Northwest Region

Final Program

 

(Program as a Word Document)

CONSORTIUM for COMPUTING in SMALL COLLEGES

Northwest Conference, 2001 PROGRAM

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

October 5 – 6, 2001

 

Registration 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., main floor lobby of the University Center (UC)

 

WELCOME 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Scandinavian Cultural Center

George Hauser, Pacific Lutheran University

 

FRIDAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., Scandinavian Cultural Center

Dan McCracken, City College of New York – A Stealth Approach to Teaching HCI

 

STUDENT POSTERS will be on display in Room 210 during the conference.

 

FRIDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS I 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

 

Papers, Room 206

Moderator: Katrin Becker

Tutorial, Regency Room

Moderator: Ed Gellenbeck

Workshop, Memorial Gym 102

Tutorial sessions are limited to 17 people

Enhancing an E-Commerce Course with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Programming – Rahul Tikekar, Southern Oregon University

The Use of Internet Tools to Supplement Communication in the Classroom – Kenrick Mock, University of Alaska, Anchorage

 

Taking Advantage of National Science Foundation Funding – Jane Prey, NSF

 

 

 

 

Break 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Room 210

FRIDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS II 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

 

Papers, Room 206

Moderator: Timothy Rolfe

Panel, Regency Room

Moderator: Fritz Ruehr

Workshop, Memorial Gym 102

Tutorial sessions are limited to 17 people

Teaching with Games: The Minesweeper and Asteroids! Experience – Katrin Becker, University of Calgary

 

¡Yo Quiero Java! Teaching Java as a Second Language – Sharon M. Tuttle, Humboldt State University

 

The Capstone Course: What are we looking for? – Robert Bryant, Gonzaga University,

George Hauser, Pacific Lutheran University, & Greg Pleva, Southern Oregon University

 

And Now for Something Completely Familiar: A Python Tutorial – Robert Lewis, Washington State University, Tri-Cities

 

Friday evening activities will be in the Scandinavian Cultural Center

 

SOCIAL HOUR 5:45 p.m.

FRIDAY BANQUET 6:30 p.m.

BANQUET ADDRESS 7:30 p.m.

 

Speaker: Jim Dehmlow, Unigraphics Solutions, Inc – E-Business: An Insider's View

 

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Continental Breakfast 7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., Room 210

 

SATURDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS I 8:30 a.m.– 9:45 a.m.

 

Papers, Room 206

Moderator: Sharon Tuttle

Panel, Regency Room

Moderator: Carol Wright

Workshop, Memorial Gym 102

Tutorial sessions are limited to 17 people

A Usability Focus for an HCI Project –

M. J. Willshire, University of Portland

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Computer Graphics – Genevieve Orr, Willamette University

 

 

 

Accreditation – Ken Blaha & Laurie Murphy, Pacific Lutheran University,

Ray Hamel, Eastern Washington University,

John Paxton, Montana State University,

Cynthia Brown, Portland State University, &

Don Lynch, Washington State University

 

Functional Programming in Haskell Tutorial – Fritz Ruehr, Willamette University

 

 

 

Break 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., Room 210

SATURDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS II 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

 

Papers, Room 206

Moderator: Paul Bladek

Panel, Regency Room

Moderator: Jenny Orr

Workshop, Memorial Gym 102

Tutorial sessions are limited to 17 people

 

Supercomputing on a Budget –

Paul De Palma, Anders Wiborg & Alex Withers, Gonzaga University

 

Building and Installing a Beowulf Cluster – Stuart Steiner, Eastern Washington University

 

Making CS More Fun –

Katrin Becker, University of Calgary,

Jerry Roth, Gonzaga University,

Sharon M. Tuttle, Humbolt State University, Steven R. Vegdahl, University of Portland, &

Ron West, Umpqua Community College

 

MySQL, PostgreSQL, and PHP: Open Source Technologies for a Database Course –

David Wolff, Pacific Lutheran University

 

 

Break 11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Room 210

SATURDAY CONCURRENT SESSIONS III 11:30 a.m.– 12:45 p.m.

 

Papers, Room 206

Moderator: Sam Chung

Papers, Regency Room

Moderator: Phil Prins

Workshop, Memorial Gym 102

Tutorial sessions are limited to 17 people

 

Strategies in the Theory of Computation –

Fritz Ruehr, Willamette University

 

XML in the CS Curriculum: Pointers and Pitfalls – John Paxton, Montana State University

Targeting Assessment: How to Hit the Bull’s Eye – Kenneth Blaha & Laurie Murphy, Pacific Lutheran University

 

Education, Training and Curriculum Commercialisation - A Reality Check –

S. P. Maj, D. Veal, & R. TwissEdith, Cowan University

 

Unified Modeling Language (UML) Tutorial – Judy Cushing & Keri Healy,

The Evergreen State College

SATURDAY LUNCH 1:00 p.m., Scandinavian Cultural Center

SATURDAY WRAP-UP 2:00 p.m., Scandinavian Cultural Center

CCSC-NW Regional Board and 2002 Committee Meeting – All are welcome to attend.

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Scandinavian Cultural Center

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