44th SIGCSE TS 2013
Proceedings | SIGCSE '13: Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education | |
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Dates | March 6-9, 2013 | ![]() |
Theme | The Changing Face of Computing | |
Venue | Sheraton Denver Downtown | |
Location | Denver, CO, USA | |
Attendance | 1304 | |
Acceptance | 38% | |
History Blog | Blog entry |
2013 Awards
2013 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
Michael Kölling - For the development of novel programming teaching tools, teaching approaches and teaching material.
2013 SIGCSE Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community
Henry Walker - For dedication to the computing education community, including within SIGCSE and APCS, development of curricula and pedagogy, authoring a articles and textbooks, creation and support of conference submission software, mentoring of students and faculty, and consulting with departments to advance excellence in computing education.
Publication Acceptance Rates
accepted | submitted | acceptance rate | |
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papers | 111 | 293 | 38% |
panels | 11 | 23 | 48% |
special sessions | 16 | 23 | 70% |
workshops | 35 | 84 | 42% |
posters | 52 | 103 | 51% |
birds of a feather | 36 | 49 | 74% |
Key Notes
- Ed Lazowska, Bobby Schnabel, Mary Lou Soffa, Lucy Sanders, Jan Cuny, Patty Lopez, Juan Gilbert: The Changing Face of Computing
- John Etchemendy: Online Education
- Michael Kölling: This much I know: thoughts on the past, present and future of educational programming tools
- Jane Margolis: Unlocking the clubhouse: a decade later and now what?
Best Paper
- Leo Porter, Beth Simon: Retaining nearly one-third more majors with a trio of instructional best practices in CS1.
Symposium Committee
Symposium Chairs
- Tracy Camp - Colorado School of Mines
- Paul Tymann - Rochester Institute of Technology
Program Chairs
- J.D. Dougherty - Haverford College
- Kris Nagel - Georgia Gwinnett College
Panels and Special Sessions
- Sue Fitzgerald - Metropolitan State University
Workshops
- Susan Haller - SUNY Potsdam
- Lester I. McCann - The University of Arizona
Publications
- Joel Adams - Calvin College
Registration
- Cary Laxer and Lynn Degler - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Larry Merkle - Wright State University
Posters
- Jodi Tims - Baldwin Wallace University
Birds of a Feather
- Jian Zhang - Texas Woman's University
Student Volunteers and Student Activities
- Steven Huss-Lederman - Beloit CollegeBrianna
- Steven Wolfman - University of British Columbia
Access Services Coordinator
- Mark Wambach - Rochester Institute of Technology
Treasurer
- Scott Grissom - Grand Valley State University
Database Administrators
- Henry Walker - Grinnell College
- John Dooley - Knox College
Webmaster
- Dan Bogaard - Rochester Institute of Technology
- Steve Zilora - Rochester Institute of Technology
Evaluations
- James Early - SUNY Oswego
Kids' Camp
- Susan Fox - Macalester College
- James Maher - Colorado School of Mines
Publicity/Social Media
- Kimberly Voll - Centre for Digital Media
Support/Exhibitor Liaison
- Susan Rodger - Duke University
K-12 Liaisons
- Marilyn Cadenhead - School of Science and Engr. Magnet
- Ria Galanos - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Tech.
International Liaison
- Catherine Lang - Swinburne University of Technology
Pre-Conference Event Liaison
- Adrienne Decker - Rochester Institute of Technology
Local Arrangements
- Jody Paul - Metropolitan State University of Denver
Affiliated Events Liaison
- Sarah Heckman - North Carolina State University
Student Research Competition
- Ann Sobel - Miami University (Ohio)