Forum for Academic Software Engineering Volume 5, Number 25, Thu Oct 5 14:46:49 CDT 1995 Topics: A Heresy on "Heroes" CARE Lab at TTU--Correction Symposium: New Ideas in Teaching Computer Science New Ada Courseware at ASSET UC Berkeley Short Courses on Software Engineering & Management Call for Participation FPLE'95 New Quarterly Journal: Science and Engineering Ethics Home page: Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility Position: Chair of CS, Texas Tech Stevens Award - Call for Nominations ICSM-95: Reminder A------------------------------------------------------- From: Mary_Shaw@cs.cmu.edu Subject: A Heresy on "Heroes" [Responding to an article from issue 5-23] Heroes need space to breathe and act. To the extent that their actions are constrained by rules that enforce conventional solutions, they can't go beyond convention. The current emphasis on process is certainly useful for bring up the lower threshold of acceptable practice. But to the extent that organizations in need of heroes get fixated on repeatable process, they prevent the heroes from acting. After all, breakthrough behavior or other actions where no pat formulas are available is *exactly not* repeating prior action. The trick is to know when ... Mary A------------------------------------------------------- From: Panos K. Linos Subject: CARE Lab at TTU--Correction In FASE Volume 5, Number 23, we announced a WWW page describing the CARE laboratory at Tennessee Tech. The pointer was incorrectly typed and many people requested the correct one. Please, note the correction as follows: http://www.csc.tntech.edu/~linos/ We apologize for the inconvenience. A------------------------------------------------------- From: gh@cs.toronto.edu (Graeme Hirst) Subject: Symposium: New Ideas in Teaching Computer Science Friday 8 December 1995, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Invited speakers: Eric Roberts (Stanford) Andries van Dam (Brown) Jane Chu Prey (Virginia) James Bradford (Brock) For more information, please contact Graeme Hirst: gh@cs.toronto.edu, (416) 978-8747. A------------------------------------------------------- From: info@source.asset.com Subject: New Ada Courseware at ASSET The STARS ASSET Reuse Library has recently added the following new Ada Courseware assets. You need to have an account with ASSET (no charge) in order to access some of these new documents and software. More information about ASSET, acquiring an account, and a hyper-text catalog of our holdings can be found at the URL "http://source.asset.com/". Information can also be obtained by sending email to "info@source.asset.com", FAXing to (304) 284-9001, or calling (304)-284-9009. ASSET's New Catalog Listings ASSET_A_816: AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH TO OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING WITH ADA 95. a senior-level course focusing on the development of object- oriented software modules using incremental development schemes ASSET_A_817: CURRICULUM AND COURSE DEVELOPMENT FOR REAL-TIME SYSTEMS. an advanced course providing coverage of the entire development process of a real-time system (documentation available in hardcopy only) ASSET_A_813: POWER POINT DOCUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF AN ADA-BASED CS 1 COURSE. slides and supporting examples of Ada code for an Ada-based CS1 introduction to computing course A------------------------------------------------------- From: southbay@garnet.berkeley.edu Subject: UC Berkeley Short Courses on Software Engineering & Management U.C. Berkeley Continuing Education in Engineering announces 5 short courses on software engineering: Transitioning to OO SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT UNDER RUMBAUGH (OMT) (November 6-9, 1995) TESTING OF OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE (November 27-29, 1995) MANAGING SOFTWARE PROJECTS: Controlling Risks and Adversities, Transition to OO (November 14-17, 1995) OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN PATTERNS AND FRAMEWORKS (December 4-6, 1995) CONCURRENT OBJECT-ORIENTED NETWORK PROGRAMMING WITH C++ (November 29-December 1, 1995) For more information send your postal address or fax to: Harvey Stern, or Loretta Lindley, U.C. Berkeley Extension/Southbay, 800 El Camino Real Ste. 150, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Tel: (415) 323-8141, Fax: (415) 323-1438. A------------------------------------------------------- From: parijs@cs.kun.nl (Jacqueline Parijs) Subject: Call for Participation FPLE'95 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The First International Symposium on Functional Programming Languages in Education 4 - 6 December 1995, Nijmegen-Plasmolen, The Netherlands Functional languages are gathering momentum in education because they facilitate the expression of concepts and structures at a high level of abstraction. The high level of abstraction makes functional languages very suited for teaching students how to program. It is the aim of the FPLE Symposium to show that functional languages can also be used successfully to teach other important areas, such as algorithms and data structures, compiler construction, computer architecture, data base systems, computer graphics, mathematics, problem solving and the semantics of programming languages. In the FPLE Symposium the state-of-the-art is presented in the use of functional languages to support computer science education. Functional languages are to be understood here in a broad sense, including lazy and strict functional languages, languages with a powerful functional subset and algebraic specification formalisms. Many of the authors who contribute to this symposium advocate that by using a functional language it is possible to cover more ground than when using a more traditional approach to teaching. We are very proud to have David A. Turner as guest speaker. This symposium, organized in collaboration with the IFIP 2.8 working group on functional programming, is a must for anyone who is interested in improving computer science education. We would greatly appreciate your participation in this symposium. Please come and help to make this first international symposium to be a success. For more information, contact Jacqueline Parijs, parijs@cs.kun.nl Universitaire School voor Informatica A------------------------------------------------------- From: lwerth@cs.utexas.edu (Laurie Werth) Subject: New Quarterly Journal: Science and Engineering Ethics Science and Engineering Ethics is a multi-disciplinary quarterly journal launched in January 1995 which is dedicated to exploring ethical issues of direct concern to scientists and engineers covering professional education, research and practice as well as the effects of innovations on the wider society. An international