49th SIGCSE TS 2018
Proceedings |
SIGCSE '18: Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education | |
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Dates | February 21-24, 2018 | ![]() |
Location | Baltimore, MD, USA | |
Theme | CS For All | |
Attendance | 1735 | |
Acceptance | 35% | |
Website | http://sigcse2018.sigcse.org/ |
Awards
2018 ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
Tim Bell
For significant and lasting impact on computing education internationally through the development of innovative resources and activities, such as "CS Unplugged", that inspire and engage students and teachers at all educational levels.
2018 ACM SIGCSE Award for Distinguished Service to the Computer Science Education Community
Eric Roberts
For outstanding service to computing education, making significant contributions to computing curricula and pedagogy, and generously sharing his knowledge and wisdom through mentoring and guidance to others in the computing education community.
Technical Symposium Best Papers
Best Paper
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Christine Alvarado, Gustavo Umbelino, and Mia Minnes. 2018. The Persistent Effect of Pre-College Computing Experience on College CS Course Grades. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 876–881.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159508> -
Fredrik Heintz and Linda Mannila. 2018. Computational Thinking for All: An Experience Report on Scaling up Teaching Computational Thinking to All Students in a Major City in Sweden. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 137–142.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159586> -
Jody Clarke-Midura, Frederick Poole, Katarina Pantic, Megan Hamilton, Chongning Sun, and Vicki Allan. 2018. How Near Peer Mentoring Affects Middle School Mentees. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 664–669.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159525> -
Mark Meysenburg, Tessa Durham Brooks, Raychelle Burks, Erin Doyle, and Timothy Frey. 2018. DIVAS: Outreach to the Natural Sciences through Image Processing. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 777–782.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159537> -
Michael Skirpan, Nathan Beard, Srinjita Bhaduri, Casey Fiesler, and Tom Yeh. 2018. Ethics Education in Context: A Case Study of Novel Ethics Activities for the CS Classroom. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 940–945.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159573> -
Nwannediya Ada Ibe, Rebecca Howsmon, Lauren Penney, Nathaniel Granor, Leigh Ann DeLyser, and Kevin Wang. 2018. Reflections of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group based on Data from a National CS Education Program. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 711–716.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159594> -
Penny Rheingans, Erica D’Eramo, Crystal Diaz-Espinoza, and Danyelle Ireland. 2018. A Model for Increasing Gender Diversity in Technology. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 459–464.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159533> -
Sathya Narayanan, Kathryn Cunningham, Sonia Arteaga, William J. Welch, Leslie Maxwell, Zechariah Chawinga, and Bude Su. 2018. Upward Mobility for Underrepresented Students: A Model for a Cohort-Based Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 705–710.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159551> -
Younghee Park, Hongxin Hu, Xiaohong Yuan, and Hongda Li. 2018. Enhancing Security Education Through Designing SDN Security Labs in CloudLab. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘18). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 185–190.
DOI:<https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159514>
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