Conference of the Chairs of NJ Computer Science Departments
Since 2013 an annual meeting has been held, of Chairs of Computer Science Departments in NJ, with involvement of Chairs from NY.
Goals
Our goals are:
- Increase the Visibility of Computer Science Education in the NJ/NY area.
- Encourage the exchange of information between Computing Departments.
- Share best practices.
- Discuss common problems.
- Foster high quality education in Computing, from the Associates level to the PhD level.
- Reward high quality teaching.
Founding Meeting
Host: James Geller
The founding meeting was held at NJIT in Newark on August 30th, 2013.
The main topic of discussion was BYOD: Bring Your Own Device. The dangers of the BYOD trend were discussed.
This issue was also raised in Geller's Letter to the Editor: Beware BYOD of the CACM (September 2013, Vol. 56, No. 9).
Second Meeting
Host: Scott Frees
The second meeting was held at Ramapo College on August 19th, 2014.
The main topic of discussion was the Rise of Distance Learning.
Third Meeting
Host: Nasir Memon
The third meeting was held at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, on July 29th, 2015.
The main discussion topic was Women in Computing.
The meeting also included a visit to the NYU Poly Incubator (see pictures below).
Fourth Meeting
Host: Pat Morreale
The fourth meeting will be held at Kean University on August 17th, 2016.
The meeting will be co-located with MISNC 2016, the Multidisciplinary International Social Networks Conference.
The MISNC Program overview is here.
For the first time, the Conference of Chairs will include an Awards Ceremony.
We are happy to announce that
will be receiving the
2016 Award for Outstanding Impact on the Profession of Computer Science Education
Attendance at the Award Ceremony only is free, but registration is required at this registration link
Information about paid registration at MISNC is here.
Agenda:
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P.
Morreale |
Welcome to Kean University and to the
MISNC conference |
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J.
Geller |
Welcome to Chairs' Award Event and introduction
of Deputy Secretary of Higher Education of the State of New Jersey, Gregg
Edwards |
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G.
Edwards Deputy Secretary of Higher Education of the
State of NJ |
(TBA) |
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J.
Geller |
Presentation of The 2016 Award for Outstanding Impact on the Profession of Computer
Science Education to Brian Kernighan |
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B.
Kernighan |
Acceptance Speech: Teaching Digital
Humanities in Computer Science by exploring an early Social Network |
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Audience |
Questions and Answers |
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P.
Morreale |
The
2016 Award for Outstanding Performance in Computer Science Education at a PhD
Granting NJ Institution to Junilda Spirollari |
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J.
Spirollari |
Acceptance Note |
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J.
Geller |
The
2016 Award for Outstanding Performance in Computer Science Education at Undergraduate
and MS-Granting NJ Institutions to
Deborah Knox |
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D.
Knox |
Acceptance Note |
|
J.
Geller |
Closing remarks |
The big day came and went.
Below are the award ceremony pictures.
Brian Kernighan (with Geller)
Junilda Spirollari (with Morreale)
Deborah Knox
Here is the official NJIT report of the Award event.
Hard to believe, but we reached YEAR 5 of the Chairs' Meetings
August 8, 2017
This was the SECOND YEAR that we gave out awards, and the first time we gave out cash awards (thanks to Dean Gotsman of NJIT.)
We were hosted by Ocean County College in their beautiful new building that is co-owned by Kean University.
Below I omit titles as almost everybody listed is a "Doctor." Makes my life easier.
We were welcomed by OCC president Jon Larson.
I was too excited to take a picture, but here is a "stock picture."
Many thanks to Gerald Cohen and Dean Paul Silberquit who made the local arrangments.
Many thanks to Laila Khreisat and Monisha Pulimood who served on the Award Committee.
Many thanks to Pat Morreale who greatly improved the agenda and was all around helpful.
Unfortunately, all three award winners were traveling.
Below Manfred Minimair (left) of Seton Hall University accepting the award for Marco Morazan.
Gerald Cohen of Ocean County College presents the award to Manfred.
Below Susan Imberman accepting of CUNY accepting the award for Sarah Zelikovits.
