SIGCSE
The following listing includes topics suggested for possible SIGCSE Committees. (Topics suggested at SIGCSE 2002 are included if at least two attendees expressed interest. In some cases, related topics are combined -- often with variations identified in some "Initial Notes".) At a preliminary stage, titles come with little documentation. As discussion evolves for topics of general interest, links will be given to additional information (e.g., draft descriptions, an established Committee's charge, a Committee's draft or final report).
Based on discussions on SIGCSE's special-purpose listserv, SIGCSE-committees@acm.org, it is hoped that the following table can be updated regularly in response to significant activity on the listserv.
| Committee Topic or Title | Description (if available) | Status | Notes |
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| Faculty Evaluation | Preliminary Notes | BoF Session at SIGCSE 2004 | Suggested by SIGCSE members and SIGCSE Board, and under active discussion |
| Recruitment and Retention of [Teaching] Faculty | Initial Notes | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| Faculty Vitality | Initial Notes | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| Needs/Opportunities of Faculty in Small CS Departments | Initial Notes | Title Suggested | Suggested by SIGCSE members |
| Essential Book List for Undergraduate Libraries | Initial Notes | Title Suggested | One of sample subjects |
| The High-School/College Interface | Not Available | Title Suggested | One of sample subjects |
| The Two-Year College/University Interface | Not Available | Title Suggested | One of sample subjects |
| Distance Learning Issues Affecting Computing Faculty | Not Available | Title Suggested | One of sample subjects |
| Issues Impacting Under-represented Groups in Computing | Not Available | Title Suggested | One of sample subjects |
| The Role of Mathematics in Computing | Initial Notes | Initial description proposed | Suggested by a Working Group on Math in CS |
| The Use of Collaborative Learning in Computing Education | Not Available | Title Suggested | One of sample subjects |
| Student Assessment | Not Available | Title Suggested | One of sample subjects |
| Training Material on Accessible Software, Hardware and Web Design | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested for potential SIGCAPH collaboration (Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically Handicapped) |
| CS Ed Research | Initial Notes | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| Use of Collaborative Learning in Computing Education | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| The Growing Importance of Scientific Computing -- bioinformatics etc. | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| Ethics -- with a potential SIGCAS collaboration (Special Interest Group on Computers and Society) | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| IT Curricula | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| What are CS, IS, IT? | Initial Notes | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| Development of a Dictionary of a Field (e.g., collaborative learning) | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| A Condensed History of SIGCSE Symposia | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| Models of security education: Surveying and Collecting Models and Ideas | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| Implementing Computing Curricula 2001 | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| How to Support Oral and Written Communication in the Computing Curriculum | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
| Pre-college Outreach Programs | Not Available | Title Suggested | Suggested at SIGCSE 2002 |
Some additional information on a few of these topics are available through Minutes from the SIGCSE 2002 Session on this Committee Initiative
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created 24 November 2001 last revised 25 October 2005 |
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| For more information, please contact Henry M. Walker at sigcse@cs.grinnell.edu. |