SIGCSE 2003 Doctoral Consortium

Provisional Agenda

This version of the program is current as of 2/13/03. Please contact Joe Chase if you have questions orconcerns.

8:00	1 hr.	Registration opens for DC
9:00	30 min.	Opening Welcoming remarks: Individual introduction warm-up activity Using the wall
SESSION 1
9:30	15 min.	Elizabeth P. Morris Texas Tech University Machine Learning Approach to Automate Classification of Literature in a SAM Research Database
9:45	15 min.	H. Chad Lane University of Pittsburgh An Intelligent Tutoring System for Novice Program Design
10:00	15 min.	Stephen P. Carl Wright State University A Component-Based Framework for Memory Management Studies
10:15	30 min.	Break and Discussion: How to Find a Home in Academics
SESSION 2
10:45	15 min.	Hector Gerardo Perez Gonzalez University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Learning Object Oriented Design Through Automatic Model Generation From Natural Language Problem Statements
11:00	15 min.	Phil Ventura University of Buffalo, SUNY On the Origins of Programmers:  Indentifying Predictors of Success for an Objects-First CS1

11:15	15 min.	break
SESSION 3
11:30	15 min.	Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk Univeristy of Texas at Austin The Acquisition of Intellectual Exertise:  A Computational Theory

11:45	15 min.	Gary Schubert West Virginia University CS1 CS2 Considered Harmful
12:00	1.5 hr	Lunch with SIGCSE Board
SESSION 4
1:30	15 min.	Felicia Doswell Virginia Tech A Framework for Providing Strong Cache Consistency on the Web
1:45	15 min.	Cheryl D. Seals Virginia Tech A Framework Supporting Educational Software Reuse:  Simulation Builder for Teachers
2:00	15 min.	break
SESSION 5

2:15

15 min.

Peter DePasquale Virginia Tech Improving Learning of Programming Through the Implementation of Language Levels in Program Development

2:30	15 min.		Adrienne Decker University of Buffalo, SUNY I Want to be a Computer Scientist when I Grow Up:  Evaluating the Skills Necessary for Computer Science
2:45	15 min.		Matt Jadud University of Kent at Canterbury Little Languages for Little Robots
3:00	1 hr.		Coffee with members of SIGCSE Board and Conference Committee Activity: Cocktail party introductions
SESSION 6
4:00	1 hr.		Further Discussion, Q&A
5:00		Discussion: Closing thoughts and feedback