> Source URL: /demos/conf-path/fri/session-a.session
# Session A

Friday 2:30 -- 3:45 PM | Four concurrent tracks

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## Lightning Talks

[Conference Center Oak Room](../locations/conference-center.location.md) | Chair: [Karyn Doke](../people/karyn-doke.profile.md)

- 2:30 -- 2:42 | **Common Student Mistakes in Building Data Marts for Effective Data Visualization** -- [Ching-yu Huang](../people/ching-yu-huang.profile.md), Kean University
- 2:42 -- 2:54 | **Ransom Sentinel (RaSe): Designing Ransomware-Resilient Systems** -- [Chetan Jaiswal](../people/chetan-jaiswal.profile.md), Quinnipiac University
- 2:54 -- 3:06 | **Rediscovering Collaborative Whiteboarding for Problem Solving in the Era of AI** -- [Karen H Jin](../people/karen-jin.profile.md), University of New Hampshire
- 3:06 -- 3:18 | **Bridging the Gap with AI Literacy** -- [Carolyn Matheus](../people/carolyn-matheus.profile.md), [Kevin Gaugler](../people/kevin-gaugler.profile.md), Marist University
- 3:18 -- 3:30 | **Essential Computing Concepts (Draft): An Alternative to CS2023** -- [Alyce Brady](../people/alyce-brady.profile.md) (Kalamazoo), Amanda Holland-Minkley (Washington & Jefferson), Megan Olsen (Loyola Maryland)
- 3:30 -- 3:42 | **Designing Interdisciplinary Neuro-divergent Inclusive CUREs in CS** -- [Karina Assiter](../people/karina-assiter.profile.md), Sue Vincent, Landmark College

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## Paper Session 1

[Conference Center Paradise Room](../locations/conference-center.location.md) | Chair: [Unnati Shah](../people/unnati-shah.profile.md)

- 2:30 -- 2:55 | **ReRead Text Pattern Editor for Open-Ended and Coding Questions** -- [Vlad Veksler](../people/vlad-veksler.profile.md), Caldwell University
- 2:55 -- 3:20 | **ConnectPlus: A Full-Stack Collaboration Tool for Academic and Team Projects** -- [Makayla Coleman](../people/makayla-coleman.profile.md), [Unnati Shah](../people/unnati-shah.profile.md), Utica University
- 3:20 -- 3:45 | **Teaching Computer Security Through Lab Demonstrations and Simulators** -- [Edwin Dauber](../people/edwin-dauber.profile.md), Widener University

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## Blossoms Partner Session

[Conference Center Lounge](../locations/conference-center.location.md)

CS Careers & AI: What Gives You an Edge? An interactive session on what actually sets CS students apart in 2026 -- the skills, tools, and strategies that work, and what's still missing. Gift card raffle for attendees. Presented by Blossoms.

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## Tutorial 1

[Conference Center Meeting Room B+C](../locations/conference-center.location.md)

**Hands On Data Structures: Making Abstraction Tangible with Manipulatives** -- [Halie Rando](../people/halie-rando.profile.md), Jade Lilian Palosky, Hayley Ma, Vivian Myers, Sofia Jurusz, Smith College

A suite of hands-on activities designed to make abstract data structures tangible by manipulating concrete physical models. Aimed at instructors interested in active learning approaches for CS1, CS2, and early algorithms courses.


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## Backlinks

The following sources link to this document:

- [Session A: Lightning Talks / Papers / Tutorial](/demos/conf-path/index.path.llm.md)
- [Lightning Talk](/demos/conf-path/people/chetan-jaiswal.profile.llm.md)
- [Lightning Talks](/demos/conf-path/people/karyn-doke.profile.llm.md)
- [Paper Session 1](/demos/conf-path/people/unnati-shah.profile.llm.md)
- [Lightning Talk](/demos/conf-path/people/ching-yu-huang.profile.llm.md)
- [Lightning Talk](/demos/conf-path/people/alyce-brady.profile.llm.md)
- [Lightning Talk](/demos/conf-path/people/karen-jin.profile.llm.md)
- [Paper Session 1](/demos/conf-path/people/edwin-dauber.profile.llm.md)
- [Lightning Talk](/demos/conf-path/people/kevin-gaugler.profile.llm.md)
- [Paper Session 1](/demos/conf-path/people/vlad-veksler.profile.llm.md)
- [Tutorial 1](/demos/conf-path/people/halie-rando.profile.llm.md)
- [Lightning Talk](/demos/conf-path/people/karina-assiter.profile.llm.md)
- [Paper Session 1](/demos/conf-path/people/makayla-coleman.profile.llm.md)
- [Lightning Talk](/demos/conf-path/people/carolyn-matheus.profile.llm.md)