Past Software Engineering Workshops for Educators

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has held free annual workshops for college educators since 2004. These workshops consist of three days. During the first two days, participants attend an established SEI course on software engineering, such as Software Architecture: Principles and Practices or Software Product Lines.

On the third day, senior SEI researchers typically lead a group session in which participants share experiences, ideas, and tangible artifacts for introducing software engineering topics into the college curriculum. The "shareable artifact" serves as an "entry fee," an idea suggested by the 2010 workshop attendees to formalize the sharing that has traditionally taken place and has had great success since we implemented it in the 2011 workshop. These artifacts have ranged from courses that focus on narrow skills such as code analysis, to teaching software engineering in a course that spans the software engineering lifecycle, to an overview of software engineering education as a focused certificate in a computer science undergraduate program.

In 2020 and 2021, in consideration of the online venue, we instead conducted educator-facilitated sessions on experiences and ideas for virtual education.

20th workshop, August 1-3, 2023
19th workshop, August 2-4, 2022
18th workshop, August 3-5, 2021
17th workshop, August 4-6, 2020
16th workshop, July 30–August 1, 2019
15th workshop, July 31–August 2, 2018

20th SEI Software Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 1-3, 2023 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The SEI hosts an annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software engineering. The SEI held the 20th Software Engineering Educators Workshop on August 1 – 3, 2023. 45 educators from 13 countries participated in this event. The program comprised a range of topics that included the impact of AI on education, supporting neurodivergent students, cyber forensics, and experiential learning.

The workshop has a direct practical impact on the attendees as reflected in the comments of one of the educators. “I had the privilege of attending the 20th CMU/SEI Software Engineering Workshop for Educators, an invaluable experience that has greatly enriched my pedagogical toolkit. The workshop not only provided a wealth of insightful content but also imparted a profound sense of purpose as I prepare my students to assume roles as future leaders in the industrial software engineering landscape.”

Len Bass, Lawrence Jones, and Linda Northrop reflected on changes over the past twenty years since the founding of the workshop with respect to software architecture, the academic landscape, and technology. Three topics of instruction were offered at this year’s event. Andrew Begel presented Supporting Neurodivergent Students in College and Onwards. Rotem Guttman and William R. Nichols presented Cyber Forensics and Incident Response, and Experiential Learning. Educators led interactive sessions on ABET Certificate Recognition, DEAPening Employer Academic Relationships, and the Impact of AI on Education and Software Engineering.

The SEI's Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2023 workshop.

Participants

Shmuel Abrahamson, Touro University, USA
Sameer Abufardeh, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Janaka Balasooriya, Arizona State University, USA
Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Phillipa Bennett, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Abdullah Bokhary, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Jennifer Breese, Indiana State University South Bend, USA
Tyler Brown, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Daniel Cordeiro, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hugo Cordero, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
Taz Daughtrey, Central Virginia Community College, USA
Germán Lenin Dugarte, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
Lawrence Dupak, Penn State Greater Allegheny, USA
Rochelle Elva, Rollins, USA
Mohamed Elwakil, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, USA
Xiaocong (Simon) Fan, California State University - San Marcos, USA
Steve Frezza, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
Luis García-Paucar, Aston University, United Kingdom
Javier González-Sánchez, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, USA
Randall Granier, Regis University, USA

Christine Hofmeister, East Stroudsburg University, USA
Naseem Ibrahim, Penn State Behrend, USA
Sune Chung Jepsen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Lawrence Jones, ABET, USA
Preeti Kaur, Nataji Suhas University of Technology, India
BJ Klingenberg, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, USA
Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Eduardo Miranda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Paula Morais, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
Luka Pavlic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State DuBois, USA
Hossein Saiedian, The University of Kansas, USA
Walter Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
William Sheers, Washington & Jefferson College, USA
Sandhya Soman, Gitam University, India
Raja Sooriamurthi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Christopher Taylor, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
Thanh-Tung Tran, International University, Vietnam
Elizabeth Wang, Waynesburg University, USA
Ingo Weber, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Peter Wu, Robert Morris University, USA
Eiriku Yamao, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Peru
Cui Zhang, California State University - Sacramento, USA

19th SEI Software Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 2-4, 2022 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

For the past 18 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software engineering. The SEI held the 19th Software Engineering Educators Workshop hybrid for the first time on August 2 – 4, 2022. There were 64 attendees from 16 countries. The program comprised a range of topics that included software engineering for AI, edge computing, software design, and transitioning back to in-person instruction.

