Proceedings of the 47th Annual Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium
Hosted by Epic and the MICS Steering Committee
Verona, WI on April 25-26, 2014
Thanks to Our MICS 2014 Sponsors!
Technical Session I 12:30 - 2 PM Friday, April 25
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Rattle |
Robotics & AI Applications |
Session Chair: Aleksandar Tomovic |
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12:30 |
Algorithm for Arm Position Reconstruction From Optical Motion Capture Data with Missing or Noisy Data |
Meredith Moore, Helene Moorman, James Gao and Jose Carmena |
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1:00 |
A Comparative Performance Analysis of filtering and smoothing technique on a Simulated Unmanned Aircraft System |
Tamaike Brown, Eunjin Kim and Emanuel Grant |
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1:30 |
Aleksandar Tomovic |
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Computational Biology Tools |
Session Chair: Tom O'Neil |
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12:30 |
A Comparative Analysis of Popular Phylogenetic Reconstruction Algorithms |
Evan Albright, Jack Hessel, Nao Hiranuma, Cody Wang and Sherri Goings |
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1:00 |
Accelerating Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Assignment with A* |
John Emmons, Joel Venzke, Rachel Davis, Paxten Johnson, Leah Robison, David Mascharka, Timothy Urness, Adina Kilpatrick and Katie Roth |
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1:30 |
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Elvis |
Computer Systems Education Tools |
Session Chair: Shaun Lynch |
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12:30 |
Virtualization in the Academic Computing Infrastructure: The Rise of Boutique Computing |
Shaun Lynch |
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1:00 |
Akalanka Mailewa and Jayantha Herath |
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1:30 |
Using Common Linux Commands to Trace the Origins of Potentially Rogue Processes within a Linux Host (Virtual Machine) |
Dennis Guster, Martin Smith and Laura Lebentritt |
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The Beatles |
Programming Languages & Tools |
Session Chair: Elena Machkasova |
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12:30 |
Exploration of parallelization efficiency in the Clojure programming language |
Henry Fellows, Joe Einertson and Elena Machkasova |
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1:00 |
Developing a Graphical Library for a Clojure-based Introductory CS Course |
Paul Schliep, Max Magnuson and Elena Machkasova |
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1:30 |
Adopting Node.js and Coffeescript in a Software Design Course |
Maxwell Marti |
Poster Session
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Kendra Klocke, Abby Lantzky and Kyle Reimers |
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Louis Joslyn, Adrian Gibson and Thomas Klein |
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Tony Clark, Jamie Ethington and Connor Uhlman |
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Corey Feiock, Justin Feiock, Nick Hasz and Peter Bui |
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Comparing Genetic Programming and Neural Network Representations for Cooperative Agents |
Emily Johnston, Nao Hiranuma and Sherri Goings |
Technical Session II 2:30 – 4:00 PM Friday, April 25
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Rattle |
Algorithms and Tools |
Session Chair: Timothy Urness |
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2:30 |
John Gormley and Eric Manley |
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3:00 |
Exploring Alternative Clustering for PIY Source Code Detection |
Pa Woua Vang and James Schnepf |
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3:30 |
Thomas O'Neil and Abhilasha Bhatia |
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AI and Machine Learning |
Session Chair: Nic McPhee |
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2:30 |
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3:00 |
Andrew Latterner |
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3:30 |
Analysis of Genetic Programming Ancestry Using a Graph Database |
David Donatucci, Kirbie Dramdahl and Nic McPhee |
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Elvis |
Software Engineering/Design Patterns |
Session Chair: Kasi Periyasamy |
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2:30 |
Jenny Gijo and Kasi Periyasamy |
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3:00 |
A Proposed Method for Achieving Increased Software Maintainability Through Documentation |
Justin Huber and Hassan Reza |
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3:30 |
Nick Oliver and Yi Liu |
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The Beatles |
Moderator: Stuart Hansen |
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2:30
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Stuart Hansen (moderator) UW - Parkside Kristine J. Peters Ripon College Teresa Nickeson University of Dubuque Tim Gegg-Harrison and Nicole Anderson Winona State University David R. Musicant Carleton College Dean Stevens and Randy Campbell Morningside College Samantha S. Foley UW – La Crosse |
