Forum for Advancing Software engineering Education (FASE) Volume 10 Number 05 (124th Issue) - May 15, 2000 926 subscribers Note: If you have problems with the format of this document, try An HTML version of this issue is available at ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Table of Contents Letter from the FASE Staff: Additions and Changes This Month's Topic: Annual Survey of International Software Engineering Programs (Progress Report) Upcoming Topics News Items CSEE&T 2000 Summary Communications of the ACM Forum on Licensing Issue IEEE Computer: "Software Engineering - A Maturing Profession?" Survey on Software Engineering Texts House Bill Aids Area Technology Workers Calls for Participation CSEE&T 2001 Position Openings University of Calgary - Industrial Research Chairs Contact and General Information about FASE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Letter from the FASE Staff: Additions and Changes It is our pleasure to announce that Thomas B. Hilburn of Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA will be joining the FASE staff effective 1 June. Tom will be taking over the position of Academic Editor. He is well-known in the software engineering community, and has previously served as a FASE guest editor. His recent accomplishments include his leadership on the development of the Guidelines for Software Engineering Education for the Working Group on Software Engineering Education and Training. Don Bagert will move over to the new position of Professional Issues Editor, and continue to handle miscellaneous topics, as well retaining ListMaster and Archivist responsibilities. By having a Professional Issues Editor, we hope to be able to continue with our recent efforts in this area, while continuing to primarily focus on academic issues. Along with new Corporate/Government Editor David Carter and Advisory Committee members Laurie Werth (who has been with FASE from the beginning) and Nancy Mead, this gives FASE a staff of five for the first time in its existence. With this combination of experience and new ideas, we are excited about the future of FASE! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: Kenneth Modesitt This Month's Topic: Annual Survey of International Software Engineering Programs (Progress Report) Guest Editor: Kenneth Modesitt University of Michigan-Dearborn modesitt@umich.edu _____ SE SURVEY Annual Survey of International Software Engineering Programs Progress Report Joint ACM/IEEE-CS/SWECC Project (Approved by SWECC on August 27th, 1999) May 15, 2000 Dr. Kenneth L. Modesitt, University of Michigan-Dearborn Dr. Donald J. Bagert, Texas Tech University Dr. Peter Knoke, University of Alaska-Fairbanks Dr. Laurie Werth, University of Texas-Austin A. Summary of the project's goals and objectives We are conducting an ongoing survey of international academic software engineering programs. This short interim report covers: history, audience, initial survey, initial partial results available on the WWW, request for evaluation of WWW-site, request for additional questions for next version of survey, and time-line for "official" survey. The final annual report and survey results will be posted on the SWECC web pages and other appropriate places. B. History This is intended to continue an effort originating at the Software Engineering Institute but discontinued in the mid-1990's. The list has been maintained on an ad-hoc, volunteer basis until this funded project. It addresses the issue of acquiring the information for a large and accurate database of such SE programs, from which statistically meaningfully results could be derived by the funding sponsors or others. It represents a simple and inexpensive procedure that has immediate utility. The initial survey builds upon existing databases compiled by SEI in 1996, Peter Knoke for FASE in 1999 and Laurie Werth in 1999. The authors have graciously provided such data via e-mail and WWW sites. C. Audience The project provides a continuing and reliable source of data regarding the colleges and universities (private, public, military, consortia, international) offering degrees, programs, and certificates in the software engineering field. Only those institutions offering degrees and identifiable tracks/options in SE would be included initially. Institutions offering a course or two in SE would not be considered. This list would be comprised of, but not limited to: * Associate Degree (two-year) programs from community colleges * Bachelor Degree (four/five-year) programs from colleges and universities * Master Degree programs from colleges and universities * Doctoral Degree programs from colleges and universities * Certificate programs from colleges and universities * [LATER, during year 2 of the project] Degrees in a software-related discipline, e.g, "Software Design and Development" as indicated in the most recent FASE survey (9/15/1998) * [LATER, during year 2 of the project] Programs from other providers, e.g., Motorola and Rational Universities. A pointer in the survey to the existing such database compiled by the University of Texas would be a possibility. D. Survey questions These were designed by the proposal team and include those in previous surveys such as: * Program information such as level, title, year of inception * Students enrolled: full-time and part-time * Graduates * Faculty: full-time and adjunct * Unit containing the program (location within college/university) * Number