Forum for Academic Software Engineering Volume 5, Number 26, Fri Oct 27 13:47:02 CDT 1995 Topics: Survey Results Information Systems Education Conference New Web resource for s/w professionals INFOSYS The Future of the University Transforming Education APSEC'95 Position Announcement: University of Missouri Rolla A------------------------------------------------------- From: Keith Pierce Subject: Survey Results We received 84 responses, about 15 percent of subscribers. Responses were overwhelmingly positive: you approve of the direction that FASE is going in. The next issue will begin to incorporate new features and articles consistent with the new statement of purpose. It will still carry the acronym FASE, as the majority of responders wished, but recycled to read Forum for Advocating Software engineering Education In response to your support for an interactive email discussion list, we will be setting one up and hope to have it running by the end of the year (hopefully my upcoming parenthood leave will allow time to work on this :) 1. Objectives. The number of responders giving first or second choice for each: 73 to disseminate information about software engineering education and training in the academic, government, and corporate sectors 55 to be an international forum for software engineering educational issues 52 to provide the opportunity for software engineering educators to explore collaboration between government, corporate, and academic sectors 51 to facilitate continuous learning by software engineering educators and trainers 45 to disseminate information about professional issues related to education and training Analysis: All seemed to be important to subscribers. The last objective may be too vague to garner votes. We will try to solicit articles meeting the most popular objectives. 2. Name 38 FASE 35 FORSEE 15 SOFTRED 15 SOFTED 7 other The vast majority of academic responders voted for the recycled name FASE. Many suggested replacing "advocacy" with "advancement" or "advancing". Makes sense---we all advocate software engineering education, but the newsletter's purpose is to advance it. 3. Audience 55 academic 16 corporate 14 responsible for acquiring education/training 7 government 3 other Some responders checked more than one box. 4. Features: Ranked by the number of combined first/second choice designations: 66 Program profiles 66 Reviews of books and articles 55 Conference/workshop announcements 52 Conference reports 44 Q&A column 38 Directory information 5 Other We will solicit articles in the top-ranked areas. 5. Format 34 Digest only 44 Digest and email discussion 6. Subscribe? 77 yes 1 no 5 not sure An overwhelming endorsement! A------------------------------------------------------- From: Eli Cohen Subject: Information Systems Education Conference November 3-5, 1995 Charlotte, North Carolina USA The Information Systems Education Conference offers over 40 sessions, including keynote addresses by Milt Jenkins, Paul Gillin (Editor, Computerworld), and Steve Gilbert (Am Assoc for Higher Ed). Further information on the conference and registration can be found at http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/isecon95 (case sensitive) or by contacting the conference chair at eli_cohen@acm.org. A------------------------------------------------------- From: bmcw@redbud.mv.com (Brian S. McWilliams) Subject: New Web resource for s/w professionals Announcing: "Off the Record" OTR is a repository of interviews, in RealAudio format, on topics of interest to IS professionals. The URL is http://www.dnh.mv.net/ipusers/redbud/index.html Current features include a debate on s/w process improvement ("good enough software" vs. SEI); an interview with the CIO of Kraft Foods on why the hot job market for client/server pros is making life tough for IS managers; and a rant by Thornton May of Cambridge Technology Parters on the best way to cost-justify IT investments. The purpose of these interviews is to spark discussion, so please drop me a line with your response to a particular interview or the site in general. I would also appreciate suggestions on future interview topics and/or candidates. Brian S. McWilliams Webmaster and content provider "Off the Record" Email: bmcw@redbud.mv.com A------------------------------------------------------- From: D.Viehland@massey.ac.nz (Dennis W Viehland) Subject: INFOSYS INFOSYS: The Electronic Newsletter for Information Systems You are invited to subscribe to INFOSYS, the electronic newsletter for faculty, students, and practitioners in the field of Information Systems. INFOSYS is in its 22nd month of publication and currently is distributed to over 4,000 IS professionals in 62 countries. INFOSYS publishes news items, announcements, journal table of contents, requests for assistance, calls for papers, notices of professional meetings and conferences, position announcements, and other items of interest to the global Information Systems community. INFOSYS also maintains a Calendar of Upcoming Events that tracks events and calls for papers announced in INFOSYS. INFOSYS is published approximately weekly via an electronic mailing list on listserver software at American University in Washington, DC Each issue of INFOSYS is also posted in the comp.infosystems newsgroup on Usenet. The INFOSYS editor is Dennis Viehland (Massey University, New Zealand). INFOSYS listowners are Greg Welsh (American University, USA) and Peter Weiss (Penn State, USA). INFOSYS is sponsored by boyd & fraser, publishers of educational materials for computer and information education. To subscribe to INFOSYS send the following one-line e-mail message to listserv@american.edu: subscribe infosys yourfirstname yourlastname (e.g., subscribe infosys Joe Bloggs). You will receive a welcome message that will tell you more about INFOSYS and the listserver. Feel free to post this message to appropriate