Staff Page for Mario R. Barbacci

Senior Member of the Technical Staff

Administrative home

Product Line Systems Program/Software Architecture Technology Initiative

Key responsibilities

Teams

Software Architecture Technology (SAT) Initiative 

Professional Background

Mario R. Barbacci is a Senior Member of the staff at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

He was one of the founders of the SEI where he has served in several technical and managerial positions, including Project Leader (Distributed Systems), Program Director (Real-time Distributed Systems, Product Attribute Engineering), and Associate Director (Technology Exploration Department). Prior to joining the SEI he was a member of the faculty in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

His current research interests are in the areas of software architecture and distributed systems. He has written numerous books, articles, and technical reports and has contributed to books and encyclopedias on subjects of technical interest.

Barbacci is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the IEEE Computer Society, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and Sigma Xi. He was the founding chairman of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 10.2 (Computer Descriptions and Tools) and has served as Vice-President for Technical Activities of the IEEE Computer Society, founding chairman of the Joint IEEE Computer Society/ACM Steering Committee for the Establishment of Software Engineering as a Profession, 1996 President of the IEEE Computer Society, 1998-1999 IEEE Division V Director, and IEEE Technical Activities Board Strategic Planning and Research Committee 2000-2002.

Barbacci is the recipient of several IEEE Computer Society Outstanding Contribution Certificates, the ACM Recognition of Service Award, and the IFIP Silver Core Award. Barbacci received bachelor's and engineer's degrees in electrical engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru, and a doctorate in computer science from Carnegie Mellon.

Publications (recent or significant)

• M.R. Barbacci, R. Ellison, A.J. Lattanze, J.A. Stafford, C.B. Weinstock, W.G. Wood: Quality Attribute Workshops, 2nd Edition, Report CMU/SEI-2002-TR-019, Software Engineering Institute, June 2002 http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/02.reports/02tr019.html
• J. Bergey, M.R. Barbacci, W.G. Wood: Using Quality Attribute Workshops to Evaluate Architectural Approaches in a Major System Acquisition: A Case Study, Technical Note, CMU/SEI-2000-TN-010, July 2000. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/00.reports/00tn010.html
• S.G.Woods and M.R. Barbacci: Architecture Evaluation of Collaborative Agent-Based Systems, Report CMU/SEI-99-TR-25, Software Engineering Institute, August 1999 http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/99.reports/99tr025/99tr025abstract.html
• M.R. Barbacci and W.G. Wood: Architecture Tradeoff Analyses of C4ISR Products, Report CMU/SEI-99-TR-014, Software Engineering Institute, June 1999 http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/99.reports/99tr014/99tr014abstract.html
• M.R. Barbacci, M.H. Klein, T.A. Longstaff, and C.B. Weinstock: Quality Attributes, Report CMU/SEI-95-TR-021, Software Engineering Institute, December 1995. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/95.reports/95.tr.021.html

Education

• B.S.E.E. (With Honors), 1966, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru
• Engineer (Electrical Engineering), 1968, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru
• Ph.D. (Computer Science), 1974, Carnegie Mellon University

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• IEEE Computer Society
• International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Contact Information

Electronic mail address: mrb@andrew.cmu.edu

Phone: 412-268-6768

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