of courses (undergrad/grad) and length of term (semester/quarter) * Point of contact information: name, address, URL, e-mail, phone, etc. "Extra credit" questions related to software engineering definitions (some from the literature plus an open-ended option) as well as referrals to other universities with SE programs were also included in the survey. E. Initial Results The results are available from the authors in the following formats, and can be e-mailed, upon request, as attachments: File Information Format 1. Survey data Excel 2. Point-of-contact Word 3. Definitions of Software Engineering, Excel as contained in survey 4. Own definitions of Software Engineering Word 5. Referrals to other potential universities Word with SE programs Items 1 and 2 are contained in a prototype WWW-site developed by a student team in a software engineering course at the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus during January-April, 2000. The URL of the prototype is http://www.cis.umd.umich.edu:8085. Current respondents may edit their existing program information, and the general public may view current data from items 1 and 2 above, as well as some preliminary graphical summaries. We are keenly aware of several "shortcomings" in this prototype, so your constructive recommendations will be most helpful. Earlier versions of this have been made available to all survey respondents. We are deeply indebted to Dr. Renee McCauley at USL, and her students, as she graciously allowed us to use proven models she had developed for the CSAC Annual Surveys. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND A COPY WILL BE SENT TO YOU, OR YOU CAN LOOK AT THE FEBRUARY 2000 ISSUE OF FASE F. Request for evaluation of initial results The next version of the survey results will be enhanced considerably with the inputs from knowledgeable individuals reading this progress report. We already have a team in place to take your recommendations about how to make this prototype into a production version, suitable for general distribution. These recommendations can be of any type: navigation, user interface, typos, grammar, portability, functionality, performance, etc. We are MOST interested in additional features that you would find useful. Some we are considering include graphical display of all the university sites that offer SE programs, with hyperlinks to the programs. G. Request for additional survey questions. Ones we have considered so far include the following: * Available via distance learning * Available in an on-campus setting * Formal interaction with local industry * Assistantships available * Level of interest in collaboration with other SE programs What additional ones would you find meaningful? H. Time-line for "official" survey We plan to have a production version of the results from the initial survey on-line by September 1, 2000. With your assistance, we will have data from many more universities by that time as well. The next version of the survey would also be on-line at that time. Such data and the summaries will be published in world-wide accessible forums such as the SWECC web page, the Forum for the Advancement of Software Engineering Education (FASE), SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, a SEI report and other IEEE-CS and ACM outlets as desired by the sponsors and SWECC. It could consequently be used by decision makers at all levels. It would also draw potential students, as well as schools considering adding SE programs, IT employers, employees, and others. Thank you for ALL your assistance and your interest! Dr. Kenneth L. Modesitt, University of Michigan-Dearborn [Point of Contact - see below] Dr. Donald J. Bagert, Texas Tech University Dr. Peter Knoke, University of Alaska-Fairbanks Dr. Laurie Werth, University of Texas-Austin Dr. Kenneth L. Modesitt Chair and Professor Department of Computer and Information Science College of Engineering and Computer Science The University of Michigan-Dearborn 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491 PHONE (313) 436-9145 FAX (313) 593-4256 EMAIL modesitt@umich.edu ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ By: Don Bagert (Academic/Misc Editor) Upcoming Topics July 2000: The Importance of Math and Problem-Solving in SE Guest Editor: Peter B. Henderson Butler University phenders@butler.edu For more information about a particular issue's topic, please contact the corresponding guest editor. Please refer to the article format provided at the end of each issue when making submissions, which are always made directly to the guest editor. If you are interested in being a guest editor, or have any suggestions for future topics, please contact me at Don.Bagert@ttu.edu. