Dean Zlateva, BU MET Faculty Explore Intersection of Computer Science and Education in Germany

BU MET’s Department of Computer Science was well-represented at the 15^th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science (CSECS). Held June 28 to July 1 in Fulda, Germany, the conference gathers participants from across the globe for an opportunity to collaborate with computer science and IS researchers.

Research conducted and presented at the conference helps expand the frontiers of computer science and educational approaches within the field, with several papers focused on computing curricula, teaching online courses, creating tutorials, and laboratories. Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the 15^th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science (ISSN 1313-8624).

Metropolitan College Faculty Presentations included:

“Computing and Data Are Changing the Workforce—Is Higher Education in Crisis?“ Dean Tanya Zlateva
“Digital Learning and Skills Development in Higher Education Through Self-Paced Laboratories,” Dr. Vladimir Zlatev
“Improving Teaching and Learning Effectiveness of Computer Science Courses— Case Study,” Alex Elentukh and Dr. Vijay Kanabar
“In-class Common-reporting Workshops in Computer Science,” Dr. Eric Braude
“Medical Expenditures of Diabetes-related Hospitalizations in the United States,” MET Exchange Scholar Wenhong Yan, MET Student Sambasiva Rao Gangineni, MET Student Yiting Zhang, Jun Wang, Dr. Guanglan Zhang, and Dr. Lou Chitkushev
“Predicting Companies’ Stock Price Direction by Using Sentiment Analysis of News Articles,” Dr. Irena Vodenska, Dr. Lou Chitkushev, et al.
“Towards Cluster-Based Adaptive Learning,” Dr. Eugene Pinsky and Dr. Kia Teymourian

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