SIGCSE Virtual 2024

Welcome to SIGCSE Virtual 2024!

The ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference (SIGCSE VIRTUAL) is organized by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) and is the newest SIGCSE conference. Similar to the other SIGCSE conference, it addresses problems common among educators working to develop, implement and/or evaluate computing programs, curricula, and courses.

SIGCSE Virtual is a bi-annual online-only conference taking up the opportunities offered by the virtual space. It would be held in the September to December timeframe on the years CompEd is not held. Where CompEd prioritizes in-person attendance, SIGCSE VIRTUAL will only support remote attendance. The first SIGCSE Virtual will be held in Dec 2024 fully online.

Dame Wendy Hall

Thursday, December 5th

Dame Wendy Hall, DBE, FRS, FREng is Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International Engagement) and is Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2009 UK New Year’s Honours list and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the ACM. Dame Wendy was co-Chair of the UK government’s AI Review, which was published in October 2017 and a member of the AI Council. She is currently the co-Chair of the ACM Publications Board and Editor-in-Chief of Royal Society Open Science. She is an advisor to the UK government and many other governments and companies around the world and in 2023 was appointed to the United Nations high-level advisory body on artificial intelligence. Her latest book, Four Internets, cowritten with Kieron O’Hara, was published by OUP in 2021.

Zheng Qinghua

Friday, December 6th

Zheng Qinghua, Ph.D., is a professor, President of Tongji University, Member of the Chinese Academy Engineering, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar, Yangtze River Scholar, Leading Talent of science and technology innovation of “Ten Thousand Talents Plan”, member of the Department of Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Education, and director of the Computer Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education.

He is engaged in big data knowledge engineering research, won 3 items of Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, won 2 items of First and 3 items of Second Prize of National Teaching Achievements, 5 items of First Prize in Provincial or Ministerial Science and Technology, Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Progress Award, Qiushi Outstanding Youth Award, China Youth Science and Technology Award, Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Special Prize, head of the National Natural Science Fund of Innovation Group.

Cynthia Bailey (Lee)

Saturday, December 7th

Cynthia Bailey Lee is a Senior Lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Stanford. She has a PhD in high-performance computing from UC San Diego, and her other scholarly specializations include computer science education, tech/AI ethics and social impact, and machine learning/AI algorithms. Her teaching awards include the President’s Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for exceptional contributions to undergraduate education at Stanford, a “Top 10 Papers of All Time” award at the 50th anniversary of the ACM SIGCSE technical symposium, and the Stanford Society of Women Engineers’ Professor of the Year. Outside of academia, her work experience includes NASA Ames, startups, and expert witness testifying for top intellectual property law firms.