Overview
| Professor | Dr. Iulian Neamtiu |
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| Office hours: TR 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Winston Chung Hall room 412 | |
| TA | Masoud Akhoondi |
| Office hours: T 3:40 p.m. - 4:40 p.m., F 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Winston Chung Hall room 465 | |
| Lectures | TR 2:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Pierce Hall (PRCE) room 3374 |
| Lab | R 6:10 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Winston Chung Hall room 129 |
| Grading | Project (50%) + Final exam (25%) + Midterm (20%) + Quizzes (5%) |
| Textbook | Fundamentals of Software Engineering (2nd edition) by Ghezzi, Jazayeri, Mandrioli. Book website. |
| Midterm | Feb 7 |
| Final exam | March 23 |
| Prerequisites | CS 014 AND CS 100 |
| iLearn page |
Catalog description: A study of software engineering techniques for the development, maintenance, and evolution of large software systems. Topics include requirements and specification; system design and implementation; debugging, testing, and quality assurance; reengineering; project management; software process; tools; and environments.
Schedule
| Day | Date | Topic | Reading | Notes |
| Tue | Jan 10 | Introduction | Chapter 1 | |
| Thu | Jan 12 | Software: Its Nature and Qualities Software Engineering Principles |
Chapters 2, 3 | |
| Tue | Jan 17 | The Software Production Process | Chapter 7 (sections 7.1--7.6) How Microsoft Builds Software (available freely from the campus network) video: Facebook Push Tech Talk |
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| Thu | Jan 19 | Rapid Software Development (includes Extreme Programming) |
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| Tue | Jan 24 | Specification | Chapter 5 (sections 5.1--5.5.1) | |
| Thu | Jan 26 | Finite State Machines Petri Nets |
Chapter 5 (sections 5.5.3 and 5.5.4) | |
| Tue | Jan 31 | First Order Logic | (optional) PDF | |
| Thu | Feb 2 | Logic Specification | Section 5.6.2 (up to, and including, 5.6.2.2) | |
| Tue | Feb 7 | Midterm | ||
| Thu | Feb 9 | Design and Software Architecture | Chapter 4 (sections 4.1--4.2.2) On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules by David L. Parnas (available freely from the campus network) |
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| Tue | Feb 14 | Design Notation, Abstraction and Refinement | Chapter 4 (sections 4.2.3--4.2.6) | |
| Thu | Feb 16 | Verification: Introduction | Chapter 6 (up to 6.3.4.1) | |
| Tue | Feb 21 | Structural (White-box) Testing | Section 6.3.4 (up to, and including, 6.3.4.1) | |
| Thu | Feb 23 | Functional (Black-box) Testing Testing in the large |
Chapter 6 (sections 6.3.4.2--6.3.5.3) Notes on equivalence class testing |
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| Tue | Feb 28 | Verification: Program Analysis | Section 6.4 (omit 6.4.2.2 and 6.4.2.3) An Axiomatic Basis for Computer Programming by C.A.R. Hoare (available freely from the campus network) |
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| Thu | Mar 1 | Symbolic Execution | Sections 6.5 (omit 6.5.2) and 6.7 | |
| Tue | Mar 6 | Management of Software Engineering Tools and Environments |
Chapter 8 (sections 8.1, 8.2 (up to, and
including 8.2.3.1), and 8.3) Section 9.3 |
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| Thu | Mar 8 | Review | Ariane 5: Who Dunnit? (available freely from the campus network) |
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| Tue | Mar 13 | Project presentations | ||
| Thu | Mar 15 | Project presentations | ||
| Fri | Mar 23 | Final Exam |
Projects
Details on iLearn.Quizzes
There will be several unannounced quizzes at the beginning of class. Quizzes are designed to test students' understanding of the material assigned in advance for that class (section or chapter in the textbook) or to reinforce material studied in previous lectures. When computing the student's final score, the lowest quiz score will be dropped. There are no make-up quizzes.Resources
Optional books:- The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks
- Software Engineering by Ian Sommerville.
Policies
Attendance and basic etiquette
Students are required to attend, follow, and actively participate in all lectures and discussions. All lectures, discussions, and exams start at the stated time. Avoid being late coming to class, as this is very disruptive. Students are requested to refrain from using electronic devices (laptops, cell phones, music players, etc.) during lectures, exams, and discussions. Recording the lecture (audio or video) is prohibited.If, for some compelling reason, you need to be on call, be sure to put your cell phone in silent mode, and excuse yourself from the class if you need to take a call. Analogously, when coming to see the instructor or the TA, please turn your cell phone off.
In class examinations
Exams should test your understanding, not your memorization, of the material. Hence, you can use your textbook and your class notes during in-class exams. However, you must check with the instructor before consulting any additional references. No laptops, iPods, cell phones, pagers, or similar devices can be used during the duration of the exam. You must do at least somewhat well in these in-class exams in order to pass the course.Make-up policy
No quiz make-ups. No midterm make-ups per se, but if for some good reason (e.g., illness), you can't take the midterm on the official date, your final will be comprehensive. You need advance permission from the instructor for this (i.e., prior to the midterm).Academic Integrity
Academic integrity will be strictly enforced. Any violation or suspected violation of academic integrity will be dealt with according to the UCR discipline procedure. An excellent, detailed guide to what constitutes academic dishonesty and the procedure in case of academic integrity violations is available here.What constitutes academic dishonesty?
In short: acts including but not limited to, cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, or facilitating any of the above.What are the penalties and sanctions for academic dishonesty?
In short: if a student is found guilty of academic dishonesty, penalties range from receiving an F for the class and adding a record of violation to the student's file, up to dismissal from the University, depending on the severity of the infraction and the number of prior violations of the integrity code.Ignorance is no excuse.
The above information is not designed to threaten or intimidate the student. Rather, it is presented to inform the individual of the consequences. The important thing to remember is that if there is any doubt in one's mind that an act is in violation of academic integrity guidelines, then the prudent response would be not to do the act. It is a simplistic approach, to be sure, but one that will benefit both the student and the university community as a whole.Slides used in this course are based on material provided by the textbook authors.