CSE 5314/7314, Fall 2012

Software Testing and Quality Assurance

Instructor:
Address:

Office:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Home page:
Class:
Office hours:
Other material:

Prof. Jeff Tian
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering,
Southern Methodist University,
3145 Dyer Street, Dallas, TX 75275
Caruth Hall 425
(214)768-2861
(214)768-3085
tian@lyle.smu.edu (preferred means of communication)
lyle.smu.edu/~tian/class/7314.12f
Wednesdays 6:30-9:20pm, Junkins 113
W 3-6pm and by appointment
Contact Debra McDowell at (214)768-3080 or debra@lyle.smu.edu

Final exam information:
- On 12/12/2012 for on-campus group. Two hours.
- Distance students must take the exam on or before Friday 12/14/2012.
  - The exam will be e-mailed to your proctor on 12/12/2012 as a PDF file by Debra. If you have any questions regarding the exam or the proctor, please contact me or Debra ASAP.
  - If you want to take the exam with the campus group, you are more than welcome to do so. But, please do please let me know ahead of time so I can bring enough copies to the classroom.
Project proposal feedback in BlackBoard:
- You don't need to submit a revised proposal unless I specifically asked you to do wo.
- You need to address the issues (or "pay attention to ...") in your project report. But no need to respond to them (via e-mail) now.
Sample exams (both midterm and final) are now available on Blackboard.
Please submit your homework assignments and project related material via blackboard (specific instructions to be posted here soon)
- The due dates posted in your blackboard are for on-campus students, with the understanding that the corresponding due dates for distance students being 2 days later.

hw#4: Due 11/5 for campus students and 11/7 for distance students.
hw#3: Due 10/29 for campus students and 10/31 for distance students.
hw#2: Due 9/24 for campus students and 9/26 for distance students.
hw#1: Due 9/6 for campus students and 9/8 for distance students.
Project information: with the following due dates:
- Proposal: New due date 9/19 for campus students and 9/21 for distance students.
  (Due 9/17 for campus students and 9/19 for distance students.)
- Summary: Due 11/12 for campus students and 11/14 for distance students.
- Report: Due 11/26 for campus students and 11/28 for distance students.

Syllabus and tentative schedule.
Information/material at my book website for Software Quality Engineering, including slides for all the chapters.
List of additional references.

No hardcopy of the online homework assignments and other course material will be sent to you unless specifically requested (by contacting Debra).

Prepared by Jeff Tian (tian@lyle.smu.edu).
Posted: Aug. 21, 2012. Last update: Nov. 28, 2012.