CCSC Central Plains 2025

Talks

Workshop

An Instructor's Introduction to Codespaces & Development Containers

Bill Siever (Washington University in St. Louis)

Tutorial
Teaching with AI (GPT)

Carter Zenke (Harvard University), Rongxin Liu (Harvard University)

Workshop
Creating Effective Learning Outcomes and Competencies with Bloom’s for Computing

Markus Geissler (Cosumnes River College), Tim Preuss (Minnesota State Community Technical College)

Sponsor ACM2Y

Session

Adapt DevOps Method to Information Systems Capstone Course Projects

Gary Yu Zhao (Northwest Missouri State University), Cindy Zhiling Tu (Northwest Missouri State University)

Paper
Improving Student Success Through Parachuting

Chris Bourke (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Nirnimesh Ghose (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Paper
Getting Your Hands Dirty: Teaching an IoT Course with an Interdisciplinary Component

Nathan W. Eloe (School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Northwest Missouri State University), Alexander W. Taylor (School of Agricultural Sciences, Northwest Missouri State University)

Paper
Remote Protocol Analysis Lab

Michael J. Ham (Dakota State University)

Nifty Assignment
Creating a Consolidated 3-in-1 Multi-B.S. Program Structure in a Resource-Limited Computer Science & IT Department to Achieve ABET Accreditation for All Three Programs

Kriti Chauhan (Austin Peay State University), Katherine Lehtola (Austin Peay State University), Dylan Hulon (Austin Peay State University), Antoni Sayre (Austin Peay State University), James Church (Austin Peay State University), Leong Lee (Austin Peay State University)

Paper
A Comparison of Three Lab Environments for Digital Forensics Course

Zhengrui Qin (Northwest Missouri State University)

Paper
Impact of COVID-19 on Live-Coding in First-Year Computer Science Education: A Literature Review

Sourabh Kulkarni (California State University, Chico), Abbas Attarwala (California State University, Chico), Jaime Raigoza (California State University, Chico)

Paper
Developing a Enterprise Application Tool to Discover Midwest Job Trends

Chandra Bathula (Saint Louis University), Maria Weber (Saint Louis University)

Paper
Dynamic Bracketology with C++ AI for NCAA March Madness

Roy Michael Manfredi (Westminster College)

Nifty Assignment
Domino Tilings: Projects and Assignments for Students

Keith Brandt (Rockhurst University), William Klasinski (Rockhurst University)

Paper
Internship Experience Sharing

Bin Peng (Park University), Wen-Jung Hsin (Park University)

Nifty Assignment
Teaching Cellular Concepts: An Into With GSM

Kyle Cronin (Dakota State University), Michael J. Ham (Dakota State University)

Nifty Assignment
Pedagogical Evaluation of Generative AI course for Technologists

Ajay Bandi (Northwest Missouri State University)

Paper
The Impact of Class Size and Course Modality on Student Learning Outcomes: A Case Study of Applying Infrastructure as Code Principles in IS/Cyber Graduate Course Design

Annamaria Szakonyi (Saint Louis University)

Paper
Argument for a flipped classroom in CS, IT and Cyber education

Zach Lawrence (Park University)

Lightning Talk
Model-based design of dependable edge node devices for IoT

Nancy He (Minnesota State University at Mankato)

Lightning Talk
Building AI-Powered Responsible Workforce by Integrating LLMs into CS Curriculum

Joan Gladbach (University of Missouri – Kansas City), Brian Hare (University of Missouri – Kansas City)

Lightning Talk
EVA: An Experiment in Introducing AI Assistants in Linux Operating Systems

Ob Archibong (Lincoln University)

Student Paper

Panel

Prompting Collaboration: Development of an Interdisciplinary Applied AI Minor Program

Ajay Bandi (Northwest Missouri State University), Benjamin Blackford (Northwest Missouri State University), Aziz Fellah (Northwest Missouri State University), Diana Linville (Northwest Missouri State University), Trevor Meyer (Northwest Missouri State University), Robert Voss (Northwest Missouri State University)

Panel

Plenary

Break

Student