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Computing and Information Technology Division Poster Session

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Shahab Boumi, University of Central Florida; Adan Ernesto Vela, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Education, 2021 Quantifying the impact of students’ semester course load on their academic performanceAbstractStudents’ academic success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)careers is one of the most popular subjects that has gained attention among educationalresearchers for decades. Many studies have shown students’ educational outcomes can be affectedby academic factors including high school GPA, SAT score test, student admission type (transferor first-time-in-college), as well as demographic features such as gender, ethnicity, and familyincome. Additional studies have investigated the relationship between students’ course load andtheir academic outcomes. In this paper, we define

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

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Bonnie Achee, Southeastern Louisiana University

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year’s camp, a similaractivity was sought. Not only did the previous year’s students demonstrate high levels ofengagement, additionally the skills provided by offering such support the following NationalAssociation of Colleges and Employers’ Career Readiness guidelines: Critical Thinking /Problem Solving, Oral / Written Communications, Teamwork / Collaborations, DigitalTechnologies, and Global / Intercultural Fluency [11] Additionally, the learning outcomes alignwith Common Core ELA Literacy RST Standards 1 and 2 for grades 9 - 12; 6, 7 and 9 for grades11 - 12; and ELA Literacy SL 1-5 for grades 9 - 10. [12]The camp moved from teaching coding to working on critical thinking skills vital to computerscience in general and more specifically

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

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Stephanie J. Lunn, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Mark A. Weiss, Florida International University; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida; Tiana Solis, Florida International University

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research and instructional Interests include programming languages, computer ethics and student success and development. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Uneven Playing Field: Examining Preparation for Technical Interviews in Computing and the Role of Cultural ExperiencesAbstractWhile starting a career may be challenging in any field, in computing the process tends to beaggravated by requirements of digital portfolios and technical interviews that necessitate codingextemporaneously. During the programming components, candidates are expected to offer asolution, while also giving consideration to the choice of algorithm and its time complexity.Although

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

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Zhijiang Dong, Middle Tennessee State University; Joshua Lee Phillips, Middle Tennessee State University; Eric Oslund, Middle Tennessee State University; Chrisila Pettey, Middle Tennessee State University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants

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scholarship recipient receives anannual stipend of up to $6000 for no more than three years. In order to increase their interest incomputer science and to improve retention of CS majors, a pipeline of well-proven activities wasintegrated into the program to inspire exploration of the CS discipline and computing careers atan early stage and help students gain work experience before graduation. These activitiesinclude, but are not limited to: a summer research program that provides opportunities forstudents to conduct research in different computer science areas, a peer-mentoring program thatpromotes career preparation, and professional conference attendance program that sends studentsto professional conferences to explore computer science careers and

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 5

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Paea LePendu, University of California, Riverside; Cecilia Cheung, University of California, Riverside; Mariam Salloum, University of California, Riverside; Pamela Sheffler, University of California, Riverside; Kelly Downey, University of California, Riverside

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into K-12.Nevertheless, many students complete high school never having the chance to learn CS.We have created a summer coding camp for high-school students (including 8th graders entering9th grade) and designed a multi-year study to assess its effectiveness as an informal learningenvironment, based on theories of human motivation such as Self-Determination Theory 1 .The camp is a 1-week immersion experience, 9am to 5pm with food and activities, that introducesbasic programming via MIT APP Inventor. Lecture material and in-class exercises draw uponmeaningful applications, many appealing to “social good.” One unique aspect is the inclusion ofprofessional and career development activities that engage students and broaden perspectives onCS and

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

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Stephanie J. Lunn, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University

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that make it challenging to gain entry and to persist in the workplace [2, 3].Reports from students unable to obtain employment note that passing the technical interviews isone of the biggest issues they face in starting their career [3]. However, understanding the fullimpact of the hiring process in computing, and in particular, how it affects groups alreadyunderrepresented in computing (women, Black/African American, and Hispanic/Latinx workers),is important to creating a workplace of diverse talent [4–6]. Given the paucity of rigorousresearch surrounding the steps in the process, our motivation for this work was to create acomprehensive assessment of what hiring in computing looks like from the perspective of the jobseeker. In addition, we