The workshop has a direct practical impact on the attendees as reflected in the comments of one of the educators. “The SEI workshop is a unique resource for SE educators. The presentations on relevant topics in SE and the sharing of artifacts amongst all attendees is something that is not found on any other workshop or meeting that I attend. I repeatedly use artifacts, resources and recommended books in my advanced software engineering courses.”

Forrest Shull gave an update on the National Agenda for Software Engineering. Robert Nord reviewed Why and How Should Technical Debt be Managed. Three topics of instruction were offered at this year’s event. Christian Kästner presented From Models to Systems: Teaching Software Engineering to Data Scientists. Marc Novakouski and Kevin Pitstick presented Edge Computing: Software Engineering Challenges and Opportunities. Eunsuk Kang presented A Case-Study Approach to Teaching Software Design. Educators led an interactive session on What remains challenging in remote and hybrid instruction and transitioning back to in-person instruction. Discussion topics included: assessment, student engagement, hybrid teaching, and technology.

The SEI's Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2022 workshop.

Participants

Sameere Abufardeh, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Ricardo Anderson, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Phillipa Bennett, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Alejandro Bianchi, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Argentina
Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Abdullah Bokhary, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mehra Borazjany, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman University, USA
Taz Daughtrey, Central Virginia Community College, USA
Andres Diaz-Pace, UNICEN University, Argentina
Germán Lenin Dugarte, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain
Rochelle Elva, Rollins, USA
Edgar Fernandez, Universidad Anahuac Queretaro, Mexico
Steve Frezza, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
Everton Guimaraes, Penn State Great Valley, USA
Rob Hasker, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
Christine Hofmeister, East Stroudsburg University, USA
Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Naseem Ibrahim, Penn State Behrend, USA
Clemente Izurieta, Montana State University, USA
Jasmin Jahic, University of Cambridge, UK
Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University, Thailand
Chang-Hyun Jo, California State University at Fullerton, USA
Lawrence Jones, ABET, USA
Preeti Kaur, Nataji Suhas University of Technology, India
Frederick Kohun, Robert Morris University, USA
Fabio Kon, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
John Landmesser, Penn State Brandywine, USA
Tom Longstaff, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, USA

Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Nancy Mead, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Simanta Mitra, Iowa State University, USA
Paula Morais, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
Luka Pavlic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Graciela Perera, Northeastern Illinois University, USA
Saheed Popoola, University of Cincinnati, USA
Jason Porter, University of North Georgia, USA
Sarnath Ramnath, St. Cloud State University, USA
Annajiat Alim Rasel, Brac University, Bangladesh
Faqeer Ur Rehman, Montana State University, USA
Tamara Rogers, Tennessee State University, USA
Ioana Rus, University of Maryland Global Campus, USA
Hossein Saiedian, The University of Kansas, USA
Pablo Sainz, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Nayda Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, USA
Walter Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
Raja Sooriamurthi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Annamaria Szakonyi, Saint Louis University, USA
Christopher Taylor, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
Kim Tracy, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Thanh-Tung Tran, International University, Vietnam
Eray Tuzun, Bilkent University, Turkey
Michael Van Hilst, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Perla Velasco, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
Michael Verdicchio, The Citadel (The Military College of South Carolina), USA
Ping Wang, Robert Morris University, USA
Elizabeth Wang, Waynesburg University, USA
Ingo Weber, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Maria Weber, Saint Louis University, USA
James Wessel, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, USA
Peter Wu, Robert Morris University, USA
Martin Yeh, Penn State Brandywine, USA
Cui Zhang, California State University, USA

18th SEI Software Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 3-5, 2021 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

For the past 17 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software engineering. The SEI held the 18th Software Engineering Educators Workshop virtually for the second time on August 3 - August 5, 2021. There were 75 attendees from 16 countries, the largest group in the workshop’s history. The program comprised a range of topics that included software engineering for artificial intelligence (SE4AI), artificial intelligence for software engineering (AI4SE), designing and developing blockchain applications, and remote teaching.

