Welcome to the 2020 CCSC-Eastern Regional Conference

Friday, October 23, 2020 - Saturday, October 24, 2020

Navigating the Conference

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Friday, October 23

10:00am - 05:15pm

MAIN HALL - Zoom link

  • Keynote Address

  • Help

  • National Partners

  • Discuss, Hangout, and Network

Program ~ Journal

Many thanks to our sponsors and national partners:

01:00pm - 02:00pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The What's Next Economy - Main Hall

Jonathan Aberman, Dean, School of Business & Technology, Academic Affairs

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our society and economy already, with many more challenges and changes to come. Jonathan Aberman, Dean of Marymount University School of Business and Technology is a national expert on innovation, economic trends and entrepreneurship. He believes that the United States has entered a new phase, which he describes as the "What's Next Economy?" He will discuss some of the hallmarks of the What's Next Economy and what it means for technologists, educators and policy makers.

02:15pm - 03:30pm

SESSION 1

TRACK 1 - Papers - Special Topics - Zoom link - Chair/Co-Chair: Carol Jim/Olumide F Kayode

  • Internet Research Agency's Campaign to Influence the U.S. 2016 Elections: Assessing Linguistic Profiles via Statistical Analysis

  • Virtual Cluster for HPC Education

  • Deep Learning in Detection of Mobile Malware

TRACK 2 - Student Research - Zoom link - Chair/Co-Chair: Pranshu Gupta/Becca Flinn

  • Credit Card Fraud Detection

  • Fileless Malware Detection

  • Maturity of the Malware Marketplace

  • LAMP Stack Performance Analysis

TRACK 3 - National Partner Session - Zoom Link - Chair/Co-Chair: Yamuna Rajasekhar, Jiang Li - zyBook session moved to MAIN HALL!

Techniques to effectively teach a course online, Dr. Yamuna Rajasekhar, Content Developer, zyBooks

04:00pm - 05:15pm

SESSION 2

TRACK 1 - Papers - Pedagogy 1 - Zoom link - Chair/Co-Chair: Karen Anewalt/Morgan Bear

  • Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Computer Science and Biological Sciences

  • Experiential Learning: Preparing Students for the Workforce through Faculty Mentorship and Feedback in Campus-based IT Projects

  • A Scalable RPG Project for Object-Oriented Software Development

TRACK 2 - Tutorial - Zoom link - Chair/Co-Chair: Karen Paullet/Larry Copeland - Canceled!

Should "Deepfakes" Be a Topic of Cybersecurity Course?, Penn Wu, DeVry University-Sherman Oaks

TRACK 3 - National Partner Session - Zoom Link - Chair/Co-Chair: Laurie White/Jiang Li

Programming with the Cloud, Laurie White, Cloud DevRel, Google for Education

05:30pm - 07:00pm

POSTERS - If you have trouble with the zoom link, try refreshing your page.

Zoom link - Chairs: John Wright/George Dimitoglou

Please visit our poster presenters, listen to their presentations, and discuss their posters with them. When finished, you can add a review here to help us judge for best faculty and student poster. You can switch between the breakout rooms, but you must have latest Zoom Client.

Faculty Posters

F01 - Containerizing CS Learning Environments – Linh Ngo, Richard Burns, Si Chen, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

F02 - 3D Printed Models for Teaching Data Structures – Samah Senbel, Sacred Heart University

F03 - Computational Thinking for Computer Science Majors: An Introduction to CS Education Career Pathways – Alan Jamieson, Lindsay Jamieson, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

F04 - A Multi-Cloud Environment for Teaching Relational Database Services – Weidong Liao, Shepherd University

F05 - Introducing Computational Thinking to Pre-service Teachers – Jiang Li, Paulette Shockey, Jennifer Cuddapah, Christy Graybeal, Anthony Williams, Hood College

F06 - Low-Code/No-Code Software Development Platforms and their Uses in Computer Science and Information Technology Education – Weidong Liao, Osman Guzide, Shepherd University

F07 - Towards Understanding Privacy Trade-off In An Epidemic – Sajedul Talukder, Edinboro University

F08 - Privacy and Security Vulnerabilities in Health Care Infrastructure Mobile Technology – Sajedul Talukder, Edinboro University

F09 - Benchmarking the performance of RESTful applications implemented in Spring Boot Java and MS.NET Core – Hardeep Kaur Dhalla, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

F10 - Parsing performance of native JSON libraries in Java, MS.NET Core and Python: A comparative study – Hardeep Kaur Dhalla, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

