PROGRAM
Please go to the Speakers and Abstracts page for titles and descriptions of talks.
| DAY1. 20 APRIL. WEDNESDAY. Location is Hotel Solstrand | |
| 08:00 | Bus departs from Høyteknologisenteret i Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 55 (UiB Informatics Building parking lot). |
| 09:30 | WELCOME!
Torstein Stromme, Frances Rosamond, Marta Lopez. The Sorting Network. |
| 09:50 | Michael Fellows. A Challenge on Trees: Infinity and Well-Quasi-Ordering of Trees |
| 10:30 | Break and sweets |
| Moderator: Verena Specht-Ronique | |
| 10:45 | Jacqueline Staub. The human-robot-workshop |
| 11:15 | Petra Wolf. Explaining Computational Complexity via Computer Games |
| 11:45 | Malgorzata Bednarska. Combinatorial games as reasoning training |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| Moderator: Brett Stephens | |
| 13:15 | Eljakim Schrijvers. Computational Thinking in the classroom using Bebras |
| 13:45 | Ana Lucia Dias. The underlying structures of some games of no chance |
| 14:15 | Sebastian Wild. Demystifying neural networks for high school children |
| 14:45 | Long Break and Sweets and Check-in |
| Moderator: Matt Skoss | |
| 15:15 | Manash Jain and Jay Thakker. Maths and Computational Thinking Activities with A4 sheet, cards, and vegetables |
| 16:00 | Long break -Time for a swim |
| 20:00 | Conference Banquet |
| DAY 2. 21 APRIL. THURSDAY Location is Hotel Solstrand | |
| Breakfast | |
| Moderator: Crystal Chang Din | |
| 09:00 | Maarten Loffler. The Algorithm Experience |
| 09:30 | Erlend Raa Vagset, Kenneth Langedal. The concept of a reduction |
| 10:00 | Activity |
| 10:30 | Break and Sweets + Group Photo + Check Out |
| Moderator: Max Bannach | |
| 11:00 | Yi Mei Zhang. Research on Preservice teachers’ Perception of Mathematical Inquiry through Computational Thinking Unplugged |
| 11:30 | Matt Skoss. Panda Squares and Reverse Engineering |
| 12:00 | Michal Ren and Pawel Perekietka. An Enigma Machine |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| Moderator: Frances Rosamond | |
| 13:30 | Introduce Julie Hansson Tangen and Laura Svenheim from Laer Kidsa Koder who will give a workshop on Coding Unplugged on Friday 14:00 – 15:30. Univ. Bergen.
Introduce Verena Specht-Ronique and Matthias Mnich who created the Easter Mysteries play that we will see on Friday evening. 18:00 – 20:00. |
| Moderator: Malgorzata Bednarska | |
| 13:40 | Joek van Montfort. Turtlestitch |
| 14:10 | Emmanuel Arrighi. Using the Micro Bit board to bring code into real life. |
| 16:30 | Board the boat for the fjord cruise back to Bergen |
| DAY 3. 22 APRIL. FRIDAY
Location is Høyteknologisenteret i Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 55 (UiB Informatics Building) |
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| Moderator: Frances Rosamond. Location 5th floor Yoga Room | |
| 09:30 | Michal Ren (Adam Mickiewicz University) and Pawel Perekietka (Natalia Tułasiewicz Lyceum and Tarnowo Podgórne Lyceum, Poznan, Poland). An Enigma Machine |
| 10:15 | Snacks and sweets |
| Moderator: Erlend Raa Vagset. Location 5th floor Yoga Room | |
| 10:30 | Sebastian Wild (University of Liverpool, UK). Demystifying neural networks. |
| 10:50 | Brainstorm session on new directions for communicating algorithmic thinking such as Parameterized Complexity Unplugged, other computational thinking for modern citizenship. New opportunities for CMSC. |
| 12:00 | Lunch with Algorithms Group |
| Moderator: Farhad Vadiee. Location 3rd Algorithms Seminar Room | |
| 13:00 | Algorithms Seminar: Matthias Mnich (Computer Department Chair, TU Hamburg). Parameterized Scheduling with Hints to Easter Mysteries. |
| Moderator: Yi Mei Zhang. Location Active Room first floor | |
| 14:00 | Julie Hansson Tangen and Laura Svenheim (Laer Kidsa Koder). Algorithms Unplugged, beginning introduction. |
| 15:30 | Long Break |
| 18:00 | Theatre Production. Location Korskirken (Church with big tower near the Fish Market at Nedre Korskirkeallmenningen 20).
Easter Mysteries with algorithmic thinking. Why do Norwegians like mystery stories at Easter? Created, produced, directed, acted: Verena Specht-Ronique (Theaterhaus Frankfurt) and Matthias Mnich (TU Hamburg). |
| DAY 4. 23 APRIL. SATURDAY
Location is Marineholmen, which is the space behind the Institute between the Institute and the fjord. Website: https://www.opplevmarineholmen.no/ |
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| Organizer of the All-Bergen Science Festival: Torstein Stromme | |
| 11:00 onward during the day, everyone presents their activity to the public. This is a casual, family-oriented day with food and fun. | |
| Conference conclusion: There is no formal conference conclusion. We will all continue thinking and communicating about these ideas as we wave farewell to each other and depart whenever our schedule requires. | |
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