The workshop has a direct practical impact on the attendees as reflected in the comments of one of the educators. “This workshop has been always informative, educational and inspiring to me. The experiences shared among educators can help us improve our teaching effectiveness not only during the current pandemic but also the time post pandemic.”

Ipek Ozkaya gave an update on AI Engineering. Grace Lewis introduced the general field of software engineering for AI (SE4AI) and reported on several SEI projects in this area. James Ivers and Ipek Ozkaya reported on the state of research in AI applied to improving software development efficiency and summarized the SEI's work in this area with a focus on recent progress in search-based refactoring. Ingo Weber presented the concepts of blockchain applications. Raja Sooriamurthi, Hossein Saiedian, Janaka Balasooriya, Claudine Allen, Annajiat Alim Rasel, and Len Bass led an interactive session on The Post-Covid Classroom. Discussion topics included: bringing online experiences to the in-person classroom; student evaluation, assessment, and academic integrity; student engagement and the well-being of students; hybrid classroom; and impact of technology on the diversity landscape of students.

The SEI's Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2021 workshop.

Participants

Sameere Abufardeh, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Claudine Allen, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Ricardo Anderson, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Janaka Balasooriya, Arizona State University, USA
Martin Barrett, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Joseph Benin, United States Coast Guard Academy, USA
Philippa Bennett, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Alejandro Bianchi, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Argentina
Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Mehra Borazjany, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University, Mexico
Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman University, USA
Sridhar Chimalakonda, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India
Hugo Cordero, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
Taz Daughtrey, Central Virginia Community College, USA
Andres Diaz-Pace, UNICEN University, Argentina
Rochelle Elva, Rollins, USA
Xiaocong (Simon) Fan, California State University San Marcos, USA
Ethan Gold, United States Coast Guard Academy, USA
Rinkaj Goyal, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India
Galen Grimes, Penn State Allegheny, USA
Everton Guimaraes, Penn State Great Valley, USA
Rob Hasker, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
Rachelle Hippler, Baldwin Wallace University, USA
Christine Hofmeister, East Stroudsburg University, USA
Kate Holdener, Saint Louis University, USA
Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Naseem Ibrahim, Penn State Behrend, USA
Diane Igoche, Robert Morris University, USA
Clemente Izurieta, Montana State University, USA
Jeffrey Jackson, Duquesne University, USA
Jasmin Jahic, University of Cambridge, UK
Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University, Thailand
Lawrence Jones, ABET, USA
Kathy Kanemoto, Merced College, USA

Enis Karaarslan, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey
Nader Kesserwan, Robert Morris University, USA
Fabio Kon, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
John Landmesser, Penn State Brandywine, USA
Norma Birginia Leon-Lescano, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru
Rhonda Maus, Defense Acquisition University, USA
Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Nancy Mead, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Eduardo Miranda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Bhabani Misra, University of St. Thomas, USA
Paula Morais, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
Hyuntae Na, Penn State Harrisburg, USA
Mehran Alidoost Nia, York University, UK
Luka Pavlic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Graciela Perera, Northeastern Illinois University, USA
Alfredo Perez, Columbus State University, USA
Thomas Plunkett, Harrisburg University, USA
Jason Porter, University of North Georgia, USA
Sarnath Ramnath, St. Cloud State University, USA
Annajiat Alim Rasel, Brac University, Bangladesh
Farshad Ravanshad, Housatonic Community College, USA
Faqeer Ur Rehman, Montana State University, USA
Tamara Rogers, Tennessee State University, USA
Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University, USA
Hossein Saiedian, The University of Kansas, USA
Nayda Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Sajjan Shiva, The University of Memphis, USA
Bob Skertic, Defense Acquisition University, USA
Raja Sooriamurthi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Shvetha Soundararajan, George Mason University, USA
Christopher Taylor, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
Sam Thangiah, Slippery Rock University, USA
Thanh-Tung Tran, International University, Vietnam
Eray Tuzun, Bilkent University, Turkey
Michael Van Hilst, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Ingo Weber, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Peter Wu, Robert Morris University, USA
Martin Yeh, Penn State Brandywine, USA
Cui Zhang, California State University, USA

