=46orum for Advancing Software engineering Education
Volume 6 Number 19 November 25, 1996
Contents:
FASE Editorship
Preliminary Program -- 10th CSEE&T
Survey, Software Engineering as a Profession
Request: Information on Software Engineering courses
Need: Individual Assessment Instrument
CFP: CAiSE 97 Doctoral Consortium
Faculty Position, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Faculty Position: University of Northern Iowa
CFP: JSS Special Issue on Formal Methods Technology Transfer
Faculty Positions, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: 25 Nov 1996 10:19:53 -0600
=46rom: kpierce@d.umn.edu (Keith Pierce)
Subject: FASE Editorship
I will be leaving academe for an IS position at the St. Paul Companies in
St. Paul, Minnesota, at the end of this month. Most likely, I will be
unable to continue editorship of this newsletter. Most of you have been
subscribers for many years, so the newsletter must be serving a useful
purpose in the software engineering education community. In order to
continue the service, we must find a new editor. Please contact me if you
would be willing to assume editorship.
Keith Pierce
Date: 25 Nov 1996 10:19:53 -0600
=46rom: kpierce@d.umn.edu (Keith Pierce)
Subject: Preliminary Program -- 10th CSEE&T
Preliminary Program
10th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training
April 13-16, 1997
The Cavalier Hotel
Virginia Beach, Va.
=46or further details on the program and registration information, surf to
http://www.d.umn.edu/~kpierce/CSEET97/
You are invited to participate in the 10th Conference on Software
Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T) April 13-16, 1997, in Virginia
Beach, Va. The theme of the conference is Transitions to the 21st Century.
The purpose of the CSEE&T is to influence educational directions, stimulate
new approaches, promote collaboration, and generate interactive exchanges
among software engineering stakeholders. Educators, trainers, executives,
managers, and administrators gather at the CSEE&T to exchange ideas about
how to enhance software engineering training and education. The CSEE&T
attracts international participation from industry, academe, and
government.
The Challenges Ahead
Government, business, and academe are changing rapidly as emerging
technologies create possibilities that were unheard of ten years ago. New
platforms have shifted the emphasis from centralized systems, to
distributed environments, to the Internet. Advances in telecommunications
and networking have changed the focus from proprietary systems to data and
information. Satisfying customer requirements quickly and accurately within
this framework of profound change has resulted in new software engineering
approaches, methodologies, and tools. Education and training need to evolve
to meet the challenges ahead. The question for the future is how and in
what way we educate and train software engineers and their managers. The
CSEE&T is an opportunity for you to meet with colleagues to discuss these
issues and share experiences.
The program includes
* Distinguished keynote speakers who will present their vision of the
future of the software engineering profession and its impact on education.
* Presentations that discuss transitions to the 21st century in two areas:
process and university/industry collaboration.
* Refereed papers that address issues of teaching process and process-based
curricula. A workshop and several presentations that focus on Watts
Humphrey's personal software process.
* Papers, panels, and facilitated discussion groups that explore recent
developments in university/industry collaborations.
The keynote presenters are
** Michael Jackson, MLJ Consulting, Inc.
** Ravi Ganesan, Bell Atlantic
** David Parnas, McMaster University
Birds-Of-A-Feather Sessions
Birds-of-a-feather sessions will be held Sunday, April 13, from 7:00 p.m.
to 10:00 p.m. and Tuesday, April 15, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Workshops
In parallel with paper and panel sessions, the following workshops will be
offered
** Introduction to the Personal Software Process, Monday afternoon, April 14
** Empowerment Paradigms in Education and Training, Tues afternoon, April 15
Tutorials
Participants have the opportunity to participate in one or two of the
following half-day tutorials on Sunday, April 13.
** Developing Formal Specifications via Z
** Cleanroom Software Engineering
** Distance Education: Making the Web, CD-ROMs and Other Stuff Work for You
** Research Methods in Computer Science Education
University/Industry Collaboration Discussion Groups
You will have the opportunity to participate in facilitated discussion
groups to propose strategies for university/industry collaborations, on
Tuesday evening, April 15. Results of working groups will be presented on
Wednesday afternoon, April 16.
Other Activities
There will be opportunities to organize additional meetings, workshops, or
birds-of-a-feather sessions while you are at the conference. Proceedings
published by the IEEE Computer Society Press will be distributed to
attendees.
