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We are now SIGCITE!

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Dear SIGITE Community,

I am thrilled to share some exciting news with you! After a long and patient wait, the ACM SIG Governing Board has officially approved our request to rename our SIG from SIG on Information Technology Education (SIGITE) to SIG on Cybersecurity and Information Technology Education (SIGCITE)—a significant milestone for our community.

Since the publication of the ACM IT2008 curricular report, Information Assurance and Security topics have been recognized as integral components of the IT body of knowledge, forming a distinct Knowledge Area. For years, our annual conference has consistently featured a strong emphasis on cybersecurity education. From SIGITE 2018 to SIGITE 2024, a notable percentage of accepted submissions included “security” or “cybersecurity” related topics as keywords, demonstrating the community’s continued engagement with these critical topics. 

With the increasing integration of cybersecurity into IT education programs this name change reflects our commitment to advancing high-quality computing education that meets the evolving needs of academia and industry. 

Our collaboration with two and four-year institutions is essential, as many Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity are embedded within IT programs at these institutions. These partnerships are instrumental in developing strong cybersecurity education pathways that align with industry standards and enhance student success. By adopting a name that highlights cybersecurity education, we affirm and strengthen these relationships, further advancing the growth and impact of cybersecurity education at all levels.

At SIGITE 2024, our theme, Borderless Frontiers: Integrating Emerging Technologies, Secure, and Ethical Computing in Education, highlighted the integration of key IT domains—particularly AI, security, and their ethical implications—into education. This theme underscored the intersection between SIGITE and SIGCSE, with security serving as a pivotal connection point.

I invite you to join us at the SIGCITE Annual Conference 2025, scheduled for November 6–8, 2025, at Cosumnes River College, in Sacramento, California. For more details, see: https://sites.google.com/ccecc.acm.org/acm-sigcite-2025

I sincerely appreciate your support and dedication to our shared mission. Your contributions play a vital role in advancing our initiatives, fostering collaboration, and driving meaningful progress in computing education and cybersecurity. Thank you for being an integral part of this journey.

Christian Servín

ACM SIGCITE Chair

SIGCITE 2025 – 26th Annual Conference on Cybersecurity and IT Education

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The 26th ACM Annual Conference on Cybersecurity and Information Technology Education (ACM SICGITE 2025) will be held at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, California on November 06th-08th, 2025. Organized by the ACM Special Interest Group for Cybersecurity and Information Technology (ACM SIGCITE; formerly ACM SIGITE).

This year’s conference theme is “Embracing Our exCITing Identity”, and your conference organizers look forward to your paper, lightning talk, panel, tutorial, and poster submissions that showcase your research and your experiences around Cybersecurity and IT education and the many important issues which our disciplines are facing.

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SIGITE 2024 – 25nd Annual Conference on IT Education – Call for Papers

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El Paso Community College will be the host of the 25th ACM Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE 2024), which will take place at the El Paso Community College—Valle Verde Campus from October 10 to 12, 2024. This conference is dedicated to recognizing the dynamic interplay between emerging technologies and the incorporation of artificial intelligence-based tools in educational strategies and pedagogy.

You can submit your proposals for papers, panels, workshops, posters, and lightning talks that address this theme or other topics related to IT education until June 1st, 2024. In addition, SIGITE 2024 also accepts student papers. The conference encourages contributions from students as well as IT educators, researchers, and practitioners. The Call for Papers (CFP) will be posted here soon.

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To know everything you need to know about submitting to the SIGITE 2024 conference, please visit the submission page on the conference website.

SIGITE 2023 – 24nd Annual Conference on IT Education: Call For Papers

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The 24th ACM Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE 2023) will be hosted by Kennesaw State University and will take place on Kennesaw State University – Marietta Campus from October 11-14, 2023. The focus of the conference theme will be on exploring how IT education can be adapted to meet the needs of a rapidly changing technological landscape. This includes the impact of emerging technologies and shifting workforce needs.

You can submit your proposals for papers, panels, workshops, posters, and lightning talks that address this theme or other topics related to IT education until May 1st, 2023. In addition, SIGITE 2023 also accepts student papers. The conference encourages contributions from students as well as IT educators, researchers, and practitioners. For more information about SIGITE 2023 and the call for proposals, please visit https://sigite2023.sigite.org/cfp.pdf.
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To know everything you need to know about submitting to the SIGITE 2023 conference, please visit the submission page on the conference website.