17th SEI Software Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 4-6, 2020 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

For the past 16 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software engineering. The SEI held the 17th Software Engineering Educators Workshop virtually for the first time on August 4 - August 6, 2020. There were 47 attendees from 14 countries, the largest group in the workshop’s history. The program comprised a range of topics that included machine learning (ML), quantum computing, and remote teaching.

The attendees lauded the workshop that “provides a unique forum for software engineering educators that brings frontier topics in software engineering education and presents them in a practical way.” They welcomed the opportunity to learn from each other as they face the challenge of remote teaching, “Given the circumstances of the pandemic there were nice comments from faculty about how they are changing their teaching methods and also about resources to teach online.”

Anita Carleton gave an update on the National Agenda for Software Engineering Research and Development. Grace Lewis presented results from the SEI project on Software Engineering for ML Systems: Characterizing and Detecting Mismatch in ML Systems. Len Bass and Daniel Justice presented the concepts of quantum computing followed by an interactive lab. Marty Barrett, Shawn Bohner, and Steve Chenoweth led an interactive session on Experiences in Remote Learning and Teaching in the Times of COVID-19.

The SEI's Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2020 workshop.

Participants

Jameela Al-Jaroodi, Robert Morris University, USA
Claudine Allen, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Ricardo Anderson, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Martin Barrett, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Joseph Benin, United States Coast Guard Academy, USA
Philippa Bennett, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Alejandro Bianchi, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Argentina
Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Mehra Borazjany, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University, USA
Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman University, USA
Andres Diaz-Pace, UNICEN University, Argentina
Germán Lenin Dugarte, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Rochelle Elva, Rollins, USA
Ethan Gold, United States Coast Guard Academy, USA
Rinkaj Goyal, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India
Christine Hofmeister, East Stroudsburg University, USA
Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University, USA
John Hurley, National Defense University, USA
Naseem Ibrahim, Penn State Behrend, USA
Clemente Izurieta, Montana State University, USA
Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University, Thailand
Lawrence Jones, ABET, USA
Nader Kesserwan, Robert Morris University, USA
Fabio Kon, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Norma Birginia Leon-Lescano, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru
Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Bhabani Misra, University of St. Thomas, USA
Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Paula Morais, Universidade Portucalense, Portugal
Donald Needham, United States Naval Academy, USA
Mehran Alidoost Nia, York University, UK
Joanne Peca, Penn State University, USA
Alfredo Perez, Columbus State University, USA
Saheed Popoola, University of Alabama, USA
Jason Porter, University of North Georgia, USA
Rajendra Raj, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Annajiat Alim Rasel, Brac University, Bangladesh
Farshad Ravanshad, Housatonic Community College, USA
Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University, USA
Hossein Saiedian, The University of Kansas, USA
Eray Tuzun, Bilkent University, Turkey
Perla Velasco, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
Ingo Weber, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Eiriku Yamao, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Peru
Cui Zhang, California State University, USA

16th SEI Software Engineering Workshop for Educators
July 30–August 1, 2019 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

For the past 15 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software architecture and software product lines. This year’s workshop was attended by 33 participants, the event’s greatest attendance to date. The program comprised a range of topics that included artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and software quality.

Participating educators represented institutions located in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United States, and Thailand. The attendees lauded the workshop as “a great way to expose faculty to exciting topics that are shaping the way systems are designed and implemented.” They also welcomed the opportunity to “meet with colleagues and share curriculum content in such a fast-paced domain.”

Two courses were offered at this year’s event. The SEI’s April Galyardt and Lena Pons taught Machine Learning 101, and Carnegie Mellon University’s Alex John London delivered Ethical Reasoning In, and About, Artificial Intelligence.

The SEI's Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2019 workshop.

