Forum for Advancing Software engineering Education (FASE) Volume 9 Number 09 (116th Issue) - September 15, 1999 858 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 Academic Editor: HTML and Upcoming Events This Month's Topic Delayed Next Month's Topic: Distance Learning and Internet Education November 1999 Topic: The Relationship Between Software Engineering and Other Disciplines December 1999 Topic: Top Ten Events of the Century January 2000 Topic: Coping with the Faculty Shortage February 2000 Topic: Top Ten Events - The Readers' Picks Call for Guest Editors and Topic Suggestions News Items Licensing Update Calls for Participation CSEE&T 2000 Deadlines Extended ACM International Student Research Contest Conference Announcements 6th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 99) Position Openings University of Maryland University College - Director of SE Monmouth University Southeast Missouri State University Contact and General Information about FASE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: Don Bagert (Academic/Misc Editor) Letter from the Academic Editor: HTML and Upcoming Events Let's see...How long has it been since I've written one of these... Wow! Not including two messages as the ListServ Master - 13 months! Well, we're finally trying an HMTL version of an issue (this one). It's a similar format to what my predecessor, Keith Pierce was doing in his last months as Academic Editor. Please let us know what you think. I'm really excited about the next several issues. There has been a great deal of interest about next issue's topic on distance learning and Internet education - it should be one of our best topics yet. The December "Top Ten" issue and its follow up will be among our most ambitious projects to date - while being a lot of fun, as well! Take care, Don ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This Month's Topic Delayed Due to the enormous crush of work that our scheduled guest editors (who are also in charge of the gigantic SWEBOK project) are under, this month's topic - the relationship between software engineering and other disciplines - has been delayed until November. Our apologies to the readers for this delay. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Next Month's Topic: Distance Learning and Internet Education Guest Editors: Joe Kasser, University of Maryland University College (UMUC) A Rajagopal, Tata Infotech Limited Bruce Schafer, Oregon College of Engineering and Computer Science Ahmed Seffah, Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal (CRIM) Call for Participation The October 1999 Issue of FASE will be feature articles on "Distance Learning and Internet Education." Many working software engineers find it impossible or very inconvenient to travel to traditional campuses to take courses in software engineering. For many years microwave and satellite video delivery have provided an important option to these place-bound students. More recently, the Internet has opened up new opportunities for distance learning including the ability for the student to choose both the time and place where they will participate in course work. The October 1999 issue of FASE will feature a set of articles on this subject. Joe Kasser, A Rajagopal, Bruce Schafer, and Ahmed Seffah will serve as co-editors of this issue. If you have questions, please contact Bruce Schafer . ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ November 1999 Topic: Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (Update): The Relationship Between Software Engineering and Other Disciplines Guest Editors: Robert Dupuis Pierre Bourque Universite du Quebec a Montreal [Delayed from this month] The guest editors have offered themselves as co-editors of the November issue on the topic of the relationship of between software engineering and other disciplines. This is of course an important issue for the Guide to the SWEBOK project and one on which they have worked on in the past and on which the 10 "knowledge area specialists" of the SWEBOK project (see FASE, March 1999) are currently pursuing. If you wish to contribute to this issue, please contact the guest editors at the addresses above. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ December 1999 Topic: Top Ten Events of the Century Guest Panelists: TOP SECRET Every other magazine is doing it - why not FASE? To celebrate the end of both the century and the millennium, the December 1999 issue will have a panel of top people in the software engineering education, training, and professional (SEET&P) issue communities who would name the top ten events of the century in the area of SEET&P. As for your opinions, see the February topic! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ January 2000 Topic: Coping with the Faculty Shortage Topic Editor: Don Bagert, Texas Tech University bagert@ttu.edu As work of the IEEE-CS/ACM Software Engineering Coordinating Committee (SWECC) and its related groups progress, attention is increasingly shifting to implementation. A major roadblock to the implementation of software engineering degree programs is the lack of qualified full-time faculty. This issue will focus on the problem, and suggest solutions. If you are interested in participating, please contact Don Bagert via bagert@ttu.edu. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ February 2000 Topic: Top Ten Events - The Readers' Picks Topic Editor: Don Bagert, Texas Tech University bagert@ttu.edu Okay, in December 1999, some of the experts will give their opinions - now it's time for the most important group - our readers - to give us their views on what are the top ten events of the century in the area of SEET&P. Details on how the (unscientific) poll will be conducted will appear in near-future issue...but that doesn't mean that you can't start preparing your list now! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ By: Don Bagert (Academic/Misc Editor) Call for Guest Editors and Topic Suggestions If you are interested in being a guest editor, or have any suggestions for future topics, please contact me at bagert@ttu.edu. