FECS'09: July 14, 2009 Schedule

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


08:00a - 12:00p:  During this period, FECS'09 attendees are encouraged to participate
                  in sessions belonging to SERP'09, MSV'09, CGVR'09, ICOMP'09,
                  SWWS'09, SAM'09, or EEE'09. These sessions discuss topics that
                  significantly overlap the scope of FECS'09.

12:00 - 01:00pm:  LUNCH (On Your Own)


SESSION 2-FECS:   TEACHING METHODS + RECRUITMENT METHODS & ASSESSMENT
                  Chairs: Dr. Laurie J. Patterson* and Sherrene Bogle**
                  *University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
                  **University of Technology, Jamaica
                  July 14, 2009 (Tuesday); 01:00pm - 03:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Copper Room)

01:00 - 01:20pm:  Pair-Teaching a Course on Grid Computing from Two Campuses on NCREN
                  Clayton S. Ferner and Barry Wilkinson
                  University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA

01:20 - 01:40pm:  COMTOR: A Java Source Code Comment Analysis Tool For
                  Introductory Programming Students
                  Breese A. and DePasquale P.
                  The College of New Jersey, USA

01:40 - 02:00pm:  An Exploration Program for Undergraduate Research Training
                  Tianzhou Chen, Wei Hu, Qingsong Shi
                  Zhejiang University, China

02:00 - 02:20pm:  The Trouble With Formal Assessment
                  Ron Marsh, Thomas Stokke
                  University of North Dakota, USA

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Introducing Computer Science and Technology in Summer Camps
                  Laura J. White and Lakshmi Prayaga
                  University of West Florida, USA

02:40 - 03:00pm:  Student's Workload Analysis in a First Year of Computer
                  Engineering Degree - A Pilot Experience From The ECTS Standpoint
                  Guillermo Palacios, Raquel Lacuesta, Luis Fernandez
                  University of Zaragoza, Spain & University of Alcala, Spain


03:00 - 03:40pm:  DISCUSSION SESSION A-FECS (Refreshments will be available)
                  July 14, 2009 (Tuesday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways - Ballrooms 1-5)

                  O. Developing Computer Engineering Program in Shepherd
                     University: A Case Study
                     Reza Mirdamadi, Seung-yun Kim, Weidong Liao, Osman Guzide
                     Shepherd University, West Virginia, USA
                  O. Acronyms for a Database Design Course
                     Thomas P. Sturm;  University of St. Thomas, USA
                  O. ICT for Shaping the Future of Higher Education in Pakistan
                     Zaffar Ahmed, M. Zubair Ahmed
                     IQRA University, Karachi, Pakistan
                  O. There will also be a number of other papers.


SESSION 3-FECS:   CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT + TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
                  Chair: Dr. Huiming Yu, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
                  July 14, 2009 (Tuesday); 03:40pm - 06:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Copper Room)

03:40 - 04:00pm:  United States Challenges in Stem Education Illustrated
                  Through Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
                  Houssain Kettani
                  Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

04:00 - 04:20pm:  A Minor in Bioinformatics within the Engineering Curricula
                  Jaime Seguel and Mauricio Cabrera
                  University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

04:20 - 04:40pm:  A Strategy of Integrating Game Programming into Computer
                  Science Curriculum
                  Yen-Hung Hu and Jean Muhammad
                  Hampton University, USA

04:40 - 05:00pm:  Learning Support Service for Distance Learning Curriculum of
                  Information Security
                  Wei Hu, Qingsong Shi, Tianzhou Che
                  Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

05:00 - 05:20pm:  Majoring in a Virtual Environment: Merging CS and IS into IT
                  Laurie J. Patterson, Ronald J. Vetter, Thomas Janicki, Brian Reinicke
                  University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA

05:20 - 05:40pm:  A Java-Based Visualization Tool for Teaching Page Replacement Algorithms
                  Sukanya Suranauwarat
                  National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand

05:40 - 06:00pm:  Subsumption Architecture Model Suitable for Students of All Levels
                  Dee Parks, Andrew Dalton, Kenneth Moorman, William Kreahling
                  Appalachian State University, USA


06:00 - 09:00pm:  KEYNOTE & INVITED PRESENTATIONS + TUTORIALS
                  (Please see the lists at the begining of this booklet)

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