CS 5314/7314, Spring 2025

Software Testing and Quality Assurance

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Prof. Jeff Tian
Dept. of Computer Science,
Southern Methodist University,
3145 Dyer Street, Dallas, TX 75275
Caruth Hall 425
(214)768-2861 (preferred means of communication)
tian@smu.edu
s2.smu.edu/~tian/class/7314.25s
MW 5-6:20pm, Junkins 113
MW 3-4:30pm and by appointment via e-mail
Weizheng Xie (weizhengx@mail.smu.edu)

Announcement:

Office hour change for Monday 3/10/25: 2-3:30pm instead of 3-4:30pm.
This class website construction mostly completed. Please let me know if you still see some links not working.
All submissions of course work are via Canvas CS 7314-701C (both 5314-701C and 7314-400 sections have been merged into this section).
Exam info:
- Exam#1: 2/24/2025 at regular class time;
- Exam#2: 4/9/2025 at regular class time;
- Final exam: take-home exam, date 5/5/2025@6pm - 5/12/2025@6pm;
- Sample exams are now (as of 2/10/25) 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 and relevant papers from SMU/Tian group.

Prepared by Jeff Tian (tian@smu.edu).
Posted: Jan. 21, 2025. Last update: March 31, 2025.