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 1

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Elena Filatova, City University of New York; Deborah Hecht, Center for Advanced Study in Education

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in careers in evaluation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Using Data Science to Create an Impact on a City Life and to Encourage Students from Underserved Communities to Get into STEM.Abstract:In this paper, we introduce a novel methodology for teaching Data Science courses at New YorkCity College of Technology, CUNY (CityTech). This methodology has been designed to engageour diverse student body. CityTech is an urban, commuter, HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution)school with 34% Hispanic and 29% Black students. 61% of our students come from householdswith an income of less than $30,000. Thus, many students in our college come from the NewYork City

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

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Sami N. Rollins, University of San Francisco; Alark Joshi, University of San Francisco; Xornam Apedoe, University of San Francisco; Sophie Engle, University of San Francisco; Matthew Malensek; Gian Bruno, University of San Francisco

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student retention. They found that academicsupport and career counseling can have a big impact on self-efficacy and retention. Xu [10]found that academic integration (participation in organized academic activities with peers,working with students outside class, interacting with faculty outside class concerningcoursework) was one of the strongest indicators of student retention in STEM majors.Zimmerman [11] found that students with high levels of self-efficacy work harder, participate inclass, persist longer, and have fewer negative reactions when they encounter difficulties in theirmajor. Lent and Hackett [12] found that self-efficacy has a positive impact on the educational aswell as career choices among these students.Disciplinary IdentityGee

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

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Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University; Biwu Yang, East Carolina University

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. government has placedcybersecurity as a national priority in order to minimize damage from cyber incidents. In thefiscal year of 2019, the President's Budget included $15 billion of budget authority forcybersecurity-related activities to improve the security and resilience capabilities of nationalinformation infrastructures [3].In addition to the efforts made from the government in national cybersecurity protection, it isalso important that everyone should receive a basic training of cybersecurity concepts andtechniques. The National Initiative For Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) stated: “Wemust teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and other cyber concepts to allstudents, and educate all students on the secure use of

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

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Matthew A. Verleger (He/His/Him), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Mustafa Ilhan Akbas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Philip Craiger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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. Philip started his academic career as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and holds numerous professional certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Practi- tioner (CISSP), and a Certified Cyber Forensics Practitioner (CCFP) from (ISC)2, SANS GIAC Computer Forensics Analyst, and an EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker. His research and teaching interests in- clude sUAS cybersecurity, and general aviation cybersecurity. Dr. Craiger is a certified NAUI technical SCUBA instructor and instructor trainer (certifies NAUI instruc- tors). He has hundreds of technical dives

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 3

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Briana Marie Bailey; Yujian Fu P.E., Alabama A&M University

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raisethe academic success level, guide students through their career path, as well as being a beneficial © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Conferencefactor for the university/campus and those associated. Interaction among the associated membersplay a vital role in the overall operation of universities across the nation.In UML model, a system can be described with various types of diagrams from different leveland aspects of views. This leveled structures document the system in a set of systematicpredefined diagrams – class diagrams, state diagrams, use case diagrams, sequence diagrams,activity diagrams, and so on. Use Case Diagrams describes the sequence

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Shakil Akhtar, Clayton State University; Muhammad Asadur Rahman, Clayton State University

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Institute of Technology in Chicago. Dr. Rahman has worked as a chemical engineer at a urea fertilizer factory, after which he pursued a career as a software developer in the securities industry. He worked for 13 years at the Chicago Stock Exchange developing real-time trading software. Since receiving his Ph.D. in the year 2000, Dr. Rahman pursued a career as an educator and taught at Illinois Tech, University of West Georgia, and finally at Clayton State University. Dr. Rahman is passionate about teaching and cares about student learning. His research interests include computation linguistics, bioinformatics, and computer science education. American c

