarity about programs through his letter “GOTO Considered Harmful” and writings on structured programming and the effects of these works on the emergence of formal methods as integral to computer science education.

Publication Acceptance Rates

	accepted	submitted	acceptance rate
papers	60	181	33%
panels	14
special sessions
workshops	2
posters
birds of a feather

Award Winners

• Outstanding Contribution Award: Edsger W. Dijkstra

Key Notes

• Edsger W. Dijkstra: On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science

Symposium Committee

Symposium Chair

• John T. Gorgone - Bentley College

Program Chairs

• Robert A. Barrett - Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne
• Maynard J. Mansfield - Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne

Panels

• John Schrage -

Case Studies and Tutorials

• Don Chand -

Treasurer

• Dennis Anderson -

Local Arrangements

• S. Srinivasan -