SIGCSE symposium 2018 report

Abstract

We were delighted to co-chair the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education in Baltimore, Maryland from February 21-24, 2018, and we opened the conference with a CS riff of that iconic Hairspray song. This was the largest SIGCSE conference of all time, shattering many conference records: SIGCSE 2018 had 1,735 registrations and 953 submissions, with 1,119 volunteers participating in the reviewing and selection process to whittle it down to 161 papers, 35 panels and special sessions, 90 posters (growing from 3 to 4 sessions), 10 demos, 34 BOFs, 6 nifty assignments, 11 events, and 34 workshops. We needed a record number 17 parallel tracks to support all of this. We were inspired to see so many of these submissions innovating to engage a broader audience and to create equitable opportunities for access to computer science education.