In case you missed these SIGCSE 2008 announcements from Dec 3 .. compliments of Susan Rodger.
1. SIGCSE online program is now available!
PDFs of papers, panels, special sessions, workshops, Bofs and Posters
are now all available on the SIGCSE 2008 website.
Click on "Attendees" and then "Program at a Glance".
2. Paper Registration is available, online registration coming...
On the "Attendees" page, a paper registration form is available (pdf).
Online registration should be available soon.
Note the Early registration deadline is February 12! Rates are same as SIGCSE 2007 rates!
3. Online Registration for "CS Kids 4 Fun" care open - deadline Jan 10!
New this year we are offering onsite childcare/camp, "CS Kids 4 Fun",
for kids ages 6 months-12 years. We have contracted with "Kiddie Corp"
to provide the onsite daycare and will be using student volunteers to
do the CS activities (Alice, Scratch, CS Unplugged, etc.)
Contact Pam.Cutter@kzoo.edu if you have questions/comments.
4. Student Volunteers - Registration open - Encourage students to apply
Please encourage students to apply to be student volunteers. In exchange
for a few hours of service, they get free student registration.
New this year, some of them can spend those volunteer hours to
do fun CS activities with the older kids in our onsite
"CS Kids 4 Fun" daycare/camp.
5. Hotels - Comparisons and Why you should register in our SIGCSE block
We have three hotels listed on our web site and ask that you register
through our website or call and give the ACM Code listed for each hotel
to get the SIGCSE rate specified on our web pages.
Why should you register in the SIGCSE block instead of searching for
another rate through another provider?
Because the conference benefits by filling up our block at this rate (keeping overall costs low so we can keep registration as low as possible! -- J.D.).
We have several types of rates from $129/night to $96/night. Also consider the Roommate Database (link on our Attendees page) to find a roommate to cut costs.
6. Sign up for a Workshop on Wed, Fri or Sat evenings.
Consider signing up for one of our 38 offered workshops.
All workshop descriptions are available in the online program, and from the Attendees Page.
Workshop fees are the same rate as SIGCSE 2007!
7. Many Pre-conference events on Wednesday, March 12 -
Before making your plane reservations, consider coming Tuesday night
to take advantage of one of the pre-workshops during the day on
Wednesday, March 12.
See the SIGCSE 2008 home page for more information on
Wednesday pre-workshops.
a. Microsoft Pre-workshop on CS1/2 on XBOX console
TITLE: Developing CS1/2 Programming Assignments on the XBOX 360 Console
INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Kelvin Sung, Associate Professor, Computing and
Software, Systems University of Washington (Bothell)
This workshop is all day Wednesday til 5pm.
b. BlueJay/Greenfoot half-day pre-workshop
This workshop is for both beginners and experienced and will
be presented by the Bluejay and Greenfoot teams.
This half-day workshop is 1-5pm on Wednesday.
c. Pre-Workshop on Data Depository for Computing-Education Research
This full day workshop is being presented by Kate Sanders, Brad
Richards, and Jan Mostrom, and runs from 9am-6pm (with dinner 6-7).
d. Roundtable for Department Chairs (PDF download)
Register for this event in the SIGCSE registration. This is an all day event.
e. Doctoral Consortium
The Doctoral Consortium for PhD students continues. This is an all day event. Registration is closed.
Again, we hope to see many of you in Portland in March!
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