Lehrveranstaltungen
Impact and Challenges of Software in 2025
Hauptseminar (SS 14) - Organisation
News
- 24.03.2014 Workplan uploaded. Please have a look at it since it contains some important dates.
- 26.02.2014 Important dates updated
Important Dates
- Opening: 08.04.2014, 14:50 - 16:20, Room 2101
- First seminar: 06.06.2014, 9:00 - 13:00, Room 2101
- Second seminar: 11.07.2014, 9:00 - 13:00, Room 2101
Resources
- the current workplan can be found here.
- slides of the kick-off presentation
- slides of the 1st seminar day
- slides of the 2nd seminar day
Focus
Software is the fuel of our modern economy Where are we going?
This seminar will work on answers to the central question: Which are the situation, the challenges, and the impact of software in the year 2025?
Each participant choses one focus question:
This seminar will work on answers to the central question: Which are the situation, the challenges, and the impact of software in the year 2025?
Each participant choses one focus question:
- How will the software in 2025 be different from today’s software?
- How will software be engineered, developed, operated, and evolved in 2025?
- What is the impact of software on people, work and society in 2025?
Motivation
Today (2014), software is the key ingredient of most products and services. Software generates innovation and progress in many modern industries. Software is an indispensable element of evolution, of quality of life, and of our future. Software development is (slowly) evolving from a craft to an industrial discipline. Software and the ability to efficiently produce and evolve high-quality software is the single most important success factor for many highly competitive industries.
Software technology, development methods and tools, and applications in more and more areas are rapidly evolving. The impact of software in 2025 in nearly all areas of life, work, relationships, culture, and society is expected to be massive.
The question of the future of software is therefore important. However like all predictions quite difficult. Some market forces, industrial developments, social needs, and technology trends are visible today. How will they develop and influence the software and its engineering we will have in 2025?
Benefits
The participants will learn: (a) to do focused research in a specific area, (b) to author an excellent scientific paper, (c) to improve their LaTeX expertise, (d) to experience the peer-review process and (e) to benefit from a considerable broading of their perspective in the field of technology, software, applications, and impact. This will enable the participants to plan their personal education and professional evolution.
As a final outcome of the seminar, a proceedings book (including all the papers produced by the participants) will be assembled and made available in electronic form.
Organisation
- Lecturer: Dr. Frank J. Furrer (frank.j.furrer_at_bluewin.ch)
- Language: English
- Modules: Bachelor-INF: B-510/B-520, Master-INF: BAS3/VERT3, HS (Dipl-INF/MINF alt), FG SWT (Dipl-INF alt), INF-AQUA
- Total estimated effort: 28 hours
- ECTS credits: 3
- The seminar starts with a kick-off meeting of 2 hours (1 DS). Dr. Frank J. Furrer will introduce the context, the relevant background, the questions to be discussed and the most important literature.
- Each participant then selects one of the 3 focus areas:
- Software differences between today and 2025
- Software engineering (methods, tools, processes) in 2025
- Software impact on people and society in 2025
- The participant then researches the literature and assembles a relevant list of references related to the area he or she has chosen.
- Each participant researches 3…5 additional references related to his/her chosen focus.
- The next step is an individual draft paper (Part 1) of the selected focus area. The final paper should be 8 … 10 pages (Latex LNCS style). Each author asks two other participants to review the paper: The reviewer’s comments are added to the appendix of the paper.
- First full seminar day: Each of the participants gives a short presentation of his/her findings (based on the draft paper Part 1), followed by discussions with the audience.
- After the first seminar day, the individual draft paper is amended and extended (Part 2). Again, each author asks two other participants to review the paper: The reviewer’s comments are added to the appendix of the paper.
- Second full seminar day: Each of the participants gives a short presentation of his/her findings and conclusions/predictions (based on the draft paper Part 2), followed by discussions with the audience.
- Following the second seminar day, the participants complete their papers taking into account the feedback and the information received during the seminar day. The papers are then submitted to Dr. Frank J. Furrer: He will assemble a proceedings volume and distribute it to all participants (in electronic form). The proceedings are available to whoever is interested.
Focus Areas
- Software differences between today and 2025
- Software engineering (methods, tools, processes) in 2025
- Software impact on people and society in 2025
Anrechnung
Diese Lehrveranstaltung kann wie im Lehrangebot der Fakult�t angegeben eingebracht werden. Studenten anderer Studiengänge können den Kurs besuchen, jedoch nicht prüfen lassen.