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3:00
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3:30 |
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Keynote: Josh Brauer |
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Mobile applications have become an essential part of our daily lives, and healthcare is no exception. In this talk, Josh will discuss many aspects of mobile app development along with some of the core challenges that face today's mobile developers both inside and outside of healthcare. He'll also spend time covering some of the key differences in developing mobile apps for the two most predominant mobile platforms - iOS and Android |
Saturday, April 26
Technical Session III 8:30 – 10:00 AM Saturday, April 26
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Rattle |
Web |
Session Chair: Kristine Peters |
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8:30 |
Michael Rausch, Andrew Bakke, Suzanne Patt, Elizabeth Wegner and David Scott |
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9:00 |
Searching for Indicators of Device Fingerprinting in the JavaScript Code of Popular Websites |
Michael Rausch, Nathan Good and Chris Hoofnagle |
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9:30 |
Evaluation and Implementation of machine learning techniques in usability testing for web sites |
Christoffer Korvald, Eunjin Kim and Hassan Reza |
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3D Modeling |
Session Chair: Chris Johnson |
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8:30 |
Adrian Rossing and Kayla Bonnstetter |
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9:00 |
Global Orientation for Feature Matching in Corresponding Planes |
Stefan Mellem, Thomas Scott and Ian Zewiske |
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9:30 |
Collaborative Dataset Building: Action-Based Modification and File-Based Data Management |
Connor Wray, Shane Allen and Armaan Bindra |
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Elvis |
Computer Science Education |
Session Chair: Noel Petit |
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8:30 |
Terry Letsche |
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9:00 |
How We’re Changing Computer Science Education and How You Can Help |
Jeremy Straub, Scott Kerlin and Tom Stokke |
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9:30 |
Noel Petit |
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The Beatles |
Computer Science Pedagogy |
Session Chair: Teresa Nickeson |
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8:30 |
An Experiential Education Approach to Teaching Software Project Management |
Jeremy Straub and Scott Kerlin |
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9:00 |
Curt Hill |
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9:30 |
Teresa Nickeson and Nicholas Rivera |
Technical Session IV 10:30 AM - Noon Saturday, April 26
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Rattle |
Web Applications |
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10:30 |
John Fisher, Robert Fisher and Peter Bui |
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11:00 |
John Rankin, Travis Boettcher and Peter Bui |
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11:30 |
Zackory Erickson and Samantha Foley |
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Miscellaneous |
Session Chair: Mark Fienup |
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10:30 |
Parallel Computing in the CS Curriculum via the Computer Architecture Course |
Mark Fienup |
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11:00 |
Fei Wang and Hao Fan |
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11:30 |
Color Characterization and Calibration of an External Display |
Jonathan Sandness, Austin Martin and Andrew Crocker |
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Elvis |
Misc. Computer Science Education |
Session Chair: J. Philip East |
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10:30 |
Michael Haugrud |
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11:00 |
Stephen Hughes and J. Philip East |
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11:30 |
Noel Petit |
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The Beatles |
3D Models and Cameras |
Session Chair: Olaf Hall-Hoft |
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10:30 |
Margaret Wanek, Tommy Markley and Douglas Binder |
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11:00 |
Resolving Matched Stereoscopic Surfaces into a Three-Dimensional Model |
Stephen Lee, Guanlun Mu and Sam Bedell |
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11:30 |
Luke Bonde, Allison Brumfield and Ye Yuan |
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Hans Christian Andersen |
Mobile Applications |
Session Chair: Mao Zheng |
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10:30 |
Zhenyu Zhang and Mao Zheng |
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11:00 |
Boheng Wei, Xi Yan and Mao Zheng |
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11:30 |
Essential Android Technologies and Google Maps APIs for Location-Based Services |
Wen-Chen Hu, Naima Kaabouch, Hung-Jen Yang and Xiwei Wang |
