2004 Final Program

CONSORTIUM for COMPUTING SCIENCES in COLLEGES

Sixth Annual Conference of the Northwestern Region

October 8 - 9, 2004
Willamette University, Salem, OR

Registration 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., 3rd floor lobby, Putnam University Center (PUC)

WELCOME 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Alumni Lounge (PUC)
Jenny Orr, Willamette University
College of Liberal Arts Dean: Carol Long, Willamette University

FRIDAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., Alumni Lounge (PUC)
Dylan McNamee, eXanetworks, Inc.
Using Video Games to Motivate Computer Science

STUDENT POSTERS will be on display in 3rd floor entry way - PUC during the conference.

FRIDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS I 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (*extra 15 min. length)
Papers Alumni Lounge - PUC Moderator: Carol Zander, UW Bothell	Papers Autzen - PUC Moderator: Dave Wolff, Pacific Lutheran U.	Panel Collins 408
Reclaiming Garbage and Education: Java Memory Leaks Adair Dingle, Seattle U. Teaching with Tablet PC's Kenrick Mock, U. Alaska Anchorage Reconciling a Traditional Syllabus with an Inquiry-Based Introductory Course Katrin Becker , U. Calgary	Teaching Hardware and Computer Organization Using a Distance-Learning Format Arnold S. Berger, UW Bothell Assembly Language is More Than a Teaching Tool Kosuke Imamura, E. Washington U. Teaching Parallel Computing using Beowulf Clusters: A Laboratory Approach Philip R. Prins, Seattle Pacific U.	Building Software That Works - The Educational Component Andrew Black, Oregon Graduate Institute, Judy Cushing, Evergreen State College, Fritz Ruehr, Willamette U., Tim Sheard, Oregon Graduate Institute

Break 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., 3rd floor entry way - PUC

FRIDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS II 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Papers Alumni Lounge - PUC Moderator: Mike Panitz, UW Bothell	Papers Autzen - PUC Moderator: George Hauser, Pacific Lutheran U.	Panel Collins 408
Algorithm Analysis for Returning Adult Students Kelvin Sung, UW Bothell The SFC Editor - A Graphical Tool for Algorithm Development Tia Watts, Sonoma State U.	Ensuring Capstone Project Success for a Diverse Student Body Thomas E. Carpenter Jr., Adair Dingle, David Joslin, Seattle U. The Fifty-Four Day Thesis Proposal: First Experiences with a Research Course Karen Ward, UT El Paso	Game Development as a Culminating Activity for CS Majors R. William Clark, Eastern Wash. U., Atsushi Inoue, Eastern Washington U.,

SOCIAL HOUR/Birds of a Feather groups 5:45 p.m. Cat Cavern - PUC

FRIDAY BANQUET 6:30 p.m. Cat Cavern - PUC

BANQUET ADDRESS 7:30 p.m.

Speakers: Louise Stevens and Karen Peterson, Northwest Girls Collaborative Project (NWGCP)
Donna Evans, Brewster WA Public School District
Girl Power - Advancing the Agenda in Gender Equity and Breaking Boundaries in Science and Engineering for Hispanic Girls

Saturday Continental Breakfast 7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., 3rd floor entry way - PUC

SATURDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS I 8:30 a.m.- 9:45 a.m.
Papers Alumni Lounge - PUC Moderator: Phil Prins, Seattle Pacific U	Papers Autzen - PUC Moderator: Brent Wilson, George Fox U.	Tutorial Collins 407
A Software Tool for Teaching Classical & Contemporary Cryptology Richard Spillman, Pacific Lutheran U. Game Programming and the Myth of Child's Play Greg Pleva, S. Oregon U.	Web Design! John Paxton, Montana St U. A Web-Based Tool for Managing the Submission of Student Work David Wolff, Pacific Lutheran U.	Creating an Introductory Embedded Systems Course for the Computer Science Curriculum Richard A. Sevenich, Eastern Wash. U.

Break 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., 3rd floor entry way - PUC

SATURDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS II 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Papers Alumni Lounge - PUC Moderator: Ron Tenison, Linfield College	Autzen - PUC	Tutorial Collins 408	Tutorial Collins 407
Computer Ethics in the Undergraduate Curriculum: Case Studies and the Joint Software Engineer's Code Don Gotterbarn, E. Tennessee S. U., Keith Miller, U. Illinois Springfield Narrowing the Digital Divide: In Search of a Map to Mend the Gap Mary Kirk , Metropolitan U., Carol Zander, UW Bothell	Open for Group Discussion	Building GUI Database Applications with JavaBeans and JDBC Douglas D. Bickerstaff, Ray Moro, Eastern Wash. U.	Building Applications for Mobile Devices with .NET Martin Dwomoh-Tweneboah, Linfield College

Break 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 3rd floor entry way - PUC

SATURDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS III 11:30 a.m.- 12:45 p.m.
Papers Alumni Lounge - PUC Moderator: Ed Gellenbeck, Central Wash. U.	Autzen - PUC	Tutorial Collins 408	Tutorial Collins 407
Test Driven Development On the Cheap: Text Files and Explicit Scaffolding Keith W. Miller, U. Illinois Springfield Introducing Application Design and Software Engineering Principles in Introductory CS Courses: Model-View-Controller Java Application Framework Scot F. Morse, W. Oregon U.	Open for Group Discussion	The Geowall, A Three Dimensional Stereo Viewing System Greg Pleva, Southern Oregon U.	Robot Control and Embedded Systems on Inexpensive Linux Platforms Ed C. Epp, Intel Corporation

SATURDAY LUNCH 1:00 p.m., Alumni Lounge - PUC

SATURDAY WRAP-UP 1:15 p.m., Alumni Lounge - PUC

CCSC-NW Regional Board and 2005 Committee Meeting - All are welcome to attend.
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., Alumni Lounge - PUC