Software Engineering Workshop for Educators

The SEI hosted this annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include subjects spanning software engineering. The event was free of charge and open to any accredited college-level educator. 2023 marked the twentieth anniversary of the SEI hosting the workshop for software engineering community.

This three-day workshop featured two days of training on software engineering topics and an interactive educator-led session. The workshop provided live streaming of these sessions to promote an inclusive workshop, and reach out to the broader software engineering educator community. Those attending the in-person portion of the workshop participated in the tradition of artifact sharing and discussion. See the agenda below for details.

About the Workshop

For the past 16 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software engineering. The SEI held the 17th Software Engineering Educators Workshop virtually for the first time on August 4 - August 6, 2020. There were 47 attendees from 14 countries, the largest group in the workshop’s history. The program comprised a range of topics that included machine learning (ML), quantum computing, and remote teaching.

The attendees lauded the workshop that “provides a unique forum for software engineering educators that brings frontier topics in software engineering education and presents them in a practical way.” They welcomed the opportunity to learn from each other as they face the challenge of remote teaching, “Given the circumstances of the pandemic there were nice comments from faculty about how they are changing their teaching methods and also about resources to teach online.”

Anita Carleton gave an update on the National Agenda for Software Engineering Research and Development. Grace Lewis presented results from the SEI project on Software Engineering for ML Systems: Characterizing and Detecting Mismatch in ML Systems. Len Bass and Daniel Justice presented the concepts of quantum computing followed by an interactive lab. Marty Barrett, Shawn Bohner, and Steve Chenoweth led an interactive session on Experiences in Remote Learning and Teaching in the Times of COVID-19.

The SEI's Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2020 workshop.

Participants

• Jameela Al-Jaroodi, Robert Morris University, USA
• Claudine Allen, University of West Indies, Jamaica
• Ricardo Anderson, University of West Indies, Jamaica
• Martin Barrett, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Joseph Benin, United States Coast Guard Academy, USA
• Philippa Bennett, University of West Indies, Jamaica
• Alejandro Bianchi, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Argentina
• Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
• Mehra Borazjany, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
• Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University, USA
• Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman University, USA
• Andres Diaz-Pace, UNICEN University, Argentina
• Germán Lenin Dugarte, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Rochelle Elva, Rollins, USA
• Ethan Gold, United States Coast Guard Academy, USA
• Rinkaj Goyal, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India
• Christine Hofmeister, East Stroudsburg University, USA
• Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University, USA
• John Hurley, National Defense University, USA
• Naseem Ibrahim, Penn State Behrend, USA
• Clemente Izurieta, Montana State University, USA
• Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University, Thailand
• Lawrence Jones, ABET, USA
• Nader Kesserwan, Robert Morris University, USA
• Fabio Kon, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
• Norma Birginia Leon-Lescano, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru
• Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Bhabani Misra, University of St. Thomas, USA
• Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
• Paula Morais, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
• Donald Needham, United States Naval Academy, USA
• Mehran Alidoost Nia, York University, UK
• Joanne Peca, Penn State University, USA
• Alfredo Perez, Columbus State University, USA
• Saheed Popoola, University of Alabama, USA
• Jason Porter, University of North Georgia, USA
• Rajendra Raj, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
• Annajiat Alim Rasel, Brac University, Bangladesh
• Farshad Ravanshad, Housatonic Community College, USA
• Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University, USA
• Hossein Saiedian, The University of Kansas, USA
• Eray Tuzun, Bilkent University, Turkey
• Perla Velasco, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
• Ingo Weber, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
• Eiriku Yamao, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Peru
• Cui Zhang, California State University, USA

About the Workshop

For the past 14 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software architecture and software product lines. As in past years, this year's workshop encompassed multiple topics such as software architecture, project management, scrum sprint simulation, forensics, web services design, blockchain, and software configuration management. The event, in keeping with our tradition for this workshop, is free of charge and open to any accredited, college-level educator.

There were 27 educators representing institutions located in Canada, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Attendees described the workshop as "a great conduit for collaboration among software engineering educators and technologists" and "useful and rich with hands-on information."

Two courses were offered to the attendees:

• DevOps in Practice (Instructor: Hasan Yasar)
• Managing Technical Debt of Software (Instructor: Robert Nord)

The SEI's Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2018 workshop.