Table-Top Exhibits
Table-top exhibits will be offered throughout the conference. The exhibits
will be open during registration hours. Security will not be provided; each
exhibitor is responsible for monitoring their area.
=46or additional information, contact SEI Conference Administrator
Charlene Rauber
Phone 412 / 268-3007
email car@sei.cmu.edu
=46or further details on the program and registration information, surf to
http://www.d.umn.edu/~kpierce/CSEET97/
Date: 8 Nov 1996 14:40:00 -0600
=46rom: Nancy Mead <nrm@SEI.CMU.EDU>
Subject: Survey, Software Engineering as a Profession
The IEEE Computer Society and the ACM have established a Joint Steering
Committee for the Establishment of Software Engineering as a Profession.
One of the initial activities has been to develop a USABILITY PILOT of a
survey designed to help define the occupation of Software Engineer.
=46or this first experiment, we have selected topics of interest to real-tim=
e
and safety critical system developers. We would appreciate if you took the
time to respond to this pilot survey and send us your comments. The survey
is available on the World Wide Web at
http://notes.computer.org/se/
You should be able to complete the survey in less than 30 minutes.
On behalf of the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society we thank you for the time
and effort you dedicate to this task. It is important to our profession.
- -- Mario Barbacci, IEEE-CS President
Elliot Chikofsky, IEEE-CS TCSE liaison
=46rom: Kasi Periyasamy <kasi@cs.umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Request: Information on Software Engineering courses
This is a request for information on software engineering
courses, related to the following topics:
Requirements Engineering
Requirements Specifications
Introduction to Formal Methods
System/Software Verification and Validation
We are teaching courses which cover most of these topics
in senior undergraduate courses and in graduate courses.
=46or example, the course System Requirement Specification
(COMP 648) at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
covers requirements modeling, and formal specification
methods. Software Verification and Validation (COMP 748)
is taught following this course. The course Formal
Specifications and Design taught at University of Manitoba
covers formal methods and their refinements. The software
engineering courses at the undergraduate level introduce
formal methods and their applications in requirements
modeling.
At this point, we would like to gather information from
other schools on courses taught on the above topics so
that we can share our experience and ideas. We appreciate
if you could respond to the following questionnaire. We
will summarize all the responses and make it available for
everyone.
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your Department/University/Address
2. Courses in which the above topics are covered in part
or in full. Please indicate the level of the courses
(undergraduate, graduate).
3. What books you use currently for these courses?
4. Do you use any tools to support these courses?
5. How much (percentage) emphasis is given to formal
methods in each course?
If you teach formal methods, do you teach one
techniqure or or more than one formal technique/method?
6. Name the text book(s) you use for teaching formal
methods?
7. Do you prefer to use a text devoted to one formal
method or a book which discusses more than one method?
8. Additional comments/suggestions.
We thank you for investing your time in responding to this
questionnaire.
Sincerely,
Kasi Periyasamy | V.S. Alagar
Department of Computer Science | Department of Computer Science
University of Manitoba | Concordia University
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 | 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W
Ph: (204) 474-8682 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8
=46ax: (204) 269-9178 | Ph: (514) 848-3022
email: kasi@cs.umanitoba.ca | Fax: (514) 848-2830
| email: alagar@cs.concordia.ca
=46rom: Ruth Ravenel Dameron <ravenel@riker.cs.colorado.edu>
Subject: Need: Individual Assessment Instrument
Individual Assessment Instrument in Software Engineering available?
I have what I call a high class problem. There is a company in our area
that has asked me for a test (gack, the t-word!) they could give their
software staff (about 600 people) every year to assess software engineering
fundamentals knowledge. They are beginning a software engineering technical
education curriculum with required application to their projects. Being
tired of training classes that come and go, they want to measure the value
of this program in various ways. One of those is to establish a baseline
of software engineering knowledge and reassess periodically.
I do not know of such an assessment instrument. Do you?
I guess the next best thing would be to get several copies of final exams fr=
om
software engineering courses and create something. Will you send me a copy
of a final exam if it is not essay-oriented? (This has to be gradable in an
objective fashion.)
The ACM was publishing assessments in various areas of computer science but
I have not found one on software engineering.
Help?
