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WCCCE 2003

Conference Program

Thursday, May 1, 2003

9:00am-5:00pm
   
BCCEC Articulation Meeting (Not part of WCCCE). 
Komoux Hall, Room 104.
5:00-6:00pm
      
Registration 
Komoux Hall, Room 104.
6:00-10:00pm
     
Get-together Dinner at :

Edgewater Pub & Bistro, 
1805 Beaufort Ave., 
Comox, BC 

 

Friday, May 2, 2003

 

8:30-9:00 am Registration & Coffee
8:45-9:15am Welcome and Opening Remarks  (Komoux Hall  104)

Dr. Lou Dryden, NIC President 

Frank Lu, Chair WCCCE'02

9:15-10:00am

  

    

Keynote Address (Komoux Hall  104)

The profile of the Computer Science graduate and researcher in 10 years - Computer  Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and Interdisciplinary  Studies finally meet
Micaela Serra,  UVic

Introduction:  Michael Zastre

10:00-10:15am
    
Break
  
10:30–12:30pm
   
Paper Session A (Komoux Hall  104)
Chair:
Sarah Stephens
10:30-11:00am Women in Computing Science
Surinder Dhanjal & Mila Kwiatkowska
   
11:00–11:30am CS 1.5 The Course In Between - Or Why Less May Be More
Michael Kuttner 
   
11:30–12:00pm Assessing Individual Contributions to Group Software Projects
William Gardner
    
12:00–12:30pm De-Segregation: A Five year Retrospective
David Gregg & Libero Ficocelli

     

12:30–1:30pm
   
Lunch ( Puntledge Hall 104)
    
1:30-2:00pm Poster Session (Komoux Hall  104)
Teaching Web Programming: Configuration of a Multiplatform and Cost Effective Lab
Mila Kwiatkowska and Andrew Idzikowski
Solving Divide 'n Conquer Recurrences by Master Theorem a la Charlie
Charlie Obinbo
A New Method to Order Functions by Asymptotic Growth Rates
Charlie Obinbo
Programming Concepts and Methods for Enhanced Student Learning
Tong-Chun Xu

 

Stream I
Programming and Problem Solving
Stream II
Others
2:00-3:00pm Paper Session B (Komoux Hall  104)
Chair: Rick Gee
Paper Session D (Puntledge Hall 125)
Chair: Paul Franklin
2:00–2:20pm A Java-based CS1 course: Not gentle enough!
Libero Ficocelli and David Gregg 

 

Tools Selection for Teaching Data Warehousing and Data Mining
Andy Law
2:20–2:40pm Python as a First Programming Language for Everyone  
Toby Donaldson   
Automatic Testing and Submission of Student Programs via E-mail
William Gardner
2:40-3:00pm

   
       

Experience with Team Projects in a Second Semester C++ Programming Course
David Casperson
   

Global and Cultural Issues
Kim Chilton
3:00-3:20pm
    
Break
   
Break
3:20-4:20pm
   
Paper Session C (Komoux Hall  104)
Chair: Frank Niscak
Paper Session E (Puntledge Hall 125)
Chair: George Chase
3:20-3:40 An Online System for Assignment Marking
Greg Baker 
Teaching Computer Science by An Undergraduate Mentoring Program
Lisa L. Fan and Brien Maquire
   
3:40-4:00 Using Open Source Software Development Tools In Introductory Software Engineering
Jason Madar
Effectiveness of Research Modules in Undergraduate Curriculum
Waqar Haque & K. Alagarsamy 
    
4:00-4:20pm

     

Fresh as a ROSE: Java + C in an introductory OS course
Mike Zastre 
Teaching Cooperation in Multi-Agent Systems with the help of the ARES System
Melissa Bergen, Jörg Denzinger, Jordan Kidney
4:20pm
  

    
Closing Remarks ( Komoux Hall  104)

Ian Cavers & George Tsiknis
Co-Chairs, WCCCE Steering Committee