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Capita Selecta Software Engineering (1st and 2nd Ma)

Professor: 
Serge Demeyer
Assistant: Joachim Denil

Practical

Students: Master Computer Science - Software Engineering
Period: 1rst and 2nd semester 2011-2012

Contact Information

Contact Universiteit Antwerpen:
Prof. Serge Demeyer [ http://www.win.ua.ac.be/~sdemey/]
Joachim Denil [ http://www.iwt-kdg.be/teralabs/index.php?q=node/26]
Contact Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
Dr. Bruno De Fraine [ http://soft.vub.ac.be/soft/members/brunodefraine/ ]
Prof. Viviane Jonckers [ http://soft.vub.ac.be/soft/members/vivianejonckers]
Contact Katholieke Universiteit Leuven:
Prof. Bart Jacobs [ http://distrinet.cs.kuleuven.be/people/showMember.do?memberID=u0022525]
Dr. Jan Smans [ http://distrinet.cs.kuleuven.be/people/showMember.do?memberID=u0046782]

Contents

This course is jointly organised by three participating universities (Universiteit Antwerpen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) and deals with a variety of topics relevant for Software Engineering, selected based upon the research conducted in the participating research groups. Lectures will be given in different campuses spread over flanders and students are expected to travel several times to these remote sites during the academic year.

Prerequisites

  • You have the knowledge, skills and attitude which might be expected from a graduate student in computer science.
  • You have a vivid interest in Software Engineering.

Objectives

  • You will be aware of recent developments in the field of software engineering.
  • You will be able to follow the rapidly expanding literature in our field.

Concretely

  • Each university will organize one course module
  • For each module we organize 2-3 sessions of approximately 4 hours.
  • The sessions are oganised in the premises of the organizing universities; students are expected to travel there using their own means of transportation.
  • Each module expects a certain deliverable (a paper, a small project, ...) to be produced by the students. This will be used as the basis for the course exam.
  • Students from the University of Antwerp will have to do extra work for the module organised by the University of Antwerp.
  • The grade for students of the University of Antwerp will be based on the following weighting scheme: (50% grade of UA) + (25% grade of VUB) + 25% (grade of KUL). Nevertheless, students must obtain a passing grade for all of the three deliverables to obtain a passing grade for the whole course.

Time Shedule

Route Instructions

  • ADRESS
    University of Antwerp
    campus Middelheim - room G005
    Middelheimlaan 1
    2020 Antwerpen

For those of you coming by car and in need need of a map, look at http://win.ua.ac.be/content/getting-here.

For those of you coming by bus, we created a detailed guided tour about how to get from Berchem station to our campus. In textual form it goes like this. Take Bus 32 (Rooseveltplaats-Edegem) and get of at "Koninklijke laan". (See also http://www.delijn.be/). You should count on 10 to 15 minutes from the Berchem Railway Station to campus Middelheim. Depending on the hour you start the bus comes every 10 minutes.

ROUTE DETAILS BY BUS: You should take the bus into the direction of "Edegem" and you will have to get of at "Koninklijke laan" (although you are in the floralienlaan then). To get a feeling where this is: (a) once you passed through Antwerpen-Berchem [which is the 2nd railway station in Antwerp] (b) after driving through a street full of shops, (c) the bus takes a left turn to come upon a bigger road with a tramway, (d) crosses a big road intersection with lots of traffic lights, (e) drives over a bridge crossing the highway, (f) then takes two right turns before (g) passing a cemetery on the left hand side. If you see the cemetery, ring the bell to ask the bus driver to stop, because right after the next left turn you will have to get off. You see the university buildings right behind the bus stop.

 Exam

The exam part for the Antwerp module on Software Intensive Systems will take the form of a project. Students will model a component of a modern car (e.g. the brake system) to ensure that the capacity of the underlying hardware is sufficient to meet a given set of safety requirements. An accompanying project report must explain the design decisions taken during the project and will be the basis for the evaluation.

Students of Antwerp will have to write an additional report which report must be defended during an oral examination. More info on the Detailed Program 2011-2012 tab.

 

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Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 17:33