CS 5314/7314, Fall 2023

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/7314.23f
MW 3:30-4:50pm, Caruth 379
Tuesdays 3-5pm and by appointment via e-mail
Arush Gupta amgupta@smu.edu

Announcement:

Office hour change: M (12/4/23) 11am-1pm, instead of Tu (12/5/23) 3-5pm.
Special guest from DHS at the beginning of 10/25/23 class: Terry Murphy, Deputy Director, Office of Test & Evaluation, Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, to briefly discuss the following topics:
- How to grow the Test & Evaluation (T&E) workforce.
- How to help students know about T&E, get excited about careers in T&E, and
- How they apply for jobs in T&E with the federal government.
All submissions of course work will be via Canvas CS 7314-001C (both 5314-001C and 7314-400 sections have been merged into this section).
Your grader will be grading the homework assignments, and Prof. Tian will be grading the exams and project related items.

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. 20, 2023. Last update: Dec. 3, 2023.