SIGCSE 2008: Portland, OR, USA

Keynote talk

• Randy Pausch:
  Alice: a dying man's passion. 1
  

Panel session

• Vicki L. Almstrum, William Aspray, Mary Anne Egan, John Impagliazzo:
  Perspectives on history in computing and education. 2-3
  

Theory and formal methods

• Michal Armoni, Noa Lewenstein, Mordechai Ben-Ari:
  Teaching students to think nondeterministically. 4-8
  
• Irene Polycarpou, Ana Pasztor, Malek Adjouadi:
  A conceptual approach to teaching induction for computer science. 9-13
  
• Joan M. Lucas, Jonathan Jarvis:
  Incorporating transformations into jflap for enhanced understanding of automata. 14-18
  

Panel session

• Brian Hanks, Carol Wellington, Thomas Reichlmayr, Cyril M. Coupal:
  Integrating agility in the cs curriculum: practices through values. 19-20
  

What makes learning work - or not

• Stuart Reges:
  The mystery of "b : = (b = false)". 21-25
  
• David Ginat:
  Learning from wrong and creative algorithm design. 26-30
  
• David Gries:
  A principled approach to teaching OO first. 31-35
  

Panel session

• Greg Wilson, Christine Alvarado, Jennifer Campbell, Rubin H. Landau, Robert Sedgewick:
  CS-1 for scientists. 36-37
  

Compilers and programming languages

• Marc L. Corliss, E. Christopher Lewis:
  Bantam: a customizable, java-based, classroom compiler. 38-42
  
• Li Xu:
  Language engineering in the context of a popular, inexpensive robot platform. 43-47
  
• Ariel Ortiz:
  Language design and implementation using ruby and the interpreter pattern. 48-52
  

Computers, culture, and society

• Natalie Linnell, Richard J. Anderson, Jane Prey:
  Cross-cultural issues in a tutored video instruction course. 53-57
  
• Maureen Doyle, Kevin G. Kirby, Gary Newell:
  Engaging constructions: family-based computing experiences for immigrant middle school students. 58-62
  
• Tony Clear, Diana Kassabova:
  A course in collaborative computing: collaborative learning and research with a global perspective. 63-67
  

Grading

• Jon Beck:
  Fair division as a means of apportioning software engineering class projects. 68-71
  
• Tuukka Ahoniemi, Essi Lahtinen, Tommi Reinikainen:
  Improving pedagogical feedback and objective grading. 72-76
  
• Xiang Fu, Boris Peltsverger, Kai Qian, Lixin Tao, Jigang Liu:
  APOGEE: automated project grading and instant feedback system for web based computing. 77-81
  

Competitions

• Gaetano Borriello, Carl Hartung, Bruce Hemingway, Karl Koscher, Brian Mayton:
  Multi-player soccer and wireless embedded systems. 82-86
  
• James F. Bowring:
  A new paradigm for programming competitions. 87-91
  
• Iretta B. C. Kearse, Charles Hardnett:
  Computer science olympiad: exploring computer science through competition. 92-96
  

Review and design

• Scott A. Turner, Ricardo Quintana-Castillo, Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, Stephen H. Edwards:
  Misunderstandings about object-oriented design: experiences using code reviews. 97-101
  
• Ronald J. Leach, Legand L. Burge III, Harry Keeling:
  Can students reengineer? 102-106
  
• Yanqing Wang, Yijun Li, Michael Collins, Peijie Liu:
  Process improvement of peer code review and behavior analysis of its participants. 107-111
  

Special session

• Nick Parlante:
  Nifty assignments. 112-113
  

Panel session

• Robert Schnabel, Duncan A. Buell, Joanna Goode, J. Strother Moore, Chris Stephenson:
  An open dialogue concerning the state of education policy in computer science. 114-115
  

Cluster and grid computing

• Aaron Kimball, Sierra Michels-Slettvet, Christophe Bisciglia:
  Cluster computing for web-scale data processing. 116-120
  
• Joel C. Adams, Tim H. Brom:
  Microwulf: a beowulf cluster for every desk. 121-125
  
• Barry Wilkinson, Clayton Ferner:
  Towards a top-down approach to teaching an undergraduate grid computing course. 126-130
  

Special session

• Alessio Gaspar, Sarah Langevin, William D. Armitage, R. Sekar, T. Daniels:
  The role of virtualization in computing education. 131-132
  

Innovative approaches for CS1

• Christopher C. D. Head, Steven A. Wolfman:
  Poogle and the unknown-answer assignment: open-ended, sharable cs1 assignments. 133-137
  
• Daniel C. Cliburn, Susan Miller:
  Games, stories, or something more traditional: the types of assignments college students prefer. 138-142
  
• T. M. Rao, Sandeep Mitra:
  An early software engineering approach to teaching cs1, cs2 and ai. 143-147
  

