Thursday, 5. November 2009

Time Session Papers
09:00-09:30 Opening  
09:30-10:30 Keynote Mark Guzdial. Meeting Everyone's Need for Computing
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break  
11:00-12:30 Session 1 Teaching programming
Tony Cowling. The Role of Programming in Informatics Curricula
Giuseppe Maggiore, Giulia Costantini and Agostino Cortesi. Game Programming as a Non-Threatening Introduction to Functional Languages
Omer Gimenez, Jordi Petit and Salvador Roura. Programacio 1: A pure problem-oriented approach for a CS1 course.
12:30-13:00 Sponsor Talk Ingo Dahm, Microsoft Preventing The Brainware Crisis.
13:00-14:00 Lunch  
14:00-15:30 Session 2 Advanced programming and computer architecture
Juha-Matti Vanhatupa and Teemu Heinimäki. Scriptable Artificial Intelligent Game Engine for Game Programming Courses
Axel Böttcher, Martin Ruckert and Matthias Utesch. MMIX in Class - Learning a Lot About Hardware Through Software
Besim Mustafa. Simulating CPU Pipelining for Computer Architecture Teaching and Learning Support
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break  
16:00-17:30 Session 3 International cooperation
Rainer Herpers, Gerhard Dueck and Nadine Fröbel. International Distributed Computer Science Degree - Cooperative Education Efforts between Canada, Poland, Greece and Germany
Klaus Bothe, Kay Schützler, ‪Zoran Budimac, Mirjana Ivanovic, Zoran Putnik, Stanimir Stoyanov, Asya Stoyanova-Doyceva, ‪Katerina Zdravkova, Boro Jakimovski, ‪Dragan Bojic, ‪Ioan Jurca, ‪Damir Kalpic and ‪Betim Cico. Experience with shared teaching materials for software engineering across countries
Eduardo Vendrell, Martin Mellado, Filomena Ferrucci, Andrea Abate, Stefan Hodek and Detlef Zühlke. Experiences of an Intensive Programme on Robotics
Evening Conference Dinner  

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Friday, 6. November 2009

Time Session Papers
09:00-10:00 Keynote Hans-Ulrich Heiß. Accreditation of Informatics Degree Programs in Europe: Straitjacket or Cloak?
10:00-11:00 Session 4 Expanding the audience for informatics
Paul Curzon, Jonathan Black, Laura Meagher and Peter McOwan. cs4fn.org: Enthusing students about Computer Science
Manfred Kaul, Simone Bürsner and Rainer Herpers. How does self-perception influence the choice of study? E-portfolio and gender issues in Informatics
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break  
11:30-13:00 Session 5 Student engagement in high schools and distance education
Mariacarla Calzarossa, Paolo Ciancarini, Luisa Mich and Nello Scarabottolo. ICT teaching and certification in Italian high schools
Barbara Demo.Robot Programming Integrated in a Junior High School Curriculum
Herman Koppelman and Harald Vranken. Comparing Synchronous and Asynchronous Interaction in CS Distance Education
13:00-14:00 Lunch  
14:00-14:30 Sponsor Talk Bev Bachmayer, Intel. First year CS students; do they really need to 'think parallel'?
14:30-16:00 Session 6 Interdisciplinarity
Gitta Domik. Interdisciplinary Collaboration in a Visualization Course
Amos Olagunju. An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Model for a Graduate Program in Information Assurance
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break  
16:30-17:00 Closing Session  

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