Proceedings of the 47^th 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

Rattle	Robotics & AI Applications	Session Chair: Aleksandar Tomovic
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
1:00	A Comparative Performance Analysis of filtering and smoothing technique on a Simulated Unmanned Aircraft System	Tamaike Brown, Eunjin Kim and Emanuel Grant
1:30	Path Planning Algorithms For The Robot Operating System	Aleksandar Tomovic

Roll	Computational Biology Tools	Session Chair: Tom O'Neil
12:30	A Comparative Analysis of Popular Phylogenetic Reconstruction Algorithms	Evan Albright, Jack Hessel, Nao Hiranuma, Cody Wang and Sherri Goings
1:00
1:30	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

Elvis	Computer Systems Education Tools	Session Chair: Shaun Lynch
12:30	Virtualization in the Academic Computing Infrastructure: The Rise of Boutique Computing	Shaun Lynch
1:00	Operating Systems Learning Environment with VMware	Akalanka Mailewa and Jayantha Herath
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

The Beatles	Programming Languages & Tools	Session Chair: Elena Machkasova
12:30	Exploration of parallelization efficiency in the Clojure programming language	Henry Fellows, Joe Einertson and Elena Machkasova
1:00	Developing a Graphical Library for a Clojure-based Introductory CS Course	Paul Schliep, Max Magnuson and Elena Machkasova
1:30	Adopting Node.js and Coffeescript in a Software Design Course	Maxwell Marti

Poster Session

A Genetic Algorithm for Evolving DNA Sequences	Kendra Klocke, Abby Lantzky and Kyle Reimers
Calculating the Melting Temperature of Linker DNA	Louis Joslyn, Adrian Gibson and Thomas Klein
Designing Nanostructures with DNA	Tony Clark, Jamie Ethington and Connor Uhlman
Social Gaming with Chromecast	Corey Feiock, Justin Feiock, Nick Hasz and Peter Bui
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

Rattle	Algorithms and Tools	Session Chair: Timothy Urness
2:30	Multicast Network Coded Flow in Grid Graphs	John Gormley and Eric Manley
3:00	Exploring Alternative Clustering for PIY Source Code Detection	Pa Woua Vang and James Schnepf
3:30	A Visualization Program for Subset Sum Instances	Thomas O'Neil and Abhilasha Bhatia

Roll	AI and Machine Learning	Session Chair: Nic McPhee
2:30	Gaussian Mixture Model for Indie Game Level Design	Mukul Nautiyal and Enjim Kim
3:00	Applying Machine Learning to Energy Usage	Andrew Latterner
3:30	Analysis of Genetic Programming Ancestry Using a Graph Database	David Donatucci, Kirbie Dramdahl and Nic McPhee

Elvis	Software Engineering/Design Patterns	Session Chair: Kasi Periyasamy
2:30	A Requirements Engineering Tool Based on Use Cases	Jenny Gijo and Kasi Periyasamy
3:00	A Proposed Method for Achieving Increased Software Maintainability Through Documentation	Justin Huber and Hassan Reza
3:30	Design and Implementation of Infinity Research Assistant	Nick Oliver and Yi Liu

The Beatles	Panel: Niffy Assignments and Tools	Moderator: Stuart Hansen
2:30	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
3:00
3:30

Keynote: Josh Brauer

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

Rattle	Web	Session Chair: ?
8:30	Demonstrating a Device Fingerprinting System	Michael Rausch, Andrew Bakke, Suzanne Patt, Elizabeth Wegner and David Scott
9:00	Searching for Indicators of Device Fingerprinting in the JavaScript Code of Popular Websites	Michael Rausch, Nathan Good and Chris Hoofnagle
9:30	Evaluation and Implementation of machine learning techniques in usability testing for web sites	Christoffer Korvald, Eunjin Kim and Hassan Reza

Roll	3D Modeling	Session Chair: ?
8:30	Classifying Objects from a 3D Model	Adrian Rossing and Kayla Bonnstetter
9:00	Global Orientation for Feature Matching in Corresponding Planes	Stefan Mellem, Thomas Scott and Ian Zewiske
9:30	Collaborative Dataset Building: Action-Based Modification and File-Based Data Management	Connor Wray, Shane Allen and Armaan Bindra

Elvis	Computer Science Education	Session Chair: Noel Petit
8:30	Hacking as a Game	Terry Letsche
9:00	How We’re Changing Computer Science Education and How You Can Help	Jeremy Straub, Scott Kerlin and Tom Stokke
9:30	Teaching Computers in Tanzania	Noel Petit

The Beatles	Computer Science Pedagogy	Session Chair: Teresa Nickeson
8:30	An Experiential Education Approach to Teaching Software Project Management	Jeremy Straub and Scott Kerlin
9:00	Marshalling Technology for Learning	Curt Hill
9:30	Data Analytics Experiential Learning	Teresa Nickeson and Nicholas Rivera

Technical Session IV 10:30 AM - Noon Saturday, April 26

Rattle	Web Applications	Session Chair: Peter Bui
10:30	Dark Nebula: Using the Cloud to Build a RESTful Web Service	John Fisher, Robert Fisher and Peter Bui
11:00	A Web Portal For An Animation Render Farm	John Rankin, Travis Boettcher and Peter Bui
11:30	On Ramp to Parallel Computing	Zackory Erickson and Samantha Foley

Roll	Misc.	Session Chair: Mark Fienup
10:30	Parallel Computing in the CS Curriculum via the Computer Architecture Course	Mark Fienup
11:00	Ontology based Knowledge Model Research	Fei Wang and Hao Fan
11:30	Color Characterization and Calibration of an External Display	Jonathan Sandness, Austin Martin and Andrew Crocker

Elvis	Misc. Computer Science Education	Session Chair: J. Philip East
10:30	Managing Group Projects with Visual Studio Online	Michael Haugrud
11:00	Thinking about Conditional Thinking	Stephen Hughes and J. Philip East
11:30	Satellites and Computer Communication in the Classroom	Noel Petit

The Beatles	3D Models and Cameras	Session Chair: Olaf Hall-Hoft
10:30	Large Scale 3D Modeling in Real Time	Margaret Wanek, Tommy Markley and Douglas Binder
11:00	Error Minimization in 3D Model Reconstruction Using Sparse Bundle Adjustment and the Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm on Stereo Camera Pairs	Luke Bonde, Allison Brumfield and Ye Yuan
11:30	Resolving Matched Stereoscopic Surfaces into a Three-Dimensional Model	Stephen Lee, Guanlun Mu and Sam Bedell

Hans Christian Andersen	Mobile Applications	Session Chair: Mao Zheng
10:30	Automatically Adjust The Smart Phone	Zhenyu Zhang and Mao Zheng
11:00	Using Android Fragments in A Campus Guide System	Boheng Wei, Xi Yan and Mao Zheng
11:30	Essential Android Technologies and Google Maps APIs for Location-Based Services	Wen-Chen Hu, Naima Kaabouch, Hung-Jen Yang and Xiwei Wang