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Capstone courses in undergraduate software engineering are a critical final milestone for students. These courses allow students to create a software solution and demonstrate the knowledge they accumulated in their degrees. However, a…

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Software has gained immense importance in our everyday lifeand is handling each and every aspect of today's technologicalworld. The idea of software at initial phase was implemented bya very precise minority of individual and now it's…

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Like other engineering disciplines, software engineering should also have principles to guide the construction of sustainable computer applications. Tangible properties include a) unlimited scalability, b) maximal reproducibility, and c)…

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Nowadays, software is pervasive in our everyday lives. Its sustainability and environmental impact have become major factors to be considered in the development of software systems. Millennials-the newer generation of university…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-03-06 Damiano Torre , Giuseppe Procaccianti , Davide Fucci , Sonja Lutovac , Giuseppe Scanniello

As software engineering conferences grow in size, rising costs and outdated formats are creating barriers to participation for many researchers. These barriers threaten the inclusivity and global diversity that have contributed to the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Massimiliano Di Penta , Kelly Blincoe , Marsha Chechik , Claire Le Goues , David Lo , Emerson Murphy-Hill , Thomas Zimmermann

The traditional path to a software engineering career usually involves a post-secondary diploma in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. However, many individuals working as software engineers take a non-traditional…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Tavian Barnes , Ken Jen Lee , Cristina Tavares , Gema Rodríguez-Pérez , Meiyappan Nagappan

Sustainability is increasingly recognized as a critical dimension of engineering education, yet its integration into Software Engineering curricula remains a challenge. This paper reports on a case study that examines how sustainability is…

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Environmental sustainability is a major and relevant challenge facing computing. Therefore, we must start teaching theory, techniques, and practices that both increase an awareness in our student population as well a provide concrete advice…

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In industry as well as education as well as academics we see a growing need for knowledge on how to apply machine learning in software applications. With the educational programme ICT & AI at Fontys UAS we had to find an answer to the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Petra Heck , Gerard Schouten

Software is a field of rapid changes: the best technology today becomes obsolete in the near future. If we review the graduate attributes of any of the software engineering programs across the world, life-long learning is one of them. The…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-11-22 Luiz Fernando Capretz , Fahem Ahmed , Fabio Queda Bueno da Silva

Higher education provides a solid theoretical and practical, but mostly technical, background for the aspiring software developer. Research, however, has shown that graduates still fall short of the expectations of industry. These…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Wouter Groeneveld , Joost Vennekens , Kris Aerts

Undergraduate programs in science and engineering include at least one course in basic programming, but seldom presented in a contextualized format, where computing is a tool for thinking and learning in the discipline. We have created a…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-06-26 Lorena A. Barba

The profile of research software engineering has been greatly enhanced by developments at institutions around the world to form groups and communities that can support effective, sustainable development of research software. We observe,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-08-07 Jeremy Cohen , Daniel S. Katz , Michelle Barker , Robert Haines , Neil Chue Hong

Software is becoming a critical component of most products and organizational functions. The ability to continuously improve software determines how well the organization can respond to market opportunities. Continuous software engineering…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-03-25 Eriks Klotins , Tony Gorschek

Background: Software project management activities help to introduce software process models in Software Engineering courses. However, these activities should be adequately aligned with the learning outcomes and support student's…

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To obtain employment, aspiring software engineers must complete technical interviews -- a hiring process which involves candidates writing code while communicating to an audience. However, the complexities of tech interviews are difficult…

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Nowadays, many software projects are partially or completely open-source based. There is an increasing need for companies to participate in open-source software (OSS) projects, e.g., in order to benefit from open source ecosystems. OSS…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-11-07 Fabian Fagerholm , Patrik Johnson , Alejandro Sánchez Guinea , Jay Borenstein , Jürgen Münch

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demands adequate levels of awareness and actions to address sustainability challenges. Software systems will play an important role in moving towards these targets. Sustainability skills…

The inclusion of internship courses in Software Engineering (SE) programs is essential for closing knowledge gaps and improving graduates' readiness for the software industry. Our study focuses on year-long internships at RMIT University…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Golnoush Abaei , Mojtaba Shahin , Maria Spichkova