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ News Items ###################################################################### From: Susan Mengel and Peter Knoke CSEE&T 2000 - Three Days in March Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training Susan Mengel Peter Knoke General Chair Program Chair Texas Tech University University of Alaska Fairbanks On March 6-8 in Austin ,Texas, CSEE&T 2000 took place with an attendance of about 120 people at the Austin Renaissance Hotel. It was the 13th rendition in a series of annual CSEE&T conferences that began in 1988. CSEE&T 2000 could appropriately be called a moveable feast because of its rich and diversified technical program as well as its fine included dining opportunities. It provided a wonderful opportunity for seeing old friends and meeting new ones in an international group of attendees. A dedicated and talented group of volunteers, including the Steering Committee, Program Committee, Conference Chairs, and reviewers, were instrumental in developing the conference and making it a success. The many presenters, of course, were the ones who made it happen. The IEEE Computer Society published the proceedings of the conference, and the table of contents and full text of the proceedings are available on the web at http://www.computer.org/proceedings/cseet/0421/0421toc.htm. The IEEE Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE) has sponsored recent CSEE&T's in cooperation with the TCSE Committee on Software Engineering Education and the ACM. All conferences in the CSEE&T series have enjoyed strong support from the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. CSEE&T 2000 also enjoyed significant support from four other institutions, namely the College of Engineering at Texas Tech University, the College of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics at University of Alaska Fairbanks, Motorola, and the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Motorola sponsored the lunch and speaker on Tuesday and the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering co-sponsored the reception. The reception host was Duncan C. Murdoch, Vice-President for External Relations and Enrollment. All CSEE&T's have had a strong Software Engineering Education focus, and most have had a special theme also. For CSEE&T 2000, the special theme was "Software Engineering Coming of Age" (suggested by Dennis Frailey. Thanks, Dennis). This theme was integrated into the whole technical program, but was especially addressed by three keynote speakers and one panel. The three excellent keynotes were: *"Software Engineering Coming of Age or Reaching Too Far" James Bach, Satisfice, Inc. *"A Historian's View of Software Engineering" Jim Tomayko, SEI/CMU *"Beyond Software and Beyond Engineering" Les Belady, Austin Software Council This sequence of keynotes could also be viewed as Software Engineering: Present, Past, and Future. With regard to the theme, many agreed with the view that Software Engineering has "come of age", but there was disagreement as to whether its true status was closer to early or late adolescence. In addition to the three keynotes, two excellent talks were given at the Monday and Tuesday lunches: *"Maintaining an Effective Software Engineering Staff" Dennis Frailey, Raytheon *"Accelerating the Startup of New Software Centers" John F. Pellegrin, Motorola At the Tuesday lunch, Nancy Mead, from the Software Engineering Institute and Chair of the CSEE&T Steering Committee, was honored for her years of support and service to CSEE&T 2000 and Software Engineering Education. Her guidance and tireless energy have served to lead and motivate countless volunteers. The remainder of the CSEE&T 2000 program is summarized below: *Technical Papers/Experience Reports - 24 papers/6 sessions - University/Industry - Software Engineering Group Work - Software Engineering Methods - Management/Process - Software Engineering Curriculum - Computer Science/Software Engineering *Panels - 4 - Software Engineering Coming of Age - Teaching Formal methods - Faculty Issues in Distance Education - Influence of Java on Software Engineering Education *Workshops - 4 - Developing Graduate Software Engineering Courses - Real-Time Computing - Developing Undergraduate Software Engineering Programs - IEEE/ACM SWEBOK (Software Engineering Body of Knowledge) *Tutorials - 1 - Introduction to the Team Software Process(SM) *Posters - 12 abstracts *Exhibitors - 3 - Pearson Education/Prentice Hall Publishers - Springer/Verlag New York, Inc. - Addison Wesley Longman The 24 papers were survivors of a rigorous peer review process and 10 will be published in expanded format in the IEEE Transactions on Education as well as the Computer Science Education Journal. The panels and workshops were carefully selected, well presented, and well received. Of the panels, the one on "Software Engineering Coming of Age" was home to some controversy that added spice to the conference. The SWEBOK workshop was of special interest because of the potentially large impact of SWEBOK on both Software Engineering Education and Software Engineering professionalism (find more on SWEBOK at http://www.swebok.org). The Team Software Process(SM) tutorial enabled conference attendees to learn about the newest member of the SEI/Watts Humphrey CMM(R)-PSP(SM)-TSP(SM) trilogy. The posters were new this year, and they provided a mechanism for the presentation of additional results as well as a way to expand participation in the conference. The exhibitors were well received and enjoyed their participation in the conference. In conclusion, CSEE&T 2000 was a big success due to all of the sponsors, volunteers, presenters, and attendees, upholding the tradition of excellence established by its 12 predecessors. We thank all of you. (SM)Team Software Process is a service mark of Carnegie Mellon University. (SM)PSP is a service mark of Carnegie Mellon University. (SM)TSP is a service mark of Carnegie Mellon University. (R)CMM is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ###################################################################### By: Don Bagert (Academic/Misc Editor) Communications of the ACM