45th SIGCSE TS 2014
Proceedings |
SIGCSE '14: Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education | |
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Dates | March 5-8, 2014 | |
Location | Atlanta, GA, USA | |
Venue | Hyatt Regency Atlanta | |
Theme | Leveraging Computing to Change Education | |
Attendance | 1285 | |
Acceptance | 39% | |
Website | http://sigcse2014.sigcse.org/ | |
History Blog | Blog entry |
Awards
2014 ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
Robert Panoff
For promoting student enrichment, curriculum development, faculty enhancement, and infusing computational thinking at all levels through Shodor and the National Computational Science Institute.
2014 ACM SIGCSE Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community
Andrea Lawrence
For dedication to the computing education community, serving as a role model and mentor to students and faculty, improving diversity in computing education, making computing education available to everyone, and for helping students and faculty to "Find a way or make one".
Technical Symposium Best Papers
Best Paper
- Claudia Szabo. 2014. Student projects are not throwaways: teaching practical software maintenance in a software engineering course. In Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education (SIGCSE ‘14). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 55–60.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/2538862.2538965>
Publication Acceptance Rates
accepted | submitted | acceptance rate | |
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papers | 108 | 274 | 39% |
panels | 14 | 23 | 61% |
special sessions | 12 | 16 | 75% |
workshops | 35 | 75 | 49% |
posters | 56 | 122 | 46% |
birds of a feather | 37 | 52 | 71% |
Key Notes
- Robert Panoff: Computational Thinking for All: the Power and the Peril
- Hadi Partovi: Transforming US Education with Computer Science
- AJ Bernheim Brush: Lab of Things: a Devices Teaching and Research Platform for Home and Beyond
Symposium Committee
Symposium Chairs
- J.D. Dougherty - Haverford College
- Kris Nagel - Georgia Gwinnett College
Program Chairs
- Adrienne Decker - Rochester Institute of Technology
- Kurt Eiselt - University of British Columbia
Panels and Special Sessions
- Stephen Cooper - Stanford University
Workshops
- Susan Haller - SUNY Potsdam
- Paul Carter - University of British Columbia
Registration
- Cary Laxer and Lynn Degler - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Larry Merkle - Wright State University
Posters
- Michael T. Helmick - University of Cincinnati
Birds of a Feather
- Marc Rubin - Colorado School of Mines
Student Volunteers and Student Activities
- Steven Wolfman - University of British Columbia
- Pam Cutter - Kalamazoo College
- Sara Melnick - Bronx Academy for Software Engineering
Accessibility
- Raghuram Ramanujan - Davidson College
Treasurer
- Scott McElfresh - Longwood University
Database Administrators
- Henry Walker - Grinnell College
- John Dooley - Knox College
Webmaster
- Kimberly Voll - Centre for Digital Media
- Michael T. Helmick - University of Cincinnati
Evaluations
- Carl Alphonce - University at Buffalo
Kids' Camp
- James Maher - Colorado School of Mines
- Cheryl Seals - Auburn University
Publicity/Social Media
- Jamie Spacco - Knox College
Support/Exhibitor Liaison
- Susan Rodger - Duke University
- Tom Cortina - Carnegie Mellon
K-12 Liaisons
- Crystal Furman - Brookwood High School
International Liaison
- Annemieke Craig - Deakin University
Pre-Conference Event Liaison
- Mary Anne Egan - Siena College
Local Arrangements
- Deepa Muralidhar - North Gwinnett High School
Student Research Competition
- Ann Sobel - Miami University (Ohio)
About SIGCSE
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