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Program
The final program for paper presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and other events.
Registration includes the conference banquet on Friday evening, Saturday's luncheon, admission to all sessions, and the conference proceedings
Student Posters
Students are encouraged to participate in the Student Poster Session
Partner Information
Information on signing up to come as a partner
Housing
Information on conference housing near the Southern Oregon University Campus and driving directions

Tenth Annual Northwestern Regional Conference
Presenter Slides

The following presenters have agreed to share the slides from their presentations made during the 2008 conference. Note: Most slides are posted as PDF files. The 2008 conference's final program is also available.

Papers

The Use of Unfamiliar Words: Writing and CS Education (as power point)
Katrin Becker, University of Calgary - Alberta

Introduction to the OpenGL Shading Language
David A. Wolff, Pacific Lutheran University

Curriculum: A Computer Science Approach to Curiculum Management
Bob Lewis, Washington State University, Tri-Cities

A Cautionary Tale: False Efficiencies in the Traveling Salesman Problem
Tim Rolfe, Eastern Washington University

The Content and Role of the Computer Graphics Course in the Liberal Arts (Panel)
Jenny Orr, Willamette University

Designing a Collaborative Cross-Campus Airport (or Other Transit) Simulation Project
Robert Bryant, Gonzaga University
Pamela Drake, Clark College
Shereen Khoja, Pacific University
Jenny Orr, Willamette University

Finding Your Bot-Mate: Criteria for Evaluating Robot kits for Use in Undergraduate Computer Science Education
Isaac Overcast, The Evergreen State College
Richard Weiss, The Evergreen State College

WANTED: Trained Security Specialists
Brent Wilson, George Fox University

Tutorials and Workshops

Incrementally Incorporating Video Games into Instruction or zip file
Kelvin Sung, U. of Washington, Bothell
Michael Panitz, Cascadia Community College