Ethics

• Roxanne L. Canosa, Joan M. Lucas:
  Mock trials and role-playing in computer ethics courses. 148-152
  
• Carol Spradling, Leen-Kiat Soh, Charles Ansorge:
  Ethics training and decision-making: do computer science programs need help? 153-157
  
• Joseph D. Oldham:
  Experience offering a course centered on cyberporn. 158-162
  

Debugging

• Laurie Murphy, Gary Lewandowski, Renée McCauley, Beth Simon, Lynda Thomas, Carol Zander:
  Debugging: the good, the bad, and the quirky -- a qualitative analysis of novices' strategies. 163-167
  
• Marie-Hélène Nienaltowski, Michela Pedroni, Bertrand Meyer:
  Compiler error messages: what can help novices? 168-172
  
• Christian Murphy, Eunhee Kim, Gail E. Kaiser, Adam Cannon:
  Backstop: a tool for debugging runtime errors. 173-177
  

Special session

• Owen L. Astrachan, Peter J. Denning:
  Innovating our self image. 178-179
  

Panel session

• Dennis P. Groth, Helen H. Hu, Betty Lauer, Hwajung Lee:
  Improving computer science diversity through summer camps. 180-181
  

Operating systems

• Barry Lawson, Lewis Barnett:
  Using iPodLinux in an introductory OS course. 182-186
  
• John L. Donaldson:
  Implementation of threads as an operating systems project. 187-191
  
• Dennis Brylow:
  An experimental laboratory environment for teaching embedded operating systems. 192-196
  

Special session

• Stephen Cooper, Timothy V. Fossum, Harriet G. Taylor:
  Exploring NSF funding opportunities. 197-198
  

Keynote talk

• Marissa Mayer:
  Innovation, design, and simplicity at google. 199
  

Learning through collaboration

• Grant Braught, L. Martin Eby, Tim Wahls:
  The effects of pair-programming on individual programming skill. 200-204
  
• Leland L. Beck, Alexander W. Chizhik:
  An experimental study of cooperative learning in cs1. 205-209
  
• Sarah Monisha Pulimood, Ursula Wolz:
  Problem solving in community: a necessary shift in cs pedagogy. 210-214
  

Panel session

• Josh D. Tenenberg, Sally Fincher, John Impagliazzo, Daniel Joyce:
  Publishing in computing education. 215-216
  

Special session

• Andrew D. McGettrick, Eric Roberts, Daniel D. Garcia, Chris Stevenson:
  Rediscovering the passion, beauty, joy and awe: making computing fun again. 217-218
  

Special session

• Susan M. Haller, Brian Ladd, Scott T. Leutenegger, John Nordlinger, Jody Paul, Henry MacKay Walker, Carol Zander:
  Games: good/evil. 219-220
  

Learning for professionals

• Ray Bareiss, Martin Griss:
  A story-centered, learn-by-doing approach to software engineering education. 221-225
  
• Andrew Begel, Beth Simon:
  Struggles of new college graduates in their first software development job. 226-230
  
• Matthew C. Jadud, Jon Simpson, Christian L. Jacobsen:
  Patterns for programming in parallel, pedagogically. 231-235
  

Networking

• Mark A. Holliday, J. Traynham Houston, E. Matthew Jones:
  From sockets and RMI to web services. 236-240
  
• Vasil Hnatyshin, Andrea F. Lobo:
  Undergraduate data communications and networking projects using opnet and wireshark software. 241-245
  
• W. David Laverell, Zongming Fei, Jim Griffioen:
  Isn't it time you had an emulab? 246-250
  

Learning taxonomies

• Michela Pedroni, Manuel Oriol, Bertrand Meyer, Lukas Angerer:
  Automatic extraction of notions from course material. 251-255
  
• Kenneth J. Goldman, Paul Gross, Cinda Heeren, Geoffrey Herman, Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk, Michael C. Loui, Craig B. Zilles:
  Identifying important and difficult concepts in introductory computing courses using a delphi process: selective compression of unicode arrays in java. 256-260
  
• Christopher W. Starr, Bill Z. Manaris, RoxAnn H. Stalvey:
  Bloom's taxonomy revisited: specifying assessable learning objectives in computer science. 261-265
  

New perspectives on introductory computer science

• Zachary Dodds, Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Christine Alvarado, Geoff Kuenning:
  Evaluating a breadth-first cs 1 for scientists. 266-270
  
• Robert H. Sloan, Patrick Troy:
  CS 0.5: a better approach to introductory computer science for majors. 271-275
  
• Wei Jin:
  Pre-programming analysis tutors help students learn basic programming concepts. 276-280
  

K-12 issues

• Orit Hazzan, Judith Gal-Ezer, Lenore Blum:
  A model for high school computer science education: the four key elements that make it! 281-285
  