editorial board has been appointed which represents a broad range of expertise. The journal will publish original research papers, reviews, comment pieces, letters, editorials, book reviews and conference reports. It will also publish special issues devoted to single topics of importance; these include Trustworthy Research (in 1995), Computer Ethics (in 1996) and Peer Review (in 1997). For more information, contact ccsr@dmu.ac.uk From: ccsr@dmu.ac.uk Subject: Home page: Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility As Director of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, I am pleased to announce the launch of CCSR's new Home Page at: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/CCSR Our aim is to establish this as a major reference site for both academics and practitioners concerned with the sensitive application of the information technologies. New information and new links to other sites will be added regularly, these being highlighted for ease of use. We will email contacts of any major additions. If you do not wish to remain on this mailing list or you know of others who would like to be included please let us know. We are in the process of building a multilingual bibliography for computer ethics which will be made available in the future. If you have any items that you would like to include in this bibliography please email the details. Such contributions will be acknowledged. If you know of other relevant home pages that would be worth linking to please let us have the details. In conjunction with the Research Center on Computing & Society at Southern Connecticut State University, we are establishing a global consortium of centres to promote the work of computer ethics on an international basis. If you are interested in being involved in this work please contact us. I hope you enjoy visiting our Home Page and please let us have your suggestions as to how we can make it even better! Simon Rogerson A------------------------------------------------------- From: Don Bagert Subject: Position: Chair of CS, Texas Tech Applications and nominations are invited for the chairperson position in the Department of Computer Science at Texas Tech University. The Chairperson is expected to lead the department in the continued development of high quality undergraduate and graduate programs in computer science. Successful candidates must have formal training in both engineering and computer science and have sufficient scholarly accomplishments, including the direction of doctoral students in a Ph.D. program, to justify appointment to the rank of full professor with tenure. Successful candidates must also have commitment and a vision for computer science education and curricula, scholarly publication, funded research and public service. Candidates must also have demonstrated leadership and managerial skills, excellent communication and teaching abilities, strong motivational skills, and a commitment to alumni and corporate development. An applicant must be either a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident in order to be considered. For more information, contact Don Bagert, bagert@cs.coe.ttu.edu A------------------------------------------------------- From: Elliot Chikofsky Subject: Stevens Award - Call for Nominations Call for Nominations for the *second* annual Stevens Lecture On Software Development Methods The purpose of the Stevens Lecture is to advance the state of software development methods and enhance their continuing evolution. The award recipient is recognized for outstanding contributions to the literature or practice of methods for software development. The lecture presentation will focus on advancing or analyzing the state of software methods and their direction for the future. The award includes a significant honorarium and travel to the lecture site. This award lecture is named in memory of Wayne Stevens (1944-1993), a highly-respected consultant, author, pioneer, and advocate of the practical application of software methods and tools. His 1974 article "Structured Design" was the first published on the topic and has been widely reprinted from the IBM Systems Journal. He was the author of the books >Software Design: Concepts and Methods< (Prentice-Hall Intl, 1991) and >Using Structured Design< (Wiley, 1981). His last article "Data Flow Analysis and Design" appears in the Encyclopedia of Software Engineering (Wiley, 1994). Stevens was the chief architect of IBM's application development methodology. The inaugural Stevens Lecture was given by Tony Wasserman at CASE '95 (7th Intl Workshop on CASE) at Toronto in July 1995. The Stevens Lecture is sponsored by IWCASE, the international sponsoring association of the CASE workshop - the principal technical meeting of the CASE field. The second Stevens Lecture will be presented at the 9th Conference on Software Engineering Education (CSEE 96) on April 22, 1996 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. CSEE is sponsored by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Council on Software Engineering (TCSE), and is in cooperation with ACM. For CSEE information, contact Charlene Rauber at 412-268-3007 or education@sei.cmu.edu, fax 412-268-5758. Nominations for the Stevens Lecture may be submitted by letter, fax, or electronic mail and must include a description of the contribution of the nominee (up to 3 pages), citations of key contributions to the literature on software methods, and contact information for both the nominee and the nominator. SEND NOMINATIONS BY DECEMBER 15, 1995 to: Stevens Lecture Committee fax 617-272-8464 IWCASE email iwcase@iwcase.org P.O. Box 400 Burlington, MA 01803-0501 USA For more information, contact Elliot Chikofsky, e.chikofsky@computer.org A------------------------------------------------------- From: Ettore Merlo Subject: ICSM-95: Reminder The International Conference on Software Maintenance is October 17 - 20, 1995, Opio (Nice) France. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering. Early Bird Deadline For Registration Is October 6, 1995 For additional information, registration form and hotel reservation, please, visit http://www.polymtl.ca/icsm95.htm (alternatively, try the IEEE site http://www.ieee.org/ ) or contact Ettore Merlo: merlo@rgl.polymtl.ca E------------------------------------------------------------------- FASE Volume 5 Number 25 Send newsletter articles to fase-submit@d.umn.edu or fase@d.umn.edu Send requests to add, delete, or modify a subscription to fase-request@d.umn.edu Send problem reports, returned mail, or other correspondence about this newsletter to fase-owner@d.umn.edu or kpierce@d.umn.edu You can retrieve back issues by anonymous FTP from from ricis.cl.uh.edu. 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