Papers
of the
Twenty-seventh Annual
Consortium for Computing
Sciences in Colleges
Southeastern Conference
November 15-16, 2013
Furman University
Greenville, South Carolina
WELCOME — CCSC: SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE, 2013
Welcome to the 27th Southeastern Regional Conference of the Consortium for
Computing Sciences in Colleges. The CCSC:SE Regional Board welcomes you to
Greenville, SC, the home of Furman University. The conference is designed to promote
a productive exchange of information among college personnel concerned with computer
science education in the academic environment. It is intended for faculty as well as
administrators of academic computing facilities, and it is also intended to be welcoming
to student participants in a variety of special activities. We hope that you will find
something to challenge and engage you at the conference!
The conference program is highlighted with a variety of sessions, such as a
pre-conference workshop, interesting guest speakers, tutorials, panels, student posters,
faculty posters, nifty assignment session and several sessions for high quality refereed
papers. We have received 24 interesting papers this year from which 12 were accepted,
with acceptance rate of 50%, to be presented at the conference and included in the
proceedings.
Two exciting activities are designed specifically for students, a research contest and
an undergraduate programming competition, with prizes for the top finishers in each.
We especially would like to thank the faculty, staff, and students of Furman
University for their help in organizing this conference, in particular Ms. Kala Kennemore,
administrative assistant in the Dept. of Computer Science. Many thanks also to the CCSC
Board, the CCSC:SE Regional Board, and to a wonderful Conference Committee. Thank
you all so much for your time and energies.
We also need to send our deepest appreciation to our partners, sponsors, and
vendors. Please take the time to go up to them and thank them for their contributions and
support for computing sciences education – CCSC:SE National Partners: Turing's Craft,
The National Science Foundation, and Wiley; and Sponsoring Organizations: CCSC,
ACM-SIGCSE, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.
We could not have done this without so many excellent submissions from authors,
so many insightful comments from reviewers, and the support from our editors John
Meinke and Susan Dean. Thanks to all of you for helping create such a great program.
We hope you enjoy the conference and your visit to Furman University.
Kevin Treu, Chris Healy, Conference Co-Chairs
Furman University
Hala ElAarag, Stetson University
Stephen Carl, Sewanee: University of the South
Program Co-Chairs
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REGIONAL BOARD — CCSC SOUTHEASTERN REGION
Kevin Treu, Regional Board Chair, CCSC: SE Regional Representative . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
Ben Setzer, Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA
John Hunt, Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
Hala ElAarag, Program Co-Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stetson University, DeLand, FL
Stephen Carl, Program Co-Chair Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Susan Dean, Publicity Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UMUC Europe, Heidelberg, D
Jean French, Local Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
John Meinke, Proceedings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UMUC Europe, Heidelberg, D
Becky Rutherfoord, 2012 Site Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA
Bill Myers, At-Large Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC
Robert Lover, At-Large Member . . . . . . . . . . . Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE — 2013 CCSC SOUTHEASTERN
CONFERENCE
Chris Healy, Local Arrangements Chair . . . . . . . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
Kevin Treu, Local Publicity Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
Kevin Treu, Speakers Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
Kala Kennemore, Vendors Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
Kala Kennemore, Local Sponsors Chair . . . . . . . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
Andy Digh, Programming Contest Co-Director . . . . . Mercer University, Macon, GA
Chris Healy, Programming Contest Co-Director . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
Nadeem Abdul Hamid, Nifty Assignments Co-Chair Berry College, Mount Berry, GA
Steven Benzel, Nifty Assignments Co-Chair . Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA
REVIEWERS — 2013 CCSC SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
Farha Ali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lander University
Dean Brock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC
Rebecca Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC
Stephen Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sewanee: the University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Mike Dowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Augusta State University, Augusta, GA
Joe Dumas . . . . . . . . . . . . University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
Hala ElAarag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stetson University, DeLand, FL
Alessio Gaspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of South Florida, Lakeland, FL
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Chris Healy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
John Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
Ingyu Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy University, Troy, AL
Yi Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
William Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC
Sarah North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Anne Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Andy Pounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mercer University, Macon, GA
Lakshmi Paryaga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of West Florida
Ian Sanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Todd Schultz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Augusta State University, Augusta, GA
Anil Shende . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roanoke College, Salem, VA
Andrew Tartaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
Kevin Treu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furman University, Greenville, SC
Duo Wei . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, NJ
J.F. Yao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
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