SIGITE 2022 Event Schedule

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SIGITE 2022—Registration Open

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The 23rd ACM Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE 2022) will be hosted by Illinois Institute of Technology and will take place on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, September 21-24, 2022. The conference is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education (SIGITE). The conference pr!ovides a forum for sharing and developing ideas relating to Information Technology (IT) research, education, applications, IT industry-academia relationships, and our roles as professionals, educators, teachers, and advocates for the effective use of information technology.

Conference Theme

The theme of the 23rd ACM Conference on Information Technology Education will be “All Means All: Achieving Equity Through IT Education.” The growing need for an empowered information technology workforce has clearly demonstrated that in order to fill all of the roles that expanding technology demands, everyone must play a part. As we bear a major responsibility for the future, information technology educators must ensure that women and underrepresented minorities are prepared to fill a significant share of these roles—both as a matter of equity and as a way of ensuring we can educate enough professionals to meet future demand.

Registration

If you want to attend, registration is now open. You can register by clicking in the following link: https://cvent.me/ZXqqB1

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Exhibits

Booths, opportunities for presentations, and/or space in the program will be made available to publishers, software houses, and other interested vendors who wish to sponsor SIGITE 2022. We are particularly looking for meal sponsors who will have an opportunity to present during the sponsored meal. Interested parties are invited to contact the sponsorship chair Calvin Nobles (cnobles1@iit.edu) for information about exhibiting at or sponsoring the conference.

Contact information

For questions about submissions, please contact one of the program chair: Yong Zheng (yzheng66@iit.edu)
For questions about the conference location, sponsorships or logistics, please contact the conference general chair: Ray Trygstad (trygstad@iit.edu)

SIGITE 2021

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SIGITE 2021 - Oct 6-9: Co-hosted by Brigham Young University (BYU), in Provo, UT, and Utah Valley University (UVU), in Orem, UT. Read more

SIGITE 2021 – 22nd Annual Conference on IT Education: Call For Papers

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The 22nd ACM Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE 2021) will be co-hosted by Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University and will take place at the Snowbird Resort, October 6-9, 2021.

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To know everything you need to know about the SIGITE 2021 conference, please visit the conference website.

Conference Theme

The theme of the 22nd ACM Annual Conference on Information Technology Education will be “Empowering IT Education”. The global pandemic has made it clear that modern education, work, and communication depend on a sound IT infrastructure. Educated professionals keep the IT infrastructure operating and growing. IT education is empowering individuals, organizations, and society to advance during current disruption and change.

Submissions

Submission on any topic related to IT Education are encouraged, ranging from submission exploring related topic areas such as Cybersecurity, IoT, user experience design, distance and hybrid learning, and the state of IT as a field.

Submissions are open now and close at midnight Eastern Daylight Time on June 15, 2021.

All submissions will be made electronically and should use the ACM Templates. A PDF or Word document should be submitted for all types of submissions. All submissions can be electronically uploaded to the EasyChair service: Click here to submit on EasyChair.

Panel and workshop proposals should include author information, while all other submissions (papers, extended abstracts, and big ideas) should be anonymous, with all author information removed. Submissions must adhere to the page limits described below, and submissions that exceed the limits will be rejected without review. Authors must register for and attend the conference as specified below in order for their work to appear in the conference proceedings.

ACM Proceedings Template:

We are using the “Interim Template” for submissions. You can use either of the following options:

  1. The “Interim layout.docx” file available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template 
  2. The “sigconf” Latex file. We recommend using the following Overleaf template: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-primary-article-template/wbvnghjbzwpc . After opening the template, make sure you choose sample-sigconf.tex . This should show a 2-column layout conference proceeding example.
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ACM SIGITE 2021 Poster Templates:

Please use one of the following poster templates:

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Papers

Submissions will be no longer than six double-column pages and will undergo a blind peer reviewing process. Authors will have approximately 30 minutes for their presentation, including the question and answer period. Accepted papers must be presented by at least one author and will be published in the conference proceedings.

Panels

Panels allow experts to discuss a current topic of interest in IT education or research. Panel organizers are responsible for selecting appropriate panelists to participate. A panel will normally have at most four panelists including the organizer. Panel submissions should include a list of panelists, their affiliations, a description of the topics, and a brief position statement from each panelist. All panelists are expected to attend the conference and participate in the panel. Panel proposals are limited to two pages and will be published in the conference proceedings.

Workshops

Workshops allow presenters to provide a tutorial or hands-on exploration of a topic in which attendees are expected to actively participate. The workshop proposer is required to attend the conference. Workshop proposals are limited to two pages and will be published in the conference proceedings.

