CCSCNE 2019
April 12-13, 2019
University of New Haven
West Haven, Connecticut

Call For Papers

Program CCSCNE 2019 (posted 4/9)

Student Posters 2019 (posted 4/2).

Note: Friday’s sessions are at 300 Boston Post rd, West Haven, CT 06516. Saturday’s sessions are at 584 Derby Milford Road, Orange, CT.

Hard copy of the journal is available on Amazon.

Digital copy of the journal is available here.

CCSCNE 2019 Evaluation Form
Thank you for attending CCSCNE-2019. We hope you enjoyed your visit to the University of New Haven and benefited from the activities during this conference. Please help us by filling out the evaluation form.

NOTE: Friday’s sessions will be held at the main campus in West Haven, CT.  Saturday’s sessions will be at the Orange campus in Orange, CT. Directions, links to Google Maps, and addresses are below.

Friday: Main Campus

Here is another map annotated with the locations of CCSCNE events.

Saturday: Orange Campus

On Google Maps

Directions to the University of New Haven Orange Campus at 584 Derby Milford Road, Orange, CT.  (Note: The bridge at the intersection of Derby Milford Road and Grassy Hill Road is closed.  These directions accommodate the closure.)

Directions from the Conference Hotel: Courtyard Marriott at 136 Marsh Hill Road, Orange, CT.

• From the hotel parking lot, turn left onto Marsh Hill Road.
• At the second stoplight, turn left onto the Boston Post Road (Route 1). Friday’s restaurant is on the left.
• At the next stoplight, turn right on to Orange Center Road. Home Depot is on the left.
• Turn left on to Old Grassy Hill Road. The turn is .25 miles past the Orange Congregational Church on the Green that is on the left.
• At the next stoplight, turn right on to Grassy Hill Road.
• Take the next left immediately after the Route 15 overpass.
• After the stop sign, take the next right onto Turkey Hill Road.
• At the end of Turkey Hill Road, turn left onto Derby Milford Road.
• Turn right at the entrance to University of New Haven Orange Campus.

Directions from Route 15 South Bound

• Take Exit 56 from Route 15 south bound.
• Take the next left onto Turkey Hill Road.
• At the end of Turkey Hill Road, turn left onto Derby Milford Road.
• Turn right at the entrance to University of New Haven Orange Campus.

Directions from Route 15 North Bound

• Take Exit 56 from Route 15 north bound.
• At the end of the exit ramp (at the stoplight), turn left onto Grassy Hill Road.
• Take the next left immediately after the Route 15 overpass.
• After the stop sign, take the next right onto Turkey Hill Road.
• At the end of Turkey Hill Road, turn left onto Derby Milford Road.
• Turn right at the entrance to University of New Haven Orange Campus

There are 25 rooms reserved now at the Courtyard Marriott in Orange for $120 per night, plus tax.   It is very near the UNH. Reservation is under  CCSCNE  for Thursday night and Friday night.

By Monday 3/5/2019, there will be another 15 rooms at the Hampton Inn, either in Milford or in West Haven,  at a slightly lower cost.

In both cases, a customer will need to contact the hotel by phone, not email, to get the conference rate.

Registration Information

Early Registration (on or before Monday, April 1, 2019)
Full Registration: $135
Student Registration: $60
K-12 Teacher Registration: $75

Late/On-Site Registration
Full Registration: $170
Student Registration: $60
K-12 Teacher Registration: $75

Full registration includes:
Тhe conference banquet on Friday evening, admission to all sessions and pre-conference workshops. It also includes membership in CCSC.
Lunch on Saturday is NOT provided.

Student registration includes:
Тhe conference banquet on Friday evening and admission to all sessions. Students who author regular papers or participate in the programming contest receive additional benefits. See the appropriate contest registration page for details.

Important Note for Students:

• If you are a member of a Programming Contest Team, conference registration is included with your Programming Contest Team registration. Please review the information on the Programming Contest page. 
• If you are not a member of a Programming Contest Team, register as a Student using the online registration system (link is included below) or the form below.

K-12 Teacher registration includes:
Admission to all conference activities including the vendor display and the conference banquet on Friday evening.

