2006 Proceeding- Program Chairs:
- Doug Baldwin,
- Paul Tymann,
- Susan Haller,
- Ingrid Russell
- Sponsor:
- sigcse
Welcome to Houston for the 37th year of the SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. We are excited about SIGCSE 2006, and we hope you have as much fun attending the Symposium as we have had planning it. There is much to see and do, with paper presentations, panels, special sessions, workshops, posters, birds-of-a-feather, keynote talks, and exhibits. We also hope you take some time to relax and enjoy Houston: dining, museums, arts, and even a rodeo, are within easy reach of the Symposium site. Enjoy a reunion with old friends, find colleagues with whom to discuss topics of mutual interest over a meal, make plans for collaboration, or meet new friends in the inviting atmosphere of the Symposium setting.We are pleased to honor the winners of the two annual SIGCSE awards: Richard Pattis for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education, and Joyce Currie Little for Lifetime Service. Rich will give the opening keynote talk on Thursday morning. Other invited speakers at the Symposium are Chris Stephenson and Robb Cutler of the Computer Science Teachers Association, and William LaBarge from Sony Pictures Imageworks. Chris and Robb will give the Friday keynote, and Bill will be the luncheon speaker on Saturday.This year, 294 papers, 26 panels, 18 special sessions, and 50 workshops were submitted to the Symposium. 608 people helped review these submissions. All papers received at least 4 reviews, and most received 5 or 6. Panels, special sessions, workshops, faculty posters, and birds-of-a-feather proposals were also carefully reviewed. Using the proposals and the reviewers' feedback, the Program Committee then chose a program that balances quality and diversity of topics against available space and time. We hope you enjoy the result.In addition to the technical sessions and invited talks, we once again provide a Thursday first-timers' lunch, and a Thursday reception. This year's reception will be held at Minute Maid Park (home of the Houston Astros), about 3 blocks from the Symposium hotel. Like last year, this year's Symposium luncheon will be held on Saturday, as the culminating event of the Symposium. The large exhibit hall is the place to view and experiment with the latest in instructional software, hardware, and publications. Events co-located with the Symposium include a new Workshop for Department Chairs, the SIGCSE Doctoral Consortium, and the ACM SIGCSE Student Research Competition.
Can't sing, can't act, can dance a little: (on choosing the right dancing partners)
The title of my talk comes from a Hollywood executive's comments on Fred Astaire's screen test. Much later, Katherine Hepburn remarking on Fred's eventual success with his most frequent partner said, "Fred gave Ginger [Rogers] class, and Ginger gave ...
Working together to improve K-12 computer science education
The on-going crisis in K-12 computer science education is now exacerbating pipeline issues at all educational levels. This session explores Computer Science Teachers Association's perspective on addressing the challenges facing K-12 computer science and ...
Make it Look real, make it look cool
In this talk, we'll take a close look at the process of creating visual effects for blockbuster films. Oftentimes, artists are faced with the challenge of creating computer graphics that not only look real, but also look cool, in order to satisfy the ...
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Trussell H and Gumpertz M Comparison of the Effectiveness of Online Homework With Handwritten Homework in Electrical and Computer Engineering Classes, IEEE Transactions on Education, 10.1109/TE.2020.2971198, 63:3, (209-215)
- Hug D, Petralito S, Hauser S, Lamprou A, Repenning A, Bertschinger D, Stüber N and Cslovjecsek M Exploring Computational Music Thinking in a Workshop Setting with Primary and Secondary School Children Proceedings of the 12th International Audio Mostly Conference on Augmented and Participatory Sound and Music Experiences, (1-8)
- Gotel O, Scharff C and Wildenberg A (2008). Teaching software quality assurance by encouraging student contributions to an open source web-based system for the assessment of programming assignments, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 40:3, (214-218), Online publication date: 25-Aug-2008.
- Gotel O, Scharff C and Wildenberg A Teaching software quality assurance by encouraging student contributions to an open source web-based system for the assessment of programming assignments Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education, (214-218)
- Gotel O, Scharff C and Wildenberg A Extending and contributing to an open source web-based system for the assessment of programming problems Proceedings of the 5th international symposium on Principles and practice of programming in Java, (3-12)
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Acceptance Rates
| Year | Submitted | Accepted | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIGCSE '19 | 526 | 169 | 32% |
| SIGCSE '18 | 459 | 161 | 35% |
| SIGCSE '17 | 348 | 105 | 30% |
| SIGCSE '16 | 297 | 105 | 35% |
| SIGCSE '15 | 289 | 105 | 36% |
| SIGCSE '14 | 274 | 108 | 39% |
| SIGCSE '13 | 293 | 111 | 38% |
| SIGCSE '12 | 289 | 100 | 35% |
| SIGCSE '11 | 315 | 107 | 34% |
| SIGCSE '02 | 234 | 73 | 31% |
| SIGCSE '01 | 225 | 78 | 35% |
| SIGCSE '00 | 220 | 78 | 35% |
| SIGCSE '99 | 190 | 70 | 37% |
| SIGCSE '98 | 201 | 72 | 36% |
| SIGCSE '97 | 177 | 75 | 42% |
| SIGCSE '96 | 205 | 78 | 38% |
| Overall | 4,542 | 1,595 | 35% |