Central Plains Region 2026 Conference
April 10th & 11th, 2026 • Drury University, Springfield, Missouri
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Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Friday, 10/Apr/2026 | ||||
| 9:00am - 12:00pm |
Pre-Conference Workshop Location: 330 O'Reilly Enterprise Center Chair: Joan Gladbach Tutorial 102: Teaching Coding in the Age of AI: A Hands-on Tutorial on Process FeedbackBadri Adhikari—University of Missouri-St. Louis & Jie Hou—Michigan State University |
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| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
LunchLunch on your own or with friends at one of Springfields restaurants. |
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| 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Welcome and Keynote Location: Judy Thompson Executive Conference Center. Chair: Scott Sigman Chair: Padmavathi Iyer Where are we going: The future of computing education in the face of AI?Panel Moderator: Dr. Chris Branton, Drury UniversityDr. Wen Hsin, Park UniversityDr. Ying Cao, Drury UniversityMr. Jason Barnes, EDUCAUSEDr. Rahul Dubey, Missouri State University |
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| 2:15pm - 3:45pm |
AI in the Classroom Location: 210 O'Reilly Enterprise Center A Literature Review of AI Applications in Higher Education University of Central Missouri, United States of America Teaching Multiple Paradigms for Intelligent Systems: Integrating Search, Knowledge-Based Reasoning, and Machine Learning in Graduate Education Oklahoma Christian University Generative AI and Software Development Job Security: Challenges and Insights for Computing Education 1: University of Central Oklahoma; 2: Oklahoma Christian University; 3: University of Southern Maine |
Nifty Assignments 1 Location: 220 O'Reilly Enterprise Center Firmware Reverse Engineering with patch-hunter Dakota State University "Ring a Doorbell ”: A Hands-On Introduction to Wireless Data Encoding Dakota State University Building a Linux Device Driver Park University |
AI in IT Panel Location: 205 O'Reilly Enterprise Center AI in IT and Business Project Management: Insights Across the Project Life Cycle Northwest Missouri State University, School of Computer Science and Informmation Sustems, Maryville, MO 64468 |
Teaching K-12, Non-majors, & CS Freshmen Location: 240 O'Reilly Enterprise Center Integrating Python Best Practices into Middle School Robotics Education Through a Research Supported Approach California State University, Chico Sonifying Kepler's Harmonice Mundi: A Csound Implementation for Teaching Scientific Sonification California State University, Chico LAST DAY, LASTING IMPACT: MAXIMIZING THE FINAL DAY OF YOUR COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE University of North Alabama |
| 3:45pm - 4:15pm |
Break Location: 3rd Floor Balcony Area, O'Reilly Enterprise Center |
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| 4:15pm - 5:45pm |
Software Engineering Location: 210 O'Reilly Enterprise Center Utilizing Vibe Coding Techniques to Improve Prototyping in the Information System Analysis and Design Class Northwest Missouri State University When Mentorship Isn’t Enough: A Case Study in Undergraduate ML Research at an HSI California State University Stanislaus Cross-Cultural Challenges and Learning in a COIL-Based Software Engineering Collaboration 1: California State University, Stanislaus; 2: Universidad Tecnologica de Panama |
Nifty Assignments 2 Location: 220 O'Reilly Enterprise Center Enhancing Students’ Understanding of SQL Aggregate Functions in Nested Subqueries Missouri State University Boosting Black-Box Software Testing with Structured Prompt Design for Generative AI Northeastern State University Theory and Practice in Functional Programming 1: Nicholls State University; 2: South Dakota State University |
AI Policy Location: 205 O'Reilly Enterprise Center Rethinking the AI Syllabus: Designing Traffic-Light Policies in CS Courses That Do Not Backfire Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA |
Vendor Presentation Location: 240 O'Reilly Enterprise Center ACM2y Vendor Presentation: ACM Resources and Opportunities |
| 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
Banquet Location: Judy Thompson Executive Conference Center. From EHRs to AI Agents. . . Healthcare Is Now
a Technology First Industry
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