CCSC:SE Conference Program
(Tentative: Subject to change prior to the conference.)
Friday, November 2, 2018
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Room: Location TBD

Incorporating Authentic Data-Driven Project Experiences across the Curriculum

Dr. Lisa Dierker, Professor of Psychology and Director of Pilot Programs at the Center for Pedagogical Innovation, Wesleyan University
Abstract: This workshop will support participants in planning authentic data-driven research curriculum for use across a variety of disciplines, and for engaging students at many different levels, including complete beginners. The session will include brief presentations focused on the nuts and bolts of the passion-driven statistics model (passiondrivenstatistics.com) followed by hands on experience with the steps that allow students to engage in independent research. Each participant’s experience in the workshop will be individualized to her/his own interests, background and needs. Early career participants are especially encouraged to attend. Laptops computers are required. If you are proficient in a specific statistical software platform and have it available on your laptop, you are welcome to use it for the hands on portion of the session. For those interested in starting to learn a code-based software platform, we will support you in using SAS in the cloud (requiring nothing to be downloaded onto your laptop).

NOTE: Please RSVP on the registration form if you plan to attend.
GENERAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULING

Registration

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Friday
Room: Ramser-Beamer Meeting Room, Colket Center

Vendor Display

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Saturday
Room: Garrett Meeting Room, Colket Center

Break Area

Time: Between concurrent sessions Friday and Saturday
Room: Garrett Meeting Room, Colket Center
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Time: 1:00 - 2:00p.m. Room: Wortmann Ballroom, Colket Center

Programming for Inquiry: Engaging students in writing code for independent research

Dr. Lisa Dierker (Professor of Psychology and Director of Pilot Programs at the Center for Pedagogical Innovation, Wesleyan University)
Abstract: This presentation will describe an ongoing initiative for reframing introductory programming experiences in order to tackle real-world questions across multiple disciplines, and its success in improving access to programming skills for students from a wider range of educational, social and economic backgrounds. The NSF-sponsored curriculum specifically engages students in data-oriented projects that rely heavily on programming. Utilizing a flipped classroom approach, the course and related experiences are designed around student research projects of their own choosing and offer individualized hands-on experience in one of many code-based statistical software platforms (e.g. SAS, R, Python, Stata). Students work with basic programming concepts and skills in the pursuit of managing and analyzing real world data. From reading in data (file input and output), to managing variables (variable types, creation, and modification), to selecting subsets of data (indexing and control structures), performing descriptive and inferential analyses (using functions with named arguments), and generating graphs (graphics output), students actively use code to write and execute programs, becoming more and more independent through their own individualized research projects.
STUDENT RESEARCH CONTEST POSTER DISPLAY
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Location: 2nd Floor Colket Center Atrium
Concurrent Session I
Time: 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
1-A: Reviewed Papers (Pickle Lounge, Colket Center)
Presider: Brian T. Bennett, ETSU

Using Early Intervention to Increase Female Interest in Computing Sciences
Jean French and Hailey Crouse, Coastal Carolina University

Effects of Gender on Student Performance in an Introduction to Operating Systems Course
Joe Dumas and Claire McCullough, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Technology-Focused Service Learning Course to Incease Confidence and Persistence in Computing
Sonal Dekhane, Xin Xu, Nannette Napier, Rahaf Barakat, and Cengiz Gunay, Georgia Gwinnett College
Kristine Nagel, Georgia Institute of Technology

I-B: Workshop (Kime Conference Center, Colket Center)
Presider: Adam Lewis, Athens State

Hooked on the Circuit Playground
Rebecca Bruce and J. Dean Brock, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Concurrent Session II
Time: 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
II-A: Reviewed Papers (Pickle Lounge, Colket Center)
Presider: Joe Dumas, University of Tennessee Chattanooga

A Computational Thinking Course Accessible to non-STEM Majors
Dennis Kafura, Austin Cory Bart, and Bushra Chowdhury, Virginia Tech

A Pilot Study in Using Virtual Reality During Theatre Rehearsal
Cyrus Jian Bonyadi and Valerie H. Summet, Rollins College

II-B: Student Research Presentations (Kime Conference Center, Colket Center)
Presider: Chris Healy, Furman University

 
BANQUET ADDRESS
Time: 6:30 p.m. Location:Wortmann Ballroom, Colket Center

Targeted Advertising for Targeted Surveillance

Dr. Paul Vines (Cybersecurity Research Scientist, BAE Systems/FAST Labs)
Abstract: Targeted digital advertising is pervasive and increasingly granular in its targeting capabilities; significant concerns regarding corporate use of this technology have been raised in the past. Much more concerning is what maliciously motivated individuals could do. Fortunately for them, digital advertising is increasingly marketed to causes and small businesses, providing easy access to these platforms for malicious individuals. In this talk I will provide a brief overview of how you are tracked are targeted with ads as you move about the physical and digital world; then a dive into how targeted advertising can be used for targeted surveillance and who might want do so.
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Concurrent Session III
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

III-A: Reviewed Papers (Pickle Lounge, Colket Center)
Presider: Leem Shim, University of Mt. Olive

A Linux Infrastructure to Support Modern Computing Programs and Curriculum
Andrew Besmer, Winthrop University

Incorporating DevOps into Undergraduate Software Engineering Courses: A Suggested Framework
Brian T. Bennett and Martin L. Barrett, East Tennessee State University

Scholarly Articles in the Introductory Computer Science Classroom
Andrea Tartaro, Furman University

III-B: Nifty Assignments (Kime Conference Center, Colket Center)
Presiders: Nadeem Abdul Hamid, Berry College
Steven Benzel, University of West Georgia

A Compleat Shakesperean Search Engyne
Dan S. Myers, Rollins College

Solving Wikipedia Games
Steven Benzel, University of West Georgia
PROGRAMMING CONTEST
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Room: 363 Trexler Hall (Arrive by 9:45)
Concurrent Session IV
Time: 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

IV-A: Reviewed Papers (Pickle Lounge, Colket Center)
Presider:Andrew Besmer, Winthrop

Automated Inference of Fixed-Width Data Formats
Steven Andrew Carter and Nadeem Abdul Hamid, Berry College

A Systematic Literature Review of Cognitive Models of the Behavior of Novice Software Developers
Ilish Kane, Matthew Marrazzo, Adam Lewis, and Vanessa Miller, Athens State University

IV-B: Tutorial (Kime Conference Center, Colket Center)
Presider: Karl Reimers, University of Mt. Olive

Hands on with Jetstream
Sanjana Sudarshan and Jeremy Fischer, Indiana University

IV-C: National Sponsor Session (Pickle Lounge, Colket Center)


Google for Education
Laurie White and Wes Chun, Google
LUNCHEON
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Location: Wortmann Ballroom, Colket Center
(Separate lunch to be provided for programming contest participants.)
AWARDS CEREMONY AND CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
Time: 1:30 p.m. Location:Wortmann Ballroom, Colket Center
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