University of New Hampshire at Manchester
April 20 – 21, 2018

CCSCNE 2018 Evaluation Form
Thank you for attending CCSCNE-2018. We hope you enjoyed your visit to The University of New Hampshire at Manchester and benefited from the activities during this conference. Please help us by filling out the evaluation form.

Call For Papers

Final Printed Program (posted 4/18/2018)

Student Posters Final (posted 4/16/2018)

Hotel

Manchester Downtown Hotel (previously named Radisson)
Conference rate is: $149 + 9% taxes = $163
To receive conference rate, book online using this link.

Others:

• La Quinta Inn & Suites Manchester (1 mile)
• Comfort Inn Airport (1.3 miles)

Registration Information

Early Registration (on or before Sunday, April 8, 2018)
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:
The conference banquet on Friday evening, admission to all sessions and pre-conference workshops, and one copy of the conference proceedings. It also includes membership in CCSC.

Student registration includes:
The conference banquet on Friday evening and admission to all sessions and pre-conference workshops (if space is available). Students who author regular papers or participate in the programming contest receive additional benefits. See the appropriate contest registration page for details.

Copies of the conference proceedings may be purchased for an additional fee.

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 to register your team.
• If you are not a member of a Programming Contest Team, register as a Student using the online registration system or register by US mail (more information is provided below).

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

Copies of the conference proceedings may be purchased for an additional fee.

Note: Tickets for the conference banquet depend on availability for late and on-site registrations. Banquet attendance is not guaranteed in these cases.

Register and pay online

Use the CCSCNE Registration System: https://ccsc.org/ne2018

If you registered online for one of the CCSCNE conferences since 2012, 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 2018.

If you do not have an account, you need to create one, and then register for CCSCNE 2018.

You may pay using PayPal which includes a credit card option.

– 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
• Vendor Registration Form
• K-12 Registration Form

Visual Queries, Visual Thinking and Data Visualization

Colin Ware, CCOM, University of New Hampshire
Friday, April 20

The visual query is a basic component of all analytic seeing and understanding visual queries is an essential part of the design of information visualizations. Simply put, a visual query is a process whereby a problem is addressed through a pattern search. It is an analytic visual act of seeing. For example, the visual queries for finding routes on a road map involve discovering connected lines connecting two map locations. A visual query on a weather map might be as simple as discovering the temperature by matching a color to a temperature key, or as complex as understanding the pattern of winds at a weather front. This talk will give an overview of the way visual queries fit within the visual thinking process as well as a look at the how designs can be optimized with visual queries in mind.

Colin Ware has a special interest in applying theories of perception to the design of data visualizations. He has advanced degrees in both computer science (MMath, Waterloo) and in the psychology of perception (PhD,Toronto). He has published over 170 articles ranging from rigorously scientific contributions to the Journal of Physiology, Behavior and Vision Research to applications oriented articles in the fields of data visualization and human-computer interaction. His book Information Visualization: Perception for Design is now in its third edition. His book, Visual Thinking for Design, appeared in 2008. Ware also likes to build practical visualization systems. Fledermaus, a commercial 3D geospatial visualization system widely used in oceanography, was developed from his initial prototypes. His trackPlot software is being used by marine mammal scientists and his flowVis2D software is serving images on NOAA websites. Colin Ware is Director of the Data Visualization Research Lab which is part of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire.

Computing in the Arts: The Algorithm is the Medium

Bill Manaris, College of Charleston
Saturday, April 21

Algorithms have existed for at least 2,000 years (e.g., Euclid’s algorithm). In music and art, algorithms appear as early as Guido d’Arezzo (ca. 1000 A.D.), and in compositions by Bach, Mozart, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, among others. Modern examples include data sonification for scientific or aesthetic purposes, such as sonifying biosignals, images, orbits of planets, and human movement (e.g., dance), among others. This talk will focus on Computing in the Arts (CITA), an NSF-funded model curriculum, which combines creativity, problem solving, and computer programming to prepare students for graduate school and careers in technology and arts industries of the 21st century. CITA is part of the new movement to combine art and design with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM + Art = STEAM). Several examples will be presented, including:

• SoundMorpheus (an innovative interface for positioning sounds via arm movements);
• Diving into Infinity (a motion-based system which explores depictions of infinity in M.C. Escher’s works); and
• JythonMusic (a programming environment for developing interactive music experiences and systems).

Bill Manaris is Professor of Computer Science, and Director of the Computing in the Arts program at the College of Charleston. His areas of expertise include computer music, human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. He explores interaction design, modeling of aesthetics and creativity, sound spatialization, and telematics. As an undergraduate, he studied computer science and music at the University of New Orleans, and holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana. He also studied classical and jazz guitar. Recently, he published a textbook in Computer Music and Creative Programming. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Google, IBM, the Louisiana Board of Regents, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Chair	Name	Organization	Chair Email
Conference Chair	Mihaela Sabin	University of New Hampshire
Conference Chair	Michael Jonas	University of New Hampshire
Program Chair	Ed Harcourt	St. Lawrence University
Papers Chair	Ali Erkan	Ithaca College
Papers Chair	Yana Kortsarts	Widener University
Panels Chair	Susan Imberman	The City University of New York
Lightning Talks Chair	Joan DeBello	St. John's University
Tutorials Chair	Bonnie MacKellar	St. John's University
Tutorials Chair	Ting Liu	Siena College
Workshops Chair	Bonnie MacKellar	St. John's University
Workshops Chair	Ting Liu	Siena College
Faculty Posters Chair	Daniel Rogers	The College at Brockport
Speakers Chair	Ingrid Russell	University of Hartford
Speakers Chair	Mike Gousie	Wheaton College
Student Unconference Chair	Jacob Aguillard	Worcester State University
Student Unconference Chair	Andrea Murphy	University of New Hampshire
Student Unconference Chair	Karl Wurst	Worcester State University
Encore Chair	Darren Lim	Siena College
Undergraduate Posters Chair	Sandeep Mitra	The College at Brockport
Undergraduate Posters Chair	Alice Fischer	University of New Haven
Undergraduate Posters Chair	Karen Jin	University of New Hampshire
Undergraduate Posters Chair	Aparna Madhav	Worcester State University
Registration Chair	Mark Hoffman	Quinnipiac University
Registration Chair	Stefan Christov	Quinnipiac University
Programming Contest Chair	Frank Ford	Providence College
Programming Contest Chair	Mihaela Malita	Saint Anselm College
Programming Contest Chair	Del Hart	SUNY Plattsburgh
Programming Contest Chair	Michael Jonas	University of New Hampshire
Career Fair Coordinator	Tim Chadwick	University of New Hampshire
Vendors Chair	Kevin McCullen	SUNY Plattsburgh
Vendors Chair	Tim Chadwick	University of New Hampshire
K-12 Coordinator	David Benedetto	NH Deartment of Education