CSE 5314/7314, Fall 2015

Software Testing and Quality Assurance

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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/7314.15f
Thursdays 6:30-9:20pm, Junkins 113
(executive class: Saturdays 8am-5pm on 8/15, 8/29, 9/12, 9/26, 10/10)
Th 3-6pm and by appointment
Ali Almadan (aalmadan@mail.smu.edu)

Midterm exam will be on Oct. 8, 2015 at the regular class time/location.
- All distance students living in the DFW area are expected to take the exam with the campus students (see above);
- Other distance students will need to take the exam with their proctors on or before Monday, 10/12/2015.
Please submit your homework assignments and project related material via blackboard
- All campus/distance students: please use the "common" section with section number 7314-701C.
  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.
- Executive students: use your own section (7314-795).
Sample midterm and final exams are available on BlackBoard, under "Course Documents".

Homework #4. Due dates: 10/6/2015 (executive). 11/11/2015 (campus), 11/13/2015 (distance).
Homework #3. Due dates: 9/25/2015 (executive). 10/28/2015 (campus), 10/30/2015 (distance).
Homework #2. Due dates: 9/8/2015 (executive). 9/30/2015 (campus), 10/2/2015 (distance).
Homework #1. Due dates: 8/28/2015 (executive). 9/9/2015 (campus), 9/11/2015 (distance).
Course project.
- Proposal due dates: 9/1/15 (executive), 9/30/2015 (campus), 10/2/2015 (distance).
- Summary due dates: not required for SEC'11 students, 11/11/2015 (campus), 11/13/2015 (distance).
- Presentation dates: 10/10/15 (executive), last 4 classes (campus/distance).
- Report due dates: 10/16/2015 (executive), 11/18/2015 (campus), 11/20/2015 (distance).
- Here is the project presentation schedule

Syllabus and tentative schedule for campus/distance sections and for executive class SEC'11.
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@lyle.smu.edu).
Posted: Aug. 14, 2015. Last update: Nov. 12, 2015.