The course is intended for the doctoral or masters student in computer science.
The course focuses on the research issues of software evolution and maintenance. Topics such as program comprehension,
design recovery, program analysis, program transformation,
refactoring, and programming enviornments will be investigated.
The course will be run in a seminar style with students required to read two research papers
(approxmately 10 pages each) per class.
Grades will be determined by daily class participation and paper presentations.
Attendance is required. Additionally, there will be a term project (paper and presentation).
Students should have taken a software engineering course previously and have a good software development background.
Prerequisites: CS 6/73901 Software Engineering Methodologies, similar course, or strong software engineering background.
Time: MW 11:00 - 12:15pm
Location: 222 Bowman Hall (may move to MSB)
URL:http://www.cs.kent.edu/~jmaletic/cs63902/
Last update (EST): October 13 2025 14:35:38.