MICS 2001 Program Pro

MICS 2001 Program

 

Thursday, April 5

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls

3:00-6:00 PM

Pre-Conference Workshop - "Introduction to WebCT" by Phil Hibbard and Jason Vetter - UNI

Starlite Best Western Motel, Waterloo

7:30-9:30 PM

Reception & Registration

 

Friday, April 6

Starlite Best Western Motel, Waterloo

7:45-9:00 AM

Registration

8:15-8:30 AM

Opening Welcome

8:45-10:15 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Track A

8:45

A Global Digital "Sandbox": Can Small College Computer Classes Play in it and How?

Jay Hettiarachchy - Valley City State University

9:15

To the Classroom and Beyond: Designing and Implementing an Online Writing Center to Help Students Develop College and Career Writing Skills

Dan Rooney and Tracy Helixon - Western Wisconsin Technical College

9:45

Taking X-ray images to the Web, the process and use in Radiography Education

Robert G Raasch - Western Wisconsin Technical College

Track B

8:45

Experience with In-person Grading

Philip East - University of Northern Iowa

9:15

Student Centered Learning in the Introductory Computer Course

Thomas Gibbons - College of St. Scholastica

9:45

Grading with a Team

Janet Drake - University of Northern Iowa

Track C

8:45

Enhancing an ATM Simulator

Joel Clawson, Rebecca Christen, and A. A. Lopez - University of Minnesota, Morris

9:15

Reinforcing Learning in the Data Communications Course Using a Teleprocessing Line Speed Decision Support System

Donald A. Carpenter - University of Nebraska at Kearney

9:45

Simulated Effects Of PGP Encryption On Network Performance

Stephanie Podtburg - St. Cloud State University

10:15-10:45 AM

Break

10:45-11:45 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Track A

10:45

Integrating Network Attached Mass Storage Systems into Educational Networks: Performance and Security Issues

Dennis Guster and Charles Hall - St. Cloud State University

11:15

Open

Track B

10:45

Pulling Teeth: Why Advanced Technology is Not Prevalent in the Classroom

Paul Gray - University of Northern Iowa

11:15

Will Robots Destroy Us?: Teaching Students About Technological Implications

Thomas P. Sturm - University of St. Thomas

Track C

10:45

Computer Solutions of Simultaneous Equations: A Byproduct of the First Programming Course

W. D. Maurer - The George Washington University

11:15

A "Gentler" Introduction to Order Notation and Asymptotic Analysis

Daniel J. Kaiser - Southwest State University

11:45-12:45 PM

Lunch

12:45-1:45 PM

Symposia Sessions

12:45

Databases in your Curriculum

Thomas Gibbons - College of St. Scholastica

12:45

Direction/Future of MICS???

Mark Fienup - University of Northern Iowa

2:00-3:00 PM

Keynote - Richard Varn

3:00-3:30 PM

Break

3:30-5:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Track A

3:30

Securing Local Area Networks with Firewalls: An Overview of its Application to Windows NT and Unix-Based Networks

Shakir A Sanni - St. Cloud State University

4:00

Using a Packet Sniffer to Analyze the Efficiency and Power of Encryption Techniques Used to Protect Data Transmitted Over a Computer Network

Semyon Litvinov, Dennis Guster, David Robinson, and Abdullah Alhamamah - St. Cloud State University

4:30

The Development of an Intrusion Detection/Defense System for Linux Hosts

Dennis Guster and Banji K. Lawal - St. Cloud State University

Track B

3:30

Panel - Transfer Issues in Computer Science Programs

Kevin Halvorson - Ridgewater College

Philip East - University of Northern Iowa

4:00

Track C

3:30

A Web-Based Evolutionary Algorithm Demonstration using the Traveling Salesman Problem

Richard E. Mowe and Bryant A. Julstrom - St. Cloud State University

4:00

A Graphical 3-SAT Program for Research and Instruction

Thomas E. O'Neil - University of North Dakota

4:30

The Union-Find Partition in Evolutionary Operators for Spanning Trees Encoded as Lists of Edges

Bryant A. Julstrom - St. Cloud State University

6:30-8:30 PM

Banquet & Entertainment

Saturday, April 7

Wright Hall, University of Northern Iowa

8:00-9:00 AM

Registration

8:30-10:00 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Track A

8:30

Recent Advances in Immersive Virtual Worlds for Education

Otto Borchert - North Dakota State University

9:00

AJJAR - Astronomical Javascript/Java Applet Resource

Siobahn Morgan - University of Northern Iowa

9:30

Evolution of ProgrammingLand

Curt Hill - Valley City State University

Track B

8:30

The Role of Observation in Computer Science Learning

Rob Faux - US Open University, U. I. T. eLearning, and Capella University

9:00

Developing Empirical Skills in an Introductory Computer Science Course

David Reed - Creighton University

9:30

Teaching Problem Solving Techniques and Software Engineering Concepts Before Programming

Rob Faux - US Open University, U. I. T. eLearning, and Capella University

Track C

8:30

Managing Expectations: Suggested Guidelines for Student Development of Software for Non-Programming Staff in the University Setting

Caroline Lange - University of Northern Iowa

9:00

Building Experiences Outside the Computer Classroom Inside the Computer Curriculum

Alec J. Engebretson - Doane College

9:30

The Use of Jargon in Software Requirements

YouKyung (Kim) TeStrake - University of Northern Iowa

10:00-10:30 AM

Break

10:30-12:00 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Track A

10:30

Distance Learning Experience

A. A. Lopez - University of Minnesota, Morris and Sarah Harper - Schwan's Sales Enterprises

11:00

Internet Videoconferencing - What We've Learned

Sandy Sprafka - North Dakota State University

11:30

Crafting Streaming Media: Issues and Answers from the INTIME Project, a PT3 Catalyst Grant

Caroline Lange - University of Northern Iowa

Track B

10:30

Tradeoffs and Guidelines for Selecting Technologies to Generate Web Content from Relational Data Stores

Frank Sigvald Haug and Saeed K. Rahimi - University of St. Thomas

11:00

Data Mining at the Undergraduate Level

Dian Lopez and Luke Ludwig - University of Minnesota, Morris

11:30

Building a Classroom Data Warehouse

Daniel D. Flies and Dian Lopez - University of Minnesota, Morris

Track C

10:30

Linux - Is it right for you?

Dan Chihos - North Dakota State University

11:00

Operating Systems I: An Operating Systems Simulation Developed as Homework

Ronald Marsh - University of North Dakota

11:30

A Reformed Scheme of Teaching Memory Management in Operating System Courses

Jing Meng - Renmin University of China, Beijing

12:00-1:30 PM

Lunch & Closing