Final Tapia 2007 Schedule as of October 5, 2007 (HTML Table Version)      

Important Note: The Doctoral Consortium sessions, on Sunday, 10-14-2007, are in the Gardenia and Fuschia Rooms
between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Legend     Doctoral Consortium     Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner     Break     Plenary Speaker     Papers     Panel     Workshop     BOFs     Posters     Other  
         Registration Open 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (in the East Registration Area)        Registration Open 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (in the East Registration Area)        Registration Open 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (in the East Registration Area)
         Pathways to Career Opportunities Open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (in the International Foyer)        Pathways to Career Opportunities Open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (in the International Foyer)    
Sunday,
October 14
Monday,
October 15
Tuesday,
October 16
Wednesday,
October 17
7:30
(7:30-8:00) Continental Breakfast
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:45
7:45
(7:45-8:30) Breakfast (in Palm Ballroom 2)
7:45
(7:45-8:30) Breakfast (in Palm Ballroom 2)
7:45
(7:45-8:30) Breakfast (in Palm Ballroom 2)
8:00
(8:00-8:15) Welcome by the Doctoral Consortium Chair, Introductions, and Panel Intros
8:00
8:00
8:00
8:15
(8:15-9:00) Maria Vicente Bonto-Kane, “Use of Formal Computational Models for Designing Intelligent Mobile Device Interfaces”
8:15
8:15
8:15
8:30
8:30
(8:30-9:00) Opening Remarks & Announcements by Ronald Metoyer  (in International Ballrooms North and Center)
8:30
(8:30-9:00) Opening Remarks & Announcements by Dr. Tiffani Williams  (in International Ballrooms North and Center)
8:30
(8:30-9:00) Opening Remarks & Announcements by Stuart Feldman, ACM President  (in International Ballrooms North and Center)
8:45
8:45
8:45
8:45
9:00
(9:00-9:45) Joseph Young, “A Domain Specific Language for Numerical Optimization”
9:00
(9:00-10:00) Plenary Session I: Shirley Malcom, “It’s Not Just About the Machine!”  (in International Ballrooms North and Center)
9:00
(9:00-10:00) Plenary Session III: John Leslie King, “kuhl-er-blahynd” (in International Ballrooms North and Center)
9:00
(9:00-10:00) Plenary Session V: "Diversity is the Key to IT Security at Disney", Ann Kuhn, Director of IT Security, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts    (in International Ballrooms North and Center)
9:15
9:15
9:15
9:15
9:30
9:30
9:30
9:30
9:45
9:45
9:45
9:45
10:00
(10:00-10:15) Break
10:00
(10:00-10:30) Break   (in International Foyer)
10:00
(10:00-10:30) Break   (in International Foyer)
10:00
(10:00-10:30) Break   (in International Foyer)
10:15
(10:15-11:00) Huda Khan, “Developing a Model of Adaptation for Enactment: The Central Role of Adaptation in Teach Expertise and Curriculum Reuse”
10:15
10:15
10:15
10:30
10:30
(10:30-11:15) Panel I: Richard Tapia, Roscoe Giles, Valerie Taylor and Christopher Harris, “If Universities Care So Much about Diversity, Why do Computing Departments Fail at Retaining their Underrepresented Minority Students?”  (in the International Ballroom Center)
(10:30-11:30) BOF I: Jeff Forbes and Chad Jenkings, Robotics Competition Preparation   (in the International Ballroom South)
(10:30-12:15) Workshop I (part I): Scott McCrickard, John Kelly, Michael Smith, Marlow Hinton, Clayton Lewis, Maureen Biggers, Byong Lee, George Harrison, Mahmoud Manzoul and Azubike Okpalaeze, “Undergraduate Research in Computing”  (in the International Ballroom North)
10:30
(10:30-12:15) ACM Student Poster Presentations   (in International Ballroom North)
(10:30-11:15) Panel III: Katie Lewis, Kelley Herndon Ford, Juan Hernandez and Marisol Gamboa, “Evolving Careers in Computational Science"
(10:30-12:15) Workshop V: Sun-Hee Yeo and Brian Blake, “Google Resume Workshop” (in International Ballroom Center)
10:30
(10:30-12:00) Workshop VI: Jesse Bemley. Preparation of High School Students for Technical Conferences”   (in International Ballroom South)
(10:30-11:15) Panel IV: Eileen McIlvain, “Engaging Communities through Cyberinfrastructure: Lessons from the National Science Digital Library” (in International Ballroom North)
(10:30-12:00) Papers, Session Two

