SIGCSE China symposium at TURC 2019

The ACM Turing Celebration Conference - China (ACM TURC 2019), was held from May 17-19, 2019 at Chengdu, China, with its key theme on "Interconnected, Inspired, intelligent". The conference serves as a highly selective and premier international forum on computer science research. Domestic and international academic experts and professors, including some ACM Turing Award winners, shared their perspectives on cutting-edge technologies and discussed the frontier issues in today's society as well as the interdisciplinary development trends together.

Fig 1. Main venue of China Turing Congress

ACM SIGCSE China had successfully hosted the SIGCSE China Forum during the ACM Turing Conference 2019. The SIGCSE China Forum was held on May 18 and 19, in conjunction with the ACM CompEd 2019 Conference. CompEd 2019, or ACM Global Computing Education Conference, is the fourth international high-level conference sponsored by ACM SIGCSE on 17-19 May. The scale and influence of the conference are enormous. Before that, there are only three international conferences on computer education (SIGCSE, ITiCSE, ICER) of ACM SIGCSE, held in North America, Europe and Australia, respectively. The first CompEd conference held in China received more than 100 papers (including 317 authors) from 25 countries. The conference finally received 33 papers from 11 countries. CompEd registered 99 participants through ACM in 2009 and more than 50 participants through Turing Conference. During the meeting, three Working Group discussions, CC2020 Round Table Forum and ACM-W Round Table Forum were held. More than 50 participants participated. CompEd 2019 is the first International Conference on Computer Education organized by SIGCSE in China, which greatly promoted the research and exchange of computer education worldwide. ACM SIGCSE China supported and acted as one of the main contributors for CompEd 2019.

During the SIGCSE sub-forum of Turing Conference, Professor Amber Settle, Chairman of ACM SIGCSE, delivered a welcoming speech "Introduction to ACM". Professor Xu Xiaofei, Vice President of Harbin Polytechnic University, Professor Susan H. Rodger, Professor Zhang Ming of Peking University and Zhu Aimin of Google China have respectively made "Agile Computing Education for Sustainable Competitiveness", "Increasing the Diversity in Computing at All Levels", "More Chinese Women Needed to Hold Half the Computing Sky" and "Google Computer Science Education" The Theme Report of "Current Situation in China".

In these talks, Professor Xu Xiaofei’s report on the 20-person Forum and the bluebook on Computer Education and Sustainable Competitiveness is included in the ACM/EECC2020 International Computing Discipline Standard. The forum also discussed the topics of "Computer Education Research" and "Project-based Learning in Data Structure and Algorithms Course".

Fig 2. Keynotes from Dr. Xiaofei Xu on Agile Computer Education

Fig 3. Blue Paper on Computer Education and Sustainable Competitiveness

Fig 4. Professor Susan H. Rodgers’ keynote speech

Fig 5. Professor Zhang Ming's talk on ACM-W

Fig 6. Keynote from Aimin Zhu of Google China

SIGCSE China Forum has received a total of 44 submissions. The forum accepted 13 papers and 7 posters. These 13 papers were presented on programming, course design, diagnostic assessment and modeling. Among them, Pan Weigong and Sun Guangzhong's paper "CLS-PROG: An Intelligent Tool for rating Programs in Online Judge Systems" won the best paper award at the SIGCSE Forum and was nominated for the best paper at the Turing Conference.

Fig 7. Announcing the Best Paper Winner of SIGCSE

Fig 8. A group photo about ACM SIGCSE China participants

In addition, the forum also discussed CC2020(Computing Curricula 2020), "Computing in Data Science", "Computer Education Research" and "Project-based Learning in Data Structure and Algorithms Course".

Fig 9. CC2020 Round Table Forum

Fig 10. ACM/IEEE Discipline Specification Seminar

Fig 11. Panel: Computer Education Research

Through these excellent teaching results reports, well-known computer educators have shared the experience of computer professional training program, curriculum system, supporting experimental system and the promotion, design, implementation, and evaluation of the course, which has promoted the full exchange of computer education between China and other countries. In addition, the forum also discussed CC2020(Computing Curricula 2020), "Computing in Data Science", "Computer Education Research" and "Project-based Learning in Data Structure and Algorithms Course".

On the afternoon of May 18, ACM SIGCSE China Branch held a meeting of all the members of the board of directors, with 34 members participating. The meeting was chaired by Professor Zhang Ming of Peking University, Chairman of ACM SIGCSE China Branch. At the meeting, the members of the Bureau and the relevant directors briefed on the work this year, and voted to elect the new members of the Bureau and the standing members. At the same time, the Council discussed and discussed the working arrangements of SIGCSE China after its re-election. Up to now, the number of members of ACM SIGCSE China Branch has reached 510.

Fig 15. A group photo of council members of SIGCSE China

Attachment: Papers and speeches received accepted at the SIGCSE Symposium

Keynote Speech

    [1]Amber Settle, De Paul University SIGCSE Chair，Introduction to ACM
    [2]Xiaofei Xu， Vice President of Harbin Institute of Technology，Agile Computing Education for Sustainable Competencies
    [3]Susan H. Rodger,Increasing the Diversity in Computing at All Levels
    [4]Ming Zhang，More Chinese Women Needed to Hold up Half the Computing Sky

Research Track Session

    [1]Yigong Pan, Guangzhong Sun (University of Science and Technology of China),  CLS-PROG: An Intelligent Tool for Classifying Programs in Online Judge Systems（Best Paper Award）
    [2]Jun Na, Yuan Liu (Northeastern University), A Quantitative Revision Method to Improve Usability of Self- and Peer Assessment in MOOCs
    [3]Xia Sun, Xu Zhao, Yuan Ma(Northwest University)Feijuan He(Xi’an Jiaotong University City College), Xinrui Yuan, Jun Feng(Northwest University), Muti-behavior Features based Knowledge Tracking using Decision Tree improved DKVMN
    [4]Nannan Wu, Yi Gao, Mingfei Zhang, Xia Sun, Jun Feng(Northwest University), MOOC Student Dropout: Pattern and Prevention
    [5]Wenying Kang, Lei Zhang, Bo Li, Jing Chen, Xia Sun (Northwest University), Personalized Exercise Recommendation via Implicit Skills
    [6]Yu He, Xinying Hu, Guangzhong Sun(University of Science and Technology of China)，A Cognitive Diagnosis Framework Based on Peer Assessment
    [7]Ming Zhang(Peking University), Yichun Yin(Huawei), More Chinese Women Needed to Hold up Half the Computing Sky
    [8]Wei Wang(Tongji University), MOOBench: Towards Massive Open Online Workbench
    [9]Shengjun Yin, Qingda Shang, Hongzhi Wang, Boxuan Che Yin(Harbin Institute Of Technology), The Analysis and Early Warning of Student Loss in MOOC Course
    [10]Feng Xiong, Kaifa Zou, Zhemin Liu, Hongzhi Wang(Harbin Institute of Technology), Predicting Learning Status in MOOCs using LSTM
    [11]Bo Jiang, Wei Xu, Chunlin Guo, Wenqi Liu, Wenqing Cheng(Huazhong University of Science and Technology) A Classroom Concentration Model Based on Computer Vision
    [12]Zhang Yaling, Wu Bei(Xi 'an University of Technology) Research and Application of Grade Prediction Model Based on Decision Tree Algorithm
    [13]Qing Sun, Kaiqi Liu(Beihang University)How are students' programming skills developed: an empirical study in an Object-Oriented Course

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