Gregory M. Kapfhammer

Computer Science 580, Junior Seminar, Spring 2006

This seminar focuses on research methods in computer science. A module of the course taught by Gregory M. Kapfhammer will focus on the design paradigm within computer science (and, of course, still be influenced by the theory and abstraction paradigms as well). Further modules of the course will examine topics related to software engineering, software testing and analysis, and distributed systems. For more information about these areas please view my Research and All Research Deliverables.

Managing Bibliographies and the Digital Library

1. The ACM Computing Classification System contains a very useful classification of computer science scholarship. Browse through the system and find an area that is of interest to you. When you have found it, go to the board and write down your name and your selected area.

2. The ACM Digital Library contains many papers from conference proceedings and journals that might be of interest to you. Browse through these online resources and find at least five papers that are of interest to you and relevant to your selected area.

3. Try to use the reftex-mode module in emacs and then place a new citation inside of the paper. You should begin by using the menu item that appears after you press ESC X reftex-mode and then later learn the relevant key combinations.

4. Assignment: Use the shell of the document that you were assigned to complete for today. Find five new papers in the ACM Digital Library and cite those papers in your document. You should make sure that the bibliographic references are correctly formatted. You can submit this assignment today before the end of class or you can submit it at the beginning of the next class.

The Design Paradigm in Computer Science

1. Read the paper The design, implementation, and evaluation of adaptive code unloading for resource-constrained devices that was published in ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO), Volume 2, Issue 2 (June 2005). (Full citation available from the ACM Digital Library).

2. Read the paper Testing in Resource Constrained Execution Environments, that was published at the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2005). (Full citation available from the ACM Digital Library).

3. Preview the presentation Testing in Resource Constrained Execution Environments that was given at ASE 2005. This presentation will be given during class as part of our discussion of adaptive native code unloading.

4. Note that the quiz will include questions about both of the above papers. Students are encouraged to meet with Instructor Kapfhammer before the class sessions that will focus on the design paradigm.

Algorithms and Visualization

1. You can find information about the algorithms and visualization module at: http://cs.allegheny.edu/~gkapfham/teach/cs580/tutorial/graph.html.

Software Engineering and Distributed Systems

1. Make sure that you review the assignment Software Engineering and Distributed Systems, Spring 2006

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