39th SIGCSE TS 2008

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Proceedings	SIGCSE '08: Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Dates	March 12-15, 2008
Location	Portland, OR, USA
Venue	Oregon Convention Center
Theme	Diversity through Accessibility
Attendance	1229
Acceptance	31%
History Blog	Blog entry

Awards

2008 ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education

Randy Pausch

For being an inspirational leader in building programs and environments blending art with science and motivating a world of learners to realize their dreams.

2008 ACM SIGCSE Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community

Dennis J. Frailey

For forty years of exceptional service in industry and academia that stimulated a combined synergy which promoted educational excellence in software engineering and computing education.

 

Publication Acceptance Rates

	accepted	submitted	acceptance rate
papers	100	324	31%
panels/special sessions	24	51	47%
workshop	38	75	51%
posters	56	75	75%
birds of a feather	36	43	84%

Key Notes

• Randy Pausch: Alice: A Dying Man's Passion
• Marissa Mayer: Innovation, Design, and Simplicity at Google
• Ed Lazowska: Computer Science: Past, Present, and Future

Symposium Committee

Symposium Chairs

• Susan Rodger - Duke University
• John Dougherty - Haverford College

Program Chairs

• Mark Guzdial - Georgia Institute of Technology
• Sue Fitzgerald - Metropolitan State University

Panels and Special Sessions

• Lisa Meeden - Swarthmore College

Workshops

• Steven Wolfman - University of British Columbia

Publications Editor

• Ellen Walker - Hiram College

Registration

• Cary Laxer, Larry Merkle and Lynn Degler - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Posters

• Lisa Kaczmarczyk - University of California

Birds Of A Feather

• Tom Cortina - Carnegie Mellon University

Student Volunteers and Student Activities

• Dan Garcia - University of California at Berkeley
• Jeff Forbes - Duke University

Treasurer

• Scott Grissom - Grand Valley State University

Database Administrators

• Henry Walker - Grinnell College
• John Dooley - Knox College

Evaluations

• Carl Alphonce - University of Buffalo, SUNY

Childcare/Camp Arrangements

• Pam Cutter - Kalamazoo College

K-12 Liaison

• Don Kirkwood - North Salem High School

International Liaison

• Tony Clear - Auckland University of Technology

Local Arrangements

• Tammy VanDeGrift - University of Portland

Doctoral Consortium

• Josh Tenenberg - University of Washington, Tacoma
• Donald Joyce - Unitec, New Zealand

Roundtable for Department Chairs

• Frank Young - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Student Research Competition

• Ann Sobel - Miami University