Call for Submissions

 

PACISE 2018

33rd Annual Spring Conference

April 6 – 7, 2018

Shippensburg University

 

“Real World Computing”

 

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Shippensburg University is excited to host the 33rd Annual Spring Conference of the Pennsylvania Computer and Information Science Educators (PACISE), a professional organization representing faculty in all areas of computing and computing education in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

 

The theme of this year’s conference is Real World Computing.  Submissions are not restricted to this topic; topics in all areas of computer science, computer education, computer engineering, and related computing fields will be considered.  Submissions are being solicited in the following areas:

·         Papers for peer review

·         Posters

·         Special sessions (birds-of-a-feather, etc.)

·         Abstracts (for non-peer review consideration) 

 

Faculty are asked to encourage students who are involved in research and large projects to submit their work.

 

Only accepted, peer-reviewed papers will be published in their entirety in the conference proceedings.  All other submissions will appear in abstract form.  Submissions of all types should be forwarded to the chair of the Editorial Board.

 

If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your submission within a day or two, assume it has not been received and resend or contact the chair of the Editorial Board!

 

Paper Submissions

 

Papers submitted for peer-review are to be no longer than ten pages and must be in MS Word (preferred) or PDF format.  A complete draft should be sent no later than Friday, February 09.  An  author template is available to use a guideline for submission.   Initial submissions should not include author names, affiliations, or email addresses in the document.  Please indicate whether you are submitting in the student-undergraduate, student-graduate or faculty category.  Authors will be notified of acceptance by Wednesday, March 07. Final camera-ready manuscripts are due no later than Wednesday, March 21.

 

Awards will be presented for best papers in the above-mentioned categories.

 

Conference registration by at least one author is required for publication in the proceedings.

 

Poster Submissions

 

Those wishing to make a poster presentation should submit an abstract as no later than Wednesday, March 21.  An abstract template is available to use as a guideline for submission.

 

 

Special Topic Proposals

 

Those wishing to propose special topics (birds-of-a-feather, workshops, etc.) should submit a one-page proposal in the form of an abstract no later than Wednesday, March 21. A special topics template is available to use as a guideline for submission. 

 

Abstract Submissions

 

Those wishing to make a presentation, but without submitting a paper for the peer review process, should submit an abstract as no later than Wednesday, March 21.  An abstract template is available to use as a guideline for submission.