CS 5314/7314, Fall 2022

Software Testing and Quality Assurance

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Homework Grader:

Prof. Jeff Tian
Dept. of Computer Science,
Southern Methodist University,
3145 Dyer Street, Dallas, TX 75275
Caruth Hall 425
(214)768-2861
tian@smu.edu (preferred means of communication)
s2.smu.edu/~tian/class/7314.22f
Wednesdays 6:30-9:20pm, Caruth 179
Wednesdays 4-6pm and by appointment via e-mail
Sultan Alanazy (salanazy@smu.edu)

Announcement:

Office hour change: W 2:30-4:30pm instead of 4-6pm on 10/26/2022.
(10/19/22) Several papers from our research group have been uploaded to Canvas.
All submissions of course work will be via Canvas CS 7314-701C (both 5314-701C and 7314-400 sections have been merged into this section).
Mr. Alanazy will be grading the homework assignments, and Prof. Tian will be grading the exams and project related items.
Midterm and final exam information:
- Format: Both will be a take home exams.
- Date: 10/5/2022 for the midterm and 12/14/2022 for the final.
- You will be given 3 hours to complete and upload the exam, including 2 hours to work on the exam, and an extra hour to manage downloading/printing/scanning/uploading.
- Sample exams will be available on Canvas.

A syllabus following the standard SMU Simple Syllabus format is posted on Canvas (a link and a PDF file in the "files" section).
Detailed description of course contents and tentative schedule.
Information/material at my book website for Software Quality Engineering, including slides for all the chapters.
List of additional references.

Prepared by Jeff Tian (tian@smu.edu).
Posted: Aug. 22, 2022. Last update: Oct. 26, 2022.