Note: Electronic conference proceedings (beginning with volume 34 number 3) are available at the CCSC website (http://www.ccsc.org/publications/journals).  Print copies may be purchased at Amazon by searching for “CCSC Journal.”

Note: For late and on-site registrations, banquet attendance is not guaranteed. In these cases, tickets for the conference banquet may be purchased, depending on availability.

Register and pay online

Use the CCSCNE Registration System:  https://ccsc.org/ne2019

If you registered online for the CCSCNE 2012 through CCSCNE 2018 conferences, then you already have an account.   Your e-mail is your user name.

If you already have an account, you may logon and register for CCSCNE 2019.

If you do not have an account, you need to create one, and then register for CCSCNE 2019.

You may pay by credit card or PayPal.

— OR —

Register and pay via U.S. mail

Print the appropriate form below and mail it along with check (payable to CCSC) to

Prof. Mark Hoffman
School of Engineering, TH-ENR
Quinnipiac University
275 Mount Carmel Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518

Email:
Phone: (203) 582-8449

Forms

• Full Registration Form
• Student Registration Form
• K-12 Registration Form
• Vendor Registration Form

Friday Evening Keynote

How Kiva Robots Disrupted Warehousing

Kiva Systems introduced swarms of agile robots into an industry dominated by stationary conveyor systems. The path from concept through successful startup and eventual acquisition involved challenges on all fronts. In this talk I’ll explain the business problem that motivated the innovation, Kiva technology and the benefits it brought to customers, and the future of applications of robotics in warehouses.

Pete Wurman is currently Vice-President of Engineering at Cogitai, an AI startup delivering reinforcement learning as a service. Pete is best known for his work as a technical co-founder of Kiva Systems, the Boston-based company that pioneered the use of mobile robotics in warehousing. In May of 2012, Kiva was acquired by https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fAmazon.com&c=E,1,Mx9QDGeJ4kIgnz-3j6TWX_t3jyERDwcIMj3F3Px4j6fjcW9bf6HwlzZtBYxtamnaLMcakaAAovghxjBud5CIigF5KXMhrzu48rqqmOdYURUsQAT9Ey9yaERwQSha&typo=1, and has subsequently deployed more than 150,000 robots to Amazon distribution centers. Prior to joining Kiva, Pete was an Associate Professor of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. Pete earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T.

Saturday Morning Keynote

Transform the Era of Health with Blockchain

Today’s healthcare system faces several systemic challenges, including complex/inefficient processes, lack of interoperability, data silos, fraud and lack of transparency. Blockchain technolgoy has the potential to bring industry wide transformation to the healthcare ecosystem by reducing costs and frictions, bringing more trust and transparency to multiparty transactions, and even unlocking new sources of revenue for various constituents. We’ll discuss examples of leveraging blockchain technology to enhance the fluidity of healthcare information among key stakeholders, leveraging smart contract to reduce administrative costs for value based payment models, and the formation of an open network to drive digital transformation in the industry.

Dr. Jia Chen is an Offering Leader of Blockchain solutions for Healthcare and Life Sciences at IBM’s Innovation and Solution Incubation team. She serves on the IBM Academy of Technology Leadership team. She previously led technical strategy at IBM Watson Health Innovation, with a focus on data and AI. Prior to that, Dr. Chen was the global leader of Watson Experience Centers at IBM, responsible for Watson AI client experiences across all Watson group. She held leadership positions for Innovation and client engagement at IBM Corporate Headquarters as well as emerging markets. She was formerly the Director of Health Solutions for Smarter Cities at IBM, and the Director of Technical Sales & Innovation for IBM’s Growth Market Units. She led the identification, structuring and execution of first of a kind technology and business initiatives that provide innovative and sustainable differentiation for IBM’s clients. Dr. Chen received her Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University. She was named as one of the top 35 technology innovators under the age of 35 worldwide by MIT’s Technology Review in 2005, the Best Researcher of the Year by Small Times magazine in 2006 and one of the top 26 tech women innovators at IBM in 2015. She serves on the Yale Graduate School Alumni Association Board.