From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,d7d43a19e812df5c,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,d7d43a19e812df5c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d7d43a19e812df5c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,d7d43a19e812df5c,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,d7d43a19e812df5c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public From: seic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (SEIC) Subject: Software Engineering News Brief--8 Nov., 1996 Date: 1996/11/08 Message-ID: <5608q2$gu1@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us> X-Deja-AN: 195418458 content-type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 organization: Software Engineering Information Center mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.sw.components,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.edu Date: 1996-11-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Software Engineering News Brief Week Ending: 11/8/96 ****************************************************** CLEMSON ADA 95 COURSEWARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET Since 1992, the Department of Defense has supported efforts to encourage development of undergraduate and graduate courses in Ada and software engineering. The most recent effort was supported by the Defense Information Systems Agency's Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO), in which educators were awarded contracts for developing Ada 95 Courseware. The latest Ada Courseware project to be made available on the Internet, "The Integration of Ada 95 and Software Engineering into a Computer Science Curriculum Using Closed Laboratories," was developed by the Department of Computer Science at Clemson University. The results of this project are two sets of laboratory exercises. The first set uses Ada to introduce first year students to the fundamental concepts of object-oriented software development. The second set of laboratory exercises, intended for a high level course and written in C++, interfaces with the Ada material presented in introductory courses. The Clemson University Project is available on the AdaIC WWW site at and on the Clemson University WWW site at . Additional University Ada Courseware available through the AdaIC WWW page, , include the following: Florida Institute of Technology-- (1)Ada for Non-Computer Science Majors; (2)Software Engineering Transition Course in Ada. Drexel University-- Ada 95 Matrix Package. Florida International University-- Ada-Based Two Semester Introductory CS/SW/SE Course. University of Alabama--Ada Curriculum Development Workship. Montana State University-- Ada in a Four-Course, Breadth-First, Computer Science Curriculum. University of Maryland-University College-- Advanced Course Sequence in Ada. Auburn University-- Advanced Programming in Ada. Santa Clara University-- Data Structures with Ada 95. University of Scranton-- Data Structures and Algorithms. Penn State University-- OO Programming and Software Engineering with Ada 95 and C++. York College/CUNY-- Design and Implementation of a Software Course for Undergraduates. Temple University-- OO Software Engineering with Ada 95. SUNY-Binghamton-- Teaching Formal Methods Using Ada and Related Analysis and Synthesis Tools. Cal Poly-SLO-- A New Laboratory Approach to Ada Instruction. Visit the AdaIC WWW site often for the latest Ada/Ada 95 Courseware additions. SOURCE: Ada Joint Program Office ***************************************************** IEEE AND ACM TEAM UP TO PROMOTE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING The IEEE Computer Society and the ACM have established a Joint Steering Committee for the Establishment of Software Engineering as a Profession. The Committee is currently asking software engineers, especially those working in the areas of real-time and safety critical systems, to complete a survey that will help better define the occupation of Software Engineer. The survey is available on the WWW at: . SOURCE: Mario Barbacci, IEEE-CS President, Elliot Chikofsky, IEEE-CS TCSE Liaison. ***************************************************************** RELIABLE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES (ADA-EUROPE '97) CALL FOR PAPERS Because an earlier call had (unintentionally) only limited circulation, the Ada-Europe conference call for papers is being re-issued with later closing dates: for extended abstracts (3-6 pages): 21st November 1996 for full papers: 31st December 1996 Ada-Europe 97 is being held June 2-6, 1997 in London, England. For more information, write to: Ada-Europe Conference Administrator, PO Box 322, York Y01 3GY, England. Tel: +44 1904 412740. Fax: +44 1904 426702. E-mail: h.byard@bton.ac.uk. SOURCE: Jim Briggs, Co-Chair, briggsjs@sis.port.ac.uk ********************************************************* New Ada/C++ COMPARISON ON THE WEB A new study comparing Ada and C++ can be found on the World Wide Web at . The report, in a slide presentation format, by Dr. Chuck Engle, Chief of the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO), offers a detailed look at why using Ada is a better choice than using C++. SOURCE: Ada Joint Program Office *************************************** The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Software Engineering Information Center (SEIC) "Software Engineering News Brief" is a compilation of summaries from software engineering-related articles in trade magazines, newsletters and press releases. The DISA SEIC welcomes suggestions for and pointers to software engineering-related articles. Contact the DISA SEIC at: info@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us To subscribe to the "Software Engineering News Brief" electronic mailing list, send a message to: listproc@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us In the body of the message, write: subscribe newslist To unsubscribe, write: unsubscribe newslist No signatures please.