CS 7314/5314 (Fall 2026)

List of Topics and Tentative Schedule

Prof. Jeff Tian (tian@smu.edu)

Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Date
8/26
9/2
9/9
9/16
9/23
9/30
10/7
10/14
10/21
10/28
11/4
11/11
11/18
11/25
12/2
12/9
12/16
Chapters, papers
1-2
3 (6, 13-16)
4-6
8a
8b, 9a
9b, 7
1-9
10a
10b, P1
11a
11b
12, 20, P2-P5
(13-16), 17
-
18-19, P6
-
all (esp. 10-12, 17-20)
Topic
Overview/Quality/QA/SQE
QA overview
SQE/testing overview
partition testing
usage models and Musa OP for UBST
Input domain testing
Midterm Exam
FSM-testing
Markov OP
CFT
DFT (project presentation begins)
Other testing, defect analysis
other QA/comparison
(Happy Thanksgiving! No class.)
Analysis/feedback/improvement (project presentation ends)
(Reading day. No class.)
Final Exam


Prepared by Jeff Tian (tian@smu.edu).
Posted on: Aug. 23, 2026. Latest update: Aug. 23, 2026.

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