March 5, 2014 - 11:00 am (EST)
Registration Deadline - March 4, 2014, 11:59 pm (EST)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorater and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is pleased to announce a Distinguished Lecture by Owen Astrachan and Amy Briggs titled AP Computer Science Principles.  Astrachan is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Computer Science and Professor of the Practice at Duke University where he has taught in four decades and two millennia. In addition to teaching computer science, he builds curricula and approaches to teaching intended for broad adoption and adaptation.  Briggs is Professor of Computer Science at Middlebury College in Vermont where she teaches undergraduate courses in introductory computer science, data structures, theory of computation, discrete mathematics, programming languages, and software development. Her research interests are in computer science education and mobile robotics. Astrachan and Briggs are co-PI’s on the NSF/College Board CS Principles project. To view the webinar of the Lecture, please register at https://nsf.webex.com/cmp0306ld/webcomponents/widget/preference.do?siteurl=nsf&needPost=false&detect=true&backUrl=%2Fmw0306ld%2Fmywebex%2Fdefault.do%3Fservice%3D1%26siteurl%3Dnsf%26nomenu%3Dtrue%26main_url%3D%252Fmc0805ld%252Fe.do%253Fsiteurl%253Dnsf%2526AT%253DMI%2526EventID%253D243051062%2526UID%253D0%2526Host%253D0a666a7f0b022b42434d%2526RG%253D1%2526FrameSet%253D2