11th China – Europe International Symposium on Software Industry Orientated Education

11th China – Europe International Symposium on  Software Industry Orientated Education:

29-30th April 2015, 

Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau, 

University of Applied Science

For more details go to:http://whz-cms-10.zw.fh-zwickau.de/bo/index_CEISEE.html

Paper extended deadline: 31st January 2015

Call for papers



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China and Europe coming to Milan

9th China-Europe International Symposium on 

Software Engineering Education. 

The conference will be held in Milan, Italy 

13th and 14th May 2013

Theme: Software Engineering Education for Global 

E-Service Economy

The conference website is http://camellia.unipv.it:15000/

The deadline is currently March 10 2013
Call for papers: http://camellia.unipv.it:15000/web/guest/topics-call-for-paper

Background to the conference: http://camellia.unipv.it:15000/web/guest/background-objectives

Provisional schedule.

• May 13 - Morning:  Opening ceremony and  Keynote Speech
• May 13 – Afternoon: Parallel sessions
• May 13 – Evening:  Banquet and Social Event
• May 14- Morning:  Industry Track, Software Engineering for the Industry
  • University and Industry cooperation in a global world 
  • Field education of Software Engineer and Enterprise Architects: internships, stages and post-graduate education; 
  • Panel Session Education on Software Engineering and Services Science for Global E-Service
•  May 14- Afternoon (optional): Visit Politecnico di Milano or University of Milano Bicocca

Further information is on the website:http://camellia.unipv.it:15000/

Robots and Graphical Programming: Xi'an China

Two members of the computing division recently presented a paper "Innovative use of Robots and Graphical Programming in Software Education " at  6th China Europe International Symposium on Software Industry Oriented Education (CEISIE2010) Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an China.


Problem solving is an important skill for a computer scientist. Mindstorm based robots have been used previously, for teaching programming to computing and engineering students here we look at problem solving. These approaches focus upon the development of problem solving skills and not on learning a new programming language from the outset. Therefore, initially, any programming is kept simple with the minimum of commands, with „objects‟ unknowingly used, as these are later introduced/learnt during the programming stage of the computing module. This work suggests that using LEGO robots within the teaching of problem solving and the resulting java GUI emulation has some benefits for the students when learning to program. 


More details can be found in the following article :
Turner S and Hill G (2010) "Innovative use of Robots and Graphical Programming in Software Education" Computer Education Ser. 117 No. 9 pp 54-57 ISSN: 1672-5913