Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Computer and Information Science Educators (PACISE '24)
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
April 5-6, 2024

Faculty Papers

Best Faculty Paper:
IDENTIFYING TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY USE AND OVERUSE DURING A PANDEMIC
Daniel Spiegel & Christopher Kelly
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

USE OF A FREE OPEN-SOURCE IOT PLATFORM IN A CASE STUDY
Hongbo Zhou
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

VISUALLY PARSING A KENKEN BOARD
Brandon Packard
Pennsylvania Western University

LINDENMAYER SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPLEXITY: A BRIDGE BETWEEN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Jingnan Xie
Millersville University of Pennsylvania

HOW POSITION VS DIRECTION AFFECTS LEARNING TO PASS A BALL
Dudley Girard
Shippensburg University of PA

PREPARING AND TEACHING DATA SCIENCE COURSES
Dale E. Parson
Kutztown University of PA

Graduate Student Papers

Best Graduate Student Paper:
DETECTION OF CLUSTERED OUTLIERS IN MEDICAL DATA
Matthew Greffin, Theresa Lucena, & Cayte Lyonnais
Slippery Rock University of PA

OPTIMIZATION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN REAL TIME SYSTEMS USING IOT DEVICES
Sreeja Bethi, Ashik Ahmed Bhiuyan, Md Amiruzzaman
West Chester University of PA

Undergraduate Student Papers

Best Undergraduate Student Paper:
Algorithmic Approaches for Object Tracking and Facial Detection Using Drones
Kareem Shahatta, Peter Savarese, Gina Egitto, Jongwook Kim
West Chester University of PA

CELLULAR AUTOMATA AS DETERMINISTIC FINITE-STATE MACHINES
Benjamin Phillips, Brandon Packard
Pennsylvania Western University - Clarion

The Effects of Parallelization on Common Maze Generation Algorithms
Peter Freedman, Gary Zoppetti
Millersville University of PA

TRAINING ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE AGENTS TO PLAY A TOWER DEFENSE GAME USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
Mitchell Harrison, Jonathan Rivera, Justin Stevens, Dr. Chad Hogg
Millersville University of PA

COMPARISON OF MACHINE LEARNING BASED INTRUSION DETECTION MODELS FOR DATA BREACHES
Claire Brownell, Liu Cui
West Chester University of PA

USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS TO DETECT BOTS ON E- COMERCE WEBSITES
Yohannes Geleta, Jingnan Xie
Millersville University of PA

Presented Poster Abstracts

3DADAPT: ORGANIZING 3D PRINTABLE ASSISTIVE TECH DEVICES
    Owen Halliday, Zachery Bingaman
    Moravian University

AUTOMATIC CUSTOMIZATION OF PARAMETERIZED 3D MODEL
    Seth Coleman, Zachery Bingaman
    Moravian University

FILE FORTRESS: A CONTAINERIZED FILE HOSTING SERVICE
    Owen Halliday, Jean-Pierre Appel, David Marrero
    Moravian University

AttendDance: Improving Attendance Using NFC Tags Embedded in Student IDs
    Emily Deneen
    Kutztown University

HAWK MOUNTAIN BIRD MIGRATION DATA VISUALIZATION: TRANSITIONING FROM PROCESSING TO P5.JS
    R-E Miller & Emma Smith
    Kutztown University

RamBot: An Early-Stage Chatbot for Academic Advising Tailored for West Chester University
    Jarrett Trapani
    West Chester University

Sprouted Stories: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Maker Mobile App
    Julia Moran
    Kutztown University

A WEB-BASED TRACK MEET SIMULATOR
    Trevor Gray, Nathan Hajel, Geoffrey Kleinberg
    Moravian University

WEB VERSION OF TRUE COLORS ASSESSMENT
    Jack Drabic, Rafael Garcia Jr., Michael Romero
    Moravian University

Abstract Presentations

A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO GITHUB COPILOT, AN AI BASED CO-PROGRAMMER
Dan Bennett
Pennwest Edinboro

IoT Security Assurances and IoT Threat Modeling
Naresh Adhikari
Slippery Rock University of PA

Navigating the Digital Frontier: Cybersecurity and Business Leadership in the Era of Automation, AI, and Robotics
Naresh Adhikari
Slippery Rock University of PA

KESTUS GAME ENGINE

Henry Morales
Kutztown University of PA

Birds of a Feather Sessions

SHIFTING MY MENTORING AND CLASSROOM PEDAGOGY:
LESSONS LEARNED FROM STEM STUDENT FOCUS GROUPS   

    Lisa Frye, Brian Kronenthal, Yun Lu, Mark Wolfmeyer
    Kutztown University
       
The Comprehensive Exam in Graduate Programs:
A Necessary Evil, a Useful Interrogative, of an Archaic Relic of the Past?       
    Daniel Spiegel
    Kutztown University

Java Users Group Discussion
    Ricky Danzberger
    Kutztown University