FECS'08: July 16, 2008 Schedule

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


08:00 - 10:20am:  During this period, FECS'08 attendees are encouraged to participate
                  in sessions belonging to SERP'08, MSV'08, CGVR'08, ICOMP'08,
                  SWWS'08, SAM'08, EEE'08, or FCS'08.  These sessions discuss topics
                  that overlap the scope of FECS'08.


SESSION 7-FECS:   EVALUATION STRATEGIES + WEB-BASED SOFTWARE + OTHER CS AND CE EDUCATIONAL ISSUES
                  Chair: TBA
                  July 16, 2008 (Wednesday); 10:20am - 11:00am
                  (LOCATION: Platinum Room)

10:20 - 10:40am:  Using Weighted Directed Graphs for Test Path Selection
                  Jack Ryder
                  Kean University, New Jersey, USA

10:40 - 11:00am:  Exploring the Use of Virtual Synchronous Sessions in an
                  Online Foundational Programming Course
                  Eman El-Sheikh, John W. Coffey, and Laura J. White
                  University of West Florida, USA


SESSION 8-FECS:   COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND LEARNING TECHNIQUES (Chair: TBA)
                  July 16, 2008 (Wednesday); 11:00am - 12:40pm
                  (LOCATION: Platinum Room)

11:00 - 11:20am:  Snack Attack: An Exploration of Collaborative Learning
                  James D Tyson, James C Kriigel, Jon Preston, Byron Jeff, Junfeng Qu
                  Clayton State University, USA

11:20 - 11:40am:  Inclusion of Podcasting in a Computer Ethics Course
                  Steele Russell and Troy Kammerdiener
                  Southeastern Louisiana University, USA

11:40 - 12:00pm:  War For Talent: Re-aligning Academic Pursuits with what Business Demands
                  Shekhar Murthy and Padmaja N
                  Satyam Technology Centre Satyam Learning Centre, India

12:00 - 12:20pm:  Net4Voice - New Technologies for Voice-Converting in Barrier-Free
                  Learning Environment
                  Daniela Tibaldi, Raffaella Primiani and Luca Garlaschelli
                  Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di Bologna, Italy

12:20 - 12:40pm:  The Development of Computer-Aided Magnifer System with Digital
                  Zooming for Eye-Impaired
                  Hui-Jen Yang, Yun-Long Lay, Chern-Sheng Lin, Minder Chen, and
                  Bing-Feng Li Chen
                  National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan
                  Feng Chia University, Taiwan; George Mason University, USA

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


01:40 - 03:00pm:  During this period, FECS'08 attendees are encouraged to participate
                  in sessions belonging to SERP'08, MSV'08, CGVR'08, ICOMP'08,
                  SWWS'08, SAM'08, EEE'08, or FCS'08.  These sessions discuss topics
                  that overlap the scope of FECS'08.


03:00 - 03:40pm:  DISCUSSION SESSION C-FECS (Refreshments will be available)
                  July 16, 2008 (Wednesday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways - Ballrooms 1-5)

                  O. Construction of Multi Queries and Consistency Principal for
                     Emotion-Based Image Retrieval
                     Eun-Jong Park and Joon-Whoan Lee
                     Chonbuk National University, Korea
                  O. An Emotion-Based Image Retrieval System Based on CBIR
                     Joon-Whoan Lee, Lei Zhang, and Eun-Jong Park
                     Chonbuk National University, Korea
                  O. Small Dataset Size Clustering in MASCE
                     Hani Mahdi and Sally S. Attia
                     Ain Shams University,  Egypt
                  O. A Learning Model for Discrete Mathematics
                     Christopher Wallace
                     East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA


SESSION 9-FECS:   UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES (Chair: TBA)
                  July 16, 2008 (Wednesday); 03:40pm - 06:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Platinum Room)

03:40 - 04:00pm:  Reflections on a Mentoring Experience in an Undergraduate
                  Computing Course at ? University
                  Iwona Miliszewska, Anne Venables, and Grace Tan
                  Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

04:00 - 04:20pm:  A Framework for Revitalizing Undergraduate Computer Science
                  Kevin Daimi
                  University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA

04:20 - 04:40pm:  Pilot Studies on Teaching of Multimedia Technology for Undergraduate
                  Jiaoqing Mo and Zhiyun Chen
                  East China Normal University, Shanghai, P. R. China

04:40 - 05:00pm:  An Ethical Network Hacking Contest for Undergraduate Student Recruitment
                  Joshua J. Pauli and Patrick H. Engebretson
                  Dakota State University Madison, USA

05:00 - 05:20pm:  Challenge for Programming Language Learning Objects
                  Ion Mierlus Mazilu
                  Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest

05:20 - 05:40pm:  A System for Checking Semi-formal Proofs
                  Vr. N. Nachiappan, Jarred Blount, and J. Nelson Rushton*
                  Texas Tech University, USA

05:40 - 06:00pm:  Predicting Success in the Computer Science Degree Using ROC Analysis
                  Arturo Fornes, Jose A. Conejero, Antonio Molina, Antonio Perez,
                  Eduardo Vendrell, Andres Terrasa, and Emilio Sanchis 
                  Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain


06:00 - 09:30pm:  Tutorials (please see the list of tutorials)

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