FECS'07: June 26, 2007 Schedule

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6:45am - 5:00pm:  Registration (Second Floor, Conference Lobby: 1-5)


08:00 - 10:00am:  During this period, FECS attendees are encouraged to participate
                  in sessions belonging to FCS'07, SERP'07, or MSV'07.  These
                  sessions discuss topics that overlap the scope of FECS.


SESSION 2-FECS:   NEW COURSES AND RELATED ISSUES
                  Chair: Dr. Venkat N. Gudivada, Marshall University, West Virginia, USA
                  June 26, 2007 (Tuesday); 10:00am - 12:40pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 8)

10:00 - 10:20am:  Adding Some Lab Time is Good, Adding More Must be
                  Better: The Benefits and Barriers to Lab-Centric Courses
                  Nathaniel Titterton and Michael Clancy
                  University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

10:20 - 10:40am:  Teaching Smart Systems in Mechanical Engineering
                  Science: A Student Perspective
                  S. John
                  RMIT University, Australia

10:40 - 11:00am:  Game Design as a Writing Course in the Liberal Arts
                  Amber Settle, Robin Burke, and Lucia Dettori

11:00 - 11:20am:  Measuring Changes in Perceptions and Self-Efficacy in CS1
                  Paul Gestwick and Benjamin Dean

11:20 - 11:40am:  Applying Gaming Technologies for Developing Teaching Tools
                  Chong-Wei Xu

11:40 - 12:00pm:  Game Programming to Introduce Information Technology for
                  Middle School Students
                  Lakshmi Prayaga
                  University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, USA

12:00 - 12:20pm:  Students' First Programming Experience: Structured vs.
                  Object-Oriented Languages
                  Katherine Snyder
                  University of Detroit Mercy, Michigan, USA

12:20 - 12:40pm:  Prolog as the First Programming Language
                  Art Fleck
                  University of Iowa, Iowa, USA

12:40 - 01:20pm:  LUNCH (On Your Own)


SESSION 3-FECS:   INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES AND DISTANCE LEARNING
                  Chair: Prof. Michael L. Nelson, Hodges University, Florida, USA
                  June 26, 2007 (Tuesday); 01:20pm - 02:40pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 8)

01:20 - 01:40pm:  Internet-Based, On Demand Education and Training
                  Mahmoud Elsayess and Arnold Silverman
                  California, USA

01:40 - 02:00pm:  Student Team Project: Encouraging Equal Participation and
                  Discouraging Free Riding
                  Sarbani Banerjee
                  Buffalo State College, USA

02:00 - 02:20pm:  Reaching Non-Traditional Graduate Students Through Distance
                  Learning
                  Buz Murril

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Using a Wiki to Enhance Learning
                  Joe Brownsmith


02:40 - 03:20pm:  DISCUSSION SESSION B-FECS (Refreshments will be available)
                  June 26 (Tuesday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways - Ballrooms 6-8)

                  O.  Data Interoperability in Homogeneous Distributed Database
                      Systems
                      Daniel N. Owunwanne
                      Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
                  O.  Identifying Neurologic Music Therapy Techniques Amenable
                      to Automation
                      Billy Harris
                      University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA
                  O.  Implementation of Learning Estimation Using Intelligence
                      You-sik Hong, Jang Mook Kang, Chang-duk Chung, and Choong-ho Cho
                      Sangji Univ., Korea; Sejong University, Korea;
                      Korea University, Korea
                  O.  Advancement of Technology and its Effect on Education of Science
                      Walid Alwagfi, ...
                      Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait


03:20 - 06:00pm:  During this period, FECS attendees are encouraged to participate
                  in sessions belonging to FCS'07, SERP'07, EEE'07, or ICOMP'07.
                  These sessions discuss topics that overlap the scope of FECS.


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

                  Real-Time Image and Video Processing: From Research to Reality
                  Prof. Nasser Kehtarnavaz
                  University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 1

                  Moving On, Moving Online That Is: An Introduction to Teaching Online
                  Dr. Michael L. Nelson
                  School of Technology Graduate Program Director, International College,
                  Ft. Myers, Florida, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 2

                  Computational Challenges in RNAi Gene Silencing
                  Amanda Birmingham
                  Dharmacon, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bioinformatics Manager, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 3

                  Introduction to Game Programming
                  Lakshmi Prayaga
                  University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 4

                  The Integrated Microbial Genomes system (IMG)
                  Dr. Konstantinos Mavrommatis
                  Genome Biology Program, DOE Joint Genome Institute, California, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 5

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