In the test effectiveness area, our goal is to improve the testing organization s ability to quickly make adjustments to the testing process based on current test results. We are taking a repository based approach to collect program execution and other reference information and then apply advanced analysis techniques to prioritize the testing process. Our research effort focuses on ways to build and demonstrate advanced tools to improve the design, development, debugging and testing of software. We are a group of researchers who are focused on taking new or under-recognized ideas and turning them into useful tools that improve programmers' productivity. We are looking at a broad range of application domains and tools, since no single tool or technique will make programming a trivial exercise.
Software is humankind's most complex artifact.
As in most endeavors, the appropriate tool magnifies human creativity and imagination and makes the impossible possible.