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Panel 16 – systems science
Com project, and with the success of this it is most likely that there will
be follow-up activites and projects. Why is this not mentioned?
6.5 Group Empirical Software Engineering
6.5.1 Research quality
Grade: Very good
This group develops studies on the niche topic of empirical software
engineering where it is recognized as an international expert. This is substantiated
by a good publication record. The work includes developments
of methodologies as well as of metrics for software quality and statistical
measurement studies regarding faults in software.
In the Form 2 it is not said if this group also teaches methodologies or
just studies them. From the homepage of the group it appears that they
do, and that they do it the right way, that is the courses are not just
on how it could and should be done (based on empirical studies), but
students are in fact using a methodology and develops an application.
However, the bachelor level course on the development of large systems
appears to be based upon outdated technology (SDL-88). It is fine to use
SDL instead of UML for this kind of course, but newer versions exist.
6.5.2 Collaboration
Grade: Very good
This group has put a great deal of effort in gaining international visibility
in its area. Also, a major forum for cooperation is the recently established
LUCAS/EASE Vinnova center for software where Ericsson has a major
role. From the composition of the board and the management group, LU-
CAS is promising and therefore it seems a good vehicle for cooperation.
It would obviously make sense to cooperate with the group on Software
development environments.
6.5.3 Evaluation of future plans, potentials, and possibilities
Grade: Poor
The future plans indicate that the Vinnova center EASE will play a central
role in the strategy of this group. Pervasive computing is indicated as
a candidate future direction. This does not seem aligned with the research
topics of this group so we do not really understand. A good thing with
EASE is that it involves more partners than Ericsson, but it appears to be
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