COSC 665: Software Engineering II

Spring Semester 2014 Course Information

Instructor: Dr. Sharad Sharma
Department of Computer Science
Bowie State University

E-MAIL: ssharma@bowiestate.edu

CLASS HOURS:Monday: 7:30 PM to 10:00PM, CSB 312
OFFICE HOURS: Monday: 3:30PM to 7:30 or by appointment
OFFICE LOCATION: Computer Science Building Room 317


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Required Text

Bernd Bruegge, Allen H. Dutoit (2009), Object-Oriented Software Engineering: Using UML, Patterns and Java, 3rd Edition, Publisher: Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.  ISBN-10: 0136061257, ISBN-13: 978-0136061250


COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course will cover software life-cycle models and different phases of the software development process. Object-oriented techniques are applicable. Students will have a group project on developing complex software systems.

Prerequisite: COSC 475 or COSC 565


Course Related Links

* Syllabus

* Project

* Research Paper


 

Paper Presentation Schedule

Date Paper Presentation Schedule
2/3/2011

A Comparison of Six UML-Based Languages for Software Process Modeling, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 36, issue: 5, pp. 662-675, Sept.-Oct. 2010. (Mou)

2/10/2014

Combining Perceptions and Prescriptions in Requirements Engineering Process Assessment: An Industrial Case Study (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 35, issue 5, pp. 593-606, Sept.-Oct. 2009. (Kwasi)

2/17/2014

Kim, D.; Wang, X.; Kim, S.; Zeller, A.; Cheung, S.; Park, S., "Which Crashes Should I Fix First?: Predicting Top Crashes at an Early Stage to Prioritize Debugging Efforts", Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Volume: PP Issue:99, 2011. (Kayode)

2/24/2014

"Simulator Improvements to Validate the Green Cloud Computing Approach," in IEEE/IFIP Latin American Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2011. (Raymond)

3/3/2014

Tracy Bromfield and Helena Barnard,The Evolution of the Intellectual Property Management Strategy of an Emerging Multinational: Learning the Purpose of Patenting and Scientific Publications, TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, VOL. 57, NO. 1, FEBRUARY 2010. (Mou 2)

3/10/2014

Multi-agent modeling and simulation of human behavior in aircraft evacuations, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol.44, No.4, October 2008. (Kwasi 2)

3/17/2014

Gotz, M.; Machanavajjhala, A.; Guozhang Wang; Xiaokui Xiao; Gehrke, J.; , "Publishing Search Logs—A Comparative Study of Privacy Guarantees," Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on , vol.24, no.3, pp.520-532, March 2012 ( Kaydo 2)

3/24/2014

Soweon Yoon, Jianjiang Feng, and Anil K. Jain, " Altered Fingerprints: Analysis and Detection", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, VOL. 34, NO. 3, MARCH 2012 ( Raymond 2)

4/7/2011

Yang Cao, Ju Fan, Guoliang Li, "A user friendly patent search paradigm, IEEE transactions of knowledge and data engineering", Vol 25, No.6, June 2013 (Mou3)

4/14/2011

Salmeron, J.; Lopez, C.,"Forecasting Risk Impact on ERP Maintenance with Augmented Fuzzy Cognitive Maps", , IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume: PP Issue:99, age(s): 1 - 1, January 2011 (Kwasi 3)

4/21/2011

Philip Hingston, "A Turing Test for Computer Game Bots", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND AI IN GAMES, VOL. 1, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2009. (Kaydo 3)

4/28/2011 Spiekermann, S.; Cranor, L.F.,"Engineering Privacy", Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, Issue Date: Jan.-Feb. 2009 (Raymond 3)

 

Weekly Time Schedule

27-Jan

Introduction to Software Engineering

 

3-Feb

Introduction to Software Engineering  

10-Feb

Modeling with UML  

 

17-Feb

Project Organization and Communication 

 

24-Feb

Requirements Elicitation 

 

3-Mar

Analysis   

Research Paper due

10-Mar

Mid Term Exam

Project Proposal due

17-Mar

Spring Break

 

24-Mar

System Design: Decomposing the System

 

31-Mar

System Design: Addressing Design Goals

 

7-Apr

Object Design: Reusing Pattern Solutions

 

14-Apr

Object Design: Specifying Interfaces

 

19-Apr

 Presentations

 

21-Apr

Mapping Models to Code , Testing

 

28-Apr

Object Design: Code , Testing

 

5-May

Group Project Presentations/ Demo

 
12-May Rationale Management  

19-May

Final Exam

 

Research paper: Each student is expected to do a research paper on a topic as below

TOPICS will be assigned after the first week of the class.

 


Topics:

 

STUDENT EXPECTED OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

EVALUATION:  Following is the Evaluation system for the Final Grade.  Each assignment will be graded.  Students are responsible for completing them as scheduled.

  1. Assignments                       25%
  2. Presentations                     15%
  3. Mid-Term Exam                 20%
  4. Final Exam                          20%
  5. Final Project                        20%

Final Project, Mid-term and Final exams are mandatory. 


Assignments:

The assignments include research paper critiques

Paper review assignments:

For each paper, students should write a review answering each of the following questions:
1. What problems (with prior work or the lack thereof) were addressed or surveyed by the authors?
2. What solutions were proposed or surveyed by the authors?
3. What are the technical strengths and main contributions of the paper's proposed solutions?
4. What are the technical weaknesses of the paper's proposed solutions?
5. What suggestions do you have to improve upon the paper's ideas?

Paper Presentation:

On the day of your paper review, you should bring your review presentation, i.e., power point file (flash drive), to the class. In total 15 ~20 minutes each, including:
- Brief description of (1) introduction/idea; (2) method (experimental design, participants, apparatus, experiment procedure, data collection); (3) results; (4) discussion and/or conclusion; and (5) etc.
- What knowledge did you learn from the paper/work, e.g., anything you’ve never known before; which part of the work interests you most…

Research papers will be assigned to students to read, analyze and present to the class. Presentations will be structured as follows: