The following is the tentative class schedule for this semester.

Date	Lecture/Paper Topics
8/19/14	Syllabus and overview of course topics
8/21/14	Software Engineering Review
8/26/14	Software Engineering Review
8/28/14	Software Engineering Review
9/2/14	Software Engineering Review
9/4/14	Topic: Software requirements, design and development Machine Learning Approach to Software Requirements Prioritization, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, April 2013) [Avula] .ppx Assessing the Effectiveness of Sequence Diagrams in the Comprehension of Functional Requirements: Results from a Family of Five Experiments, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, March 2013) [Bacanli] .pdf
9/9/14	Systematic Elaboration of Scalability Requirements through Goal-Obstacle Analysis, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, January 2013) [Balasubramanian] .pptx Variability in Software Systems - A Systematic Literature Review, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, March 2014) [Challana] .pptx
9/11/14	Software Architecture Optimization Methods: A Systematic Literature Review, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, May 2013) [Goel] .pptx A taxonomy for requirements engineering and software test alignment, (ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), March 2014) [Goyal] .pptx
9/16/14	What Industry Needs from Architectural Languages: A Survey, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, June 2013) [Kovalenko] .pptx Usability through Software Design, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, November 2013) [Nikolaev] .pptx
9/18/14	Capsule-Based User Interface Modeling for Large-Scale Applications, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Sept. 2013) [Renduchintala] .pptx Monitor-Based Instant Software Refactoring, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Aug. 2013) [Sakhawalkar] .pptx
9/23/14	The Effects of Test-Driven Development on External Quality and Productivity: A Meta-Analysis, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, June 2013) [Shekhawat] .pptx An Empirical Study of RefactoringChallenges and Benefits at Microsoft, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, July 2014) [Xu] .pdf
9/25/14	Topic: Software Testing An Empirical Evaluation of Mutation Testing for Improving the Test Quality of Safety-Critical Software, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, June 2013) [Avula] .pptx The Role of the Tester's Knowledge in Exploratory Software Testing, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, May 2013) [Bacanli] .pdf Homework 1 due
9/30/14	A Second Replicated Quantitative Analysis of Fault Distributions in Complex Software Systems, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Apr. 2013) [Balasubramanian] .pptx An orchestrated survey of methodologies for automated software test case generation, (Journal of Systems and Software, August 2013) [Challana] .pptx
10/02/14	Researcher Bias: The Use of Machine Learning in Software Defect Prediction, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, June 2014) [Goel] .pptx Effects of Developer Experience on Learning and Applying Unit Test-Driven Development, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, April 2014) [Goyal] .pptx Homework 1: Review
10/7/13	Project progress presentations [Teams: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9]
10/9/14	No class due to UCF Football schedule
10/14/13	Project progress presentations [Teams: 2, 7, 8, 10, 11]
10/16/14	Topic: Software management: cost, effort, schedule estimation, teams Pair Programming and Software Defects--A Large, Industrial Case Study, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, July 2013) [Kovalenko] .pptx Local versus Global Lessons for Defect Prediction and Effort Estimation, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, June 2013) [Nikolaev] .pptx
10/21/14	Ranking and Clustering Software Cost Estimation Models through a Multiple Comparisons Algorithm, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Apr. 2013) [Renduchintala] .pptx Self-Organizing Roles on Agile Software Development Teams, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Mar. 2013) [Sakhawalkar] .pptx
10/23/14	Governing Software Process Improvementsin Globally Distributed Product Development, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, March 2014) [Shekhawat] .pptx Homework 1: Review Ant Colony Optimization for Software Project Scheduling and Staffing with an Event-Based Scheduler, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Jan. 2013) [Xu] .pdf Homework 2 due
10/28/14	Software effort estimation as a multiobjective learning problem, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, October 2013) [Avula] .pptx Coordination Breakdowns and Their Impact on Development Productivity and Software Failures, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Jan. 2013) [Bacanli] .pptx
10/30/14	Topic: Software maintenance Quantifying the Effect of Code Smells on Maintenance Effort, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Aug. 2013) [Balasubramanian] .pptx Homework 2: Review An Empirical Investigation on Documentation Usage Patterns in Maintenance Tasks, (IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, September 2013) [Challana] .pptx
11/4/14	Topic: Miscellaneous Static Analysis for Extracting Permission Checks of a Large Scale Framework: The Challenges and Solutions for Analyzing Android, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, June 2014) [Goel] .pptx Homework 2: Review Trends in the Quality of Human-Centric Software Engineering Experiments--A Quasi-Experiment, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, July 2013) [Goyal] .pdf
11/6/14	A Decentralized Self-Adaptation Mechanism for Service-Based Applications in the Cloud, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, May 2013) [Kovalenko] .pptx Resource Management for Complex, Dynamic Environments, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Mar. 2013) [Nikolaev] .pptx
11/11/14	Veterans Day (no class!)
11/13/14	Investigating Country Differences in Mobile App User Behavior and Challenges for Software Engineering, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Sept. 2014) [Renduchintala] .pptx On the Accuracy, Efficiency, and Reusability of Automated Test Oracles for Android Devices, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Oct. 2014) [Sakhawalkar] .pptx
11/18/14	The Awareness Network, To Whom Should I Display My Actions? And, Whose Actions Should I Monitor?, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, May 2013) [Shekhawat] .pptx GreenDroid: Automated Diagnosis of Energy Inefficiency for Smartphone Applications, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, May 2014) [Xu] .pptx Homework 2: Review
11/20/14	Project Demos [Teams: ]
11/25/14	Project Demos [Teams: ]
11/27/14	Thanksgiving Holiday (no class!)