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Seventh Annual
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CONFERENCE

In cooperation with

The Association for Computing Machinery
Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
April 19-20, 2002

Worcester State College
Worcester, Massachusetts

Schedule
Friday, April 19:
Programming Contest -- Workshops
Welcome -- Plenary Session 1
Concurrent Session 1 -- Concurrent Session 2
Posters -- Banquet

Saturday, April 20:
Breakfast
Concurrent Session 3 -- Plenary Session II
Concurrent Session 4
Lunch

A Note from the Conference Chair

I would like to invite you to join us at the 7th Annual CCSC Northeastern Conference to be hosted by Worcester State College April 19-20, 2002 for what promises to be an outstanding conference. CCSCNE has become a well-established conference on computer science education in the Northeast and continues to grow from year to year as attendees return to the conference with new colleagues and, in some cases, entire departments.

This program presents the collaborative work of a number of people. I am fortunate to have worked with a great group of committee members. The results of their work are evident in an excellent program with high quality presentations and a diverse set of sessions and activities. We will be continuing the popular student programming contest from last year and expect that our central location will bring in even more faculty and students.

The conference is being held in Worcester State College’s new Kalyan K. Ghosh Center for Science and Technology, which opened just over a year ago. We are very happy with our new facility and look forward to sharing it with you for the conference.

I look forward to seeing you in Worcester in April for what promises to be a great conference, which continues to build on the strong tradition of its predecessors.

Karl R. Wurst
CCSCNE-2002 Conference Chair

2002 Conference Committee

Conference Chair
confchair@ccscne.org
Karl R. Wurst
Worcester State College (508) 929-8728

Papers Co-Chairs
papers@ccscne.org
Richard Wyatt
West Chester University    (610) 436-3230
William Taffe
Plymouth State College    (603) 535-2530
Danny Kopec
Brooklyn College    (718) 951-5578

Undergraduate Posters Chair
posters@ccscne.org
Aparna Mahadev
Worcester State College (508) 929-8715

Panels/Tutorials/Workshops Chair
panels@ccscne.org
tutorials@ccscne.org workshops@ccscne.org
Kathryn Sanders
Rhode Island College (401) 456-9634
David Hemmendinger
Union College (518) 388-6319

Speakers Chair
speakers@ccscne.org
Dale Fish
Worcester State College (508) 929-8136

Publicity Co-Chairs
publicity@ccscne.org
Frank Ford
Providence College (401) 865-2635
Charles Welty
University of Southern Maine (207) 780-4240

Vendors Chair
vendors@ccscne.org
Paul Chiasson
Worcester State College (508) 929-8560

Registration Chair
registration@ccscne.org
Betsey Brenneman
Worcester State College (508) 929-8801

Programming Contest Chairs
pgmcontest@ccscne.org
Louis Dellea
Worcester State College
Frank Ford
Providence College (401) 865-2635

Local Arrangements Chairs
local@ccscne.org
Thressa Corrazini
Worcester State College
Laurie A. Smith King
College of the Holy Cross (508) 793-2248

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The CCSCNE brings together faculty, staff, and students from academic institutions throughout the Northeast for exchange of ideas and information concerning undergraduate computing education.

SPONSORSHIPS

The Northeast Region of the Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Microsoft in sponsoring the Programming Contest, and of UPE for sponsoring the Student Poster Session.

VENDORS

Each year, we get more than ten vendors at our meeting. So far, we have commitments from Microsoft, Metrowerks, McGrawHill, National Computational Science Institute (NCSI), and Scott Jones. Others will be listed in the final program. /2002/VendorReg2002.htm">Vendor registration form.

PROGRAMMING CONTEST

So far, we have commitments from Brooklyn College, Fairfield University, Iona College, College of the Holy Cross, Providence College, Ramapo College, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St Michael’s College, Scanton College, SUNY-Fredonia, SUNY-Oneonta, SUNY-Potsdam, and Worcester State College. Others will be listed in the final program. To enter a team, email fpford@providence.edu.

CCSCNE 2002 Programming Contest /2002/CCSCNE2002Prog.htm">Results and /2002/problems1.doc">Problem Sets are now on-line!

Friday, April 19, 2002

PROGRAMMING CONTEST ...............8:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Breakfast ...................................................8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.

