COSC 665: Software Engineering II

Spring Semester 2011 Course Information

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

E-MAIL: ssharma@bowiestate.edu

CLASS HOURS:Thursday: 4:55 PM to 7:25PM, CSB 312
OFFICE HOURS: Thursday: 3:25PM to 4:55 PM or by appointment
OFFICE LOCATION: Computer Science Building Room 317


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Required Text

Bernd Bruegge and Allen H. Dutoit (2004) Object-Oriented Software Engineering: Using UML, Patterns and Java, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.


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
* Assignments

Project (Option 1)

Project (Option 2)


 

Paper Presentation Schedule

Date Paper Presentation Schedule
2/10/2011

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. (Nathaniel)

 

2/17/2011

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.(Murat)

A Model-Driven Development Approach Focusing Human Interaction, Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, 2009. ACHI '09. Second International Conferences on In Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, ACHI '09. Second International Conferences on, Vol. 0 (7 February 2009), pp. 90-96, 2009 (Kola )

2/24/2011

Variability and Reproducability in Software Engineering: A Study of Four Companies Developed the Same System, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 35, issue 3, pp. 407-429, May-June 2009. (Ji-Wu)

Linking Model-Driven Development and Software Architecture: A Case Stud., IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 35, issue 1, pp. 83-93, Jan.-Feb. 2009 (Kevinson)

3/3/2011

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. (Daryl)

Model Driven Engineering for Designing Adaptive Multi-Agent Systems, Engineering Societies in the Agents World VIII,Volume 4995, ISBN: 978-3-540-87653-3, 2008 (Amarachi)

3/10/2011

FAML: A Generic Metamodel for MAS Development, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 35, issue 6, pp. 841-863, Nov.-Dec. 2009. (2. Nathaniel)

Yuan, X; Cohen, M; Memon, A, "GUI Interaction Testing: Incorporating Event Context", Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Volume: PP Issue:99, 2010 (2. Kola )

3/31/2011

Kim, M.; Kim, Y.; Kim, H., A Comparative Study of Software Model Checkers as Unit Testing Tools: An Industrial Case Study, Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, Volume: PP Issue:99, 2010 .(2. Murat)

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

Software Architecture Reconstruction: A Process-Oriented Taxonomy, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 35, issue 4, pp. 573-591, July-Aug. 2009.(Heather)

4/7/2011

Salleh, N; Mendes, E; Grundy, J, Empirical Studies of Pair Programming for CS/SE Teaching in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review, Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, Volume: PP Issue:99, 07 June 2010. (2. Ji-Wu)

Bodden, E.; Havelund, K., "Aspect-Oriented Race Detection in Java", Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Issue Date: July-Aug. 2010 (2. Kevinson)

4/14/2011

 

4/21/2011

Egyed, A.,Johannes Kepler University, Linz, "Automatically Detecting and Tracking Inconsistencies in Software Design Models, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume: PP Issue:99, page(s): 1 - 1, 18 March 2010 (3. Nathaniel)

Wenhua Song, Lingyun ZHU, Qinggong Li, "Evacuation Model and Application for Emergency Events",2009 Fourth International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology, (3.Daryl)

Spiekermann, S.; Cranor, L.F.,"Engineering Privacy", Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, Issue Date: Jan.-Feb. 2009 (2. Amarachi)

Effects of Personality on Pair Programming, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 36, issue 1, pp. 61-80, Jan.-Feb. 2010) (2. Heather)

Salleh, N; Mendes, E; Grundy, J, "Empirical Studies of Pair Programming for CS/SE Teaching in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume: PP Issue:99, page(s): 1 - 1, 07 June 2010 (3. Murat)

4/28/2011

Burgy, L.; Reveillere, L.; Lawall, J.; Muller, G., "Zebu: A Language-Based Approach for Network Protocol Message Processing",
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume: PP Issue:99, page(s): 1 - 1, 17 June 2010 (3. Kola )

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 (3. Heather)

Tribastone, M.; Gilmore, S.; Hillston, J.,"Scalable Differential Analysis of Process Algebra Models",
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume: PP Issue:99, page(s): 1 - 1, 09 September 2010 (3. Amarachi)

5/5/2011

de Souza, C.; Redmiles, D., "The Awareness Network, To Whom Should I Display My Actions? And, Whose Actions Should I Monitor?",, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume: PP Issue:99, page(s): 1 - 1, February 2011 (3. Ji-Wu)

Mesbah, A.; van Deursen, A.; Roest, D., "Invariant-Based Automatic Testing of Modern Web Applications",, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Volume: PP Issue:99, March 2011 (3. Kevinson)

 

Weekly Time Schedule

25-Jan

(No class) Snow Day

 

3-Feb

Introduction to Software Engineering  

10-Feb

Modeling with UML  

 

17-Feb

Project Organization and Communication 

 

24-Feb

Requirements Elicitation 

 

3-Mar

Analysis   

 

10-Mar

System Design: Decomposing the System

Project Proposal due

17-Mar

Mid Term Exam

 

25-Mar

Spring Break

 

31-Mar

System Design: Addressing Design Goals

 

7-Apr

Object Design: Reusing Pattern Solutions

 

14-Apr

Object Design: Specifying Interfaces

 

21-Apr

 Presentations

 

28-Apr

Mapping Models to Code , Testing

 

5-May

Rationale Management

Group Project Presentations/ Demo

12-May

Final Exam

 

 

 

 

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

1. Evacuation Decision making and Behavior responses for Emergencies (Daryl)

Review the literature in emergency evacuation, risk perception, behavior research, and responces/warnings

2. A Comparative Study of Multi-agent systems or agent based modeling for Emergency evacuations ( Kola)

3. A Comparative Study of Intelligent tutoring system (Heather)

4. Information fusion and decision making systems for surveillance (Murat)

survey the current research initiatives and provide comparison studies between different methodologies (similiarities and differences)
 

5. Use of Mobile devices for Indoor Emergency Evacuation Service ( Ji-Wu)

survey the current research initiatives and provide comparison studies between different methodologies (similiarities and differences)
 

6. Software Reuse and Reverse engineering (Nathaniel)

7. Software Testing Tools (Amarachi)

There are several software testing tools available to use during and after the software development. Your job is to survey the current, most widely used software testing tools and provide comparison studies between different tools (similiarities and differences)

8. Modeling adaptive software systems ( Kevinson)

survey the current research initiatives and provide comparison studies between different methodologies (similiarities and differences)


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                       20%
  2. Presentations                      20%
  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: