ACET 2017 Conference Schedule
Thursday October 19, 2017
Start Time Stop Time Workshop I Workshop II
9:00 AM 4:00 PM Getting Started with Microsoft PowerShell Python in the K-12 classroom
Friday October 20, 2017
Start Time Stop Time Event Location
8:00am   Registration and Continental Breakfasts UC-A
9:00am   Welcome from ACET UC-A
9:15am   Welcome from St. Mary's                                 Dr. Winston Erevelles, Dean of SET UC-A
    Session 1 - UC-B Session 2 - UC-C
9:30 AM 10:15 AM

Educating 21st Century GIS Technicians with UAS Technology

Phillip Davis, Ed.D.

Cloud Security Issues                                  

Dr. Garry L. White, CISSP, PhD

10:20 AM 11:05 AM

Super Saturday Teaching High Ability Students                                                                    

William A. Booth

Surviving the Impossible! How Information Technology, Namely Social Media, Has Helped People In A War Torn Syria To Connect

Sam Hijazi

11:10 AM 11:55 AM

Finding Computer Science Teachers Across the Disciplines                                             

Andi Parr

Teaching Root Cause Analysis in a Security Cours                                         

Dr. Garry L. White, CISSP, PhD

12:00 PM 1:00 PM LUNCH (UCA) - Keynote & Election WeTeach_CS Collaboratives #CS4SA Carol Luckhardt Redfield, PhD
1:00 PM 1:45 PM

Why Teach Microsoft PowerShell,            

Ron Carswell

The future of Teaching Introduction to Programming. What is There? Which Language is the Best? How Long Do We Need To Wait To Change?                      

Dr. Sam Hijazi

1:50 PM 2:35 PM

Interactive Web Application Development     

Rajan Alex

Mentoring the Development of Friends with Different Abilities                       

Carol Luckhardt Redfield, PhD

2:40 PM 3:25 PM

Computer Science Seminar:  A Career Planning Course for Computer Science Majors                                                      

Pamela K. Fink    

The Impact of Collaboration/Cheating on Academic Performance   

William A. Booth, Ph.D.

3:25 PM 3:45 PM BREAK (UCA) - Announce Election Results  
3:45 PM 4:30 PM

Currency Collector VR                                

Henry R. Idar III

Collaborative Multi-Scale Design Maps: Supporting Creative Team Learning Experiences Online                                 

Nic Lupfer

4:35 PM 5:20 PM

Beyond HB 5      

Deborah K. Kariuki

Using MS Excel as a Data Analytics Tool. What is new, convenient, and inexpensive?  

Sam Hijazi

5:25 PM   DINNER (on your own) - Enjoy San Antonio  
Saturday, October 21, 2017
8:00 AM 9:00 AM ACET Board Meeting  
9:00 AM 9:45 AM Registration and  Continental Breakfasts UC-A
    Session 1 - UC-B Session 2 - UC-C
9:45 AM 10:30 AM

Inquiry and Equity in Teaching CS        

Deborah K. Kariuki

Introducing Deep Learning in an Introductory Artificial Intelligence Class

Peggy Doerschuk

10:35 AM 11:20 AM

Preparing Students for Effective Communication in Cyberspace                  

Shohreh Hashemi

Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research                     

Peggy Doerschuk

11:25 AM 12:10 PM

Setting Up a Raspberry Pi User Group                                       

Ron Carswell

An Effective Interdisciplinary Freshman Experience Program                               

Mahdi Safa

12:10 PM 1:30 PM LUNCH (cafeteria) Student Poster Presentations
1:30 PM 2:15 PM

CyberMary: St. Mary's University at the Cyber-Map of San Antonio                               

Ayad Barsoum

Innovative Techniques for Securing Big Data Using Mobile Agents              

Isaac Gang

2:30 PM 3:15 PM

Building the CS Pipeline: WeTeach_CS K-12 Teacher Professional Development                  

Amy Werst

Computer Assisted Design of a Course Syllabus                                                     

Stefan Andrei

3:15 PM 3:35 PM BREAK (UCA) - Announce Winners of Poster  
3:40 PM 4:25 PM

Bridging K-12 CS with College CS                  

Deborah K. Kariuki

Using App-based Reinforcement in Intro Computer Science Programming Classes                                               

Matthew Fendt, Ph.D.

4:30 PM 5:15 PM

Understanding How Firewall Works through Working on iptables                                

Chao Gong

Big Data Visualization and Analytics                         

Rajiv Malkan