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Conference Agenda

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Session Overview

Date: Friday, 10/Apr/2026

9:00am
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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 Feedback

Badri Adhikari—University of Missouri-St. Louis & Jie Hou—Michigan State University

12:00pm
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1:00pm

Lunch

Lunch on your own or with friends at one of Springfields restaurants.

1:00pm
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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 University

Dr. Wen Hsin, Park University

Dr. Ying Cao, Drury University

Mr. Jason Barnes, EDUCAUSE

Dr. Rahul Dubey, Missouri State University

2:15pm
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3:45pm

AI in the Classroom
Location: 210 O'Reilly Enterprise Center

A Literature Review of AI Applications in Higher Education

Trang Horn, Mahmoud Yousef

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

Fang Li

Oklahoma Christian University

Generative AI and Software Development Job Security: Challenges and Insights for Computing Education

Fei Zuo¹, Gang Qian¹, Fang Li², Yuqi Song³, Xin Zhang³

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

Michael Ham

Dakota State University

"Ring a Doorbell ”: A Hands-On Introduction to Wireless Data Encoding

Kyle Cronin

Dakota State University

Building a Linux Device Driver

Bin Peng

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

Aziz Fellah

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

Abbas Attarwala, Paul Viotti, Mohammed Albahttiti, Hrishikesh Hasabnis

California State University, Chico

Sonifying Kepler's Harmonice Mundi: A Csound Implementation for Teaching Scientific Sonification

Paul Viotti, Abbas Attarwala, Hrishikesh Hasabnis

California State University, Chico

LAST DAY, LASTING IMPACT: MAXIMIZING THE FINAL DAY OF YOUR COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE

Mark Terwilliger, Elise Terwilliger, Janet Jenkins

University of North Alabama

3:45pm
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4:15pm

Break
Location: 3rd Floor Balcony Area, O'Reilly Enterprise Center

4:15pm
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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

Gary Yu Zhao, Cindy Zhiling Tu

Northwest Missouri State University

When Mentorship Isn’t Enough: A Case Study in Undergraduate ML Research at an HSI

Olivera Grujic

California State University Stanislaus

Cross-Cultural Challenges and Learning in a COIL-Based Software Engineering Collaboration

Olivera Grujic¹, Paulo Picota²

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

Jamil Saquer

Missouri State University

Boosting Black-Box Software Testing with Structured Prompt Design for Generative AI

Rad Alrifai

Northeastern State University

Theory and Practice in Functional Programming

Cong-Cong Xing¹, Jun Huang²

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

Usamah Moin Mohammed

Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

Vendor Presentation
Location: 240 O'Reilly Enterprise Center

ACM2y Vendor Presentation: ACM Resources and Opportunities

6:00pm
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8:00pm

Banquet
Location: Judy Thompson Executive Conference Center.