Course Information for

PhD Reading in Software Engineering (学科专著研读) (for SEI PhD Students)

Contents

• News & Notifications
• Class Meetings
• Instructors
• Course Outline
• Requirements
• Course Grading
• Other Useful Links

News & Notifications:

• Requirements of paper reading reports and essays are added. Please Read Carefully!
• Course Schedule is set!! We will meet 3:30-6:00pm every Tuesday (1501).
• Translation information is available. (needs password, check your email)
• No class on Jan 8 (Exam period).
• No class on Dec 4.
• Class Schedule for this semester is set!!
• First Class Meeting: 6-7pm Nov 6th (Tuesday), (Location:1501).

Class Meetings

• Time: 3:30-6:00pm, Tuesdays
• Location: 1501 Science Building

Fall 2007 Schedule

Instructors

Yao Guo
1428 Science Building
Telephone: 6275-3496
Email: yaoguo 'at' sei.pku.edu.cn

Office Hours: By appointment (Email preferred).

TA:

Junjun Kong (孔俊俊)
1435 Science Building
Email: kongjj 'at' os.pku.edu.cn

Course Outline

Specifically designed for new PhD students in the Software Engineering Institute, this course is attempting to help students to develop basic knowledge and research skills in the area of software engineering through reading of classic SE papers and books, presentation and discussion of ideas, and English-Chinese translation practice.

Reading assignments:

Books

• MMM - Frederick P. Brooks, "The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering", China-pub, link2.
• GoF - Erich Gamma et al., "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software", China-pub

Classic Papers

• 18 papers from ICSE's Most Influential Paper Award (Comments by David Parnas).
• 3 papers from ACM SIGSOFT Impact Project.
• List of papers and assigned presenters. 

Translations

• Thomas Erl, "SOA Principles of Service Design". Link to Amazon.com
• Gerald D. Everett and Raymond, Jr. McLeod, "Software Testing: Testing Across the Entire Software Development Life Cycle". Linke to Amazon.com

Detailed Requirements

Paper Reading Reports

• Five Reports required this semester, one for each week.
• You can choose one out of the three papers presented each week. (Paper #1 is optional)
• Reports should contain at least 200 words (in Chinese or English).
• Reports due every Monday via Email (to the presenter and me)! Late submissions will result in penalties.

Book Reading Essay

• A individual reading essay on MMM is required.
• The essay should be at least 5000 words (in Chinese or English), in Word or PDF, arranged in paper style.
• There are no restrictions on the topics except that it should be somewhat related the content of the book.
• Examples: Your opinions on one specific argument, detailed review of a specific method/technique, evolvement/progress of ideas presented in the book, etc.
• Due date is specified in the class schedule. Late submission will result in penalties.

Course Grading

Grading will be based on the following components:

• Paper Presentations: 20%. Each student is required to give at least one paper presentation.
• Homework (Paper reading report): 10%.
• Final Essay on MMM: 30%.
• Translation: 30%. Each student is expected to contribute to the translation of a recent published SE book from English to Chinese.
• Class Participation: 10%. All students are required to come to all class meetings and join discussions.

Other Useful Links

• ICSE's Most Influential Paper Award
• ACM SIGSOFT Impact Project

Last updated: 2011-01-10 11:24:35