Forum on Licensing Issue As reported in the February issue of FASE, the February 2000 Communications of the ACM published a "Viewpoint" article entitled "Not Now, Not Like This" on the licensing of software engineers, written by three authors speaking for a majority of the ACM Council. The May issue of that same magazine contained four letters to the editor in response to that article which appeared in their "Forum" section on pages 11-12. Three of the four respondents, including Nancy Mead (a FASE Advisory Committee member) took issue with ACM Council's position to not be involved in any software engineering licensing efforts. One respondent, who was allowed to write anonymously, supported the ACM Council's decision. ###################################################################### By: Don Bagert (Academic/Misc Editor) IEEE Computer: "Software Engineering - A Maturing Profession?" The words "Software Engineering - A Maturing Profession?" dominated cover of the May 2000 issue of IEEE Computer. Inside, there were two related articles. In "The Push to Make Software Engineering Respectable" by Gilda Pour, Martin L. Griss and Michael Lutz, the authors state that "A recognized engineering profession must have an established body of knowledge and skill that its practitioners understand and use consistently. After 30 years, there is still a wide gap between the best and the typical software engineering practices. To close this gap, we need a deeper partnership among industry, academia, and professional societies." The other cover-related article was "What Knowledge is Important to a Software Professional?" by Timothy C. Lethbridge. In it, the author provides the results of a survey of software professionals that he and some of his colleagues conducted over a five-month period in 1998, along with an evaluation of these results. (See also "1998 CS and SE Education Relevance Survey Results Available" by Dr. Lethbridge ###################################################################### From: Mary_Last Survey on Software Engineering Texts In a message to the SIGCSE.MEMBERS list dated 17 March 2000, Mary Last of St. Edward's University wrote: "I really would like [a software engineering textbook] that covers Systems Engineering as well as Software Engineering. If you send me an email with the text you are using and any comments about the text, I'd be happy to [compile] a list and post to the entire group." Her email to SIGCSE.MEMBERS with the compilation, dated 7 May, is below, reprinted with the permission of Mary Last. ___ Here are the results of my request for information on Software Engineering texts. 4 responses - Schach, Stephen. Classical and Object-Oriented Software Engineering. McGraw Hill 4th ed. http://www.mhhe.com/engcs/compsci/schach/ N.B. There is an edition for Java and UML and an edition for C++ and UML 3 responses - Pressman, Roger. Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach. McGraw Hill 4th ed. http://www.rspa.com/about/sepa.html 1 response - Pfleeger, Shari. Software Engineering: Theory and Practice. Prentice Hall. http://www.cs.umd.edu/~sharip/swebook/ 1 response - Bruegge, Bernd and Dutoit, Allen. Object-Oriented Software Engineering: Conquering Complex and Changing Systems. Prentice Hall http://cw.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/bruegge/ 1 response - Dennis, Alan and Wixom, Barbara. System Analysis and Design: An Applied Approach . John Wiley and Sons. (unable to find a web page) 1 response - Sommerville, Ian, Software Engineering 5th edition. Addison Wesley http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/resources/ser/ Also, the Wiley representative sent the following: Van Vliet, Hans. Software Engineering: Principles & Practice 2nd ed. will be published this Spring. http://www.wiley.com/college Summary of Comments No one had anything good to say about Pressman. Schach had the most favorable comments. Most people seem to supplement the required text with other texts and readings, for example, Software Engineering by IEEE Computer Society (a collection of original papers). The person who is using Bruegge had extensive comments and web references which would be very useful if you are teaching software engineering. If you would like to see them, please send me an email and I will forward them to you. Comments on Schach "I just used the 4th edition of Schach's 'Classical and Object-Oriented Software Engineering' for teaching both a third-year and a graduate SE course at WPI. It has a good introduction to UML, which I liked because I was trying to do a pretty strict OO approach. Schach's methodology is pretty close to Rational Unified Process, but without the iterative feature. In general, I found it to be an OK book, but unfulfilling. That is, we would get to the end of a chapter and want more depth. I wound up supplementing it with Martin Fowler's 'UML Distilled' and even Coad & Yourdon's analysis and design books from ten years ago." Mary Z. Last Assistant Professor Computer Information Science St. Edward's University 3001 S. Congress Ave Austin, TX 78704-6489 512-464-8834 last@acad.stedwards.edu ###################################################################### By: Don Bagert (Academic/Misc Editor) House Bill Aids Area Technology Workers [The Washington Post Online published the article which has the above title, and which is excerpted below. It was written by Staff Writer Amy Joyce and published on May 4. ACM