e-mail lists and newsgroups and to share it with colleagues. For more information about INFOSYS contact the editor: Dennis Viehland Department of Information Systems Massey University - Albany Auckland, New Zealand E-mail: d.viehland@massey.ac.nz Dennis W. Viehland d.viehland@massey.ac.nz Senior Lecturer, Information Systems (09) 443-9612 (voice) Massey University - Albany (09) 443-9640 (fax) Auckland, New Zealand country code: 64 http://smis-www.massey.ac.nz/personal/dviehlan/dennis.html A------------------------------------------------------- From: "Keith Pierce" Subject: The Future of the University Columbia University professor Eli Noam sees a reversal in the historic direction of information flow: "In the past, people came to the information, which was stored at the university. In the future, the information will come to the people, wherever they are. What then is the role of the university? Will it be more than a collection of remaining physical functions, such as the science laboratory and football team? Will the impact of electronics on the university be like that of printing on the medieval cathedral, ending its central role in information transfer? Have we reached the end of the line of a model that goes back to Ninevah, more than 2500 years ago? Can we self-reform the university, or must things get much worse first?" (Science 13 Oct 95 p247) A------------------------------------------------------- From: "Keith Pierce" Subject: Transforming Education From Educom Update, 10/23/95 Transforming Education Topic of Two New Publications. Representatives of Educom member institutions will be receiving a copy each of two new publications: "Using Information Technology to Enhance Academic Technology," by William Massy and Robert Zemsky and "Transforming Higher Education: A Vision for Learning in the 21st Century," by Michael G. Dolence and Donald M. Norris. For information about the Massy/Zemsky paper, send e-mail to NLII@educom.edu. For information about the Dolence/Norris publication, send e-mail to scup@umich.edu. To subscribe to Educom Update, send a message to listproc@educom.unc.edu and in the body of the message type: subscribe update (your name). A------------------------------------------------------- From: Leon Tighe Subject: APSEC'95 APSEC'95 The 1995 Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference When: Wednesday 6th December - Saturday 9th December (program) Where: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Abstracts Ordered by title or author (see the program for an approximate ordering by subject). Registration The registration form is available on-line. Web http://www.cs.uq.edu.au/conferences/apsec95/ Sponsored by The Australian Computer Society in co-operation with IREE and IEAust Leon Tighe MACS PCP ltighe@acslink.net.au Immediate Past Chairman, ACS Queensland Branch PO Box 135 ASPLEY Q AUSTRALIA 4034 Tel: +61 7 263 9777 (ACS) +61 7 202 7640 (Home) Fax: +61 7 263 7020 (ACS), +61 7 202 8498 (Home) A------------------------------------------------------- From: Eric Jui-Lin Lu Subject: Position Announcement: University of Missouri Rolla THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA Department of Computer Science The Department of Computer Science invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor. Employment will begin August 15, 1996. Qualifications for the position include an earned doctorate in Computer Science before August 15, 1996. The faculty member is expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses as well as engage in research in distributed files and databases; and have an interest in software engineering. Research in the Department is active in the areas of parallel and distributed computing, scientific computing, software engineering, and intelligent systems. The University of Missouri-Rolla is the primary science and engineering campus of the University of Missouri system and as such provides opportunities for interdisciplinary research with faculty members in other departments. The UMR Intelligent Systems Center also provides interdisciplinary research opportunities and faculty members may become research investigators in that center. The Department grants the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees and currently has about 100 graduate students. Departmental hardware includes a variety of workstations: SUN, SUN Sparc 20, IBM, SGI and NeXT, as well as an iPSC/860 32 processor multicomputer. A wide range of software is available for use by students and faculty. The committee will begin the review of applications on February 15, 1996. Applications will be accepted until April 1, 1996. Applicants should send a vita and a statement of research and teaching interests, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to: Chairman, Faculty Search Committee Department of Computer Science University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65401 Phone: 314-341-4492 E-mail: csdept@cs.umr.edu For additional information, you may access the Department's home page via Mosaic at http://www.cs.umr.edu. UM-Rolla is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and especially encourages applications from both minorities and women. E------------------------------------------------------------------- FASE Volume 5 Number 26 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. You can access them through WWW at URL http://ricis.cl.uh.edu/FASE/ Keith Pierce, Editor Laurie Werth, Advisory Committee Department of Computer Science Dept. of Computer Science University of Minnesota, Duluth Taylor Hall 2.124 Duluth, MN 55812-2496 University of Texas at Austin Telephone: (218) 726-7194 Austin, Texas 78712 Fax: (218) 726-6360 Telephone: (512) 471-9535 Email: kpierce@d.umn.edu Fax: (512)471-8885 Email: lwerth@cs.utexas.edu David Eichmann, FASE Archivist Asst. 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