To all students in my present and past CSE 7314 class:

My grader/RA and I are conducting some research to examine the impact of
using formalized/systematic testing techniques based on your past and 
present CSE 7314 course projects. If we have some interesting findings, 
the resulting paper(s) will be submitted/published in conferences or 
journals. 

We will take every precaution to make sure no personal or other sensitive
information is disclosed to the public in these possible publications. 
In particular,

- all personal names will be removed.

- all company and product names will be removed, with companies only
	generally characterized by industry (e.g., financial, IT, etc.).

- all data identifications will be removed.
	(No one can associate individual data points with specific
	course projects.)

- all other sensitive information we deem so, or if you tell us so,
	will be removed.

- the research results will be presented in summary forms, e.g., 
	in terms of averages for specific testing techniques.

Please let me know if you object to the use of your project for this
research purpose even with the above precautions. In that case, we
will exclude your project from our research. Of course, this will not
affect your course work in any way for the present CSE 7314 students.

Notice that if you have already told me to keep your project confidential 
previously (e.g., when you submitted your project report), we will not 
use your project in this research.

It's great to have you in my CSE 7314 class and give us this great research
opportunity. Hopefully, what we learn from the research I described above 
will make a positive and lasting impact in the way people test their 
software and systems.

Thank you very much for your help.