TechNews (Volume 2, Number 52; May 5, 2000) listed it as one of the top stories in the news. The homepage for ACM TechNews is http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html. My thanks to Martin Dickey for bringing this article to my attention through the SIGCSE.MEMBERS list.] "The House passed a bill Tuesday that calls on federal agencies to ease education requirements for information-technology workers on federal contracts. "The bill, sponsored by Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R) of Northern Virginia to help area contractors make better use of scarce tech workers, would make it more difficult for government agencies to require workers on certain contracts to have a four-year college degree. "Contractors say they can't find enough degreed workers for federal technology jobs, though many employees have the necessary experience and skills. The result is keen--and for the companies, expensive--competition for workers." The full article is at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64208-2000May3.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Calls for Participation ###################################################################### From: Robert Dupuis CALL FOR PAPERS 14th Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training Theme: In Search of a Software Engineering Profession February 19-21 2001 Charlotte, NC, USA Please join a host of international educators and trainers in the software engineering discipline for the premier conference in North America on education and training of professional software developers. The 14th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T '2001) continues a tradition of offering direction, promoting innovation and collaboration, and stimulating new instructional approaches to software engineering education and training. CSEE&T is devoted entirely to improvement in software engineering education and training. The theme of CSEE&T'2001 is "in search of a software engineering profession" and therefore we are seeking papers that discuss the elements of a mature discipline (*). These elements are: - initial professional education (graduate and undergraduate curricula) - accreditation of university programs - skills development (co-op programs, internships, apprenticeships, etc.) - certification of software engineering practitioners - licensing of software engineering practitioners - professional development (additional study undertaken after professional practice) - code of ethics - professional societies (*) G. Ford and N. E. Gibbs, "A Mature Profession of Software Engineering," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical CMU/SEI-96-TR-004, January 1996. See http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/96.reports /96.tr.004.html The Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) (www.swebok.org) will be used to structure the program of the conference itself. Specific tracks will therefore be scheduled to present contributions that discuss one or more elements of a mature discipline in regards to the SWEBOK Knowledge Areas: - Software Requirements - Software Design - Software Construction - Software Testing - Software Maintenance - Software Configuration Management - Software Engineering Management - Software Engineering Methods and Tools - Software Engineering Process - Software Quality Specific tracks will also be scheduled to present papers that discuss one or more elements of a mature discipline in regards of the Related Disciplines of Software Engineering as identified by the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (cognitive science and human factors, computer engineering, computer science, management and management science, mathematics, project management, systems engineering). Papers are being sought that contribute to two important debates: - What portion of the Related Discipline is relevant to software engineering and should be included in software engineering education and training programs? - What portion of software engineering is relevant to one or more Related Discipline and should be included in their education and training program? Submissions. You are invited to submit research papers, experience reports, proposals for panel discussions and tutorials, and position statements for workshops in the above and other areas of software engineering education and training. You are also invited to suggest innovative topics for informal meetings and birds-of-a-feather sessions. Accepted contributions will appear in the conference proceedings. CSEE&T '2001 will also include 90 minute and half-day workshops designed to provide a forum for a group of participants to exchange experiences and opinions on topics related to the conference theme. Participation in a workshop typically depends on submission of a position statement. The submission format for the workshop proposals is on the CSEE&T web page. Information concerning the workshops (in order to submit position papers) will be available by July 15, 2000. Accepted position statements will be published in the conference proceedings. Workshop proposals may be submitted to the workshop co-chairs by July 1. Panels will be held in debate form. Short position statements will be followed by debates among the various viewpoints. You are invited to submit panel topics for which such debates may be interesting and useful to the community. Please submit panel proposals to the panel chair by