Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education

Congratulations to the following SIGCSE members who are recipients of the 2018 ACM Presidential Awards:

Donald Gotterbarn (Professor Emeritus, East Tennessee State University) for his role as chief architect of ACM’s Code of Professional Ethics.

Andrew McGettrick (Emeritus Professor, Strathclyde University) for his commitment to computer science education.

More about this award in the ACM press release .

Congratulations to SIGCSE member Jan Cuny from the National Science Foundation who has received the 2017 ACM Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her establishment and tireless promotion of projects and resulting organizations that have nationally transformed CS education by increasing and diversifying access to high quality CS education.

More about this award in the ACM press release .

Congratulations to SIGCSE member Judith Gal-Ezer from the Open University of Israel who has received the 2017 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award in recognition of her central role in developing a groundbreaking high-school computer science curriculum, her outstanding CS education research, and her extensive service to the education community.

More about this award in the ACM press release .

Congratulations to Juan Gilbert and Manuel Pérez Quiñones who have been awarded the 2018 CRA A. Nico Habermann Award , which is given to people who have made outstanding contributions aimed at increasing the numbers and/or successes of underrepresented members in the computing research community. Details about Juan and Manuel's work is in the CRA announcement.

A timeline of SIGCSE events and milestones to be built during 2018

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 SIGCSE Awards.

The SIGCSE Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community has been awarded to Eric Roberts, Stanford University, USA.

The SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education has been awarded to Tim Bell, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

These awards were presented at the 49th SIGCSE Technical Symposium being held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, February 21-24, 2018.

Congratulations to these outstanding members of the SIGCSE community.

The May round of the 2017 Special Projects are now announced. Please see Special Projects Award winners.

Congratulations to the SIGCSE members who have been named as ACM Distinguished Members. Gail Chapman, James H. Cross, Cay S. Horstmann, Renée McCauley, and Judithe Sheard were cited for Educational Contributions to Computing, and Matt Huenerfauth was cited for Contributions to Computing.