Software Engineering as a Central Computer Science Discipline

1976 ◽  
pp. 68-70
Author(s):  
Clement L. McGowan ◽  
Andries van Dam
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Science Discipline ◽  
Central Computer

scholarly journals Leveraging Final Degree Projects for Open Source Software Contributions

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1181
Author(s):  
Juanan Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Real World ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
Final Degree

(1) Background: final year students of computer science engineering degrees must carry out a final degree project (FDP) in order to graduate. Students’ contributions to improve open source software (OSS) through FDPs can offer multiple benefits and challenges, both for the students, the instructors and for the project itself. This work reports on a practical experience developed by four students contributing to mature OSS projects during their FDPs, detailing how they addressed the multiple challenges involved, both from the students and teachers perspective. (2) Methods: we followed the work of four students contributing to two established OSS projects for two academic years and analyzed their work on GitHub and their responses to a survey. (3) Results: we obtained a set of specific recommendations for future practitioners and detailed a list of benefits achieved by steering FDP towards OSS contributions, for students, teachers and the OSS projects. (4) Conclusion: we find out that FDPs oriented towards enhancing OSS projects can introduce students into real-world, practical examples of software engineering principles, give them a boost in their confidence about their technical and communication skills and help them build a portfolio of contributions to daily used worldwide open source applications.

Special Feature Software Engineering Concepts and Computer Science Curricula

Computer ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.I. Wasserman ◽  
P. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Science Curricula

scholarly journals Will Your Paper Get Promoted by a Citation? A Case Study of Citation Promoter in Computer Science Discipline

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 238-245
Author(s):  
Feiheng Luo ◽  
Aixin Sun ◽  
Aravind Sesagiri Raamkumar ◽  
Mojisola Erdt ◽  
Yin-Leng Theng
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Science Discipline
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