Participants

Janaka Balasooriya, Arizona State University, USA
Martin Barrett, East Tennessee State University, USA
Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Michael Battig, St. Michael's College, USA
Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Mehra Borazjany, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University, Mexico
Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman University, USA
David Dombrowski, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
Derek Doroski, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
Germán Lenin Dugarte, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Rochelle Elva, Rollins College, USA
Maria Andréia Formico-Rodrigues, University of Fortaleza, Brazil
Shihong Huang, Florida Atlantic University, USA
John Hurley, National Defense University, USA
Clemente Izurieta, Montana State University, USA
Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University, Thailand
Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Carlos Mendes, University of Fortaleza, Brazil
Nabor Mendonca, University of Fortaleza, Brazil
Eduardo Miranda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Bhabani Misra, University of St. Thomas, USA
Sara Moussawi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Hyuntae Na, Penn State Harrisburg, USA
Alfredo Perez, Columbus State University, USA
Kal Rabb, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Sarnath Ramnath, St. Cloud State University, USA
Walter Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
Rose Shumba, Bowie State University, USA
Bob Skertic, Defense Acquisition University, USA
James Wessel, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
Eiriku Yamao, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Perú
Cui Zhang, California State University, USA

15th SEI Software Engineering Workshop for Educators
July 31–August 2, 2018 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

For the past 14 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software architecture and software product lines. As in past years, this year's workshop encompassed multiple topics such as software architecture, project management, scrum sprint simulation, forensics, web services design, blockchain, and software configuration management. The event, in keeping with our tradition for this workshop, is free of charge and open to any accredited, college-level educator.

There were 27 educators representing institutions located in Canada, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Attendees described the workshop as "a great conduit for collaboration among software engineering educators and technologists" and "useful and rich with hands-on information."

Two courses were offered to the attendees:

DevOps in Practice (Instructor: Hasan Yasar)
Managing Technical Debt of Software (Instructor: Robert Nord)

The SEI's Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2018 workshop.

Participants

Ricardo Anderson, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Rami Bahsoon, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Janaka Balasooriya, Arizona State University, USA
Martin Barrett, East Tennessee State University, USA
Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Roger Champagne, University of Quebec, Canada
Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
David Dombrowski, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
Chen Huo, Shippensburg University, USA
Clemente Izurieta, Montana State University, USA
Edward Kovach, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA
Samuel Malachowsky, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Eduardo Miranda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Bhabani Misra, University of St. Thomas, USA
Francis Palma, Ryerson University, Canada
Mark Paulk, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Luka Pavlic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
William Reed, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Walter Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
Bob Skertic, Defense Acquisition University, USA
Gabriel Tamura, Icesi University, Colombia
Perla Velasco, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
Michael Verdicchio, The Citadel (The Military College of South Carolina), USA
Carol Wellington, Shippensburg University, USA
James Wessel, Franciscan University of Steubenville, USA

14th SEI Software Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 1–3, 2017 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

For the past 13 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software architecture and software product lines. Formerly called the Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop, this workshop has broadened its scope to cover the entire field of software engineering. The event, in keeping with our tradition for this workshop, is free of charge and open to any accredited, college-level educator.

There were 27 attendees, the largest group in the workshop's history. Approximately half were first-time attendees. Countries represented at the workshop were Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Mexico, Perú, and the United States. Attendees described the workshop as a "significant aid in teaching software engineering" and a "great source of relevant and timely software education guidance and resources."

Two courses were offered to the attendees:

Design Guidelines and Patterns for Microservices (Instructor: Paulo Merson)
QUELCE: Planning for Change, a New Era in Cost Estimation (Instructor: Robert Stoddard)

The SEI's Grace Lewis, Robert Nord, and Ipek Ozkaya facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2017 workshop.

