FECS'07: June 25, 2007 Schedule

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6:30am - 5:00pm:  Registration (Second Floor, Conference Lobby: 1-5)


08:30 - 08:45am:  WORLDCOMP'07 Opening Remarks
                  Prof. Hamid R. Arabnia (General Chair & Coordinator)
                  University of Georgia, Georgia, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

08:45 - 09:45am:  Keynote Lecture 1:
                  Humans in Real and Virtual Space
                  Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy
                  University of California, Berkeley, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

09:50 - 10:50am:  Keynote Lecture 2:
                  Innovation
                  Prof. John H. Holland
                  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

10:55 - 11:55am:  Keynote Lecture 3:
                  Challenges in Consumer Electronics for 21st Century
                  Steve Leibson
                  Tensilica, Inc.
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

11:55a - 12:40p:  LUNCH (On Your Own)


12:40 - 01:20pm:  DISCUSSION SESSION A-FECS (Refreshments will be available)
                  June 25 (Monday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways - Ballrooms 6-8)

                  O.  Object-Based e-Education at any Time in Anywhere for Everyone
                      Eren Kuren and Akin Cellatoglu
                      European University of Lefke, Turkey
                  O.  Connecting Theory and Practice in a Linear Control Design
                      Experiment with Minimal Hardware Expense
                      Andreas Fuchs and Bassam Shaer
                      University of West Florida, USA
                  O.  Improving Student-Student and Student-Instructor Communication
                      for Non-Native English Speakers in Computer Science Courses
                      Kevin Brown and Leann Christianson
                  O.  A Laboratory Experience in an Introductory Programming Course
                      Neal Mazur
                      Buffalo State College, USA
                  O.  Using the Web to Improve an On-Line Automatic Scoring System
                      for Students' English-Chinese Translation
                      Yan Tian
                      Shanghai Jiaotong University, P. R. China


SESSION 1-FECS:   STUDIES AND ASSESSMENTS
                  Chair: Prof. Art Gittleman, California State University, Long Beach, USA
                  June 25, 2007 (Monday); 01:20pm - 06:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 8)

01:20 - 01:40pm:  Assessment of a Team and Project Oriented Undergraduate
                  Computer Graphics Course
                  Ronald Marsh

01:40 - 02:00pm:  Re-Evaluating Role of Closed Lab in Computer Science Curriculum
                  Karina V. Assiter

02:00 - 02:20pm:  Computing Branches Out: On Revitalizing Computing Education
                  Amber Settle and Ljubomir Perkovic

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Assessment and its Role in Accreditation
                  Adel Abunawass, Deborah Whitfield, and Frances Bailie

02:40 - 03:00pm:  Providing Accurate and Timely Feedback by Automatically
                  Grading Student Programming Labs
                  Pete Nordquist

03:00 - 03:20pm:  BREAK

03:20 - 03:40pm:  Synergy Between Research and Education in a Studio-Based
                  User Interface Design
                  Yolanda Jacobs Reimer, Erin Brimhall, and Chen Cao
                  The University of Montana, Montana, USA

03:40 - 04:00pm:  Paper on the Usage of Platforms for Learning in Computer
                  Science Education
                  Donald Heer, Michael Spray, Joel Edwards, Carlos Jensen, and
                  Paul Paulson

04:00 - 04:20pm:  Short Messaging Service Based Examination Information System
                  Mehraj-Ud-Din Dar, M. A. Peer, Muheet Ahmed, and Majid Zaman
                  University of Kashmir, India

04:20 - 04:40pm:  A Study of Mainframe Computing Systems to a Degree Program
                  Chu J. Jong

04:40 - 05:00pm:  Constructing a Test Item Generator for Program Debugging
                  Assessment
                  Jui-feng Weng, Shian-shyong Tseng, Jun-ming Su, and
                  Yang-ching Fan
                  National Chiao Tung University, P. R. China;
                  Asia University, P. R. China

05:00 - 05:20pm:  Student Performance Monitoring in Classroom Teaching
                  Jungsoon Yoo and Sung Yoo

05:20 - 05:40pm:  Distributed Software Platform to Evaluate and Store Multimedia
                  Educational Artifacts
                  Alfredo Cristobal-Salas and Reyes Juarez-Ramirez
                  Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico

05:40 - 06:00pm:  Systematic Approach to Evaluation Process: A Case Study
                  Nasser Tadayon
                  Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, USA


06:00 - 09:00pm:  FIVE TUTORIALS  (planned)

                  Robust Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous Parallel and
                  Distributed Computing Systems
                  Prof. H. J. Siegel
                  Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of ECE & Professor of CS;
                  Director, ISTeC Center; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 6

                  Developing Enterprise Web Services and Mobile/Wireless Systems
                  Dr. Sandeep Chatterjee
                  Chief Executive Officer, Cyndeo LLC, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 7

                  Intelligent Pattern Recognition and Applications
                  Prof. Patrick Wang, IAPR Fellow
                  Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
                  Location: Gold Room

                  Introduction to Uncertainty and Fuzzy Logic with Data Mining Applications
                  (Mini-Tutorial - one hour)
                  Ashu M. G. Solo
                  Principal/R&D Engineer, Maverick Technologies America Inc., USA
                  Location: Ballroom 1

                  Systems Biology in Present Day Bioinformatics: Tools, Tricks, Ticks and Traps
                  Prashanth Suravajhala
                  Roskilde University, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark
                  Location: Ballroom 8


09:10 - 11:30pm:  CONFERENCE RECEPTION DINNER & BANQUET KEYNOTE - June 25 (Monday)
                  Dr. Jack Y. Yang and Dr. Mary Qu Yang
                  Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery of Human Genome and Competitive
                  Genomes, Past, Future, and the Impact on the Science and Medicine
                  Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA and
                  National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
                  (LOCATION: Ballrooms 1-5)

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