Software Engineering Process Improvement
Research and Development Group
Scope
The scope of this R&D group (SEPI) is to investigate existing software
development processes/techniques and to propose improvements and/or
conceive novel ideas relating to software development. The main aim of SEPI
should always be the betterment of software creation with respect to both
product and process. The group will address issues involving software
qualification and quantification.
Research Group Members
Dr. Ernest Cachia
Research Activities
Apart from the actual individual research activity, more "visible" research
activities will include supervisory meetings, peer meetings, public talks,
demonstrative presentations, scientific publications, and conference
presentations (as per availability).
Overview of the Research Group
The SEPI group will work on more than one specific project.
Envisaged tracks include quality specification and control,
security standard development for e-commerce, component engineering,
and requirements engineering.
Related Courses
From the BSc IT (Hons) degree programme:
CSM203: Introduction to Software Engineering
CSA304: Software Engineering
CSA404: Advanced Topics in Software Engineering and CASE Technology
Publications
Related Projects
Software metrication control methodology development strategy and
tool
DFD-to-Z notation conversion CASE tool
Real-time modelling methodology and CASE tool
Development of a secure FTP standard
A framework and automated tool for conversion from traditional to UML models
Quality metrication for e-commerce systems
More information about these projects will be added shortly
To collaborate on research and development in this group
For more information about this research and development group,
please contact either Ernest Cachia at ecac1@um.edu.mt (phone +356-23402508) or Chris Staff at cstaff@cs.um.edu.mt (phone
+356-23402506).
For general information about collaborating in research and
development groups, please visit this
page.
If you are interested in reading a postgraduate degree in this area,
please e-mail Ernest Cachia, after reading the Postgraduate Enquiries information.
Contact details
Dr. Ernest Cachia,
Department of Computer Science and AI,
University of Malta,
Tal-Qroqq,
Msida MSD 06,
Malta
E-mail: ecac1@um.edu.mt
Web: http://www.cs.um.edu.mt/~ecac1
Phone: 00-356-23402506
Mobile: 00-356-9947-6376
Fax: 00-356-21320539