Big Ideas in IT Education

Participants are invited to prepare big idea talks that present works that attempt to challenge traditional thinking and/or wherein authors are actively seeking feedback from the SIGITE community. Accepted talks will be presented in a session where each author is given 10 minutes to present their big idea including feedback. Big idea talk proposals are limited to one page. Accepted talks will be published in the conference proceedings.

Extended Abstracts

Manuscripts considered Work in Progress (WiP) can be submitted as an extended abstract (maximum two pages). Extended abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee for inclusion in the conference proceedings and will be presented as posters during the conference itself. We especially encourage submissions from MS and PhD students who would like feedback on their research efforts. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to present their ideas in the form of a poster using the following guidelines.
· Poster size should be 48” x 36” or less.
· Author(s) name(s), institution(s) and funding source(s) should appear on the poster.
· The title should be properly capitalized with a minimum font size of 80 points.
· The text should be written with a minimum font size of 18 points.
· Authors are encouraged to use a poster template. We recommend the template found at the following url: https://osf.io/6ua4k/.
· Boards and easels will be provided during the conference

Scholarship for Women

ACM-W provides support for women undergraduate and graduate students in Computer Science and related programs to attend research Computer Science conferences. Students who are not from a traditional CS/CE/SE department but working on Computer Science-related projects are also encouraged to apply.

Please apply at the ACM-W website here: https://women.acm.org/scholarships/

Accepted student names/likenesses may be used in a SIGITE publication or newsletter.

Students

Students are encouraged to present papers at the conference. SIGITE will cover the conference registration and provide $500 toward expenses of attending the conference for the first 10 accepted student papers. If you would like to apply for this stipend, please notify the program chairs with the following information:
· Name
· Institution
· Degree being pursued
· Role in the paper and conference
· Coauthor(s)

Exhibits

Booths, opportunities for presentations, and/or space in the program will be made available to publishers, software houses, and other interested vendors who wish to sponsor SIGITE 2021. Interested parties are invited to contact the sponsorship chair Derek Hansen (dlhansen@byu.edu) for information about exhibiting at or sponsoring the conference.

Contact information

For questions about submissions, please contact one of the program chairs: Paul Morrey (Paul.Morrey@uvu.edu) or Derek Hansen (dlhansen@byu.edu)

For questions about the conference location, sponsorships or logistics, please contact the conference general chair: Barry Lunt (luntb@byu.edu)

Important dates

· June 15, 2021: Paper, panel, workshop, big ideas, and extended abstracts submissions due at midnight (EDT)
· July 15, 2021: Acceptance/rejection notification & reviewer feedback for papers, panels, and

workshops

Workshops allow presenters to provide a tutorial or hands-on exploration of a topic in which attendees are expected to actively participate. The workshop proposer is required to attend the conference. Workshop proposals are limited to two pages and will be published in the conference proceedings. Workshops are typically 90 minutes, however, you may specify that you would like your workshop to run for 2 back-to-back 90-minute sessions if desired.

Key Dates

  • August 2, 2021: Final versions of papers, panels, workshops, big ideas, and extended abstracts due
  • October 6-9, 2021: SIGITE 2021
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SIGITE 2020 Submission Extension

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Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the 21st ACM Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE 2020) will be hosted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and will be delivered VIRTUALLY via Zoom on October 7-9, 2020. The conference is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education (SIGITE). The conference provides a forum for sharing and developing ideas relating to Information Technology (IT) research, education, applications, IT industry-academia relationships, and our roles as professionals, educators, teachers, and advocates for the effective use of information technology. IT as a professional endeavor is influenced by multiple disciplines – computer science, information systems, management science, cognitive science, psychology, learning, and much more. Consequently, educators at all levels (secondary school through University) have to deal with challenges of emergent areas of study such as IT innovation, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Machine Interaction (HMI), Cybersecurity, Agile Software Engineering, Social Informatics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and much more.

For questions about submissions, please contact one of the program chairs: George Grispos (ggrispos@unomaha.edu) or Harvey Siy (hsiy@unomaha.edu)

For questions about the conference location, sponsorships or logistics, please contact the conference general chair: Deepak Khazanchi (khazanchi@unomaha.edu)

SIGITE 2020 Conference Website Launched!

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The 21st Annual Conference on IT Education will be hosted in Omaha from October 7th through 9th, 2020. Sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group for IT Education (SIGITE), the conference will be hosted on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. These are exciting times in Omaha. We have a booming information technology (IT) sector, growing corporate investment, outstanding industry and education partnerships, not to mention the highest number of public golf courses of any city in the country. For us, Omaha is truly a city that provides the best of what big and small cities have to offer. We hope you join us in October 2020, and bring your family!

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