========= CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS AND STUDENT POSTERS ===========

Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
2013 Southwestern Regional Conference
In cooperation with the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science
Education (SIGCSE)

CCSC:SW brings together faculty, staff and students from academic
institutions throughout the Southwestern United States for the
exchange of ideas and information concerning all levels of computing
education.

Please share the attached call for papers with your colleagues and students.

Conference Dates: April 5 - 6, 2013
Conference Location: California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA
Conference Web Site: http://www.ccsc.org/southwestern/2013/

Important Dates:
Submissions Due: November 30, 2012 (extended)
Notification of Acceptance: December 21, 2012
Camera-ready Copy Due: January 3, 2013
Student Posters Abstracts: March 8, 2013

Scholarly Papers
We invite original, unpublished experience reports, research, case studies, philosophical papers and tool papers that address topics related to computing education. Following a double-blind peer review, accepted papers will be presented at the conference and will be published in The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. All papers must be no longer than 6 single-spaced pages in length (including illustrations). Contact the author chair, Peter Gabrovsky at peterg@csun.edu, with questions regarding appropriate paper topics and formats. For questions about the submission process, or to volunteer as a paper referee, contact the paper chair, Megan Thomas at mthomas@cs.csustan.edu.

Panels & Tutorials
We invite proposals for panels and tutorials on topics that are consistent with the themes of the conference. Abstracts of accepted panels and tutorials will be published in The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. For additional information, please contact Tzu-Yi Chen at tzuyi@cs.pomona.edu.

Student Posters
Students are encouraged to submit abstracts on topics related to computing sciences for the poster session which will be held at the conference. Authors and presenters must be current undergraduate or graduate students. For additional information, contact Stephanie August at Stephanie.August@lmu.edu.

Organizing Committee:
Conference Chair: Youwen Ouyang (California State University, San Marcos)
Site Chair: Xiaoyu Zhang (California State University, San Marcos)
Paper Chair: Megan Thomas (California State University, Stanislaus)
Author Chair: Peter Gabrovsky (California State University, Northridge)
Student Posters Chair: Stephanie August (Loyola Marymount University)
Speaker Chair: Subra Subramanya (National University)
Panels and Tutorials: Tzu-Yi Chen (Pomona College)
Publicity Chair: Ani Nahapetian (California State University, Northridge)
Region Chair: Myungsook Klassen (California Lutheran University)