Shannon Duvall, Implementation of DomCAT: The Domain Complexity Analysis Tool for Natural Language Dialog Processing”

Guillermo Lopez, Michela Taufer and Patricia Teller, Evaluation of IEEE 754 Floating-Point Arithmetic Compliance across a Wide Range of Heterogeneous Computers”

Caio Soares, George Page, Jonathan MacDonald, Sanjeev Baskiyar, John Hamilton and Gerry Dozier, "Bowl Championship Series Vulnerability Analysis” (in International Ballroom Center)

(10:30-5:00) Bridge Day Activities
10:45
10:45
10:45
10:45
11:00
(11:00-11:45) David Thornton, “Talking Games: Towards Speech as a Mainstream Modality”
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:15
11:15
11:15
(11:15-12:15) BOF II: Richard Tapia, Phoebe Lenear and Raquell Holmes, “A Change for the Better: Help Create Recommendations for Computing Departments to Retain Students”
11:15
(11:15-12:15) BOF IV: Ugochi Acholonu and Wanda Eugene, "Diversity and Computer Science Outreach”   (in International Ballroom North)
11:30
11:30
(11:30-12:15) Panel II: Tiffany Barnes and Teresa Dahlberg, “Innovation in Broadening Participation in Computing: STARS Leadership Corps”   (in the International Ballroom Center)
11:30
11:30
11:45
11:45
11:45
11:45
Noon
(12:00-1:15) Lunch
Noon
Noon
Noon
 
12:15
12:15
(12:15-1:30) Lunch   (in Palm Ballroom 2)
12:15
(12:15-1:30) Lunch: Plenary Speaker: Richard Tapia. Plenary talk, “Appreciating Mathematical Computation through Applications to Very Cool Activities,” Richard Tapia, Edward Gonzalez, and Josef Sifuentes, Rice University   (in Palm Ballroom 2)
12:15
(12:15-1:30) Lunch and Town Hall Meeting   (in Palm Ballroom 2)
12:30
12:30
12:30
12:30
12:45
12:45
12:45
12:45
1:00
1:00
1:00
1:00
1:15
(1:15-2:00) Idongesit Mkpong-Ruffin, “Quantitative Risk Assessment Model for Software Security in the Design Phase of Software Development”
1:15
1:15
1:15
1:30
1:30
(1:30-2:30) Plenary Session II: Norman Johnson, “Diversity: A Weapon of Mass Construction  (in International Ballrooms North and Center)
1:30
(1:30-2:30) Plenary Session IV: Ken Kennedy Distinguished Lecture, "Multi-Robot Intelligence", Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University  (in International Ballrooms North and Center)
1:30
(1:30-2:00) Adjourn Tapia 2007
1:45
1:45
1:45
1:45
2:00
Unoma Ndili Okorafo, “Secure Routing for Directional Optical Sensor Networks”
2:00
2:00
2:00
2:15
2:15
2:15
2:15
2:30
2:30
(2:30-3:00) Break   (in International Foyer)
2:30
(2:30-3:00) Break   (in International Foyer)
2:30
2:45
(2:45-3:00) Break
2:45
2:45
2:45
3:00
(3:00-3:45) Ernest Cross, “Researching Multimodal Augmented Reality Interfaces as a Viable Alternative to 2D and 3D Displays that Improves Task Orientation when Working with a Multitude of Robots”
3:00
(3:00-4:00) Workshop II:Jan Cuny, “What Do we Really Need to Do to Broaden Participation in Computing?”   (in International Ballroom South)
(3:00-5:30) Workshop III: Vicki Almstrum, Steven J. Condly, Allen Johnson and David Klappholz, “Planning and Executing Real Projects for Real Clients Courses”   (in International Ballroom Center)
(3:00-4:00) Workshop I (part II): Scott McCrickard, John Kelly, Michael Smith, Marlow Hinton, Clayton Lewis, Maureen Biggers, Byong Lee, George Harrison, Mahmoud Manzoul and Azubike Okpalaeze, “Undergraduate Research in Computing”   (in International Ballroom North)
3:00
 