Ghosh Center 102      Computers Available for Teams
                      to Practice .................................8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Ghosh Center 103 & 105      Initial Meeting and Presentation
                     of the Problems ..........................8:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Ghosh Center 102      Contest Time ..............................................9:00 a.m.- Noon Ghosh Center 103 & 105      Luncheon for Teams ...................................Noon-12:45 p.m. Ghosh Center 102

REGISTRATION ..........................................8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Ghosh Center 110

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS .........9:00 a.m.- Noon

     Workshop A: Security from the Perspective of the
                            Workstation User
     Bruce P. Tis, Simmons College, MA

Ghosh Center 100

Workshop B: Database-Backed Websites
Jean Mehta, St. Xavier University, IL

Ghosh Center 107

Although the workshops are free and open to all, potential attendees must pre-register by contacting Kate Sanders (KSanders@ric.edu). As attendance will be limited, attendees will be notified that they have been admitted.

VENDOR DISPLAYS .......................... 10:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Ghosh Center Atrium

WELCOME ...................................................1:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.

Ghosh Center 102 Greetings from
Kalyan K. Ghosh, President of Worcester State College, MA
Karl R. Wurst, Conference Chair, Worcester State College, MA

PLENARY SESSION I ..................................1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.

Ghosh Center 102 Experience with Web-Based Computer Science Education
Leslie Pack Kaelbling, Professor of Computer Science and
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BREAK ...........................................................2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 1 ....................... 2:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Session 1A:Panel

Ghosh Center 102 The Effectiveness of Structured Labs in CS1
      Linda Wilkens, Providence College, RI, moderator
      Frank Ford, Providence College, RI
      Laurie King, College of the Holy Cross, MA
      Laurie Kovijanic, Regis College, MA
      Amruth Kumar, Ramapo College of NJ, NJ
      Mark D. LeBlanc, Wheaton College, MA

Session 1B:Tutorial

Ghosh Center 213 How to Design Programs
     Matthias Felleisen, Northeastern University, MA
     Kathi Fisler, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
     Shriram Krishnamurthi, Brown University, RI

Session 1C: Papers: Problem Solving

Ghosh Center 215 Heuristics As an Aid to Backtracking, A Classroom Project
     Gerald Wildenberg, St. John Fisher College, NY
Teaching Problem Solving, Computing, and Information Technology with Robots
     Thomas Flowers, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
     Karl Gossett, United States Military Academy at West Point, NY
Simple Problem Solving in Java: A Problem Set Framework
     Viera Proulx, Northeastern University, MA
     Richard Rasala, Northeastern University, MA
     Jason Jay Rodrigues, Northeastern University, MA

Session 1D:Papers: Operating Systems

Ghosh Center 318 Beowulf and Linux - an Integrated Project Course
      Robert Montante, Bloomsburg University, PA
Utilizing Virtual Linux Servers to Teach Computer Science & Information Technology Courses
      Roger Norton, Marist College, NY
An Experience Teaching Operating Systems Course with a Programming Project
      Suban Krishnamoorthy, Framingham State College, MA

BREAK ........................................................4:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 2..................... 4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Session 2A: Panel
..........................Ghosh Center 102
Outcomes and Assessment of the Introductory Sequence of CS Courses
     Richard T. Close, USCG Academy, CT (moderator)
     Danny Kopec, Brooklyn College, NY
     Catherine Ricardo, Iona College, NY

Session 2B:Tutorial

Ghosh Center 213 Java Laboratories Using Java Power Tools
     Richard Rasala Northeastern University, MA
     Viera K. Proulx, Northeastern University, MA
     Jeff Raab, Northeastern University, MA

Session 2C: Papers: Networking

Ghosh Center 215 A Net-Centric Curricular Focus
     Craig Knuckles, Lake Forest College, IL
Challenges and Obstacles of Being on the Technology Forefront
     Ronald Berry, University of Louisiana at Monroe, LA
     Ruth Miller, University of Louisiana at Monroe, LA
     James Wood, University of Louisiana at Monroe, LA

Session 2D: Papers: Non-Majors

Ghosh Center 318 Introduction to Computing for Future Elementary and Middle-School Teachers
     Kate Sanders, Rhode Island College, RI
     Vivian LaFerla Morgan, Rhode Island College, RI
A Model for Integrating Arts and Technology in a Liberal Arts College
     Ozgur Izmirli, Connecticut College, CT
     Bridget Baird, Connecticut College, CT

STUDENT POSTERS/SOCIAL HOUR ....... 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Gymnasium The list of posters, poster presenters, and their advisors is listed at
the bottom of the page.

