SIGCSE Virtual 2024
Thu 5 - Sun 8 December 2024
Sat 7 Dec 2024 17:45 - 18:00 at Track 3 - Posters 1

Parallel and distributed computing (PDC) use has been rising through- out most areas of industry. The demand for graduates that are skilled in PDC is naturally increasing. However, changes to the curricula for university computer science (CS) degrees have not kept pace with this new demand. Not only does the curriculum need to change to include more instruction in PDC, but it needs to include PDC concepts earlier in the curricula. Thus far the inclusion of PDC in introductory CS courses has been adopted by less than 15% of universities according to an informal review of course catalogs for US university CS degrees. The incorporation has been slow because there are real and perceived difficulties in teaching PDC concepts, particularly early in CS courses. To promote PDC inclusion in intro- ductory courses, there is a need to produce educational materials that address these difficulties. The previously reported Parallel Is- lands (PI), is a web-based educational video game tool designed for that purpose. Repetition of concepts, particularly using different methods, aids in understanding and retention of those concepts. Therefore PI was designed to allow the use of additional mini-games within the overarching gameplay of PI itself. Two such games were developed to be able to be used in conjunction with PI or as stand alone web-based games, Knight and Dragon and a version of the Dining Philosophers Problem. Testing for both efficacy and appeal is being done for both games as standalone and in conjunction with PI.

Sat 7 Dec

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15:00 - 18:00
Posters 1Conference at Track 3
15:00
15m
Poster
Code Metrics, Rules of Thumb for Introductory CS
Conference
Yuan Garcia Harvey Mudd College, Jenny Ngo Harvey Mudd College, Florence Rui LIn Harvey Mudd College, Zachary Dodds Harvey Mudd College
15:15
15m
Poster
CourseAssist: Pedagogically Appropriate AI Tutor for Computer Science Education
Conference
Ty Feng CourseAssist, Inc., Sa Liu CourseAssist, Inc., Dipak Ghosal University of California, Davis
15:30
15m
Poster
Developing a Modular Cloud-Based Kubernetes Powered Framework for Scalable Cybersecurity Education
Conference
Ryder Selikow Lewis & Clark College, Nate Berol Lewis & Clark College, Jack Cook The Evergreen State College, Richard Weiss The Evergreen State College, Jens Mache Lewis & Clark College
15:45
15m
Poster
Evaluating Algorithm Visualizations, Debuggers, and Execution Toward Helping Students Understand Code
Conference
Mohammed Hassan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Craig Zilles University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
16:00
15m
Poster
Finite State Machine with Input and Process Render
Conference
Sierra Zoe Bennett-Manke United States Military Academy, Sebastian Neumann United States Military Academy, Ryan Dougherty United States Military Academy
16:15
15m
Poster
From GPT to BERT: Benchmarking Large Language Models for Automated Quiz Generation
Conference
Yetunde Folajimi Wentworth Institute of Technology
16:30
15m
Poster
LLM-based Individual Contribution Summarization in Software Projects
Conference
Fabio de Miranda Insper, Rafael Corsi Ferrao Insper , Diego Pavan Soler Insper, Marcelo Augusto Vieira Graglia Pontifical University of São Paulo
16:45
15m
Poster
Micro-Specialization As Solution To Open-Ended Project
Conference
Rafael Corsi Ferrao Insper , Igor dos Santos Montagner Insper, Mariana Silva University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Craig Zilles University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rodolfo Azevedo University of Campinas
17:00
15m
Poster
Student Perspectives on Expressing Academic Emotions in Digital Game-Based Learning
Conference
Alex Goslen North Carolina State University, Jessica Vandenberg North Carolina State University, Andres Felipe Zambrano University of Pennsylvania, Nidhi Nasiar University of Pennsylvania, Stephen Hutt University of Denver, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh University of Pennsylvania, Jonathan Rowe North Carolina State University
17:15
15m
Poster
UML Mentor: A Tool for Interactive and Collaborative Software Design Education
Conference
Rutwa Engineer University of Toronto Mississauga, Volodymyr Yaremchuk University of Toronto Mississauga, Eren Suner University of Toronto Mississauga, Omar Khamis University of Toronto Mississauga, Alex Apostolu University of Toronto Mississauga, Arthur Ng University of Toronto Mississauga
17:30
15m
Poster
Understanding Algorithmic Problem Solving using LLMs
Conference
Xavier Velez Georgia Institute Of Technology
17:45
15m
Poster
Web-based PDC Educational Video Games
Conference
Siddhi Kasera Virginia Tech, Sourav Mondal Virginia Tech, Melissa Cameron Virginia Tech