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Software Engineering: Concepts, Principles, and Tools

This course explores research and development topics on software engineering, covering principles, methods, and tools. Students will study software processes, requirements analysis, design, implementation, validation, and more. The course aims to broaden students' knowledge and prepare them to present high-quality projects and papers in the field.

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Software Engineering: Concepts, Principles, and Tools

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  1. CS691z / CS 791zTopics on Software Engineering Spring 2007 Course Syllabus (tentative) January 23, 2007

  2. Outline • The Instructor • The Students • The Course • The Texts & Initial WWW Pointers • Grading Scheme: CS691z/791z & Scale • Policies • Summary of Course Objectives • A Look Ahead

  3. The Instructor. • Sergiu Dascalu • Room SEM-236 • Telephone 784-4613 • E-mail dascalus@cse.unr.edu • Web-sitewww.cse.unr.edu/~dascalus • Office hours: • T 4:00 - 5:00 pm; R 5:00 – 6:00 pm or by appointment or chance

  4. .The Instructor • Sergiu Dascalu • PhD, Dalhousie U., Halifax, NS, Canada, 2001 • Faculty member at UNR since July 2002 • Lecturer & RA at Dalhousie University, 1993-2001 (software engineering focus) • Teaching and research at the University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, 1984-1993 (RTS focus) • Consultant for software development companies in Canada and Romania

  5. The Students Registered as of today: 8 in CS691z + 4 in CS791z Prerequisite: CS 425 Software Engineering or Instructor’s approval

  6. The Course. • Classroom: LP-104, TR 2:30 - 3:45 pm • Outline:This course explores research and development topics on software engineering, encompassing principles, methods, and tools. Areas of research include software processes, requirements analysis and specification, design, prototyping, implementation, validation and verification, evolution, documentation, project management, UML-based modeling, development environments, and domain-specific applications.

  7. .The Course • Outline [continued]: The course will allow the students to broaden their knowledge of software engineering concepts, principles, techniques and tools, study relevant research publications in the field, prepare and present a high quality software engineering project and, based on this project, write a paper that could be submitted to a scientific conference.

  8. The Texts. • Required textbooks [to be confirmed]: • Albert Endres, Dieter Rombach, A Handbook of Software and Systems Engineering: Empirical Observations, Laws, and Theories, Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2003. ISBN: 0-321-15420-7.

  9. .The Texts • Recommended textbooks (initial): • Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 8th Ed., Addison-Wesley, 2006. • Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt, UML and the Unified Process: PracticalObject-Oriented Analysis and Design, Addison Wesley, 2002.ISBN: 0-201-77060-1. • Lecture notes: • Presentations by the instructor • Notes you take in the classroom • Additional material (papers, tutorials, etc.) that will be indicated later by the instructor

  10. Initial WWW Pointers • IEEE’s Digital Library, via www.ieee.org • ACM Digital Library, via www.acm.org • The Software Engineering Institute, at Carnegie Mellon University, www.sei.cmu.edu • IEEE Computer Society’s Technical Council on Software Engineering, www.tcse.org • The Object Management Group, www.omg.com • IBM / Rational Software, www.rational.com • More will be indicated later

  11. Grading Scheme.. • Grading Scheme (subject to slight modifications): • Assignments: A1, 2, [3] 10% • Presentations: PRES1, [2], 3, 4 15% • Midterm test: EXAM 20% • Project: P1, 2, 3, 4 30% • Paper: DRAFT, PPR 20% • Class participation: PART* 5% [* assumes good presence; a large number of absences will affect the grade much more significantly] TOTAL 100%

  12. .Grading Scheme. • CS791Z versus CS691Z In CS791Z there will be: • One more assignment • One more presentation • Longer paper – by 1 page, 2-column IEEE format • [possibly] one more question in the midterm exam

  13. ..Grading Scheme • Passing conditions (all must be met): • 50% overall & • 50% in test & • 50% in project and paper & • 50% in assignments, presentations, and class participation • For grade A: at least 90% overall, at least 90% in class participation and at least 60% in test • Note that there are no make-up tests or homework in this course

  14. Grading Scale • Numerical-letter grade correspondence • A 90 -100 • A- 87 - 89 • B+ 84 - 86 • B 79 - 83 • B- 75 - 78 • C+ 72 - 74 • C 68 - 71 • C- 65 - 67 • D+ 61 - 64 • D 56 - 60 • D- 50 - 55 • F < 50

  15. Policies.. • Late submission policy: • Maximum 2 late days per assignment/project deliverable • Each late day penalized with 10% • No subdivision of late days (e.g. in hours) • No late days for presentations and test • Example: a 90/100 worth assignment gets 81/100 if one day late (90*0.9 = 81) or 72/100 if two days late (90*0.8 = 72)

  16. .Policies. • Legal notices on the world-wide web: Read and comply with accompanying legal notices of downloadable material • Specify references used • Do not plagiarize (see next slide)

  17. ..Policies • Plagiarism and cheating will not be tolerated. Please read the policies of University of Nevada, Reno regarding academic dishonesty: www.unr.edu/stsv/acdispol.html

  18. Summary of Course Objectives • Course objectives: • Extension of SE knowledge, in particular of software process phases and modeling notations • Study and presentation of relevant research publications • Development of a high quality software project • Writing a paper that can be submitted to a scientific conference

  19. A Look Ahead. • My intentions & expectations: • Provide guidance in the SE spectrum • Help you be better prepared for research and development in SE • Guide you in writing an SE research paper • Hope that you will both work hard and enjoy your work in this course

  20. .A Look Ahead • Your intentions & expectations: • Why do you take the course? • In what ways do you think this course could help your professional development? • What is your experience so far with SE? • What topics are you interested in? • What suggestions do you have for the instructor?

  21. Tentative schedule.

  22. .Tentative schedule

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