The CCSCNE brings together faculty, staff, and students from academic institutions throughout the Northeast for exchange of ideas and information concerning undergraduate computing curricula.
This conference provides an affordable regional forum for the exchange of information and ideas pertaining to the concerns of computing and computing curricula in a smaller academic environment. The conference proper runs from Friday at 1:00 p.m. to Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and includes a plenary speaker on Friday at 1:00, a Friday evening banquet, a Saturday morning speaker, a Saturday luncheon, parallel paper sessions, tutorials, panels, student posters, a best paper award, and vendor displays. There are pre-conference workshops, and a pre-conference programming contest.
$120 regular registration
$40 student registration
Click here for Registration Form
The Preliminary Program is now available as a PDF file: Click here for the Preliminary Program (PDF)
Vendors are invited to purchase display tables at the conference, and to sponsor breaks or the reception. Direct questions to vendors@ccscne.org
A pre-conference Computer Programming Contest for 3-person college teams will be held on Friday morning, April 21st from 9:00-12:00, preceded by a briefing on contest rules and the computer system. Space is limited and pre-registration is required (using this form (PDF).) . There is a $50 non-refundable team fee; in addition, each team member must register for the conference (using this form.). . A faculty sponsor is required. Programs may be written in C, C++ or Java, all on Unix. Rules will be similar to the ACM International Contest. All judging will be done objectively using sets of data meant to test all cases. Winners will be announced at the banquet. Direct all questions to pgmcontest@ccscne.org.
Birds of a feather tables will be available at the banquet. Those who wish to suggest topics or volunteer as group leaders should send email to bof@ccscne.org.
Click here for directions to Holy Cross and the Hogan Campus Center.
You will enter the Holy Cross campus at Gate 7 (#42 on the campus map).
Parking for CCSCNE 2006 will be in the Visitor's Parking (#32 on the campus map).
All of the conference sessions (except the programming contest) will take place in the Hogan Campus Center (#29 on the campus map).
The programming contest will take place in Swords Hall (#7 on the campus map).
There are two conference hotels (The
Crowne Plaza and The Hampton
Inn). Callers must mention CCSC-NE to get the rates shown
below. Both
hotels are about 3 miles from the College of the Holy Cross.
The Crowne Plaza Hotel (3.1 miles from
Holy Cross)
www.cpworcester.com
10 Lincoln Square
Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 791 - 1600, 1-888-303-1746
The Crowne Plaza is a full service hotel. The conference has
reserved
a block of 30 rooms for Friday night (20 for Thursday night and 5 for
Saturday night). The negotiated rate is $99 for either a
single or a
double. The conference rate holds until March 31, 2006.
Directions to the Crowne Plaza:
From the Massachusetts Turnpike:
Take exit 10 off the Mass Pike (I-90) to I-290 East. Take
exit 17.
Turn left on Rt. 9 (aka Highland Street/Belmont Street). Get
into the
left lane and turn left onto Lincoln Street. The Crowne Plaza
is on
the right.
From I-495:
Take exit 25B off I-495 to I-290 West. Take exit 18 (Rt. 9
West).
Turn right off the exit ramp and stay in the center/left
lane. Go
approximately one block. Cross Highland Street (where Rt. 9
West turns
right). The Crowne Plaza is on the right.
Directions to Holy Cross from the Crowne Plaza:
Go south on Lincoln Sq/Worcester Center BLVD toward Thomas
St.
Continue on Worcester Center Blvd. Turn Left on Central
St. Merge
onto I-290 W toward Auburn. From I-290 West, take
Exit 11 (College
Square, Southbridge Street). Bear left coming off the ramp
onto
Southbridge Street. Take the first right (before the traffic light)
onto College Street. Go up the hill and enter the last gate on the
left, Gate 7. The Hogan Campus Center is the second building on the
left with the large silver cross on it. Visitor parking is to
the
right of the Campus Center.
Hampton Inn
(2.9 miles from Holy Cross)
www.hamptoninn.com
110 Summer Street
Worcester MA 01608
(508) 757 - 0400, 1-(800)-HAMPTON
The conference has reserved a block of 40 rooms Friday night (25
Thursday night and 5 on Saturday night). The negotiated rate
is $95
for either a single or a double. A continental breakfast is
included
in the room rate. The conference rate holds until March 20,
2006.
Directions to the Hampton Inn:
From the Massachusetts Turnpike:
From I-90 take exit 10 to 290 East. Take exit 16.
Turn left off the ramp onto East Central St. Turn right on
Summer St.
From I-495:
From I-495 take exit 25B to 290 West. Take exit 16.
Turn right of the ramp onto East Central St. Turn right on
Summer St.
Other connections:
From I-84 take I-90 East
From I-190 head South to I-290 West
From I-395 head north to 290 East.
From Worcester, take 122 South to Rt 9 to Worcester Center
Blvd. Turn
right and continue to the 3rd light, Thomas St. At the end of
Thomas
Street, the hotel is in front of you.
Directions to Holy Cross from the Hampton Inn:
Start out going south on Summer St. toward Central St. Merge
onto
I-290 W via the ramp on the Left toward Auburn. From I-290
West, take
Exit 11 (College Square, Southbridge Street). Bear left
coming off the
ramp onto Southbridge Street. Take the first right (before the traffic
light) onto College Street. Go up the hill and enter the last
gate on
the left, Gate 7. The Hogan Campus Center is the second building on the
left with the large silver cross on it. Visitor parking is to the right
of the Campus Center.
Laurie A. Smith King, College of the Holy Cross
Karl R. Wurst, Worcester State College
confchair@ccscne.org
Elena Braynova, Worcester State College
Jim Teresco, Williams College
David Hemmendinger, Union College
papers@ccscne.org
Aparna Mahadev, Worcester State
College
Shamsi Moussavi, MassBay Community College
posters@ccscne.org
Lonnie Fairchild, SUNY-Plattsburgh
Yana Kortsarts, Widener University
panels@ccscne.org
tutorials@ccscne.org
workshops@ccscne.org
Viera Proulx, Northeastern University
speakers@ccscne.org
Frank Ford, Providence College
Stephen Bloch, Adelphi University
publicity@ccscne.org
Hemant Pendharkar, Worcester State College
Adrian Ionescu, Wagner College
vendors@ccscne.org
Frank Ford, Providence College
Joseph DeStefano, College of the Holy Cross
Andrew Hwang, College of the Holy Cross
pgmcontest@ccscne.org
Constance Royden, College of
the Holy Cross
registration@ccscne.org
Constance Royden, College of the Holy Cross
Laurie King, College of the Holy Cross
local@ccscne.org
Viera Proulx, Northeastern University
bof@ccscne.org