{"id":51,"date":"2020-02-11T17:48:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T23:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccsc.org\/midwest\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2025-04-06T21:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T02:16:47","slug":"call-for-submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccsc.org\/midwest\/conference-home\/call-for-submissions","title":{"rendered":"Call for Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51\" class=\"elementor elementor-51\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf22f29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf22f29\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c74efb elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"3c74efb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;bounceInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d08c8a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d08c8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are interested in all aspects of computing in colleges. If you teach in a computer-related discipline and it\u2019s of interest to you, it\u2019s of interest to the CCSC:MW community! We welcome original research, experience reports, case studies, and position papers on computing-related topics.<\/p>\n<p>We are accepting submissions in the following categories (Click to expand):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a16015e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a16015e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ee6e86\" data-id=\"2ee6e86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb45eae elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"fb45eae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2631\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2631\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Call for Papers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2631\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2631\"><p>We invite instructors and students to submit papers. Submissions must include an abstract of not more than 300 words. All papers are double-blind peer-reviewed and, if accepted, published in the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. <strong>An author is required to present any accepted paper.<\/strong><\/p><div><p>\u00a0The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges is printed and distributed to all CCSC members. The Journal also appears in the ACM Digital Library. <strong>Only those works that are presented at the conference will appear in the ACM Digital Library.<\/strong><\/p><p>Papers may be at most twelve (12) double-spaced pages, with one-inch margins and in a 12-point font. Please ensure that your name and affiliation do not appear in the paper or abstract.<\/p><p>Submissions are due <strong>Thursday, April 24, 2025<\/strong>. Papers must be submitted using our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conftool.org\/ccsc-mw\/index.php?page=index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-line submission system<\/a>\u00a0(link opens in a new window\/tab, register as an AUTHOR if you have not done so previously, then login). Email questions regarding paper submissions to:<\/p><p>Imad Al Saeed (alsaeed@sxu.edu)<br \/>CCSC:MW 2025 Conference Papers Chair<br \/>Saint Xavier University<\/p><p>Notification of acceptance will be no later than <b>Monday, June 9, 2025<\/b><br \/>Publication deadline is <b>Monday, July 7, 2025<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2632\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2632\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Call for Panels, Tutorials, & Workshops<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2632\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2632\"><p>Panels and tutorials are presented in a 60-90 minute format. Pre- and post-conference workshops provide hands-on experiences in a 2-3 hours format. Abstracts of accepted submissions will be published in the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges.<\/p><div><p>Submissions are due <strong>Thursday, April 24, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">Please submit a 2-page abstract, equipment requirements and, for our panels, a list of panelists, using our\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Droid Sans'; transition-property: all;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conftool.org\/ccsc-mw\/index.php?page=index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-line submission system<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">\u00a0(link opens in a new window\/tab; register as an AUTHOR if you have not done so previously, then login).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Email questions regarding panels, tutorials and workshops to:<\/p><p>Sugandha Malviya (sugandha.malviya@bsu.edu)<br \/>Panels, Tutorials and Workshops<br \/>Ball State University<\/p><p>Notification of acceptance will be no later than <b>Monday, June 9, 2025<\/b><strong>.<\/strong><br \/>Publication deadline is <strong>Monday, July 7, 2025.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2633\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2633\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Call for Nifty Tools & Assignments<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2633\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2633\"><p>Instructors are invited to submit a \u201cnifty\u201d tool or assignment. An abstract of not more than 300 words is required, and accepted submissions will be incorporated into a panel. Early-in for listing in Journal&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><strong style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Droid Sans';\">Sunday, May 25, 2025<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Droid Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">Abstracts must be submitted using our&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conftool.org\/ccsc-mw\/index.php?page=index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Droid Sans&quot;; transition-property: all;\">on-line submission system<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Droid Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">&nbsp;(link opens in a new window\/tab, register as an AUTHOR if you have not done so previously, then login).&nbsp;<\/span><br><\/p><p>For questions about Nifty Tools &amp; Assignments, please email:<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Elmagrous&nbsp;(elmagrousa@uwstout.edu&nbsp;)<br>Nifty Tools &amp; Assignments Chair<br>University of Wisconsin-Stout<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2634\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2634\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Call for Works-in-Progress<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2634\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2634\"><p>Come share your works-in-progress in a short talk format (no more than 10 minutes) with extended Q&amp;A, approximately 20 minutes total. Submissions for inclusion in the Journal for Computing Sciences in Colleges (abstracts only) are due <strong>Sunday, May 25, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Droid Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">Abstracts (a maximum of 300 words) must be submitted using our&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conftool.org\/ccsc-mw\/index.php?page=index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Droid Sans&quot;; transition-property: all;\">on-line submission system<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Droid Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">&nbsp;(link opens in a new window\/tab, register as an AUTHOR if you have not done so previously, then login).&nbsp;<\/span><br><\/p><p>For questions, please contact:<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Elmagrous (elmagrousa@uwstout.edu)<br>Works-in-Progress Chair<br>University of Wisconsin-Stout<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2635\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2635\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Call for Student Showcase Projects<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2635\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2635\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the highlights of the annual CCSC Midwest Conference is the Student Showcase, which is an opportunity for students to demonstrate their best work to faculty and other students from around the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To qualify for submission to the Student Showcase:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entry must be original work of an undergraduate student or team of undergraduates.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The work was supervised by one or more faculty members.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The work was completed in the last twelve months at one of the colleges within the CCSC Midwest region.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student, or at least one member of the student team, is registered for the CCSC:MW 2023 Conference. (We recommend participating in the Programming Competition as well!)<\/span><\/li><li><b>The entry must be received by 11:59PM EDT on\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Droid Sans';\">Friday, September 5, 2025<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested students will classify their work into one of two categories. The <\/span><b>Applications Track<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is for interesting, novel, or noteworthy applications of computing science. This track is usually selected for work that is best displayed as a demonstration of a working system. The <\/span><b>Discovery Track<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is for projects that contributed new understanding to the body of computing science knowledge. This track is usually selected for work that is displayed on a poster or in a research paper. In either case, projects can be completed individually or as part of a team.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of track, all work is judged on the same six criteria.\u00a0 These criteria are adapted from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholarship Assessed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Glassick <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">et al.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1997) and provide guidance for evaluating any form of scholarship. Sample reflective questions are provided for each criterion.<\/span><\/p><ol><li><strong>Clear Goals<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> What is the goal of this work? What problem are you solving<\/span><\/li><li><strong>Adequate Preparation<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> How did you get ready to do this work?<\/span><\/li><li><strong>Appropriate Methods<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> How did you solve your problem? Why did you approach the problem this way?<\/span><\/li><li><strong>Significant Results<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> What was the result of this work? Who is affected by this work<\/span><\/li><li><strong>Effective Presentation<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> How well does this poster, demonstration, or presentation communicate what is important about this work?<\/span><\/li><li><strong>Reflective Critique<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> What would you do differently? What does this mean for you and your future?<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><b>To submit your work to the CCSC Midwest 2025 Student Showcase, please complete this\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Y4zfjwztE2tD8kEb9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">form<\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are interested in all aspects of computing in colleges. If you teach in a computer-related discipline and it\u2019s of interest to you, it\u2019s of interest to the CCSC:MW community! 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