Participants

Janaka Balasooriya, Arizona State University, USA
Martin Barrett, East Tennessee State University, USA
Dimitar Birov, Sofia University, Bulgaria
Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University, Mexico
Roger Champagne, University of Quebec, Canada
Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman University, USA
Andres Diaz-Pace, UNICEN University, Argentina
Xiaocong Fan, Penn State Behrend, USA
Isaac Griffith, Montana State University, USA
Waldy Grandez, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Perú
Bruce Herring, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Christine Hofmeister, East Stroudsburg University, USA
Naseem Ibrahim, Penn State Behrend, USA
Norma Birginia Leon-Lescano, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Perú
Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Nabor Mendonca, University of Fortaleza, Brazil
Paulo Merson, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Eduardo Miranda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Christian Newman, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Mark Paulk, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Alfredo Perez, Columbus State University, USA
Chandan Rupakheti, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University, USA
Perla Velasco, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
James Wessel, SEI, USA
Cui Zhang, California State University, USA

13th SEI Software Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 2–4, 2016 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

For the past 12 years, the SEI has hosted an annual Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas among educators whose curricula include the subjects of software architecture and software product lines. This year, the SEI renamed this workshop and broadened its scope to cover the entire field of software engineering. The event, in keeping with our tradition for this workshop, was free of charge and open to any accredited, college-level educator.

Two courses were offered to attendees:

Big Data: Architectures and Technology (Instructor: John Klein)
Designing Modern SOA Systems (Instructor: Paulo Merson)

The SEI’s Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2016 workshop.

Participants

Claudine Allen, University of West Indies, Jamaica
Janaka Balasooriya, Arizona State University, USA
Martin Barrett, East Tennessee State University, USA
Dimitar Birov, Sofia University, Bulgaria
Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Maria Gabriela Calle, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University, Mexico
Roger Champagne, University of Quebec, Canada
Stephen Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Julien Delange, SEI, USA
Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University, Thailand
Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Michael McLendon, SEI, USA
Paulo Merson, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Eduardo Miranda, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Luka Pavlic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Dave Pearson, Defense Acquisition University, USA
Chandan Rupakheti, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University, USA
Hossein Saiedian, The University of Kansas, USA
Naveen Sharma, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Bob Skertic, Defense Acquisition University, USA
Christine Hofmeister, East Stroudsburg University, USA
Mei-Huei Tang, Gannon University, USA
Ales Zivkovic, Innopolis University, Russia

12th SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 3–5, 2015 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The 12th SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators incorporated two SEI courses:

Engineering Run-Time Malware Detection (Instructors: Aaron Volkmann and Rick Kazman), covered the principles of designing and implementing a real-time malware detection system for an existing operating system, with concrete examples for Windows 7.
DevOps and Continuous Delivery: Software Architecture, Security, and Interactive Learning (Instructor: Jose Morales), covered the adoption of DevOps practices and continuous-delivery workflows. The architecture component of the course focused on the relationships among application software, the deployment environment, and the supporting tooling.

The SEI’s Grace Lewis and Robert Nord facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2015 workshop.

Participants

William Anderson, SEI, USA
Marty Barrett, East Tennessee State University, USA
Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Shawn Bohner, Rose‐Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Luis Castro, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
Humberto Cervantes, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
Roger Champagne, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada
Stephen Chenoweth, Rose‐Hulman Institute of Technology, USA
Mike Deutsch, University of New Hampshire, USA
Luis García‐Paucar, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru
Christine Hofmeister, East Stroudsburg University, USA
Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University, Thailand
Norma Birginia Leon‐Lescano, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru
Michael McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University, USA
Perla Velasco, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico

11th SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 4–6, 2014 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

On the first two days of the the 11th SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators, participants attended the course Advanced Software Architecture Workshop (Instructor: Felix Bachmann).

The third day consisted of invited talks by two SEI Senior Members of the Technical Staff and a group session. Ian Gorton spoke on "Software Architecture for Big Data Systems," and Felix Bachmann spoke on "Designing Architectures Using UML Tools." In the group session, facilitated by SEI team members, participants shared experiences, ideas, and tangible artifacts for introducing software architecture and product line topics into the college curriculum.

The SEI's Rick Kazman and Grace Lewis and facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2014 workshop.

10th SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 5–7, 2013 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The first two days of the 10th SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators concentrated on two topics: the Architectural Implications of Cloud Computing and Economics-Driven Architecting. A group session was conducted on the third day to brainstorm about using ideas that emerged from the topic discussions. SEI members facilitated and shared experiences, ideas, and tangible artifacts for introducing software architecture and product line topics into the college curriculum.