F11 - Lesson Plan: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Cyber Warfare Concepts – Donna Schaeffer, Patrick Olson, Marymount University

F12 - Robotics-based Creative Expression for Middle/High School Female StudentsYanxia Jia, Arcadia University

Student Posters

S01 - Artificial Intelligence Operated Data Warehouse – Joseph Cvetovich, Harrison Linn, Kaylea Daigle, Phil Huddleston, Sam Houston State University

S02 - MyHealthChart Mobile App: Gives people control and access to their Medical Records – Jessica Byrd, Samual McManus, Sam Houston State University

S03 - An Interactive Mobile Application for Skin Clinic – Khalid Noman, Ahmed Noman, Mohamed Barodi, Carilyn Santisteban, Sam Houston State University

S04 - Gear Shifting - Back to the Basics Phase 1 – Meghan Murphy, Frostburg State University

S05 - Homeostasis and Machine Learning in the Biology Classroom – Judith Lucas-Odom, Drexel University

S06 - Where Did the Time Go? An Android-Based Phone Time Management App – John Viaud, Vitali Surmach, Bilal Abdulmajid, Arcadia University

S07 - Resolving Dark Web Identities – Babur Kohy

S08 - A Template for Useful Proof of Work - Riley Vaughn

Saturday, October 24

08:00am - 12:45pm

MAIN HALL - Zoom link

  • Help

  • National Partners

  • Discuss, Hangout, and Network

  • Conclusion/Awards

  • 2021 Planning Meeting

Program ~ Journal

We are always in need of host institutions and are hoping that we will soon be able to meet in person again. If you might be interested in hosting the conference at your institution in the future, please see Mike Flinn or John Wright for more information.

Thank you all for Joining us at the CCSC-Eastern Regional Conference this year!

08:30am - 12:30pm

Programming Contest - Zoom link

Programming Contest Co-Chairs: Steven Kennedy, Frostburg State University and David Hovemeyer, Johns Hopkins University

08:30am - 09:00am - Setup and Contest Software Training

09:00am - 12:30pm - Programming Contest

08:00am - 09:15am

SESSION 3

TRACK 1 - Papers - Pedagogy 2 - Zoom link - Chair/Co-Chair: Nathan Green/Larry Copeland

  • Online System Modeling and Documentation Using ROS Snapshot

  • SPIFS: A Short Project Instructional File System

  • Invited Presentation: Bringing Harmony to Computational Science Pedagogy

TRACK 2 - Open Discussion - Zoom Link - Chair: John Wright

How are you doing? Dealing with the pandemic, social crises, and college financial issues and their effects on students, faculty, courses, programs, and institutions

09:30am - 10:45am

SESSION 4

TRACK 1 - Papers - Pedagogy 3 - Zoom link - Chair/Co-Chair: Karen Anewalt/Larry Copeland

  • Development of a Configuration Management Course for Computing Operations Students

  • Teaching Introduction to Programming Languages with a Database Twist

  • Auto-Generated Game Levels Increase Novice Programmers’ Engagement

TRACK 2 - Panel - Zoom Link - Chair: Michael Flinn

Supporting Underrepresented Groups in STEM During Uncertain Times: A Case For Transfer Students from Rural SW PA.

11:00am - 12:15pm

SESSION 5

TRACK 1 - Papers - Diversity & Inclusion - Zoom link - Chair/Co-Chair: Mian Qian/Morgan Bear

  • An Effort on Promoting K-12 Computer Science Education in Rural Region

  • Course Content as a Tool of Inclusivity for Black/African-American Women in Computing

  • The Effect of Gender on Student Self-Assessment in Introductory Computer Science Classes

TRACK 2 - Nifty Ideas/Hot Topics - Zoom Link - Chair/Co-Chair: Donna Schaeffer/Carol Jim

  • Nifty Assignment in Computer Networking Laboratory

  • Partitioned-Hill Cryptosystems: A STEM Lab for AP CSA

  • Hot Topics - An open discussion forum for discussing the important issues surrounding technology education

12:45pm - 01:15pm

Conclusion/Awards, Main Hall

Chairs: George Dimitoglou, Michael Flinn, David Hovemeyer

Receipt of Cash or Gift Cards - For the winners of awards, please fill out the linked form (page 2) to receive your award. Instructions will be emailed. Thanks and congratulations on the award!

01:15pm - 02:00pm

2021 Planning Meeting, Main Hall

Chair: Jiang Li