Sixth Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Mid-South Conference

Program Friday, April 4, 2008

8:00 - 4:00 Registration

8:45 - 10:15 Tutorial I

8:45 - 12:00 Workshop I

10:30 - 12:00 Tutorial II

1:00 - 5:00 Student Programming Contest

Tutorial I.

• Exploring the NS-2 Network Simulator and the NAM Network Animator
  Paul Wiedemeier,   University of Louisiana-Monroe

Workshop I.

• Learning the Erlang Programming Language
  David Naugler,   Southeast Missouri State University
  

Tutorial II.

• Security for Service Oriented Architectures
  George Whitson ,   University of Texas at Tyler
  

12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
Note: Lunch will be provided for Programming Teams

1:00 - 1:15 Welcome

• Gabriel J. Ferrer,   Hendrix College

1:30 - 3:00 Concurrent Session I

I. A. Papers: Introductory Computing

• Effective Integration of Autonomous Robots into an Introductory Computer Science Course: A Case Study
  Sebastian van Delden,   University of South Carolina
  Wei Zhong,  University of South Carolina
  
  
• Python Image Processing in a Computer Literacy Course
  Thomas Bennet,   Mississippi College
  
  
• Improving Comfort Level of Females in the First Computer Programming Course: Suggestions for CS Faculty
  Brenda Wilson,   Murray State University
  

I. B. Papers: Algorithms I

• A Non-Trigonometric, Pseudo Area Preserving, Polyline Smoothing Algorithm
  Wayne Brown,   United States Air Force Academy
  Leemon Baird,   United States Air Force Academy
  
  
• A Statistical and Combinatorial Approach to Text File Layout Inference
  Patrick Benham ,   University of Arkansas -Fayetteville
  Wing-Ning Li,   University. of Arkansas -Fayetteville
  Reid Phillips,   University. of Arkansas -Fayetteville
  
  
• Concurrent Programming in a Nutshell
  Derek Park,   University of Mississippi
  
  

I. C. Panel

• Accreditation
  
  

3:00 - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 5:00 Concurrent Session II

II. A. Papers: Labs

• Software Engineering Team Studios
  Jaime Nino,   University of New Orleans
  
  
• On Demand Dynamic Education Lab Configuration and Use
  Ricky Massengale Sr.,   University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
  
  
• Building a Network Testbed for Internet Security Research
  Rick Massengale,   University of Arkansas - Little Rock
  Ningning Wu,   University of of Arkansas - Little Rock
  Chris Heien,   University of of Arkansas - Little Rock
  
  

II. B. Papers: Algorithms II

• Teaching Wireless Sensor Networks By Incorporating Reorganization Algorithms Into The Labs
  Dinesh Reddy Gudibandi,   University of Houston - Clear Lake
  T. Andrew Yang,   University of Houston - Clear Lake
  
  
• Granite - An Effective Tool to Explore the Concepts Of High-Performance Data Intensive Scientific Computation in Java
  Baoqiang Yan,   University of Mississippi
  Philip Rhodes,   University of Mississippi
  
  

• Enhancing the Learning and Teaching of Functions through Functional Programming
  Cong-Cong Xing,   Nicholls State University
  
  

II. C. Tutorial III

• Hot Spots, Patterns, and Contracts: An Exploration of Software Framework Design
  H. Conrad Cunningham,   University of Mississippi
  Yi Liu,   South Dakota State University
  

6:00 Banquet

• Speaker: To Be Announced