• Mindy Hart, James P. Early, Dennis Brylow:
  A novel approach to K-12 CS education: linking mathematics and computer science. 286-290
  
• Paolo A. G. Sivilotti, Stacey A. Laugel:
  Scratching the surface of advanced topics in software engineering: a workshop module for middle school students. 291-295
  

Special session

• Richard E. Ladner, Tammy VanDeGrift:
  The game of life: an outreach model for high school students with disabilities. 296-297
  

Special session

• Ursula Wolz, John Maloney, Sarah Monisha Pulimood:
  'scratch' your way to introductory cs. 298-299
  

Games

• Kelvin Sung, Michael Panitz, Scott A. Wallace, Ruth Anderson, John Nordlinger:
  Game-themed programming assignments: the faculty perspective. 300-304
  
• Alexander Repenning, Andri Ioannidou:
  Broadening participation through scalable game design. 305-309
  
• Daniel Frost:
  Ucigame, a java library for games. 310-314
  

Security

• Mark W. Bailey, Clark L. Coleman, Jack W. Davidson:
  Defense against the dark arts. 315-319
  
• Blair Taylor, Shiva Azadegan:
  Moving beyond security tracks: integrating security in cs0 and cs1. 320-324
  
• Alasdair McAndrew:
  Teaching cryptography with open-source software. 325-329
  

Special session

• Steven Huss-Lederman, Donald Chinn, James Skrentny:
  Serious fun: peer-led team learning in CS. 330-331
  

Object-oriented conceptions and misconceptions

• Kate Sanders, Jonas Boustedt, Anna Eckerdal, Robert McCartney, Jan Erik Moström, Lynda Thomas, Carol Zander:
  Student understanding of object-oriented programming as expressed in concept maps. 332-336
  
• Sarnath Ramnath, Brahma Dathan:
  Evolving an integrated curriculum for object-oriented analysis and design. 337-341
  
• Linxiao Ma, John D. Ferguson, Marc Roper, Isla Ross, Murray Wood:
  Using cognitive conflict and visualisation to improve mental models held by novice programmers. 342-346
  

Finding relevance in computing

• Michael Buckley, John Nordlinger, Devika Subramanian:
  Socially relevant computing. 347-351
  
• Christopher H. Brooks:
  Community connections: lessons learned developing and maintaining a computer science service-learning program. 352-356
  
• Leigh Ann Sudol:
  Forging connections between life and class using reading assignments: a case study. 357-361
  

Reaching K-12 students

• Joanna Goode:
  Increasing diversity in k-12 computer science: strategies from the field. 362-366
  
• John H. Maloney, Kylie A. Peppler, Yasmin B. Kafai, Mitchel Resnick, Natalie Rusk:
  Programming by choice: urban youth learning programming with scratch. 367-371
  
• Jim Owens, Jeanna Matthews:
  Cybercivics: a novel approach to reaching k-12 students with the social relevance of computer science. 372-376
  

Special session

• Lenore Blum, Thomas J. Cortina, Edward D. Lazowska, Joe Wise:
  The expansion of CS4HS: an outreach program for high school teachers. 377-378
  

Panel session

• Edward F. Gehringer, Lillian N. Cassel, Katherine Deibel, William Joel:
  Wikis: collaborative learning for cs education. 379-380
  

Panel session

• Jens Mache, Amy W. Apon, Thomas Feilhauer, Barry Wilkinson:
  Grid computing at the undergraduate level: can we do it? 381-382
  

Interdisciplinary influences

• Nathan R. Sturtevant, H. James Hoover, Jonathan Schaeffer, Sean Gouglas, Michael H. Bowling, Finnegan Southey, Matthew Bouchard, Ghassan Zabaneh:
  Multidisciplinary students and instructors: a second-year games course. 383-387
  
• Carol Spradling, Jody Strauch, Craig Warner:
  An interdisciplinary major emphasizing multimedia. 388-391
  
• Christopher D. Hundhausen, N. Hari Narayanan, Martha E. Crosby:
  Exploring studio-based instructional models for computing education. 392-396
  

Research on retention

• Joanne McGrath Cohoon, Zhen Wu, Luo Luo:
  Will they stay or will they go? 397-401
  
• Maureen Biggers, Anne Brauer, Tuba Yilmaz:
  Student perceptions of computer science: a retention study comparing graduating seniors with cs leavers. 402-406
  
• Antonio M. Lopez Jr., Kun Zhang, Frederick G. Lopez:
  Cultural representations of gender among u. s. computer science undergraduates: statistical and data mining results. 407-411
  
• Tanya L. Crenshaw, Erin W. Chambers, Heather Metcalf:
  A case study of retention practices at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 412-416
  

Computer-mediated learning

• Beth Simon, Krista Davis, William G. Griswold, Michael Kelly, Roshni Malani:
  Noteblogging: taking note taking public. 417-421
  
