CUNY Computer Science Discipline Council Meeting

Friday, December 12th 9:00am – 1pm

The CUNY Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

Science Center, Room 4102

9:00 - 9:20 am Continental breakfast and mixing

9:20 - 9:35 am Announcements from the Chair, Ted Brown

9:35 - 9:45 am Supporting the computing industry in NYC, Kristen Titus, (SBS), Office of the Mayor 

9:45 - 10:30 am The evolution and upcoming challenges in undergrad CS programs, Jim Kurose, U Mass, Amherst. Jim will also talk about how we are dealing with an enrollment boom - see here for a presentation on enrollment boom: http://lazowska.cs.washington.edu/Snowbird.pdf

10:30 - 10:45 am A request for CUNY campuses to hold an ACM-W celebration of women in computing in NYC, Valerie Barr, Union College and chair of ACM-W

10:45 - 11:30 am Google’s approach to computer science K-12 education, Maggie Johnson, Head of Google Education

11:30 – 12:15 pm Recent reports on the NYC computer science labor market needs, Leslie Hirsch, Director, NYC Labor Market Information Service, CUNY Graduate Center

12:15 - 1:00 pm Kosher Pizza for all A comparative discussion of the starting language taught by different campuses. (This requires someone to represent the campus.)