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 2

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Uma Kannan; Rajendran Swamidurai, Alabama State University

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Association) 2020survey [11] respondents say their cybersecurity teams are understaffed and 56% of the (ISC)2[10] survey respondents accept their institution is at risk. According to various reports, about40% of junior-level and over 50% senior and manager level security jobs are vacant and CyberSecurity job postings took 8% longer to fill than other IT job postings overall. In a lot of cases,even the people who should know how to do this job and know how to run these systems do noteven exist. [12]One of the challenges faced in addressing cyber workforce issues is the well documentedshortage of STEMC (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing)graduates with technical proficiency [11]. While STEMC careers in academia and industry

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Computing and Information Technology Division Poster Session

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Erica Haugtvedt, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Duane L. Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Paper ID #32388Lovelace’s Program: A Challenging but Achievable Assignment forUndergraduate Students in Engineering and Computer ScienceDr. Erica Haugtvedt, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Erica Haugtvedt is an assistant professor of English and Humanities at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. She received her PhD in British nineteenth-century literature from Ohio State University in 2015.Dr. Duane L. Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Abata has worked in academia for over forty years at universities and with the Federal government around the country. He began his career at the

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 7

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Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University

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Master’s Degree in Computer Science. The Bachelor ofScience in Computer Science program was one of the first Bachelor of Science programsimplemented at UVU in 1993. The program’s goal has been to provide a quality program thatmeets accreditation standards while providing the students with a skill set that allows them tosucceed in computing careers. The curriculum content for the Computer Science degree is basedon the 2001 ACM Curriculum Report. The Computer Science degree at UVU was accredited byAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 2002 and currently has morethan 1,200 students. Students in this program take core courses until the first semester of theirjunior year, when they begin choosing their electives for different

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Computing and Information Technology Division Poster Session

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Scott J. Reckinger, University of Illinois at Chicago; Shanon Marie Reckinger, University of Illinois at Chicago

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next semester than peers. In another study [11],African American students who received the social-belonging intervention earned higher gradesthroughout the following 3-year period, halving the racial achievement gap. The interventionalso increased the percentage of African American students in the top 25% of the class. Inanother study [12], the social-belonging intervention increased the percentage of students whostayed full-time enrolled in college in their first year from 32% to 43% and increased thepercentage of ethnic-minority and first-generation college students who completed the first yearfull-time enrolled by 4%. In a recent study [13], the long-term effects of the intervention showedgreater career satisfaction and success in black

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 2

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Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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. D. Rhoads, “Traditional, Online or Both? A Comparative Study of University Student Learning and Satisfaction Between Traditional and Hyflex Delivery Modalities,” Concordia University, Irvine, CA, 2020.[29] M. Koskinen, “Understanding the Needs of Adult Graduate Students: An Exploratory Case Study of a HyFlex Learning Environment,” Northeastern University, 2018.[30] D. Wright, “The HyFlex course design: A case study on adult and career education courses,” Natl. Soc. Sci. J., vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 88–93, 2016.[31] P. Marella, J. Straub, and B. Bernard, “Development of a facial feature based image steganography technology,” in Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference on Computational Science and

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 1

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Elizabeth Milonas, New York City College of Technology; Duo Li, Shenyang City University; Qiping Zhang, Long Island University

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the Data Sciencecurriculum, mathematical foundations, computational and statistical thinking [11], [12]. Theworkshop participants felt this combination would provide a rich and effective series of coursesand would well prepare graduates for careers in Data Science [11]. The workshop resulted inidentifying key skills required for undergraduate Data Science majors to master includingcomputational and statistical thinking, mathematical foundations, model building andassessment, algorithms and software foundation, data curation, and knowledge transference(communication and responsibility)[11]. Six main subject areas of a Data Science Major wereidentified; data description and curation, mathematical foundations, computational thinking,statistical