Below Cristian Borcea of NJIT accepting the award for Alex Gerbessiotis.
Below Angel Camillo (left/front) and Eric Antonelli (behind the lectern).
These two biologist put many computer scientists to shame by their creative and effective use
of computing technology in biology. They help students learn by labeling microscope samples
and botany book figures with QR codes.
We welcomed Deidre Richardson from the NJ State Education Department and James Priestly from Microsoft as speakers.
We also welcome Daryl Detrick of CSTANJ who gave the final talk.
Many people braved a long drive to Ocean County.
6th Annual Conference of Chairs of NJ/NY Computer Science Departments
3rd Annual Outstanding Teaching in Computer Science Award Ceremony
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark NJ
Wellness and Events Center (WEC) Conference Room 3B.
June 14, 2018
Welcome by Dean Craig Gotsman
Talks (download or link)
Esther Lewars: Compute Science Education In New Jersey
Esther Lewars
Patricia Morreale: 2018 NCWIT Summary
Pat Morreale
Iulian Neamtiu: Improving Software Reliability and Security: Applications to Android
Iulian Neamtiu
Mayra Bachrach: What is happening in Computer Science education in New Jersey?
Mayra Bachrach
Award Winners
Austin Huang of Kean University
Benjamin Fine of Ramapo College
Nikhil Yadav of St. Johns University
7th Annual Conference of Chairs of NJ/NY Computer Science Departments
4th Annual Outstanding Teaching in Computer Science Award Ceremony
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Core Building
June 6, 2019
Group picture 1
From Left:
Weiyi Meng
Daniela Rosca
Jesse Yu
Monisha Pulimood
Kevin Wayne
Pat Morreale
Aslihan Cakmak
Mike Sidara-Tiritto
Jim Geller
Jim Maccariella
Chia Chien
Jack Myers
Constantine (Dino) Coutras
Nancy Amador
Vasil Hnatyshin (V. H.)
(Scott Frees and Farah Bennani
had to leave before we took pictures.)
Group picture 2
At the right end is our gracious host Thu Nguyen.
Nancy Amador took the picture.
Invited Speaker: Fran Trees: K-12 CS Education in NJ
Invited Speaker: Konstantinos Michmizos: Toward less Artificial Intelligence: Brain-inspired Computing
Award Winners
Chia Chien (Rowan University)
Kevin Wayne (Princeton University)
Fran Trees (Rutgers University)
Meimei Gao (Mercer County Community College) could not attend but was represented by
her Chair, Jim Maccariella (left). The award was presented by CCCC President
Mike Sidaras-Tiritto
Virtual Meeting July 14, 2020
Unfortunately I took one single photo during this meeting.I got too excited. So it's really not a great picture. I am sorry.
Hopefully a year from now we will be back to a physical meeting with lunch,
although I will be happy to provide a zoom hookup for our friends
in Long Island who attended this time. It's a long drive.
I hope even more that two years from now (our 10th meeting),
we will look back at this year and say "remember how crazy that was"
and hopefully we will be back to a more normal life.
And ... we're back...
Back from the Dead.
Almost.
Ninth Annual NJ CS Chairs' Meeting.
July 30, 2024
We thankMargaret Martonosi (Princeton)
and
Andy Gunawardena (Rutgers)
for their inspiring presentations.
Also thanks to Janine Clark for organizing everything.
And thanks to the powers that govern the NJIT Jersey City satellite campus for letting us use
their fabulous facilities.
Here is the view from the 36th floor.
From left to right:
Janine Clark, Sarah Abramowitz, Dave Naumann, Shianling Wu, George Kamberova, Pat Morreale, Andy Gunawardena (Speaker), Andy Hrechak, Linda Yang, Ulrich Kremer, James Geller, Andrea Salgian, Aditi Patel, Stephen Thomas Brower, John Rodrigues, Gerda Kamberova, Jean-Claude Ngatchou, Colleen Bamford.
Our Speaker Margaret Martonosi (on Zoom).
Ying Wu College of Computing Dean Jamie Payton had to leave right before the photo session.
