Public Talks by Henry M. Walker

Index of Public Talks

The following list provides links to Web-based materials developed by Henry Walker for talks and panels.

Talk given at the Iowa Undergraduate Computer Science Consortium

• April 25, 2009: A Lab-based Introduction to Computer Science that Emphasizes Collaboration

Talk given at SIGCSE 2009

• March 6, 2009: Advanced Placement Computer Science: The Future of Tracking the First Year of Instruction
• March 6, 2009: SIGCSE Bylaws Revision: Motivation, Mechanics, Refinements, Policies/Procedures, Timing

Talk given at the ACM/Project Kaleidoscope/FaCE Workshop on Science Education at Grinnell College

• December 6, 2008: A Lab-based Introduction to Computer Science that Emphasizes Collaboration

Talk given on at Grinnell College Computer Science for Thursday Extras

• November 13, 2008: Placing Incoming Students in CS/Math/Statistics: from Version 1.3 toward Version 2.0
• October 2, 2008: Games in the computer science classroom: good or evil?

Talks given at CS2 Workshop for Computer Science Faculty

• June 16, 2008: CS2: Why, What, and How?
• June 16, 2008: A Lab-based Introduction to Computer Science that Emphasizes Collaboration
• June 16, 2008: Games Should be Banned from the Undergraduate CS Curriculum

Panel at SIGCSE 2008

• March 14, 2008: Debate Presentation on the Evils of Games in the Undergraduate Curriculum

Talks given at Carthage College

• February 16, 2007: The Limits of Computing
• February 16, 2007: Google's Page Rank Algorithm
• February 15, 2007: Are Computers Intelligent or Could They Be in the Future?

Panel at the Joint Mathematics Meetings

• January 5, 2007 (MAA Committee on the Profession): Panel on Professional Codes of Ethics

CRA-E Summit

• January 4, 2007: Panel on Existing Infrastructure

Panel at the Department Chairs' Workshop of the Pew Midstates Consortium

• April 22, 2006: Conversations between Deans and Chairs

Talk given at 12th Annual CCSC Central Plains Conference, Northwest Missouri State University

• April 1, 2006 (with co-author Kevin Engel): Research Exercises: Immersion Experiences to Promote Information Literacy

Presentation at the SIG Governing Board (SGB) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

• February 10, 2006 (SIG Chairs Meeting): SIGCSE Viability Review

Panel at the Joint Mathematics Meetings

• January 15, 2006 (MAA Committee on the Profession): Panel on Scholarship Scenarios

Talks given at Grinnell College

• September 29, 2007 (with all CS faculty): Open Discussion regarding Future Developments of the Computer Science Department at Grinnell
• February 1, 2006 (with Sam Rebelsky and Shonda Kuiper, for students): Summer Opportunities for CS Students
• Winter, 2005 (for coaches): Status Report and Possible Directions
• Summer, 2005 (with summer students for coaches): Status Reports to Coaches
• September 12, 2005 (topics for Science Division Meeting): Science Division Agenda Items
• May 12, 2005 (with other department members, for students): Restructuring the Math/CS Department
• April 30, 2005 (to Trustees): Integrating Teaching, Scholarship, and Service
• February 1, 2005 (with John Stone, for students): Summer Opportunities for CS Students
• March 31, 2004 : Pair Programming

Talks given at Macalester College as Pew Foundation Visiting Speaker

• November 18, 2003 (Departmental Seminar): Extreme Programming
• November 19, 2003 (Computer Science 120): Computer Science is to Hacking as History is to Riding a Horse
• November 19, 2003 (Computer Science class): Pair Programming

Talk given to the Iowa Undergraduate Computer Science Consortium at Central College, Pella, Iowa

• October 25, 2003 (Invited Talk): Getting Published at CS Education Conferences: Factors for Acceptance, Approaches, Reflections
• October 25, 2003 (Invited Session): Should the Iowa Undergraduate Computer Science Consortium Become an ACM SIGCSE Chapter?

Talk given at the CCSC: Midwest Conference, Denison University

• October 3, 2003 (Invited Talk): Getting Published at CS Education Conferences: Factors for Acceptance, Approaches, Reflections

Talk given at the MAA PREP Workshop, Valparaiso University

• June 2, 2003: Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science: What, How Much, Who, When

Talks given at UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, NZ

• May 2, 2003 (Luncheon Talk): Introduction to Extreme Programming
  • Abstract (Word format)
  • Talk Slides
• May 9, 2003 (Luncheon Talk): Planning Lab Activities
  • Abstract (Word format)
  • Talk Slides
• May 13, 2003: Research Exercises: Units for Hands-on, Just-in-time Information Literacy Instruction
  • Abstract (Word format)
  • Talk Slides
• May 14, 2003 (General Talk): Technology-related Tensions in Higher Education and Society
  • Abstract (Word format)
  • Talk Slides
• May 16, 2003 (Luncheon Talk): Introduction to Expert Systems
  • Abstract (Word format)
  • Talk Slides
• May 17-18, 2003: Doctor-of-Computing Series
  • Elements of Extreme Programming
  • Pair Programming
  • Elements of Expert Systems
  • Introduction to Neural Networks
  • References
    • References on Extreme Programming
    • References on Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence

Talk given at Trinity School, Bloomington, MN

• March 8, 2003 (Talk to School): Computer Science is to Hacking as History is to Riding a Horse

Talks given at the Conference on Computer Science in the Next Decade at Hope College, sponsored by the Pew Midstates Consortium

• November 15, 2002 (Keynote): Challenges facing CS Departments at Liberal Arts Institutions
• November 15, 2002 (Invited Talk) Challenges for Faculty Recruitment in Computer Science

Talk given at Iowa Undergraduate Computer Science Consortium at Grinnell College

• October 12, 2002: Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science: What, How Much, Who, When

Slide Format

All slides utilize standard html, so they may be viewed in most any browser, and so that font size may be adjusted according to viewer preferences and environment. Slides from November 2002 onward utilize frames, with the left frame showing the outline of the talk and the right frame presenting details.

Details on frame format, html, and the optional use of php for generating the index are available for interested viewers.

This document is available on the World Wide Web as

http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~walker/talks/

created: 2 September 2003 last revised 23 March 2009
For more information, please contact Henry M. Walker at walker@cs.grinnell.edu.