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ News Items ###################################################################### By: Don Bagert (Academic/Misc Editor) Licensing Update The August/September 1999 issue of "Engineering Times" reports (on page 1) that the Board of Directors for the National Society of Professional Engineers (NPSE), has authorized $20,000 from the NSPE Legal Fund "to support a suit by the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers against software companies that certify their technicians as 'engineers'." Later in the same article (now on page 12): "Delaware offered NSPE a relatively attractive forum to pursue this move", citing the support of the state's solicitor general for the case, the state's strong engineering act, and Delaware-specific surveys that indicate that the public feels that the use of the engineer title by software technicians has misled them. In that same issue, an editorial entitled "Protecting the Engineer Title" (page 3) reports: "...in Illinois, a court has ruled that Novell's use of the title "Certified Netware Engineer" does not violate the state engineer title act as it is currently worded..." More information on these articles are available at http://www.nspe.org/etweb/1et-0899.asp Note: "Engineering Times" is a publication of NSPE. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Calls for Participation ###################################################################### From: Susan A. Mengel CSEE&T 2000 Deadlines Extended The submission date for papers, panels, workshop position papers, and posters has been extended to October 1, 1999. Selected technical papers and experience reports will be chosen for expansion, review, and publication in the IEEE Transactions on Education and the Computer Science Education Journal. Please see submission details at http://www.se.cs.ttu.edu/CSEET2000. CSEE&T 2000 13th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training Theme: Software Engineering Coming of Age March 6-8, 2000 The Renaissance Austin Hotel - Austin, Texas, USA Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering In cooperation with the ACM Susan A. Mengel Texas Tech University Computer Science 211 EC, Box 43104 Lubbock, TX 79409-3104 E-Mail: mengel@ttu.edu Phone: (806) 742-3527 Fax: (806) 742-3519 WWW: http://www.se.cs.ttu.edu/mengel ###################################################################### From: Ann Sobel ACM International Student Research Contest Are you actively participating in a research project with one of your students? Then please encourage your student to submit a proposal to the ACM International Student Research Contest. See web page http://www1.acm.org/spost for details. Ann Sobel Contest Chair ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference Announcements ###################################################################### From: Elliot Chikofsky 6th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 99) will be held October 6-8, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia USA Schedule, registration, and hotel information are now available on the web site: http://reengineer.org/wcre99/ Early registration and hotel deadline: September 14, 1999 WCRE is the premier research conference dedicated to the theory and practice of recovering information from existing software and systems. This is the world's leading conference on reverse engineering, program comprehension and understanding, and program analysis supporting software tools and environments. Papers from 10 countries are on this year's agenda. As a working conference, WCRE has generated more international joint projects and cooperative industry/academic/research work than any other software engineering meeting of its kind. WCRE explores innovative methods of extracting the many kinds of information that can be recovered from software, software engineering documents, and systems artifacts, and examines innovative ways of using this information to aid in reengineering, program understanding, system renovation, and related activities. WCRE's discussion-oriented format encourages the exchange and evolution of ideas. (see http://reengineer.org/wcre/wcrerole.htm) WCRE 1999 will also host these related meetings: -- 1st Intl Workshop on Web Site Evolution (WSE) - October 5 -- 2nd meeting of the Workshop on Data Reverse Engineering (DRE) Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society's TCSE Committee on Reverse Engineering and Reengineering and the Reengineering Forum industry association Poster session opportunities are still open. http://reengineer.org/wcre99/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Position Openings ###################################################################### From: Joe Kasser University of Maryland University College - Director of SE Announcement of Position Vacancy Graduate School of Management & Technology Position Title: Program Director, Software Engineering Category: Academic Administrator, Twelve Months Full-Time Responsibilities: Responsibilities will include oversight of the development, promotion, and direction of program areas concerned with computers, telecommunications, or software development, according to expertise. Position requires teaching two courses per year, developing curriculum to match the fast advances in these fields, recruiting and mentoring faculty, and advising students. Works with UMUC in distance education programs. Qualifications: Doctorate degree in a technical field or a doctorate degree in a management field plus a lower degree in a technical field is required, with related study in information technology desirable. Extensive professional experience in information technology and resources preferred. Excellent teaching record preferably at the graduate level. Salary: Commensurate with qualifications. For best consideration, a resume, letter of application, and list of 3 references along with salary history for last three positions should be received by September 10, 1999. University of Maryland University College Graduate School of Management & Technology Candidate Search - PDSWE University Boulevard @ Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20742-1614 University of Maryland University College actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, religion, color, creed, sex, marital status, age, national origin, political affiliation, mental or physical handicap, or sexual orientation. ###################################################################### From: Jim McDonald Monmouth University Software and Electrical Engineering Department School of Science, Technology and Engineering Software Engineering, Assistant Professors and Instructor Positions Monmouth University announces openings for three positions in the Department of Software and