September 15. The 2001 conference will coordinate and synchronize its schedules with the ACM's SIGCSE Symposium on Computer Science Education. Joint events are planned to provide an opportunity for both software engineers and computer scientists to exchange ideas on how their activities can be more effectively integrated. For additional details, please contact the Program Chairs or see the web address. Conference Chair: Dawn Ramsey, Southern Polytechnic State University, dramsey@spsu.edu Program Chairs: Robert Dupuis and Pierre Bourque, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada, dupuis.robert@uqam.ca, bourque.pierre@uqam.ca Steering Committee Don Bagert, Texas Tech University David Budgen, Keele University Neal Coulter, Florida Atlantic University Dennis Frailey, Raytheon Peter Knoke, University of Alaska Fairbanks Michael Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology Mike McCracken, Georgia Tech Nancy Mead, Software Engineering Institute Susan Mengel, Texas Tech University Michael Ryan, Dublin City University Hossein Saiedian, University of Nebraska at Omaha Program Committee (to be announced) Tutorials/Workshops Chairs: Jeanne Murtagh, Air Force Institute of Technology (Jeanne.Murtagh@afit.af.mil), John A. Hamilton Jr., United States Military Academy (hamiltoj@spawar.navy.mil) Panels Chair: Ann Sobel, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (sobelae@muohio.edu) Submission Due Dates Workshop Proposals: July 1, 2000 Notification of Workshop Proposal Acceptance: July 10, 2000 Research Papers, Experience Reports Workshop, Position Papers, Tutorial and Panel Proposals: September 15, 2000 Notification of Acceptance: November 3, 2000 Camera-ready copies due: December 15, 2000 For additional information about submission requirements and conference updates please see: http://www.lrgl.uqam.ca/cseet2001 -- Robert Dupuis Telephone: (514) 987-3000 P.3479 Directeur Telecopieur: (514) 987 8477 Maitrise en Informatique de gestion Maitrise en Genie logiciel Maitrise et DESS en Technologie de l'information (www.eti.uquebec.ca) DESS en communautique appliquee aux communautes virtuelles Universite du Quebec q Montreal http://www.lrgl.uqam.ca/ Co-editor Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge http://www.swebok.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Position Openings ###################################################################### From: Armin Eberlein NSERC INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH CHAIRS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING The University of Calgary is seeking distinguished scholars from industry or academia, with international reputations commensurate with an appointment at the rank of Full Professor to fill two industrial Research Chairs in Software Engineering. The chairs are supported by a significant number of major industrial partners with matching funds anticipated from NSERC. The Chairs will be key persons in the establishment of a centre of research excellence in software engineering which has been identified as an area of focus of the Alberta government initiative, Informatics Circle of Research Excellence. Leadership of the established graduate program in software engineering is also expected. The personal research interests of the Chairholders could be in any area of software engineering. One Chair holder will hold a tenured position in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Faculty of Engineering), and the other will hold a similar position in the Department of Computer Science (Faculty of Science). The salary will be commensurate with the qualifications and experience, and competitive internationally. Selected candidates will be engaged in the completion of an application for NSERC industrial chair support, intended to provide matching support of the industry sponsors. The position will commence on July 1, 2000, or as soon as possible thereafter. The initial term of the Chair is 5 years, renewable after appropriate review. For a full description of the positions, see http://www.eng.ucalgary.ca/jobs.htm Applicants are invited to send their curriculum vitae and a list of 3 references to: Dr L. T. Bruton, Vice-President (Research) University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr., NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Phone: 403-220-7833 Fax: 403-289-8926 e-mail: bruton@ucalgary.ca Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The University of Calgary respects, appreciates and encourages diversity. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contact and General Information about FASE The Forum for Advancing Software engineering Education (FASE) is published on the 15th of each month by the FASE editorial board. Send newsletter articles to one of the editors, preferably by category: Articles pertinent to corporate and government training to David Carter ; Academic education, and all other categories to Don Bagert . If the article for a FASE topic where there is a guest editor, the submission should instead be to that person. Items must be submitted by the 8th of the month in order to be considered for inclusion in that month's issue. Also, please see the submission guidelines immediately below. FASE submission format guidelines: All submissions must be in ASCII format, and contain no more than 70 characters per line (71 including the new line character). 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