COLLOQUIUM

School of Computing and Software Engineering (CSE)

Subject: Improving Software Practices through Industry-Academia Collaboration

Speaker: Dr. Lars Mathiassen, GRA Eminent Scholar & Professor of Computer Information Systems

Center for Process Innovation, J Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State Univ.

Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Time: 4:55-5:55 PM

Place: J 161

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING ABOUT 4:30 PM.

ABSTRACT

The colloquium presents results and lessons from collaborative research into improving software practices. How are such research projects organized and funded? What kinds of scientific contributions can be reported? What are the major contributions to the participating industrial partners? How can PhD students benefit from engaging in such efforts? And, how is the interaction between practical problem-solving and academic research best facilitated? The colloquium will report from an ongoing project in a small software firm in Georgia and also provide an overview of results from several years of research in many different software organizations in North America and Europe.

Biographical Sketch

Lars Mathiassen received his master’s degree in computer science from Aarhus University, Denmark, in 1975, his PhD in informatics from Oslo University, Norway, in 1981, and his Dr. Techn. degree in software engineering from Aalborg University, 1998. He is currently professor in Department of Computer Information Systems and co-founder of Center for Process Innovation at Georgia State University. His research interests are within information systems and software engineering with a particular emphasis on process innovation. He is a member of IEEE, ACM and AIS and coauthor of Computers in Context (Blackwell 1993), Object Oriented Analysis & Design (Marko Publishing, 2000), and Improving Software Organizations (Addison-Wesley, 2002). He currently serves as senior editor for MIS Quarterly and his research is published in journals like Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Communications of the ACM, Information, Technology & People, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, and IEEE Software.

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