Participants

• Ricardo Anderson, University of West Indies, Jamaica
• Rami Bahsoon, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
• Janaka Balasooriya, Arizona State University, USA
• Martin Barrett, East Tennessee State University, USA
• Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
• Roger Champagne, University of Quebec, Canada
• Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
• David Dombrowski, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
• Chen Huo, Shippensburg University, USA
• Clemente Izurieta, Montana State University, USA
• Edward Kovach, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
• Samuel Malachowsky, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
• Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Eduardo Miranda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Bhabani Misra, University of St. Thomas, USA
• Francis Palma, Ryerson University, Canada
• Mark Paulk, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
• Luka Pavlic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
• William Reed, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Walter Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
• Bob Skertic, Defense Acquisition University, USA
• Gabriel Tamura, Icesi University, Colombia
• Perla Velasco, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
• Michael Verdicchio, The Citadel (The Military College of South Carolina), USA
• Carol Wellington, Shippensburg University, USA
• James Wessel, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA

About the Workshop

For the past 12 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software architecture and software product lines. This year, the SEI renamed this workshop and broadened its scope to cover the entire field of software engineering. The event, in keeping with our tradition for this workshop, was free of charge and open to any accredited, college-level educator.

Two courses were offered to attendees:

• Big Data: Architectures and Technology (Instructor: John Klein)
• Designing Modern SOA Systems (Instructor: Paulo Merson)

The SEI’s Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop. 

Read our news article about the 2016 workshop.

Participants

• Claudine Allen, University of West Indies, Jamaica
• Janaka Balasooriya, Arizona State University, USA
• Martin Barrett, East Tennessee State University, USA
• Dimitar Birov, Sofia University, Bulgaria
• Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
• Maria Gabriela Calle, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
• Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University, Mexico
• Roger Champagne, University of Quebec, Canada
• Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
• Julien Delange, SEI, USA
• Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University, Thailand
• Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Michael McLendon, SEI, USA
• Paulo Merson, University of Brasilia, Brazil
• Eduardo Miranda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Luka Pavlic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
• Dave Pearson, Defense Acquisition University, USA
• Chandan Rupakheti, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
• Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University, USA
• Hossein Saiedian, The University of Kansas, USA
• Naveen Sharma, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
• Bob Skertic, Defense Acquisition University, USA
• Christine Hofmeister, East Stroudsburg University, USA
• Mei-Huei Tang, Gannon University, USA
• Ales Zivkovic, Innopolis University, Russia

About the Workshop

On the first two days of the 11th SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators, participants attended the course Advanced Software Architecture Workshop (Instructor: Felix Bachmann).

The third day consisted of invited talks by two SEI Senior Members of the Technical Staff and a group session. Ian Gorton spoke on "Software Architecture for Big Data Systems," and Felix Bachmann spoke on "Designing Architectures Using UML Tools." In the group session, facilitated by SEI team members, participants shared experiences, ideas, and tangible artifacts for introducing software architecture and product line topics into the college curriculum.

The SEI's Rick Kazman and Grace Lewis and facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2014 workshop.

Participants

• Marty Barrett, East Tennessee State University, USA
• Humberto Cervantes, Universidad Autónoma  Metropolitana, Mexico
• Roger Champagne, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada
• Luis García-Paucar, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru
• Peru Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
• John Hunt, Covenant College, USA
• Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University, Thailand
• Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Mehdi Mirakhorli, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
• Eduardo Miranda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University, USA
• Perla Velasco, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico 

About the Workshop

The Ninth SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators began with the two-day course Advanced Topics in Service-Oriented Architecture. This course provided guidance in architecting and designing service-oriented systems, implementing SOA governance, securing service-oriented systems, and testing service-oriented systems.

The third day was a group session, facilitated by SEI team members, to share experiences, ideas, and tangible artifacts for introducing software architecture and product line topics into the college curriculum.

This community of educators and their influence on the direction of software engineering education continues to grow. Through these participants, hundreds of students annually are exposed to software architecture and product line concepts. Attendees every year have stated that as a result of the Educators Workshop they incorporate new material into their courses including software architecture, software product lines, SEI methods, the Pedagogical Product Line, and the Hard Choices game.

Participants

• Martin Barrett, East Tennessee State University
• Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Luis Castro, Metropolitan University
• Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University
• Roger Champagne, University of Quebec
• Mike Deutsch, University of New Hampshire
• John Hunt, Covenant College
• Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University
• Carol Keene, Colorado Technical University
• Bhabani Misra, University of St. Thomas
• Sajjan Shiva, University of Memphis
• Mei-Huei Tang, Gannon University
• Perla Verlasco, Centro de Inverstigación en Matemáticas

About the Workshop

The Seventh SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators began with a two-day course, Developing Software Product Lines. This two-day course provided an in-depth treatment of the concepts and essential ideas covered in the Software Product Lines course. Using a comprehensive software product line example that included a complete set of assets and artifacts, participants worked together to carry out management and engineering activities necessary for successful product line practice.

The third day was a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture and product line concepts in their courses.

Collaboration at this workshop resulted in a workshop presented at CSEET on May 22, 2011, by Marty Barrett, Ayse Bener, Steve Chenowith, and Amine Chigani.

