Special session — The CS2013 computer science curriculum guidelines project

Work began in late 2010 on a project to revise the ACM/IEEE-Computer Society Computer Science volume of Computing Curricula 2001 and the interim review CS 2008. The new guidelines for computer science are scheduled for release in 2013. This interactive session will give the computing education community an opportunity to review current working documents created by the CS2013 Steering Committee and thus influence a draft of the CS 2013 volume scheduled for release in December 2011. In early 2011, the Steering Committee began an extensive review of the Body of Knowledge and Characteristics of Graduates sections that are key parts of this series of curriculum volumes. New Knowledge Areas are being defined (Parallel and Distributed Computing, Security and Information Assurance, and Systems Fundamentals) and existing areas are being reorganized and updated. The Steering Committee will present a draft of the new Body of Knowledge as part of this session and will engage attendees in guided discussions of sections for which community input is particularly relevant. Similarly, a draft of the new Characteristics of Graduates description will be presented and discussed as part of the session.