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 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, a faculty poster session, a student poster display on undergraduate research, and vendor displays. There are pre-conference workshops, and a pre-conference programming contest.

Preliminary Program

The Preliminary Program will be available in mid-January 2009. To receive the preliminary program when it becomes available, Subscribe to our announcements email list!

Authors

Authors are invited to submit: papers; proposals for panels, tutorials and workshops; and abstracts for a faculty poster session (new in 2009). Undergraduate students are invited to submit poster abstracts for an exhibit on undergraduate research. More information is available on the authors page.

Vendors

Vendors are invited to purchase display tables at the conference, and to sponsor breaks or the reception. Direct questions to vendors@ccscne.org

Student Programming Contest

A pre-conference Computer Programming Contest for 3-person college teams will be held on Friday morning, April 24th from 9:00am to noon, preceded by a briefing on contest rules and the computer system. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. There is a $50 non-refundable team fee; in addition, each team member must register for the conference. A faculty sponsor is required. Rules will be similar to the ACM International Contest. All judging will be done objectively using sets of data meant to test exemplary cases. Winners will be announced at the Friday banquet.

The programming contest team registration deadline will be in early March, 2009. The specific date will be announced later.

Direct all questions regarding the programming contest to pgmcontest@ccscne.org.

Birds of A Feather Sessions

Birds of a feather (BOF) tables will be made available at the banquet, subject to advanced notice. Those who wish to suggest topics or volunteer as BOF group leaders should send email to bof@ccscne.org in advance of the conference.

Conference Committee

Conference Chairs

Lonnie Fairchild, SUNY Plattsburgh
Tim Fossum, SUNY Potsdam
confchair@ccscne.org

Papers Chairs

Stephen Bloch, Adelphi University
Mark Hoffman, Quinnipiac University
Paul Tymann, Rochester Institute of Technology
papers@ccscne.org

Faculty Posters Chair

David Hemmendinger, Union College
faculty-posters@ccscne.org

Undergraduate Posters Chair

Rameen Mohammadi, SUNY Oswego
student-posters@ccscne.org

Panels/Tutorials/Workshops Chairs

Jim Teresco, Mount Holyoke College
Yana Kortsarts, Widener University
panels@ccscne.org
tutorials@ccscne.org
workshops@ccscne.org

Speakers Chairs

Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford
Adrian Ionescu, Wagner College
speakers@ccscne.org

Publicity Chair

Frank Ford, Providence College
publicity@ccscne.org

Programming Contest Chairs

Frank Ford, Providence College
Del Hart, SUNY Plattsburgh
Stanislav Kurkovsky, Central Connecticut State University
pgmcontest@ccscne.org

Local Arrangements Chair

William Teter, SUNY Plattsburgh
local@ccscne.org

Birds of A Feather Coordinator

Karl Wurst, Worcester State College
bof@ccscne.org