Information and Communications Fabrication & Processing Technology Qualtiy, Reliability, & Maintenance
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Software Engineering Research Center (SERC)Ball State University (lead institution)A National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center since 1986Partner Institutions:
International competition and the rapid growth of the computer software industry make it essential to develop new capabilities to produce software products Center Mission and RationaleAmerican companies currently own 65 percent of the global computer software market. To remain competitive, the software industry needs to keep pace with the productivity gains achieved in hardware development, produce the quantity of software needed for new computer applications, and develop the highly reliable software that is required in critical application areas. Existing software technologies have been pushed beyond their limitations due to complex new application systems and the demand for software to support new applications. Moreover, software costs continue to rise, and the demand for new software products far exceeds programmer productivity gains. The research program of the Software Engineering Research Center (SERC) is focused on developing and assessing concepts, methods and tools to improve productivity and software quality throughout the software development life cycle. SERC performs basic and applied research designed to improve the management of the software engineering process, the productivity of software engineers, and the quality and timeliness of software engineering products. Research ProgramSoftware engineering -- the technical design and production of software products -- is a technology area that requires ongoing research and development. SERC's research thrusts are in the following areas --
Special Center ActivitiesThe Center has been extremely successful in transferring SERC-produced technology to the industrial arena. Examples include --
In addition to the principal sites of Ball State University, Purdue University, West Virginia University, and the four campuses of the Oregon Associated Universities (University of Oregon, Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland State University, and Oregon State University), SERC has benefited from the involvement of researchers at the following universities: Indiana University, Butler University, IUPUI, George Mason University, Texas A&M; University, University of West Florida, University of North Florida and Virginia Tech. SERC researchers collaborate with colleagues around the world and transfer information on international activities to SERC sponsors via SERC's Window-on-the-World program, which includes a postgraduate training and research consortium headquartered in Padua, Italy. SERC participates in the Women, Minority, and Disabled Undergraduate Engineering Research Assistants program, as well as educational programs that provide support for minority institutions. SERC will soon embark upon the creation of a "technology watch" project, focused on issues within software engineering. SERC envisions that TechWatch will be a long-term, ongoing project that will fulfill our mission to serve our industrial affiliates' needs and the needs of the software engineering discipline by providing information on marketing, research, and technology trends and forecasts. Center Headquarters Software Engineering Research Center
Center Director: Dr. Wayne Zage
Purdue Site Director: Dr. Aditya Mathur
Center Assistant Director: Dr. Fu-Shing Sun
Center Evaluator: Dr. Vida Scarpello
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