Welcome to Houston for the 37th year of the SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. We are excited about SIGCSE 2006, and we hope you have as much fun attending the Symposium as we have had planning it. There is much to see and do, with paper presentations, panels, special sessions, workshops, posters, birds-of-a-feather, keynote talks, and exhibits. We also hope you take some time to relax and enjoy Houston: dining, museums, arts, and even a rodeo, are within easy reach of the Symposium site. Enjoy a reunion with old friends, find colleagues with whom to discuss topics of mutual interest over a meal, make plans for collaboration, or meet new friends in the inviting atmosphere of the Symposium setting.We are pleased to honor the winners of the two annual SIGCSE awards: Richard Pattis for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education, and Joyce Currie Little for Lifetime Service. Rich will give the opening keynote talk on Thursday morning. Other invited speakers at the Symposium are Chris Stephenson and Robb Cutler of the Computer Science Teachers Association, and William LaBarge from Sony Pictures Imageworks. Chris and Robb will give the Friday keynote, and Bill will be the luncheon speaker on Saturday.This year, 294 papers, 26 panels, 18 special sessions, and 50 workshops were submitted to the Symposium. 608 people helped review these submissions. All papers received at least 4 reviews, and most received 5 or 6. Panels, special sessions, workshops, faculty posters, and birds-of-a-feather proposals were also carefully reviewed. Using the proposals and the reviewers' feedback, the Program Committee then chose a program that balances quality and diversity of topics against available space and time. We hope you enjoy the result.In addition to the technical sessions and invited talks, we once again provide a Thursday first-timers' lunch, and a Thursday reception. This year's reception will be held at Minute Maid Park (home of the Houston Astros), about 3 blocksfrom the Symposium hotel. Like last year, this year's Symposium luncheon will be held on Saturday, as the culminating event of the Symposium. The large exhibit hall is the place to view and experiment with the latest in instructional software, hardware, and publications. Events co-located with the Symposium include a new Workshop for Department Chairs, the SIGCSE Doctoral Consortium, and the ACM SIGCSE Student Research Competition.
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