The SEI's James Edmondson and James McHale, also senior members of the technical staff, supplemented the coursework with invited talks. Edmondson discussed the next generation of mobile computing, while McHale addressed the Team Software Process and architecture. The workshop's formal program was followed by a group session facilitated by the SEI's Larry Jones.

The SEI’s Grace Lewis, Robert Nord, and Ipek Ozkaya facilitated this year's workshop.

Read our news article about the 2013 workshop.

Ninth SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 6–8, 2012 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The Ninth SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators began with the two-day course Advanced Topics in Service-Oriented Architecture. This course provided guidance in architecting and designing service-oriented systems, implementing SOA governance, securing service-oriented systems, and testing service-oriented systems.

The third day was a group session, facilitated by SEI team members, to share experiences, ideas, and tangible artifacts for introducing software architecture and product line topics into the college curriculum.

This community of educators and their influence on the direction of software engineering education continues to grow. Through these participants, hundreds of students annually are exposed to software architecture and product line concepts. Attendees every year have stated that as a result of the Educators Workshop they incorporate new material into their courses including software architecture, software product lines, SEI methods, the Pedagogical Product Line, and the Hard Choices game.

Eighth SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 8–10, 2011 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The Eighth SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators began with a one-day course, Service-Oriented Architecture: Best Practices for Successful Adoption. This introductory course provided a "50,000-foot" view of SOA implications for an organization; introduces services, service consumers, and infrastructure as basic components of service-oriented systems; outlines common technologies for enabling service-oriented systems; and addresses SOA development challenges.

The second day consisted of the course Service-Oriented Architecture: Legacy Systems Migration. This course built on the common misconception that it is easy to integrate any legacy system into an SOA environment. The course began with the business and technical considerations that make a migration effort infeasible. Then the SOA Migration, Adoption, and Reuse Technique (SMART) was introduced as a way to analyze the viability of reusing legacy systems in SOA environments.

The third day was a group session, facilitated by SEI team members, to share experiences, ideas and tangible artifacts for introducing software architecture and product line topics into the college curriculum.

Collaboration at this workshop resulted in a workshop proposal for SIGCSE 2012.

Seventh SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 16–18, 2010 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The Seventh SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators began with a two-day course, Developing Software Product Lines. This two-day course provided an in-depth treatment of the concepts and essential ideas covered in the Software Product Lines course. Using a comprehensive software product line example that included a complete set of assets and artifacts, participants worked together to carry out management and engineering activities necessary for successful product line practice.

The third day was a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture and product line concepts in their courses.

Collaboration at this workshop resulted in a workshop presented at CSEET on May 22, 2011, by Marty Barrett, Ayse Bener, Steve Chenowith, and Amine Chigani.

The group decided to ask for a shared artifact as the "entry fee" for the workshop next year.

Participants

Ozlem Albayrak, Bilkent University
Mohammad Alkandari, Virginia Tech
Marty Barrett, East Tennessee State University
Ayse Bener, Ryerson University / Bogazici University
Shawn Bohner, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Humberto Cervantes, Metropolitan University
Narong Chansoi, Naresuan University
Steve Chenowith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Amine Chigani, Virginia Tech
Jorge Diaz-Herrera, Rochester Institute of Technology
Amanda Holland-Minkley, Washington and Jefferson College
John Hunt, Covenant College
Lisa Jamba, University of North Florida
Suradet Jitprapaikulsarn, Naresuan University
John McGregor, SEI/Clemson University
Bhabani Misra, University of Saint Thomas
Arturo Sanchez, University of North Florida
Sajjan Shiva, University of Memphis
Ludwig Slusky, California State University Los Angeles
Raj Sooriamurthi, Carnegie Mellon University
Mei-Huei Tang, Gannon University
Perla Velasco, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas
Cui Zhang, California State University Sacramento

Sixth SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 3–4, 2009 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The Sixth SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering (ACE) Workshop for Educators began with the two-day course Software Product Lines, which introduced the world of software product lines and the basic concepts behind it. The course also provided an overview of the essential technical and management practices needed to succeed with software product lines, and guidelines and patterns for applying product line techniques. This course was based on the book Software Product Lines: Practices and Patterns.

