Forum for Advancing Software engineering Education (FASE) Volume 12 Number 07 (Issue 150) - July 15, 2002 Note: If you have problems with the format of this document, try ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Table of Contents Letter From the Managing Editor: Changes Are on the Horizon Correction From Last Issue Calls for Participation CSEET 2003 Special Session in Memory of Norm Gibbs Contact and General Information about FASE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ By: Don Bagert Letter From the Managing Editor Changes Are on the Horizon This issue provides another milestone, albeit a minor one, with the publication of our 150th issue. However, rather than doing something special (as was done with the 100th and 10-year anniversary issues), we are saving it for next month! See you then!!! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ By: Don Bagert (Professional Issues Editor) Correction From Last Issue The article "IEEE Computer Has Software Certification Debate" had a transcription error in it. The quote from Adam Kolawa from the June 2002 IEEE Software actually states that "Certification is an unnecessary proof that developers have not forgotten the fundamentals they learned in an accredited computer science program." (The words "that developers" were accidentally left out.) The FASE staff apologizes for the error. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Calls for Participation ###################################################################### By: Nancy Mead CSEE&T 2003 Special Session in Memory of Norm Gibbs Next year's Conference on Software Engineering and Training (CSEE&T) will include a special session on Norm Gibbs' contribution to Software Engineering Education. The session will include papers, panels, and talks. If you would like to submit a paper, panel proposal, or abstract for a talk for this special session, please use the CSEE&T paper submission process (which can be found on the conference web page http://www.ls.fi.upm.es/cseet03), and specify that this is a proposed contribution for the special session on Norm Gibbs. Some example topics are Norm's contribution to SE curricula, the initiative for Master of Software Engineering programs, outreach to universities and their faculty members, vision for SE as a profession, and other professional activities, such as initiating the first Conference on Software Engineering Education (as CSEE&T was originally called). Nancy Mead (nrm@sei.cmu.edu) will be chair of this special session. Please contact her for more information. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contact and General Information about FASE ###################################################################### FASE is published on the 15th of each month by the FASE staff. Article and Faculty Ad Submission Guidelines Send newsletter articles to one of the editors, preferably by category: Articles pertinent to academic education to Tom Hilburn ; corporate and government training to David Carter ; professional issues, faculty ads, and all other categories, to Don Bagert . If the article is for a FASE topic where there is a guest editor, the submission should instead be to that person, according to the schedule provided. 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. 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From there, click on "TTU Faculty Mailing Lists", and then either "fase" or "fase-talk", depending on which list you desire.) _____ Back issues (dating from the very first issue) can be found on the web (with each Table of Contents) at in chronological order, or in reverse order. _____ The FASE Staff: Tom Hilburn -- Academic Editor Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Department of Computing and Mathematics Daytona Beach FL 32114 USA Phone: 386-226-6889 Fax: 386-226-6678 Email: hilburn@erau.edu URL: http://faculty.erau.edu/hilburn/ David Carter -- Corporate/Government Editor 807 Hwy 1204 #B-2 Pineville LA 71360 Phone: 318-641-0824 Email: dacarter@bayou.com Don Bagert, P.E. -- Managing Editor and Professional Issues Editor Department of Computer Science 8th and Boston Texas Tech University Lubbock TX 79409-3104 USA Phone: 806-742-1189 Fax: 806-742-3519 Email: Don.Bagert@ttu.edu URL: http://www.cs.ttu.edu/faculty/bagert.html Laurie Werth -- Advisory Committee Taylor Hall 2.124 University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USA Phone: 512-471-9535 Fax: 512-471-8885 Email: lwerth@cs.utexas.edu Nancy Mead -- Advisory Committee Software Engineering Institute 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA Phone: 412-268-5756 Fax: 412-268-5758 Email: nrm@sei.cmu.edu