Welcome to more: CCSC Eastern 2004

 

How is the Eastern region able to hold its Twentieth Annual CCSC Eastern Conference while being a member of CCSC for only three years? A lot of talent (and a grandfather clause), that’s how. We organized sixteen Eastern Small College Computing Conferences (ESCCCs) before we joined CCSC in 2001! So Eastern is at once the newest and oldest region in CCSC (the Southeastern region is sponsoring its eighteenth annual conference in November 2004).

 

At this conference, we look forward to the future as we celebrate the past. In particular, we thank all of the steering committee members who have been around from the beginning and are making plans for many decades to come. Here is the history:

 

ESCCC - CCSC Eastern Conferences and Host Institutions:

 

1. ESCCC 1985 University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
2. ESCCC 1986  University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
3. ESCCC 1987   Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
4. ESCCC 1988 Eastern College, St. David’s, PA
5. ESCCC 1989 Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
6. ESCCC 1990 Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales, Center Valley, PA
7. ESCCC 1991 Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY
8. ESCCC 1992 Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
9. ESCCC 1993 Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ
10. ESCCC 1994 St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
11. ESCCC 1995 Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
12. ESCCC 1996 Marywood College, Scranton, PA
13. ESCCC 1997 The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ
14. ESCCC 1998 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
15. ESCCC 1999   St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY
16. ESCCC 2000 University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
17. ESCCC - CCSCE 2001 Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV
18. CCSCE 2002   Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
19. CCSCE 2003 Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ
20. CCSCE 2004 Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, MD

 

This year’s conference has attracted participants from as far west as California, as far north as New York and Massachusetts, as far south as Alabama and Georgia, as far east as England (yes, the UK) and as far in between as Rhode Island, New Jersey,  Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Of 41 submitted papers, 21 were accepted based on double-blind evaluations by at least three reviewers. In addition, two workshops, three tutorials, and six panels are scheduled.

 

The security of electronic voting machines is becoming so controversial that they are appearing on bumper stickers: Our machines do the voting, so you don’t have to. We are pleased to welcome our keynote speaker Professor Avi Rubin, whose talk will address “Electronic Voting and Security,” a timely topic this election year. And speaking of security, Professor Richard Epstein’s play Computer Security will be read by students during the conference banquet on Friday evening. You’ll feel much more secure if you witness both events.

 

Thanks to all participants and planners of this year’s conference, especially to the generous hearts and (purse) strings of Loyola College. The names of the tireless supporting cast are listed separately.

 

Welcome to Loyola College and Charm City, hon!

 

Ben Benokraitis

CCSCE 2004 Conference Chair

Loyola College in Maryland

vbenokraitis@loyola.edu