BANQUET .......................................................6:45 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Gymnasium Winners of the Programming Contest and Student Poster Session
will be announced at the banquet.

Saturday, April 20, 2002

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST..................... 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

Ghosh Center Atrium

REGISTRATION .............................................8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Ghosh Center 110

VENDOR DISPLAYS .....................................8:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Ghosh Center Atrium

CONCURRENT SESSION 3........................... 8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

Session 3A: Panel

Ghosh Center 102 Mature Woman Seeks to Study Computer Science
    Linda Wilkens, Providence College, RI, moderator
    Susan Alsue, General Dynamics, MA
    Leah Chuckran, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, MA
    Janet Brown-Sederberg, Massasoit Community College, MA

Session 3B: Papers: Software Engineering

Ghosh Center 213 Incorporating Realistic Teamwork into a Small College Software
Engineering Curriculum
     Ellen Walker, Hiram College, OH
     Oberta Slotterback, Hiram College, OH
Effective Software Engineering Pedagogy
     Evelyn Stiller, Plymouth State College, NH
     Cathie LeBlanc, Plymouth State College, NH

Session 3C: Papers: Advanced Applications

Ghosh Center 215 Design and Implementation of a New Course: Creating Databases for Web Applications
     Jeanine Meyer, Purchase College, NY
     Michael Conry, Purchase College, NY
Using Interactive, Visualization Tools To Develop Students' Geometric Reasoning Skills in an Introductory Computer Graphics Course
     Robin Flatland, Siena College, NY

Session 3D: Tutorial

Ghosh Center 107 Introducing Java Swing Components in Computer Labs
Mary Courtney, Pace University, NY
Allen Stix, Pace University, NY

PLENARY SESSION II .......................... 9:50 a.m.-10:50 a.m.

Ghosh Center 102 Ensuring a Rigorous Curriculum: Practices and Goals
Allen B. Tucker, Bass Professor of Computer Science,
Bowdoin College, ME

BREAK......................................................... 10:50 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 4...................... 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Session 4A: Panel

Ghosh Center 102 Using CITIDEL as a Portal for CS Education
     John Impagliazzo, Hofstra Univ, NY (moderator)
     Lillian N. Cassel, Villlanova Univ., PA
     Deborah L. Knox, The College of New Jersey, NJ

Session 4B: Panel

Ghosh Center 213 The Role of Hardware Courses in the Small College CS Curriculum
     Lubomir Ivanov, Iona College (moderator)
     John Mallozzi, Iona College, NY
     Ramakrishna Nunna, California State College, Fresno, CA
     Jennifer Stephan, Wellesley College, MA

Session 4C: Papers: Programming Languages

Ghosh Center 215 Prolog for Imperative Programmers
     Amruth Kumar, Ramapo College of New Jersey, NY
Folders/Frames: a Teachable Model of Memory for J
     David Gries, Cornell University, NY
     Paul Gries, University of Toronto, Canada
A Recursive List Paradigm with JAVA and C++ Implementations
     John Beidler, University of Scranton, PA
      Yaodong Bi University of Scranton, PA
      Robert McCloskey University of Scranton, PA

Session 4D: Papers: Distance Learning

Ghosh Center 318 Comparison of In-class and Distance-Learning Students' Performance and Attitudes in an Introductory Computer Science Course
      Joan Kleinman, Middlesex Community College, MA
      Eileen Entin, Middlesex Community College, MA
Virtual Education: A View From the Trenches
      Scott Dexter, Brooklyn College, NY
      Chaya Gurwitz, Brooklyn College, NY
Hybrid Delivery Dystem for Electronic Problem Solving (EPS)
      Avare Stewart, CUNY Grad Center and IBM Watson Center, NY
      Parviz Kermani, IBM Watson Center, NY
      Shermane Austin, Medgar Evers College, NY
      Arnd Steinmetz, Fraunhofer - IPSI, Germany
      Magda Mourad, IBM Research, NY

LUNCH ..........................................................12:45 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

Gymnasium

MEMBERSHIP MEETING........................... 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Ghosh Center 102