The group decided to ask for a shared artifact as the "entry fee" for the workshop next year.

Participants

• Ozlem Albayrak, Bilkent University
• Mohammad Alkandari, Virginia Tech
• Marty Barrett, East Tennessee State University
• Ayse Bener, Ryerson University / Bogazici University
• Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University
• Narong Chansoi, Naresuan University
• Steve Chenowith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Amine Chigani, Virginia Tech
• Jorge Diaz-Herrera, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Amanda Holland-Minkley, Washington and Jefferson College
• John Hunt, Covenant College
• Lisa Jamba, University of North Florida
• Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University
• John McGregor, SEI/Clemson University
• Bhabani Misra, University of Saint Thomas
• Arturo Sanchez, University of North Florida
• Sajjan Shiva, University of Memphis
• Ludwig Slusky, California State University Los Angeles
• Raj Sooriamurthi, Carnegie Mellon University
• Mei-Huei Tang, Gannon University
• Perla Velasco, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas
• Cui Zhang, California State University Sacramento

About the Workshop

The Fifth SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators began with the two-day course Software Architecture Design and Analysis. This course provided in-depth coverage of the concepts needed to effectively design and analyze a software architecture. The essential considerations for defining any architecture were carefully examined and then illustrated through application of the SEI Attribute-Driven Design (ADD) software architecture design method. This course also explored architecture analysis in-depth and introduced the SEI Quality Attribute Workshop (QAW) and the SEI Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM). Through multiple exercises, participants studied an application of these methods and applied them to sample problems.

The third day was a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture design and analysis concepts and methods in academic courses.

Participants

• Eduardo Almeida, Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems (C.E.S.A.R), Brazil
• Martin Barrett, East Tennessee State University
• Ayse Bener, Bogazici University
• Steve Chenowith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Amine Chigani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Bill Frakes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University
• Bhabani Misra, University of St. Thomas
• Gregory Morrill, Saint Michael's College
• Raj Sooriamurthi, Carnegie Mellon University
• Mei-Huei Tang, Gannon University
• Cui Zhang, California State University Sacramento

Los Angeles, CA

About the Workshop

The Third Software Architecture Workshop for Educators was a three-day forum for sharing SEI software architecture technology with educators and for jointly determining ways to incorporate these concepts and methods into academic courses.

Software architecture determines how engineers communicate design decisions, how managers structure work breakdowns, and how both create software product lines. The SEI has developed a collection of architectural methods and practices for designing software-intensive systems that meet their intended business and quality goals. These methods and their underlying focus on quality attributes can strengthen undergraduate and graduate courses on software architecture and design.

The workshop started with a two-day course, Software Architecture: Principles and Practices, which is the root course in the SEI Software Architecture curriculum.

The third day consisted of a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture concepts and methods in academic courses. Discussions included

• how to think architecturally
• key ideas to incorporate into software engineering courses
• exercises and tool support for exercises
• forming and expanding the software architecture educator’s community

Participants

• Mohammad Ayati, Cal State Los Angeles
• Mehdi Beheshtian, University of La Verne
• Vijay Deokar, Cal State Los Angeles
• Ajantha Herath, The Richard Stockton College NJ
• Suvineetha Herath, The Richard Stockton College NJ
• Allen Holliday, Cal State Fullerton
• Adam Hurang, Cal State Los Angeles
• Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University
• C.Luis Fernando Castro, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana
• Eduardo Rodriguez-Flores, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana
• Robert Silverman, Cal State Stanislaus
• Ming Wang, Cal State Los Angeles
• George Wang, Cal State Northridge

About the Workshop

The SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators was a three-day forum for sharing SEI software architecture technology with educators and for jointly determining ways to incorporate these concepts and methods into academic courses.

Software architecture determines how engineers communicate design decisions, how managers structure work breakdowns, and how both create software product lines. The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has developed a collection of architectural methods and practices for designing software-intensive systems that meet their intended business and quality goals. These methods and their underlying focus on quality attributes can strengthen undergraduate and graduate courses on software architecture and design.

The workshop began with a two-day course, Software Architecture: Principles and Practices, which is the root course in the SEI Software Architecture curriculum.

The third day consisted of a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture concepts and methods in academic courses.

Participants

• Marty Barrett, East Tennessee State University
• Len Bass, SEI
• Mike Battig, Saint Michael’s College
• Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
• Janet Hartman, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Larry Jones, SEI
• Mike Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Manton Matthews, University of South Carolina
• Linda Northrop, Software Engineering Institute
• Arturo Sanchez, University of North Florida
• Celia Schahczenski, Montana Tech of The University of Montana
• Jim Tomayko, Carnegie Mellon University
• Robert A. Willis, Hampton University
• Rob Wojcik, SEI