Ruth (Ravenel) Dameron
reply to dameron@colorado.edu
Date: 8 Nov 1996 14:49:26 -0600
=46rom: Andreas Winter <winter@mailhost.uni-koblenz.de>
Subject: CFP: CAiSE 97 Doctoral Consortium
CALL FOR PAPERS
CAiSE'97
4th Doctoral Consortium
on Advanced Information Systems Engineering
Barcelona
June 16-17, 1997
The Doctoral Consortia on Advanced Information System=
s
Engineering are intended to bring together PhD students within the
information systems engineering field and give them the
opportunity to present and to discuss their research in a
constructive and international atmosphere.
The workshop in Barcelona will be the 4th Doctoral Consortium of
a series held in conjunction with the CAiSE conferences in
Utrecht (1994), in Jyvaskyla (1995), and in Heraklion (1996).
The two first days of the CAiSE'97 conference (June 16th and
17th) have been reserved for the Doctoral Consortium.
The CAiSE Doctoral Consortia deal with the topics
of the main Conference. In 1997 these topics
include but are not restricted to
- Business process reengineering
- CASE
- Conceptual modelling
- Distributed IS design
- Enterprise modelling
- Information systems procurement
- Internet-based IS design
- Internet-based world-wide IS
- Inter-organizational IS
- IS support for virtual organizations
- IT product definition and competitive advantage
- Legacy systems reengineering
- Methods engineering
- Mobile computing
- Object-oriented and rule-based application design
- Quality management
- Requirements engineering
- Reverse engineering
- Workflow management
The workshop language is english.
To apply for participation at the consortium, you have to provide 5
copies of an abstract of your doctoral work to the workshop
organizers. Electronic submissions are strongly
encouraged (Postscript only).
The abstract (restricted to 5000 words) should:
- clearly identify the research question,
- outline the significant problems in the field of
research and the current solutions,
- present the preliminary ideas and state the proposed
approach clearly, and
- present the contributions of the applicant and the
results of the work.
Submissions will be judged on orginality,
significance, correctness, and clarity.
Admission is limited to 20 students.
The CAiSE'97-Doctoral~Consortium is accompanied by three
prominent scientists in the field of information systems which will
actively participate and contribute to the discussions.
Peri Loucopoulos
University of Manchester
Institute of Science & Technology,
Department of Computation.
Arne S=F8lvberg
Norwegian Institute of Technology,
Department of Computer Science.
Roel Wieringa
Vrije Universiteit De Boelelaan,
Faculty of Mathematics and
Computer Science.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submission : January 30th, 1997
Notification of acceptance : March 15th, 1997
Camera-ready paper due : April 15th, 1997
CAiSE'97 : June 16th-20th, 1997
Contact Address
Andreas Winter Juha-Pekka Tolvanen
University of Koblenz-Landau University of Jyvaskyla
Institute for Software Technology Department of Computer Science
Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, and Information Systems
Germany P.O. Box 35, SF-40351 Jyvaskyla
Finland
email: winter@uni-koblenz.de email: jpt@hyeena.jyu.fi
Electronic mail concerning the Doctoral Consortium and submissions
should be sent to
caise97DC@informatik.uni-koblenz.de
The Doctoral Consortium's web-pages are located at
http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~ist/CAiSE97DC/caise97DC.html
Date: 8 Nov 1996 15:02:28 -0600
=46rom: Judith Gersting <gersting@hawaii.edu> (by way of kpierce@d.umn.edu
(Keith Pierce))
Subject: Faculty Position, University of Hawaii at Hilo
The Computer Science Department at the University of Hawaii
at Hilo invites applications for a tenure-track position at
the Assistant Professor level beginning August, 1997.
Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or
closely related discipline, show evidence of commitment to
excellence in teaching and ongoing scholarship in computer
science, and be able to communicate clearly in written and
spoken English. All areas of specialization will be
considered, but preference will be given to candidates in
software engineering, artificial intelligence, networks, or
parallel processing. Responsibilities include teaching a
variety of undergraduate computer science courses. Salary
commensurate with qualifications.
The University of Hawaii at Hilo is a small (2500 students)
state-supported undergraduate institution located on the Big
Island of Hawaii, a setting noted for its spectacular
diversity of both geography and population. The department
offers a B.S. in Computer Science within a liberal arts
setting. Computing facilities include laboratories with
networked NT workstations and NT and UNIX servers.
Review of applications will begin January 15, 1997, with the
position remaining open until filled.
