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Software engineering (SE) educators are challenged to balance the scope and depth in their courses to train students in skills which will fulfill the ever-evolving industry needs. Capstone courses are a tool for educators to transfer hands-on experience into practical knowledge and skills of SE students. This paper describes the design of a Casptone course, at Lappeenranta University of Technology...
Since its founding in 1989, the Studio-based Master of Software Engineering (MSE) Program at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has been a trailblazer in advancing the practice of masters-level professional software engineering education. From its inception, the program was designed around a comprehensive development project, the Studio. The Studio provides students with a team-based, mentored, multi-semester...
Distributed Software Development course is a joint project-based course involving three universities, from Croatia, Sweden and Italy, running each year since 2003. Distributed student teams work on all phases of a complex software engineering project, solving several challenges of working in a global environment, thus obtaining a valuable experience for their future careers. The course is very well...
Requirements Engineering (RE) is an essential component of any software development cycle. Understanding and satisfying stakeholder needs and wants is the difference between the success and failure of a product. However, RE is often perceived as a "soft" skill by our students and is often ignored by students who prioritize the learning of coding, testing, and algorithmic thinking. This view...
In industry, professionals often work with a variety of stakeholders and collaborators from multiple disciplines. This ability to work collaboratively can be as important to a project's success as their technical skills. Traditionally in STEM education, these collaborative skills are developed in a capstone course which mimics an industry experience. These experiences are invaluable in preparing students...
Cooperative education programs (co-ops) are partnerships between industries and universities that allow students to gain real, hands-on experience in their field. The benefits of co-ops have been explored thoroughly in relation to both students and employers, as well as universities seeking to establish more connections with industry. Participants in co-ops often have higher starting salaries and...
The dearth of females in computing continues to be of considerable concern worldwide. Much of the previous research in the area concludes that young females hold negative attitudes and experiences toward computing and consequently choose not to study or work in the area. Many initiatives have been put in place in recent years to attempt to address the gender divide. In light of these activities this...
Society evolution toward the information and knowledge-based economy made necessary a new and more specific definition of electrical engineering. The paper discusses about new approach of electrical energy systems as power systems microprocessor controlled. From this point of view computer use was integrated in electrical engineering. Some tendency in electrical engineering curricula reform are presented...
CPS engineers need to possess both technical and social skills to run CPS-engineering projects successfully. Especially social skills are crucial as the project fails are mostly caused because of lacking social skills of project members. Besides strong social skills, CPS engineers need to have a wide range of various technical skills as the products they deal with are getting increasingly complex...
The advent of the internet of things and industry 4.0 bring new paradigms that tend to affect the way of organizing several human activities, among them the production processes that are ruled by production and human work on a large scale in the production lines. Therefore, it is inevitable to think of how to prepare students for this new, oncoming reality, since these students will have to deal with...
One of the biggest challenges of organizations in contemporary times is the ability to manage rapid changes in business environment. Software and expert information systems can help to manage changes and thus contribute to addressing this challenge. The initial, and perhaps, most important activities in software and expert systems development are to elicit, analyze, specify, and validate requirements...
Real world information technology projects cut across multiple business domains and processes, involve large amounts of data and an assortment of different technologies. Advanced courses within an IS programs must include projects that help students gain a holistic view of an enterprise by exposing them to business domains, business processes and technical knowledge and skills that will help them...
Free Learning for Humanity (FLH) is a new initiative to bring free online learning, experience, and new forms of credentials to those without access to higher education from an accredited institution. FLH is resourced as part of a seed grant from IEEE New Initiatives Committee plus from a growing base of worldwide volunteers and organizations. FLH is not a program or a system, but rather a set of...
Value chain examination of tertiary education institutions is centered on the dynamics of inter-connection within the education sector, most especially the way in which tertiary education providers such as universities, polytechnics, institutes and the likes are universally integrated, this entails conventional systems of economic, social analysis and much more. This research work is centered on the...
It is said by a famous Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma that which understands yourself the most is not your own but the computer. It is not difficult to find that the computers will always automatically recommend something for you. How do these things come from? It is the computer system which does the statistical analysis to your Internet habits, sorts out the content you may want to browse, and finally...
The EuroMPM [1] is a pan-European cooperation on Master education in project management with seven well aligned Master programmes in different European countries dealing with the ambition to offer an academic education in project management on EQF level 7 [2]. Connecting several Master programmes in a cross-border virtual Master School is a straightforward approach for high-quality Master education...
Based upon information received from the industry, one can define the knowledge and skills that are required for an engineer aiming to work in the IT industry. In this paper the authors present a possible method by which the learning process can be made more efficient. The authors highlight some advantages of the project-oriented approach in a programming course at Subotica Tech, an institution that...
There is a growing trend within education establishments to teach electrical power system theory within lectures and back this up with software simulation laboratory sessions. This allows the courses to be taught at a lower cost than if real hardware was implemented. However, the students that are graduating from these programs are missing out on the opportunity to learn about real equipment and issues...
The main negative factors that are inherent to modern society are presented. A hypothesis has been put forward. It supposes that a number of fundamental factors must be added to the basis of modern economics. Here are five factors that determine the paradigm of sustainable development of society.
The strength of the German economy is the backbone of the technology-driven small- and midsize enterprises (SMEs). SME focus on small but very advanced niches and can be world-market leaders in their domain. To provide solutions to customers, they form SME clusters. A very important driver for successful technology regions are industry-university-cooperations [1] with a focus on applied sciences [2]...
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