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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
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Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
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The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
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2. Software Engineering
Mrs. R. Nancy Beaulah MCA., M.Phil.,
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Applications (UG)
V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women
Virudhunagar.
4. What will you do if you plan
to construct a home for your
own use?
5. Analyze your situation
About budget, square feet, requirements needed
A
B
C
D
Design a Paper plan
Call the engineer to draw a blue print
Implement
Actual construction of the building
Modify during construction
Minor modifications
Things you
may do
E Maintenance
After some years you need to do maintenance
9. Two Phases
Software Development
User needs and constraints
Designed to accommodate implementers,
users and maintainers
Source code & test
Supporting documents
Software Maintenance
Analysis of change requests
Redesign & modification of source code
Re-test
Update Supporting documents
10. Need for Systematic Approach
Occurs during 1960’s
Third generation computing hardware was invented
Multiprogramming, time sharing
Applications based on:
Airline reservation
Medical information
General-purpose time sharing
Miltary command and control
11. Problems Arise
Many systems built and delivered
Some of them never delivered
Among delivered, cost overruns, late delivery, lack reliability, inefficiency problem
occurs
To rectify the issues workshops were conducted.
West Germany, 1968 – consider growing problems in software technology
Rome, Italy, 1969 – addresses about technical and managerial processes
needed to develop and maintain software
The term “Software Engineering” was first used which is the provocative theme for
these workshops.
12. Software Engineering
During 1968, the applications of digital computers become increasingly
complex and critical.
As a result the software engineering has evolved into a technological
discipline
Many definitions were given to the term Software Engineering.
Software Engineering is the technological and managerial
discipline concerned with systematic production and
maintenance of software products that are developed and
modified on time and within cost estimates.
13. Software Engineering
The primary goals of software engineering are to improve the quality and productivity of software products
It is a new technological discipline which is distinct but based on
Computer science
Management science
Economics
Communication skills
Engineering approach to problem solving
Like other engineering discipline such as electrical engineering & chemical engineering it also relies on
scientific foundations
Software engineering requires both technical skill and managerial control
14. Software Engineering
Management science provides the foundation for software project management
Computing systems must be developed and maintained on time and within cost
estimates
Economics provides foundation for resource estimation and cost control
As software engineering occurs within organization good communication is needed
among customers, managers, software engineers, hardware engineers and other
technologists.
Good oral, written and interpersonal communications are needed for the software
engineer.
15. Software Engineering
Since software engineering is concerned with development and maintenance of technical
products problem solving techniques common to all engineering disciplines adapted.
Engineering problem solving techniques are used in project planning, management, analysis,
design and validation.
Appropriate notations, tools and techniques are used in these areas.
Concepts from computer science, management science, economics and communication skills
are combined within engineering problem solving techniques.
The result is software engineering.
Though there is many similarities are there between software engineering and traditional
engineering there exists some differences also.
The differences are lack of physical laws, lack of product visibility and obscurity in the interfaces
between software modules.
16. Software Engineering
Software is intangible: it has no mass, no volume, no color, no odor. That is no physical
properties
The effects produced by the software can be observable, the program itself is not.
Software does not degrade as hardware does.
Software failures are caused by design and implementation errors not by degradation
It is easy for optimistic individuals to state the software product is “95% complete”. But
measuring the statement is somewhat difficult.
Many of the software engineering concepts are concerned with improving the visibility of the
software products
In practical, software engineer creates model for the physical situations in software.
The mapping between the model and the reality being modeled has been called as intellectual
distance between the problem and computerized solution to the problem.
The fundamental principle of software engineering is to design software products that minimize
the intellectual distance between the problem and solution.
17. Software Engineering
Often it is not clear which approach will minimize the intellectual distance.
Often different approaches will minimize different dimensions of intellectual distance.
A fundamental principle for managing complexity is to decompose a large system into smaller, m
ore manageable subunits with well defined interfaces.
In software engineering, the units of decomposition is called as Modules.
Software modules have both control and data interfaces.
Control Interfaces – established via calling relationships.
Data Interfaces – established via passing parameters and global variables.
Too much specification of control interfaces will complicate the software.
Similarly parameters must agree in number and type.(Data Interfaces)
Programmers who intentionally write convoluted programs are called as Hackers.
18. Software engineering
During past decades significant advances have occurred in all areas of software
engineering
Many advanced tools, techniques and methodological approaches are developed for
each and every phase of software engineering.
Management techniques have been tailored with software engineering to improve the
quality of the software.
Automated tools have been developed to increase the software quality, programmer
productivity and management control of software projects.
19. Some definitions
Software engineering is concerned with managerial issues that lie outside the domain of
traditional programming.
On small projects involving one or two programmers of one or two months the development is
technical in nature
On projects involving more number of programmers and longer time duration management
control is required to coordinate the technical activities.
Programmer – used to denote a individual who is concerned with the details of implementing,
packaging and modifying algorithms and data structures.
Software Engineer – additionally concerned with issues of analysis, design, verification and test
ing, documentation, software maintenance and project management. He should have
considerable skill and experience as a programmer also.
20. Some Definitions
It is sometimes considered that only large projects need systematic approach.
For small projects it is not necessary.
But it is not true. For large projects we have to follow systematic methods, tools, techniques in a strict manner.
For small projects one can be casual but systematic approach is needed
Computer software, program, source code, software product are considered similar terms.
Computer Software – includes software and all associated documents, design specifications, source code,
test plans, user manuals
Software product – include both system-level software as well as application software.
Documentation
Internal documentation – explains the characteristics of a document.
External documentation – explains the characteristics of the associated documents.
21. Some Definitions
Customer – used to denote the individual or organization that initiates the procurement or modification of a
software product.
Usually customer organization different from product developer’s organization.
But sometimes it may be another division of parental organization.
Software quality is the primary concern of software engineers.
Quality attributes are important for any software product.
Some of the attributes are usefulness, clarity, reliability, efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Usefulness – the software product must satisfy the user needs.
Clarity – software products must be clearly written and easy to understand.
Reliability – the ability of a program to perform a required function under stated conditions for a stated period
of time.
Efficiency – stated in terms of memory space and execution time.
Cost-effective – must be cost-effective in both development and maintenance.
