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The 2009 International Conference on Frontiers in
Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering
FECS'09
Date and Location: July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/conferences/fecs09
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/
You are invited to submit a paper; see below for submission
instructions. All accepted papers will be published in the
respective conference proceedings (in printed books, DVD, as
well as online/web).
SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
O Student recruitment and retention methods
O Promoting multi-disciplinary initiatives - impact on curriculum
O Capstone research projects: examples and case studies
O Distance learning; methods, technologies and assessment
O Innovative degree programs and certificates
O Innovative uses of technology in the classroom
O Collaborative learning
O Learning models
O Learning from mistakes
O Computer and web-based software for instruction
O Proposed methods for ranking CS and CE departments
O Ethics in computer science and engineering
O Incorporating writing into CS and CE curriculum
O Preparing graduates for academia
O Preparing graduates for industry
O Partnerships with industry and government
O Team projects and case studies
O Undergraduate research experiences
O Student observation and mentoring strategies
O Advising methods
O Accreditation and assessment
O Evaluation strategies (professors, students, ...)
O Transition to graduate studies
O Integrating gender and culture issues into computer
science and engineering curriculum
O The balance between course-work and research
O Issues related to the choice of first programming language
O Debugging tools and learning
O Computer science and computer engineering curriculum
O Computers in classroom
O Active learning tools
O Undergraduates as teaching assistants
O Funding opportunities for curriculum development and studies
O Pilot studies
O Recruiting methods to attract graduate students
O The role of visualization and animation in education
O Academic dishonesty in a high-tech environment
O Using the web
O Factors that lead to success in CS and CE
Web links:
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/conferences/fecs09
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/
SPONSORS (confirmed as of Feb. 10, 2009):
Academic Sponsors include:
United States Military Academy, Network Science Center, USA;
Biomedical Cybernetics Laboratory, HST of Harvard University and
MIT, USA; Argonne's Leadership Computing Facility of Argonne
National Laboratory, USA; Functional Genomics Laboratory, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Minnesota Supercomputing
Institute, University of Minnesota, USA; Intelligent Data
Exploration and Analysis Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin,
Texas, USA; Harvard Statistics Department Genomics & Bioinformatics
Laboratory, Harvard University, USA; Texas Advanced Computing Center,
The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA; Center for the
Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Bioinformatics & Computational
Biology Program, George Mason University, Virginia, USA; Institute
of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, Vienna University of
Technology, Austria; BioMedical Informatics & Bio-Imaging
Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University,
Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Knowledge Management & Intelligent System
Center (KMIS) of University of Siegen, Germany; Hawkeye Radiology
Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, USA; Institute
for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia; Medical Image HPC & Informatics Lab (MiHi Lab), University
of Iowa, USA; SECLAB of University of Naples Federico II, University
of Naples Parthenope, and the Second University of Naples, Italy;
The University of North Dakota, North Dakota, USA; Intelligent
Cyberspace Engineeing Lab., ICEL, Texas A&M University (Com./Texas),
USA; International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine; World
Academy of Biomedical Sciences & Technologies; & European Commission.
Other Sponsors include:
High Performance Computing for Nanotechnology (HPCNano);
HoIP - Health without Boundaries; The International Council on
Medical and Care Compunetics; The UK Department for Business,
Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; VMW Solutions Ltd.; Scientific
Technologies Corporation; and Bentham Science Publishers.
General Co-Chair and Coordinator:
H. R. Arabnia, PhD
Professor, Computer Science
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
Advisory Board, IEEE Technical Committee on TCSC
Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine
The University of Georgia
Department of Computer Science
415 Boyd Building
Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA
Tel: (706) 542-3480
Fax: (706) 542-2966
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers by
uploading them to http://worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu/ .
Submissions must be received by Feb. 25, 2009 and they must be in
either MS doc or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space,
font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are
acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to
follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for
publication.)
The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited
to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The
first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper,
name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author.
The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author
and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the
content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (FECS)
must be mentioned on the first page.
Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,
impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts
in the field who are independent of the conference program committee.
The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of
the program committee who will recommend a decision to the co-chairs.
The co-chairs will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready
papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Feb. 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance
April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 International Conference on Frontiers in
Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering
(FECS'09)
MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:
The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy
of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI;
imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering;
embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications;
bioinformatics; computational biology; and computer security.)
The Program Committee for FECS is currently being formed. Those
interested in joining the Program Committee should email Prof. Arabnia
([log in to unmask]) the following information: Name, affiliation
and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short
biography together with research interests and the name of the
conference (FECS) offering to help with.
Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks
are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and
practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research
laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of
departments, deans and provosts.
PURPOSE / HISTORY:
FECS'09 is an annual conference about education in computer science
and computer engineering. It is being held jointly (same location
and dates) with a number of other conferences (WORLDCOMP'09).
WORLDCOMP is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer
science, computer engineering and applied computing.
The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research topics
into a coordinated meeting held in a common place at a common time.
The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number
of research areas that interact. The model used facilitates
communication among researchers from all over the world in different
fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied
computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and
engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary,
and applications) will be covered during the event.
FECS'09 and WORLDCOMP'09 will be composed of research presentations,
keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions,
and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial
speakers included: Prof. David A. Patterson (U. of California,
Berkeley); Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland
(U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. Brian D. Athey (U. of Michigan,
Ann Arbor), Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry Vercoe
(MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley);
Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (OLPC + developer of X
Window); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and
many other distinguished speakers.
LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:
The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is
a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000
rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle
service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational
attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy
River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows,
a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for
conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within
walking distance from most other attractions (recreational
destinations, Golf courses, ...)
