Things Software

[ August 23, 2012; ]

Title: The Economics of Agility

[ December 13, 2011; 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Vrije University, Amsterdam

[ October 11, 2011 to January 18, 2012. ] Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

The European Master of Software Engineering (EMSE ) is a joint graduate-level degree offered by four European Universities. EMSE is awarded every year with grants from the European Union through its Erasmus Mundus Program which promotes higher education excellence. The Erasmus Mundus Program funds cooperation among academics through the invitation of non-European professors [...]

[ September 21, 2011; ] Banff, Alberta

7th International Conference on Predictive Models in Software Engineering
Panelist: The Road Ahead in Predictive Modeling

[ September 26, 2011 to September 27, 2011. ]

Los Alamitos, California

IEEE Computer Society Publications Board Meeting

[ September 19, 2011 to September 20, 2011. ] Banff, Alberta
International Software Engineering Research Network Annual Meeting
at the Empirical Software Engineering International Week

Following up on the smashing success of its first edition in Munich, Germany, IEEE Software is organizing the second edition of Software Experts Summit, this time at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Both the venue and the line of speakers are pretty amazing. Registration cost is $90. Featured speakers include Gary McGraw, Jan Bosch, [...]

[ May 17, 2011; ] Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California

Organized by Computer Society and IEEE Software

http://www.computer.org/ses11

[ December 3, 2010 to December 4, 2010. ] http://www.ykgs.org/

2. Yazilim Kalitesi ve Gelistirme Araclari Sempozyumu, Istanbul Kultur Univesitesi, December 3-4, 2010

Yazilim Muhendisligi Mitolojisi: Efsaneler ve Gercekler, Cagrili Konusmaci

Software Engineering Mtyhology: Myths and Truths, Keynote

Slides: YKGS2010Erdogmus (PDF, in Turkish)

Today I finished a training course for Siemens India on cost effectiveness of software development projects and process improvement initiatives. The course was conducted over LiveMeeting in 5 consecutive days. 23 people from 4 different locations participated in the training. We covered basic techniques for evaluating cost-effectiveness, such as NPV and Real Productivity, and worked [...]