Electrical Engineering. Two of the positions are software engineering tenure track appointments with faculty rank of assistant professor. A non-tenure track instructor's position in software engineering is also available in the same time frame for one year with the potential for an additional two years. All three positions begin with the fall 2000 semester. The successful candidates will be responsible for continuing development and delivery of a strong MSSE program that has been in place for over 10 years and an innovative BSSE program that will start in the fall of 2000. These programs provide valuable industrial and federal government contacts which faculty members can leverage for research or consulting work. Candidates for the tenure-track positions must have a Ph. D. in a technical discipline, including computer science, the physical sciences, applied mathematics, computer engineering or another engineering discipline, with significant education, research or experience in software engineering. Candidates must be capable of teaching and conducting research in the areas of requirements engineering, software design methodologies, software quality assurance, verification and validation, project and process management, estimation techniques, software reliability, empirical software engineering or software metrics for either general-purpose information systems or real-time and embedded systems. All candidates must have a strong commitment to teaching excellence at the graduate and undergraduate levels, dedication to continued professional development and a broad interest in software engineering and/or computer engineering with an emphasis on software. An undergraduate degree in engineering, a professional engineering license or industrial experience in any of the areas outlined above will be considered an advantage. Candidates for the instructor's position must have at least a master's degree in Software Engineering or another relevant technical field. An intention of working towards a Ph. D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Technology within the next few years would be an added consideration. In addition to software engineering courses, the person occupying this position will also teach information technology courses to undergraduate students. The Department of Software and Electrical Engineering, in the School of Science, Technology and Engineering, offers Masters' degrees in Software Engineering and Electrical Engineering. It also offers a minor in Information Technology for undergraduates in which all department faculty participate. An ABET accreditable undergraduate degree in Software Engineering will be offered in the fall of 2000. Applicants should send a cover letter, including a statement of teaching and research interests, a resume and the names of three professional references to: Francis C. Lutz, Dean-School of Science, Technology and Engineering Room 540 - Howard Hall 400 Cedar Avenue West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 Attention: Software and Electrical Engineering Search Committee Applications received prior to January 1, 2000 will be given preference. Applications will continue to be received until the position is filled or until March 15, 2000. Monmouth University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. ###################################################################### From: Helen Hays Southeast Missouri State University The Department of Computer Science invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor starting August 1, 2000. The department offers a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Applied Computer Science with options in Information Systems and Computer Technology. Enrollments have grown explosively, and there are well over 200 majors in the degree options. The department is working toward CSAB accreditation. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications. Postdoctoral experience is a plus. A Ph.D. in Computer Science is required by the starting date of the appointment. Candidates must show that they may work legally in the United States. There is no preference for the area of specialization in Computer Science, but the successful candidate must be able to teach the core subjects in the Computer Science curriculum. Excellent communication skills required. The establishment of a research program appropriate to a comprehensive university is expected. Southeast Missouri State University is a regional comprehensive university located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The university has approximately 8,000 students and serves a region that extends from St. Louis to the Arkansas border and west to the foothills of the Ozarks. Cape Girardeau is the major commercial and services center between St. Louis and Memphis. The area has a warm climate, recreational opportunities, low taxes, and moderate housing costs. Further information about the university may be found at http://www.semo.edu. Information about the region may be found at http://www.showme.net. Submit a vita with at least three references, unofficial transcripts, and a brief description of teaching and research experience and interests to: Search Committee Department of Computer Science Mail Stop 5950 Southeast Missouri State University One University Plaza Cape Girardeau MO 63701-4799. Screening of candidates begins December 15. Applications accepted until position is filled. AA/M-F/EOE Anthony J. Duben Professor and Chairman Computer Science Dept., MS 5950 Southeast Missouri State University 1 University Plaza Cape Girardeau MO 63701-4799 phone: 573-651-2194 fax: 573-651-2791 e-mail: ajduben@semovm.semo.edu ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 Kathy Beckman ; 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. 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Back issues (dating from the very first issue) can be found on the web (with each Table of Contents) at in chronological order, in reverse order, or through ftp at . The FASE Staff: Don Bagert, P.E. -- Academic/Misc Editor, ListMaster, and Archivist Dept. of Computer Science 8th and Boston Texas Tech University Lubbock TX 79409-3104 USA Phone: 806-742-1189 Fax: 806-742-3519 Email: bagert@ttu.edu Kathy Beckman -- Corporate/Government Editor Computer Data Systems One Curie Ct. Rockville MD 20850 USA Phone: 301-921-7027 Fax: 301-921-1004 Email: kbeckman1@erols.com 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