BOARD MEETING ....................................... 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Ghosh Center 311

STUDENT POSTERS
Friday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Gymnasium
Co-Sponsored by
Microsoft and

The Making of a Yoruba-English Machine Translation
    Omotola Awofolu, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
    Advisor: Omotola Awofolu,
A Parallell Implementation of the Needleman-Wunsch Algorithm for Global Gapped Pair-Wise Alignment
    David Barkan, Haverford College
    Advisor: John Dougherty
Operating Systems and Networking Sampler Internet
    Timothy Brown, State University of New York College at Oneonta
    Advisor: James Ryder
The Effects of Violence on the Evolution of a Simple Society
    Douglas Casazza, Colby College
    Advisor: Clare Bates Congdon
How to Secure Your Personal Computer and Private Files Using Built-in Features of Windows XP
    Andrew Colelette, Providence College
    Advisor: Frank Ford
Modeling an Illusory Shift in Heading: a Computational Model of Modern Perception
    Daniel Conti, College of the Holy Cross
    Advisor: Constance Royden
Speedsort: Recursively Improving the Samplesort
     Kevin Cleereman, Wittenberg University
    Advisor: Jim Noyes
Non-orthogonal Polyhedra with Orthogonal Faces
    Melody Donoso, Smith College
    Advisor: Joseph O’Rourke
Research in Extensible Markup Language (XML)
    Andrew Fairbanks, James Gribbons, Joe Wright, David Pean, and
    Erik Nybo, Providence College
    Advisor: Linda Wilkens
A Computer Model That Explains Why People Learn from Partially Complete Examples
    Eric Fleischman, Colby College
    Advisor: Randolph Jones
Web Accessibility and Section 508 Compliance
    Emily Gibson, The College of New Jersey
    Advisor: Deborah Knox
Snippet Based Relevance Calculations
    Katie Gross and Lee Ann Schruender, Villanova University
    Advisor: Lillian Cassel
A Flexible Parsing Engine for Lindenmayer Systems
    Mitchell Haile, The College of Wooster
    Advisor: Denise Byrnes
Sebasticook River Watershed Association GIS Project
    Jonathan Heiss, Unity College
    Advisor: Sari Hou
Improving Compression Performance of Block Sorting
    Jeffrey Jones and Ryan Smith
    Advisor: Ziya Arnavut, SUNY College at Fredonia
Web Page Presenter
    Rumen Kostadinov, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    Advisor: Amruth Kumar
Jingle Bell Robot
    Christopher Lee
    Advisor: Stephen Taylor
Clay: Synchronous Collaborative Interactive Environment
    Michael Locasto, Michael Hulme, Ryan Gladysiweicz, and
    Justin Tracy, The College of New Jersey
    Advisor: Ursula Wolz
Crytography Encryption
    Tyler McCabe, Providence College
    Advisor: Frank Ford
Virtually Walking on Water: an Interactive Simulation
    Andrew Merryman, Colby College
    Advisor: Clare Bates Congdon
Vertex-Unfoldings of Triangulated Polyhedra
    Dessislava Michaylova, Smith College
    Advisor: Joseph O’Rourke
Streaming Data Driven Applets and Pages
    Jason Nadal, Wagner College
    Advisor: Adrian Ionescu
Wall Following Robot
    Seana O’Connell, College of the Holy Cross
    Advisor: Stephen Taylor
XML as Applied to Seventeenth-century Dictionaries
    Arianna Schlegel, Vassar College
    Advisor: Nancy Ide
An Implementation of Formal Verification
    Michael Shute, Iona College
    Advisor: Lubomir Ivanov
Modeling a Real-Time Economics Simulation with User-coded Agents in an Object-oriented Database
    Kevin Simons, Colby College
    Advisor: Dale Skrien
Building a Virtual Topology Atop Wireless Devices
    Nathaniel Waisbrot, Vassar College
    Advisor: Brad Richards
Autonomous Creatures
    Jonathan Weinell, SUNY College at Oneonta
    Advisor: Don Allison
A Surface Reconstruction Research Environment
    Greg Williams, Nick Doolittle, and Trevor Agnitti, Wheaton
    College
    Advisor: Michael Gousie
Cluster Computing
    Gerik Zayatz and Karl Strohmaier, The College of New Jersey
    Advisor: Deborah Knox

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