• Sam Kamin, Michael Hines, Chad Peiper, Boris Capitanu:
  A system for developing tablet pc applications for education. 422-426
  
• Charlie Wiseman, Ken Wong, Tilman Wolf, Sergey Gorinsky:
  Operational experience with a virtual networking laboratory. 427-431
  
• Jorge L. V. Barbosa, Rodrigo Hahn, Solon Rabello, Débora Nice Ferrari Barbosa:
  Local: a model geared towards ubiquitous learning. 432-436
  

Special session

• Joe Hummel, Carl Alphonce, Joe Bergin, Michael E. Caspersen, Stuart Hansen, James E. Heliotis, Michael Kölling:
  Nifty objects for CS0 and CS1. 437-438
  

Teaching students with disabilities

• Stephanie Ludi, Thomas Reichlmayr:
  Developing inclusive outreach activities for students with visual impairments. 439-443
  
• Mary Elaine Califf, Mary Goodwin, Jake Brownell:
  Helping him see: guiding a visually impaired student through the computer science curriculum. 444-448
  
• Jeffrey P. Bigham, Maxwell B. Aller, Jeremy T. Brudvik, Jessica O. Leung, Lindsay A. Yazzolino, Richard E. Ladner:
  Inspiring blind high school students to pursue computer science with instant messaging chatbots. 449-453
  
• Katherine Deibel:
  Course experiences of computing students with disabilities: four case studies. 454-458
  

Special session

• Carol Taylor, Rose Shumba:
  Security education: a roadmap to the future. 459-460
  

Meta-research

• Imad Rahal:
  Undergraduate research experiences in data mining. 461-465
  
• Teresa A. Dahlberg, Tiffany Barnes, Audrey Rorrer, Eve Powell, Lauren Cairco:
  Improving retention and graduate recruitment through immersive research experiences for undergraduates. 466-470
  
• Nick Feamster, Alexander Gray:
  Can great research be taught?: independent research with cross-disciplinary thinking and broader impact. 471-475
  
• Raymond Lister, Ilona Box:
  A citation analysis of the sigcse 2007 proceedings. 476-480
  

Special session

• Watts Humphrey, Robert Musson, Rafael Salazar:
  Preparing students for industry's software engineering needs. 481-482
  

Visualization in instruction

• Ali Erkan, Diyan Gochev:
  An image background detection project for a visual exploration of DFS and BFS. 483-487
  
• K. R. Subramanian, T. Cassen:
  A cross-domain visual learning engine for interactive generation of instructional materials. 488-492
  
• Brett Allenstein, Andrew Yost, Paul Wagner, Joline Morrison:
  A query simulation system to illustrate database query execution. 493-497
  

Curriculum

• Andrew B. Williams, David S. Touretzky, Ethan J. Tira-Thompson, LaVonne Manning, Chutima Boonthum, Clement S. Allen:
  Introducing an experimental cognitive robotics curriculum at historically black colleges and universities. 498-502
  
• Janice Pearce, Mario Nakazawa:
  The funnel that grew our cis major in the cs desert. 503-507
  
• Sami Khuri:
  A bioinformatics track in computer science. 508-512
  

Gender issues

• Gloria Childress Townsend, Lecia Jane Barker, Suzanne Menzel, Joanne McGrath Cohoon:
  Grace hopper visits the neighborhood. 513-517
  
• Rita Manco Powell:
  Improving the persistence of first-year undergraduate women in computer science. 518-522
  
• Amruth N. Kumar:
  The effect of using problem-solving software tutors on the self-confidence of female students. 523-527
  

Special session

• Jonas Boustedt, Robert McCartney, Josh D. Tenenberg, Scott D. Anderson, Caroline M. Eastman, Daniel D. Garcia, Paul V. Gestwicki, Margaret S. Menzin:
  It seemed like a good idea at the time. 528-529
  

Special session

• Lillian N. Cassel, Michael E. Caspersen, Gordon Davies, Renée McCauley, Andrew D. McGettrick, Arthur B. Pyster, Robert H. Sloan:
  Curriculum update from the ACM education board: CS2008 and a report on masters degrees. 530-531
  

Software testing

• David Janzen, Hossein Saiedian:
  Test-driven learning in early programming courses. 532-536
  
• Matthew Thornton, Stephen H. Edwards, Roy P. Tan, Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones:
  Supporting student-written tests of gui programs. 537-541
  
• Jacques Philippe Sauvé, Osório Lopes Abath Neto:
  Teaching software development with ATDD and easyaccept. 542-546
  

Special session

• Richard E. Ladner, Dan Comden:
  Computer science for everyone: making your computing classes and departments accessible. 547-548
  

Keynote talk

• Edward D. Lazowska:
  Computer science: past, present, and future. 549