To apply, submit vita, statement of teaching philosophy,
and three letters of recommendation to:
Dr. Judith Gersting, Chair
Computer Science Department
University of Hawaii at Hilo
200 W. Kawili Street
Hilo, HI 96720-4091
The University of Hawaii at Hilo is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Date: 8 Nov 1996 15:18:16 -0600
=46rom: John McCormick <mccormic@nova.cs.uni.edu>
Subject: Faculty Position: University of Northern Iowa
The Department of Computer Science invites applications for a tenure-track
position in software engineering at the Assistant Professor level
effective August 1997. Applicants must have a Ph.D. with specialization
in software testing or verification & validation. Primary teaching
responsibilities will consist of software engineering and theory courses,
but a willingness and ability to teach a variety of core courses is
required. Applications received by Feb. 1, 1997 will receive full
consideration. For submission criteria and further information, contact:
Search Committee, Computer Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar
=46alls, IA 50614-0507 or see our web page at: http://www.cs.uni.edu/ The
University of Northern Iowa is an inclusive academic community, hospitable
to all. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a
comprehensive plan for affirmative action.
John W. McCormick mccormick@cs.uni.edu
Computer Science Department voice (319) 273-2618
University of Northern Iowa fax (319) 273-7123
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0507
Date: 8 Nov 1996 15:24:42 -0600
=46rom: Hossein Saiedian <hossein@csalpha.unomaha.edu>
Subject: CFP: JSS Special Issue on Formal Methods Technology Transfer
Journal of Systems and Software (North-Holland)
Special Issue on Formal Methods Technology Transfer
The purpose of this special issue of Journal of Systems and Software
is to address the technology transfer issues, that is, why, in
spite of many research results claiming the practical applications of
formal methods for increased reliability, we do not see wide usage.
The objective is to explore ways in which the benefits of formal
methods - whatever constitutes the most important benefits of formal
methods - can be transitioned into practice and how the gap between
the expectations of industrial practitioners and the research results
of academia can be narrowed. We are inviting experts from both
industry and research institutions to share their ideas and
expertise.
Areas of interest include:
* initiatives to narrow the chasm between practitioners and
researchers,
* empirical results in applying formal methods to large systems,
* evaluative explorations of the costs and benefits of formal
methods,
* integration of formal methods with non-formal ones,
* formal methods light and partial applications,
* strategies for formal methods that can scale to large systems,
* initiatives intended to increase and improve practitioners'
interests and confidence in formal methods, and
* initiatives intended to increase and improve researchers'
understanding of the role of formal methods in large systems.
Submission Requirements and Due Dates
Submitted articles are limited to 6,000 words. Long submissions will
be returned without review. Article title, author name(s),
affiliation(s), e-mail addresses, an abstract and up to five keywords
should appear on the first page.
Due Date for Submissions: March 1, 1997
Evaluation Notification: June 15, 1997
Due Date for Final Version: July 15, 1997
Publication Date: January 1998
Send submissions to:
Hossein Saiedian, Guest Editor
Journal of Systems and Software
Department of Computer Science
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE 68182-0500 USA
hossein@cs.unomaha.edu
Additional and updated details available at: http://cs.unomaha.edu/jss
Date: 8 Nov 1996 15:24:55 -0600
=46rom: Hossein Saiedian <hossein@csalpha.unomaha.edu>
Subject: Faculty Positions, University of Nebraska at Omaha
The newly established College of Information Science and Technology
at the University of Nebraska at Omaha invites applications for
multiple tenure track positions at all professorial ranks in the
areas of computer science and engineering. The College will be
housed in a new, 188,000 sq. foot building starting in mid 1999 with
state-of-the-art facilities and excellent computing resources.
Qualifications include a Ph.D. in computer science, computer
engineering or related area and expertise in software engineering,
client server technology and information systems engineering and
technologies. Consideration will be given to those candidates with
knowledge in object-oriented modeling and software architecture.
Prospective individuals should have a strong record in research
and teaching, and experience in industry outreach and applied
research/grant writing.
Applications, including a curriculum vitae and a list of publications
should be sent to:
Chair, Search Committee (CS)
Department of Computer Science
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska 68182--0500
Please arrange to have three letters of references sent directly to
the same address. Review of applications will begin immediately and
will continue until the positions are filled. The preferred
employment start date will be Fall 1997.
In accordance with the U.S. immigration requirements, qualified
applicants must be eligible to legally work in the U.S. The
University of Nebraska at Omaha encourages applications from
qualified women, members of minorities, and persons with
disabilities.
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