St. Louis, Missouri USA February 23-27, 2005

Submission Deadline: September 10, 2004

Contents of this page

• What Kind of Paper?
• How Should the Paper be Formatted?
• How Do I Submit My Paper?
• What Are the Conference Paper Categories?

Important Dates

• Paper Submission deadline: September 10, 2004
• Author Notification: November 8, 2004
• Camera-ready copy due: December 1, 2004

What Kind of Paper?

Papers may describe a classroom experience, teaching technique, curricular initiative, or educational research project.   Topics of interest include, but certainly are not limited to:

• Innovations or pedagogy in any computer science course
• Experimental evidence of successful teaching approaches
• Defining and improving success in CS1 and CS2
• Software engineering in a computer science curriculum
• Distance education
• Managing large classes
• Service courses for the non-major

How Should the Paper be Formatted?

Authors must submit two versions of their paper: a publication version (with author/institution information), and an anonymous version with ALL references to the authors removed (including author's names and affiliation plus identifying information within the body of the paper such as websites or related publications). The publication version is available for use by the Program Committee and the anonymous version is used in the reviewing process. Both versions are limited to a maximum of 5 pages and must adhere to the SIGCSE 2005 Format Instructions. Templates are available in Word, WordPerfect, and LaTeX.

Electronic submission of papers is required.

How Do I Submit My Paper?

Electronic Submissions (requires Netscape or Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher):

Step 1: Write your paper using the format specified above. Make sure that you have two versions of the paper, an anonymous version and a publication version.

Step 2: Convert your paper into Adobe PDF format. Refer to our Creating Adobe PDF Documents page for assistance.

Step 3: Submit both versions using the online Paper Submission Form. Please do not wait until the last minute to submit your documents because that is when everyone else will be connecting to our server!

Step 4: Make note of the paper ID number and password assigned to your submission. You will receive an e-mail message confirmation.

Step 5: After receiving confirmation, go to the Author Verification Form to review your submission for accuracy. Send e-mail to Paul Tymann (ptt@cs.rit.edu) or Doug Baldwin (baldwin@cs.geneseo.edu) if there are any problems. Warning! Several authors have reported problems viewing their PDF files using Internet Explorer. If you experience similar problems, it is best to download the file and use Acrobat Reader directly.

Deadline: All electronic submissions must be received by September 10, 2004.

What Are the Conference Paper Categories?

Note that there are several ways you must categorize your paper submission. Within the paper itself, you must provide Category and Subject Descriptors, General Terms, and Keywords. These requirements are described in more detail in the SIGCSE 2005 Format Instructions. When you submit your paper you also must categorize it for our database. The categories you choose are used to select the reviewers who will evaluate your paper.  Please be sure to choose only the one or two categories that best fit your paper.  Selecting too many categories increases the likelihood that your submission will be given to a reviewer who is unfamiliar with the content. 

We list the Conference Paper Categories below. Descriptions of each of these categories can be found at online topic display site.

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