Work Item Tagging: Communicating Concerns In Collaborative Software Development, 2012 Singapore Management University
Work Item Tagging: Communicating Concerns In Collaborative Software Development, Christoph Treude, Margaret-Anne Storey
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
In collaborative software development projects, work items are used as a mechanism to coordinate tasks and track shared development work. In this paper, we explore how “tagging,” a lightweight social computing mechanism, is used to communicate matters of concern in the management of development tasks. We present the results from two empirical studies over 36 and 12 months, respectively, on how tagging has been adopted and what role it plays in the development processes of several professional development projects with more than 1,000 developers in total. Our research shows that the tagging mechanism was eagerly adopted by the teams, and …
Enforcing Multitenancy For Cloud Computing Environments, 2012 Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley
Enforcing Multitenancy For Cloud Computing Environments, Jinan Fiaidhi, Irena Bojanova, Jia Zhang, Liang-Jie Zhang
Jia Zhang
No abstract provided.
A Multi-Platform Application Suite For Enhancing South Asian Language Pedagogy, 2012 Loyola University Chicago
A Multi-Platform Application Suite For Enhancing South Asian Language Pedagogy, Tao Bai, Christopher K. Chung, Konstantin Läufer, Daisy Rockwell, George K. Thiruvathukal
Konstantin Läufer
This interdisciplinary project explores the potential for handheld/wireless (H/W) technology in the context of language education within and beyond the classroom. Specifically, we have designed and implemented a suite of multi-platform (desktop/laptop, handheld, and browser) applications to enhance the teaching of South Asian languages such as Hindi-Urdu. Such languages are very difficult to learn, let alone write, and H/W devices (with their handwriting/drawing capabilities) can play a significant role in overcoming the learning curve. The initial application suite includes a character/word tracer, a word splitter/joiner, a smart flashcard with audio, contextual augmented stories for reading comprehension, and a poetic metronome. …
Enhancing The Cs Curriculum With With Aspect-Oriented Software Development (Aosd) And Early Experience, 2012 Loyola University Chicago
Enhancing The Cs Curriculum With With Aspect-Oriented Software Development (Aosd) And Early Experience, Konstantin Läufer, George K. Thiruvathukal, Tzilla Elrad
Konstantin Läufer
Aspect-oriented software development (AOSD) is evolving as an important step beyond existing software development approaches such as object-oriented development. An aspect is a module that captures a crosscutting concern, behavior that cuts across different units of abstraction in a software application; expressed as a module, such behavior can be enabled and disabled transparently and non-invasively, without changing the application code itself. Increasing industry demand for expertise in AOSD gives rise to the pedagogical challenge of covering this methodology and its foundations in the computer science curriculum. We present our curricular initiative to incorporate a novel course in AOSD in the …
The Extreme Software Development Series: An Open Curricular Framework For Applied Capstone Courses, 2012 Loyola University Chicago
The Extreme Software Development Series: An Open Curricular Framework For Applied Capstone Courses, Konstantin Läufer, George K. Thiruvathukal
Konstantin Läufer
We describe an open, flexible curricular framework for offering a collection of advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in software development. The courses offered within this framework are further unified by combining solid foundations with current technology and play the role of capstone courses in a modern software development track. Our initiative has been very successful with all stakeholders involved.
Formal Modeling And Validation Of Stateflow Diagrams, 2012 Singapore Management University
Formal Modeling And Validation Of Stateflow Diagrams, Chunqing Chen, Jun Sun, Yang Liu, Jin Song Dong, Manchun Zheng
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Stateflow is an industrial tool for modeling and simulating control systems in model-based development. In this paper, we present our latest work on automatic verification of Stateflow using model-checking techniques. We propose an approach to systematically translate Stateflow diagrams to a formal modeling language called CSP# by precisely following Stateflow’s execution semantics, which is described by examples. A translator is developed inside the Process Analysis Toolkit (PAT) model checker to automate this process with the support of various Stateflow advanced modeling features. Formal analysis can be conducted on the transformed CSP# with PAT’s simulation and model-checking power. Using our approach, …
A Review Of The Professionalization Of The Software Industry: Has It Made Software Engineering A Real Profession?, 2012 Singapore Management University
A Review Of The Professionalization Of The Software Industry: Has It Made Software Engineering A Real Profession?, Heng Ngee Mok
Heng Ngee Mok
Every industry strives to be called a "profession", and software engineering is no exception. This paper attempts to define "profession" from three different perspectives and provides a chronological narration of the professionalization efforts of major IT bodies such as the IEEE Computer Society, Association of Computing Machinery and British Computer Society to promote software engineering from "occupation" to "profession". The outcome of this professionalization process is then examined against the three vastly different definitions of "profession" to qualitatively gauge the success of the professionalization process.
Student Usage Patterns And Perceptions For Differentiated Lab Exercises In An Undergraduate Programming Course, 2012 Singapore Management University
Student Usage Patterns And Perceptions For Differentiated Lab Exercises In An Undergraduate Programming Course, Heng Ngee Mok
Heng Ngee MOK
Differentiated instruction in the form of tiered take-home lab exercises was implemented for students of an undergraduate-level programming course. This paper attempts to uncover the perceptions and usage patterns of students toward these new lab exercises using a comprehensive survey. Findings reveal that these tiered exercises are generally very well received and preferred over their traditional "one size fits all" counter-parts. Although the study does not show that tiered exercises have improved proÞciency or scores, it does seem to indicate higher student engagement and motivation levels. Based on the survey results, a list of recommendations is put forth for the …
Soft Skills Requirements In Software Development Jobs: A Cross-Cultural Empirical Study, 2012 Thompson River University
Soft Skills Requirements In Software Development Jobs: A Cross-Cultural Empirical Study, Faheem Amed, Luiz Fernando Capretz, Salah Bouktif, Piers Campbell
Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
Purpose: Most of the studies carried out on human factor in software development concentrate primarily on personality traits. However, soft skills which largely help in determining personality traits have been given comparatively little attention by researchers. The purpose of this paper is to find out whether employers’ soft skills requirements, as advertised in job postings, within different roles of software development, are similar across different cultures.