The third day of the workshop was a brainstorming session, led by the SEI architecture team members.

This workshop resulted in a half-day tutorial presented at CSEET on March 11, 2010, by Marty Barrett, Ayse Bener, Steve Chenowith, Amine Chigani, and Larry Jones.

Fifth SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 18–20, 2008 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The Fifth SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators began with the two-day course Software Architecture Design and Analysis. This course provided in-depth coverage of the concepts needed to effectively design and analyze a software architecture. The essential considerations for defining any architecture were carefully examined and then illustrated through application of the SEI Attribute-Driven Design (ADD) software architecture design method. This course also explored architecture analysis in-depth and introduced the SEI Quality Attribute Workshop (QAW) and the SEI Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM). Through multiple exercises, participants studied an application of these methods and applied them to sample problems.

The third day was a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture design and analysis concepts and methods in academic courses.

Fourth SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
July 31–August 2, 2007 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The Fourth SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators started with a two-day course, Documenting Software Architectures. This two-day course provided in-depth coverage of effective software architecture documentation practices that meet the needs of the entire architecture stakeholder community. This course presented the information in the context of prevailing prescriptive models, including the Rational Unified Process (RUP), the Siemens Four Views software approach, the IEEE 1471-2000 standard, and the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The course is based on the book Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond.

The third day consisted of a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture documentation concepts and methods in academic courses.

Third SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
June 27–29, 2006 | Los Angeles, CA

About the Workshop

The Third Software Architecture Workshop for Educators was a three-day forum for sharing SEI software architecture technology with educators and for jointly determining ways to incorporate these concepts and methods into academic courses.

Software architecture determines how engineers communicate design decisions, how managers structure work breakdowns, and how both create software product lines. The SEI has developed a collection of architectural methods and practices for designing software-intensive systems that meet their intended business and quality goals. These methods and their underlying focus on quality attributes can strengthen undergraduate and graduate courses on software architecture and design.

The workshop started with a two-day course, Software Architecture: Principles and Practices, which is the root course in the SEI Software Architecture curriculum.

The third day consisted of a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture concepts and methods in academic courses. Discussions included

how to think architecturally
key ideas to incorporate into software engineering courses
exercises and tool support for exercises
forming and expanding the software architecture educator’s community

Second SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 2–4, 2005 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The Software Architecture Workshop for Educators was a three-day forum for sharing SEI software architecture technology with educators and for jointly determining ways to incorporate these concepts and methods into academic courses.

Software architecture determines how engineers communicate design decisions, how managers structure work breakdowns, and how both create software product lines. The SEI has developed a collection of architectural methods and practices for designing software-intensive systems that meet their intended business and quality goals. These methods and their underlying focus on quality attributes can strengthen undergraduate and graduate courses on software architecture and design.

The workshop repeated the successful format from last year, beginning with a two-day course, Software Architecture: Principles and Practices, which is the root course in the SEI Software Architecture curriculum.

The third day consisted of a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture concepts and methods in academic courses. The results from last year's workshop was also shared.

First SEI Architecture-Centric Engineering Workshop for Educators
August 16–18, 2004 | Pittsburgh, PA

About the Workshop

The SEI Software Architecture Workshop for Educators was a three-day forum for sharing SEI software architecture technology with educators and for jointly determining ways to incorporate these concepts and methods into academic courses.

Software architecture determines how engineers communicate design decisions, how managers structure work breakdowns, and how both create software product lines. The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has developed a collection of architectural methods and practices for designing software-intensive systems that meet their intended business and quality goals. These methods and their underlying focus on quality attributes can strengthen undergraduate and graduate courses on software architecture and design.

The workshop began with a two-day course, Software Architecture: Principles and Practices, which is the root course in the SEI Software Architecture curriculum.

The third day consisted of a brainstorming session, led by SEI architecture team members, on the inclusion of SEI software architecture concepts and methods in academic courses.

Software Engineering Workshop for Educators