(3:00-4:30) Papers, Session One

Andrea Tapia, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Ibrahim Yucel, Joseph Zupko and Edgar Maldonado, “Engaging Passion for Computing: Using Virtual Gaming Environments to Motivate Girls to Follow IT Career Paths”

Amos Olagunju, Paul Fisher and John Adeyeye, “A Model for Guiding Undergraduates to Success in Computational Science”

Beth Trushkowsky, Kamaria Campbell and Jeffrey Forbes, “An Architecture for a Collaborative Bibliographic Database”   (in International Ballroom North)

(3:00-6:00) Robotics Competition, sponsored by iRobot   (in Poinsettia and Quince Rooms)
3:00
3:15
3:15
3:15
3:15
3:30
3:30
3:30
3:30
3:45
(3:45-4:30) Debbi Howard, “An Issue of Privacy: Correlations between Users’ Attitudes and Online Behaviors”
3:45
3:45
3:45
4:00
4:00
(4:00-5:30) Workshop IV: Tiffani Williams, “Are They Really Listening? Effective Presentations in Science Settings”   (in International Ballroom South)
4:00
4:00
4:15
4:15
4:15
4:15
4:30
(4:30-5:00) Break-out Discussion of Presentations and Writing Skills
4:30
((4:30-5:30) Panel II: American Competitiveness Initiative   (in International Ballroom North)
4:30
(4:30-5:30) BOF III: Tiffany Barnes and Teresa Dahlberg, “Evaluating Diversity Initiatives to Broadening Participation in Computing”   (in International Ballroom North)
4:30
4:45
4:45
4:45
4:45
5:00
(5:00-5:30) General Discussion and Wrap-up
5:00
5:00
5:00
5:15
5:15
5:15
5:15
5:30
5:30
(5:30-6:00) Break   (in International Foyer)
5:30
5:30
5:45
5:45
5:45
5:45
6:00
(6:00-6:30) Scholarship Orientation  (in Palm Ballroom 3)
6:00
(6:00-9:00) ACM Student Poster Competition and Reception (in Grand Foyer)
6:00

(6:00-7:00) Break   (in International Foyer)

(6:00-7:00) VIP Reception, by invitation only (in Camellia and Dogwood Rooms)

6:00
6:15
6:15
6:15
6:15
6:30
(6:30-8:00) Student Orientation  (in Palm Ballroom 3)
6:30
6:30
6:30
6:45
6:45
6:45
6:45
7:00
7:00
7:00
(7:00-9:00) Banquet and Awards. Banquet Address by Dr. Maria Klawe, “Mentoring across Race and Discipline”. Banquet sponsored by Microsoft.   (in Palm Ballroom 2)
7:00
7:15
7:15
7:15
7:15
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:30
7:45
7:45
7:45
7:45
8:00
(8:00-10:00) Opening Reception hosted by Google.   Remarks by Monica Martinez-Canales, Conference Chair   (in Palm Ballrooms 1 and 2)
8:00
8:00
8:00
8:15
8:15
8:15
8:15
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:30
8:45
8:45
8:45
8:45
9:00
9:00
9:00
9:00
9:15
9:15
9:15
9:15
9:30
9:30
9:30
9:30
9:45
9:45
9:45
9:45
10:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
edited by mks, 10-24-2007, 9:51 AM, CST