From: spaf@cs.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.misc,comp.programming,comp.specification
Subject: Unique Opportunity
Date: 7 Jan 1993 10:18:41 -0500
Organization: Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University
Reply-To: rjm@cs.purdue.edu (SERC Research Coordinator)
NNTP-Posting-Host: ector.cs.purdue.edu


Find out what the software engineers at a dozen of the largest software
development firms already know...

    How to cooperate with the most successful software technology
    consortium in the world!


	   The Software Engineering Research Center (SERC)

is pleased to announce...

A FREE workshop on industry/university collaboration for software 
engineers and software managers. Topics will include:
	*  Requirements analysis
	*  CASE tools and environments
	*  Quality and metrics
	*  Reliability and testing
	*  Maintenance and program understanding
	*  Distributed and collaborative tools
	*  Databases

The workshop will be held February 23 in Orlando, Florida.

Workshop participants will learn how to extract the best current
research from university laboratories, how to "direct" research to serve
the business interests of their organizations, and how to get a
recruiting advantage for graduates who have a track record in critical
applications so they will "hit the ground running."

    The SERC is a consortium of universities and industries. SERC
    conducts research in all aspects of software technology. SERC
    members are among the most forward-looking leaders in the computer
    industry.

If your organization designs, builds, tests, or sells software or
software services, your competitors may already have an advantage: they
may be members of the Software Engineering Research Center. SERC
members already know:
	*  How to predict product quality before a line of code has been
	     written
	*  How to achieve at least 5-fold increases in the productivity 
	     of distributed application developers
  	*  How to decrease the cost of maintaining large product 
  	     libraries
	*  How to automatically turn single-user applications into 
	     multi-user distributed applications
	*  How to estimate software size and costs
	*  How to test and analyze large, real-time applications

These are just a few of the software technologies that have been 
transferred from university laboratories to industrial use by the 
Software Engineering Research Center.

SERC research is directed at software technology for:
	*  Defense and aerospace applications
	*  Telecommunications
	*  Information systems
	*  Scientific and parallel computing
	*  Hardware and system developers
	*  Manufacturing applications
	*  Systems integration
	*  Package and retail software
	*  CASE and tool vendors

There is no fee for attending this unique workshop.

Attendees will receive:
	*  Research summaries of on-going research
	*  Hands-on demonstrations of current SERC research products
	*  A free video of the SERC lecture series on research in
		software tools and environments
	*  One-on-one consultations on topics of company interest with
		members of the SERC technical staff
	*  Complimentary meals and refreshments


Preliminary Program
	I.	Industry/University Cooperative Research: A Primer
		by Dr. Richard A. DeMillo, Director of the Software 
		Engineering Research Center
	II. 	An Industrial Perspective on SERC
		by Dr. David Stephenson, Computer Sciences Corporation
	III. 	The Federal Role in Supporting Industry/University Cooperation
		by Dr. Alex Schwarzkopf, National Science Foundation
	IV. 	Research Summaries and Demonstrations
		by the Staff of the Software Engineering Research Center
	V. 	New Research Opportunities
		by the Staff of the Software Engineering Research Center
	VI. 	Priorities for Industry/University Cooperation in the 
		Software Industry
		A Round-Table led by Dr. Philip Koltun, Harris Corporation


Workshop attendance is limited to sixty registrants. To qualify for
attendance, fill out and return the attached registration questionnaire
and return it by e-mail or fax as soon as possible (see below).
Qualified registrants will be sent a detailed agenda and registration
materials by January 20, 1993.

For more information, or      R. J. Martin, Research Coordination
to register, contact:	      Software Engineering Research Center
			      Purdue University
			      1398 Computer Science Building
			      W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1398
			      (317) 494-9329 (voice)
			      (317) 494-0739 (fax)
			      rjm@cs.purdue.edu

Your name:

Your title:

Your company/organization name:

Your company/organization mailing address:

Your office phone:

Your electronic mail address:

Your organization is (check one):
	US corporation

	Foreign corporation

	Government (state or federal) agency

	Other (specify)

Your organization's main software product or service:

What are the three most important software technology needs on which you
would like to see research carried out?

How many employees at your site?

Your organizational role in software technology identification and
transfer:

-- 
Gene Spafford
Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	phone:  (317) 494-7825
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng