Important Dates for the Software Engineering Educators Symposium
Application deadline: September 21, 2008
Symposium date: November 10, 2008
Goal and Scope
We invite participation in the Software Engineering Educators Symposium (SEES), which is designed to improve the recruitment, education, and retention of students in software engineering. The symposium will consist of four mini-tutorials on alternative techniques for teaching software engineering and programming. The techniques to be covered have been found to be successful in retaining students and in making computer science appealing to nontraditional students, women, and minorities. Participants will be provided access to instructional materials, receive practical tips on how to successfully apply the techniques, and try out new tools that support hands-on instruction and active learning.
Faculty from institutions with large minority and/or female student enrollments may apply for funding to attend. Depending on the availability of funds, awards will cover expenses for travel, hotel accommodations, and registration for both SEES and FSE 16. Funding for attendees is provided by the National Science Foundation and by ACM SIGSOFT. This funding must be used to support faculty at U.S. institutions only. Moreover, supported faculty must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Others are welcome to participate, but must provide their own funding.
SEES 2008 Schedule
| 8:00 -- 8:15 am | Welcome and introductions | Laura Dillon |
| 8:15 -- 10:00 am | Pair Programming | Laurie Williams |
| 10:00 -- 10:15 am | BREAK | |
| 10:15 -- 12:00 pm | Media Computation | Mark Guzdial |
| 12:00 -- 1:30 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:30 -- 3:15 pm | Teaching Software Design "Bottom Up" | Kurt Stirewalt |
| 3:15 -- 3:30 pm | BREAK | |
| 3:30 -- 5:15 pm | Improving Software Engineering Education | Andre van der Hoek |
| 5:15 -- 5:30 pm | Closing | Thorna Humphries |
Application for Funding to Attend SEES
To apply for funding, the applicant must complete the following application information and send it in plain text form by e-mail to sigsoft-sees@cse.msu.edu.
- Name
- Affiliation
- Position
- Postal address
- Telephone number
- Fax number
- E-mail address
- Names and addresses of your department chair, dean, or anyone else who should be notified of your award and contributions if you are selected.
- A statement of purpose (max. 2 pages)
- A statement that the applicant is a US citizens or permanent resident
In addition, the computer science department chair or the dean must send a letter of endorsement for the applicant. The letter must be sent in plain text form by e-mail to sigsoft-sees@cse.msu.edu.
Applications must be received by September 21, 2008.
Contact Information
Laura K. Dillon
Department of Computer Science
Michigan State University
sees@cse.msu.edu
Thorna Humphries
Department of Computer Science
Norfolk State University
thumphries@nsu.edu