CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS

27th annual conference of the
Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
Northeast Region

CCSCNE 2023
April 14-15, 2023
Hosted by: Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York
http://stage.ccscne.org/conferences/ccscne-2023/

The Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeast Region (CCSCNE) brings together faculty, staff, and students from academic institutions throughout the northeastern U.S. and beyond to exchange ideas and information concerning undergraduate computing curricula. The 27th annual CCSCNE conference will be hosted by Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, on April 14 and 15, 2023. We invite proposals for papers, panels, tutorials, workshops, lightning talks, and faculty, graduate and undergraduate student posters. All submissions are reviewed, and paper reviews are double blind. The proceedings of the conference are published as an issue of the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges and indexed in the ACM Digital Library. Undergraduate student poster abstracts are published only in the conference program. Submission guidelines: https://stage.ccscne.org/participate/ We also invite faculty members to serve as volunteer reviewers. Reviewer information: https://stage.ccscne.org/participate/reviewing/

Important dates

EasyChair submission system opens	Oct. 24
Paper, panel, lightning talk, tutorial, workshop deadline	Dec. 9 extended Dec. 16
Author notification for above submission types	Jan. 29
Camera-ready copy due	Feb. 26
Faculty & graduate student poster deadline	Feb. 5
Faculty & graduate poster notification	Feb. 19
Faculty & graduate poster camera-ready copy due	Feb. 26
Undergraduate student poster abstract deadline	Mar. 5
Undergraduate student poster notification	Mar. 19
Undergraduate poster camera-ready copy due	Mar. 26

Title	Member	Institution	Email
Conference Chair	Ali Erkan	Ithaca College
Conference Chair	Lawrence D’Antonio	Ramapo College
Program Chair	Mark Bailey	Hamilton College
Papers Chair	Bonnie MacKellar	St. Johns University
Papers Chair	Yana Kortsarts	Widener University
Lightning Talks co-Chair	Joan DeBello	St. Johns University
Lightning Talks co-Chair	Susan Imberman	City University of New York
Lightning Talks co-Chair	Ting Liu	Siena College
Panels co-Chair	Joan DeBello	St. Johns University
Panels co-Chair	Susan Imberman	City University of New York
Panels co-Chair	Ting Liu	Siena College
Tutorials co-Chair	Joan DeBello	St. Johns University
Tutorials co-Chair	Susan Imberman	City University of New York
Tutorials co-Chair	Ting Liu	Siena College
Workshops co-Chair	Joan DeBello	St. Johns University
Workshops co-Chair	Susan Imberman	City University of New York
Workshops co-Chair	Ting Liu	Siena College
Undergraduate Posters co-Chair	John Barr	Ithaca College
Undergraduate Posters co-Chair	Adita Kulkarni	SUNY Brockport
Undergraduate Posters co-Chair	Sandeep Mitra	SUNY Brockport
Undergraduate Posters co-Chair	Liberty Page	University of New Haven
Registration Chair	Rick Kline	Pace University
Registration Chair	Mark Hoffman	Quinnipiac University
Programming Contest Chair	Del Hart	SUNY Plattsburgh
Programming Contest Chair	Paul Olsen	St. Rose
Programming Contest Chair	Adam Lee	Ithaca College
Vendors Chair	Kevin McCullen	SUNY Plattsburgh

The entire committee may be emailed via .

Registration

Early Registration (on or before Friday, March 31, 2023)

Full Registration: $150
Student Registration: $60
Programming Contest Team: $230 ( includes 3 student registrations )
Extra banquet ticket: $30
Vendor: $300
National Partner: $100
K-12 Professional: $75

Late/On-Site Registration

Full Registration: $180
Student Registration: $60

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: 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://www.conftool.org/ccsc-ne

We are using a new registration system for 2023. All participants will need to create a new account in order to register for the conference.

New this year: A faculty member may choose to add student registration fees to their own registration, or individual students may register separately.

You may pay by credit card or PayPal.

Hotel Information

Local hotels with approximate time estimates to reach Ithaca College:

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