Notes
Outline
Perspectives on Software Engineering
David Notkin (referee)
University of Washington
Seattle USA
Points to remember
See your doctor annually
Friday is “casual day” at ICSE
Goals of the panel
Provide a non-standard view of the future of software engineering
Collectively sketch a sense of the key directions in which software engineering practice, research and education should and must go
Select really smart people from two groups not usually on such panels
Recent Ph.D. graduates who have taken academic positions
Senior people who have moved from the research community into a world in which they face software engineering problems directly
Panelists
Marc Donner, Morgan Stanley
Mike Ernst, MIT LCS
Michael Gorlick, Aerospace
Peggy Storey, U Victoria
Jim Whitehead, UC Santa Cruz
Format
10 minute panelist presentations
Each followed by one or two clarifying questions
The remainder of the time will be a free-for-all between and amongst the panelists and the audience
More points to remember
Have fun!
Be aggressive in stating your views
No hitting below the belt
All decisions of the referee are final