Design/methodology/approach: The authors review the literature relating to soft skills before describing a study based on 500 job advertisements posted on well-known recruitment sites from a range of geographical locations, including North America, Europe, …
Evolution Of Software Engineers’ Personality Profile, 2012 University of Informatics Sciences
Evolution Of Software Engineers’ Personality Profile, Daniel Varona, Luiz Fernando Capretz, Arif Raza
Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has been applied to several studies that explore various dimensions of human factors in software engineering. Accordingly, this work reviews the results of these studies to explore existing trends. In order to attain a greater understanding of human resources in the software industry, we have reviewed sixteen studies that had been performed between 1985 and 2011. This review concludes that the changes in the complexity of software processes and products have created new roles and demanded new skills for software engineers.
Ontology–Based Representation Of Simulation Models, 2012 Western University
Ontology–Based Representation Of Simulation Models, Katarina Grolinger, Miriam A.M. Capretz, José R. Marti, Krishan D. Srivastava
Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
Ontologies have been used in a variety of domains for multiple purposes such as establishing common terminology, organizing domain knowledge and describing domain in a machine-readable form. Moreover, ontologies are the foundation of the Semantic Web and often semantic integration is achieved using ontology. Even though simulation demonstrates a number of similar characteristics to Semantic Web or semantic integration, including heterogeneity in the simulation domain, representation and semantics, the application of ontology in the simulation domain is still in its infancy. This paper proposes an ontology-based representation of simulation models. The goal of this research is to facilitate comparison among …
Privacy Protection Framework With Defined Policies For Service-Oriented Architecture, 2012 Western University
Privacy Protection Framework With Defined Policies For Service-Oriented Architecture, David Allison, Miriam A M Capretz, Hany Elyamany, Shuying Wang
Miriam A M Capretz
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a computer systems design concept which aims to achieve reusability and inte-gration in a distributed environment through the use of autonomous, loosely coupled, interoperable abstractions known as services. In order to interoperate, communication between services is very important due to their autonomous nature. This communication provides services with their functional strengths, but also creates the opportunity for the loss of privacy. In this paper, a Privacy Protection Framework for Service-Oriented Architecture (PPFSOA) is described. In this framework, a Privacy Service (PS) is used in combination with privacy policies to create privacy contracts that out-line what can …
Cubesat Software Architecture, 2012 SelectedWorks
Cubesat Software Architecture, Christoffer Korvald, Atif Mohammad, Jeremy Straub, Josh Berk
Jeremy Straub
No abstract provided.
Payload Software, 2012 SelectedWorks
Payload Software, Christoffer Korvald, Jeremy Straub, Atif Mohammad, Josh Berk
Jeremy Straub
No abstract provided.
5x20 Matrix For Knowledge Management Lifecycle Based On The Five C’S Model And A Critical Review, 2012 Philadelphia University
5x20 Matrix For Knowledge Management Lifecycle Based On The Five C’S Model And A Critical Review, Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.
The Short Story In Jordan Its Origin And Development, 2012 Philadelphia University
The Short Story In Jordan Its Origin And Development, Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.
Identification Of Influential Social Networkers, 2012 San Jose State University
Identification Of Influential Social Networkers, Magdalini Eirinaki, S. P. Singh Monga, S. Sundaram
Magdalini Eirinaki
Online social networking is deeply interleaved in today's lifestyle. People come together and build communities to share thoughts, offer suggestions, exchange information, ideas, and opinions. Moreover, social networks often serve as platforms for information dissemination and product placement or promotion through viral marketing. The success rate in this type of marketing could be increased by targeting specific individuals, called 'influential users', having the largest possible reach within an online community. In this paper, we present a method aiming at identifying the influential users within an online social networking application. We introduce ProfileRank, a metric that uses popularity and activity characteristics …
A Global Positioning System On The Lunar Sphere Utilizing Cubesats, 2012 California State University, San Bernardino
A Global Positioning System On The Lunar Sphere Utilizing Cubesats, Armani Giann Batista
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this thesis was to research the viability and feasibility of a new Lunar GPS that would utilize the CubeSat platform, newly emerging technology, and the consideration of satellites without the large, currently employed, chemically atomic clocks.
Evaluating The Demand For Soft Skills In Software Development, 2012 Thompson River University
Evaluating The Demand For Soft Skills In Software Development, Faheem Ahmed, Luiz Fernando Capretz, Piers Campbell
Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
An analysis of 500 advertisements for IT positions focuses on the soft skills mentioned in the ads, revealing which soft skills are in high demand for software development and which ones are neglected despite their importance.
A Web Application In Rest: The Design, Implementation, And Evaluation Of A Web Application Based On RePresentational STate TRansfer, 2012 Colby College
A Web Application In Rest: The Design, Implementation, And Evaluation Of A Web Application Based On RePresentational STate TRansfer, William O’Brien
Honors Theses
It is no secret the Internet has evolved at an alarming rate since its public debut in the early 90s. What began as a simple way for users to publish files has evolved into a platform for impressively complex interactive applications. Now, applications once restricted to a single operating system are made available to all through advancements in browser technology and libraries. For a long time, Adobe has offered Photoshop as a far from trivial image editing program for around $100 to the Windows and Mac platforms. Recently, a web application emulating Photoshop’s features has been made freely available to …