Data Topic and Notes Assignments Reading For This Class
T Aug 26 What is Software Engineering?
[overview]
(no attendance/participation check)
Some homeworks are posted.
Start early!
R Aug 28 Process, Risk and Scheduling
[overview]
(no attendance/participation check)
Policy Checklist Due Friday
(future quizzes may not be posted on this page)
T Sep 02 Measurement
[overview]
(no attendance/participation check)
HW 0 (Dev Setup) Due
R Sep 04 Quality Assurance and Testing
[qa]
HW 1a (Test Coverage) Due
T Sep 09 Test Suite Quality Metrics
[qa]
R Sep 11 Test Inputs, Oracles and Generation
[qa]
HW 1b, 1c and 1d (Test Coverage) Due
T Sep 16 Code Inspection and Review
[qa]
R Sep 18 Dynamic Analysis Tools
[qa]
T Sep 23 Pair Programming and Skill Interviews
[coding]
HW 2 (Test Automation) Due
(reminder: assignments are due at this time even if there are temporary power or networking issues)
R Sep 25 Defect Reporting and Triage
[bugs]
T Sep 30 Static & Dataflow Analysis (1/2)
[qa]
You should pretend that HW 3 (Mutation Testing) is Due: studying for the exam while completing HW 3 is difficult
R Oct 02 Static & Dataflow Analysis (2/2)
[qa]
Fri Oct 03 Exam #1 Due
(you pick a 2-hour window within this 24-hour day)
T Oct 07 Fault Localization and Profiling
[bugs]
HW 3 (Mutation Testing) Due
R Oct 09 Debugging as Hypothesis Testing
[bugs]
T Oct 14 — (No Class: Fall Break)
R Oct 16 Requirements and Specifications
[design]
T Oct 21 Elicitation, Validation and Risk
[design]
HW 4 (Defect Detection) Due
R Oct 23 Guest Lecturer (TBD)
[guest]
(no required Lecture attendance or attendance checks)
(looking into HW 6a projects early improves outcomes)
T Oct 28 Designing for Maintainability
[design]
(we recommend overlapping HW 6a with HW 5)
R Oct 30 Patterns and Anti-Patterns
[design]
HW 5 (Debugging Automation) Due
T Nov 04 Productivity
(bring a coding laptop!)
[coding]
R Nov 06 Code Inspection and the Brain
[coding, qa]
HW 6a (Contribution) Due
T Nov 11 Guest Lecturer (TBD)
[guest]
(no required Lecture attendance or attendance checks)
R Nov 13 Automatic Program Repair
[overview]
T Nov 18 Guest Lecturer (TBD)
[guest]
(no required Lecture attendance or attendance checks)
R Nov 20 From Novice to Expert: Peer Tutoring and Neurostimulation
[coding]
T Nov 25 Guest Lecturer (TBD)
[guest]
(no required Lecture attendance or attendance checks)
R Nov 27 — (No Class: Thanksgiving)
T Dec 02 SE + AI (Neurosymbolic) Approaches
[overview]
R Dec 04 AI for Testing and Invariants
[overview]
You Should Pretend HW 6b (Contribution) is Due (see below about no late submissions)
Mon Dec 08 Exam #2 Due
(you pick a 2-hour window within this 24-hour day)
Wed Dec 10 HW 6b (Contribution) Due (cannot be accepted later than this, please plan accordingly)
All Course Materials Due