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SWELL - An Introduction20100119, WTC, StockholmRichard Torkar (BTH)[email protected]

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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Background

Programvaruteknik (software engineering)

Empirical research

PhD candidates often part-time in industry

More than 50% of the students are non-Swedish and the same applies to professors


Software Engineering ResearchA model for technology transfer in practice by Gorschek et al.


MdH, Västerås

BTH, RonnebyLTH, Lund

ITU & CTH, Göteborg


Purpose and Goals

More PhDs (G1)

of international top class (G2) with

innovation & entrepren.-knowl. in VaV (G3)

Close contact & exchange:

industry <-> academy (G4) &

industry <-> industry (G5)

swe. innovation env <-> internat. best (G6)

“National Innovation driver for VaV”


Summary of ActivitiesResearch study plan

Cross-use of seniors

IT support for PhD student process

Web, PR & Information

PhD courses

Industry reports on V&V

Glue course “Research Creativity & Innovation”

Summer courses by guest profs

Innovation workshops

Thesis prizes

PhD guest research abroad

Mobility to Industry

Common research applications


Courses

SWELL “Glue” Course: CIV (Creativity and Innovation in SW V&V) ...

2009 20132010 2011 2012

PropTest

AutoV&V

SafetyV&V

Processes

PropTest

AutoV&V

From Research to Business






Mobility AbroadOne PhD student has been abroad for four months

One will visit King’s College (UK) for two months during 2010

Lessons learned:

Too early go abroad before licentiate

Industry PhDs can mostly go within their company, otherwise hard to combine with industrial PhD students

Bring top professors to SWELL instead (summer school and as visitors)


Industry Support


Collaboration with Industry#

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

9 10


Organisation

1+1+1 2 dokt+2 ind+3 akad

1+4

4+4+4+49+10


V&V News Sweden

Blog on swell.se

News on SWELL, conferences etc.

“De-academize” new results

Web surveys

PhD students blogs

Students going abroad this year


Happening now...

SWELL goes to China and visits CAS and Ericsson, China

SWELL participating in International Conference on Software Engineering and International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation

10% of the papers on the IC on Software Testing are from SWELL (up ‘till Jan. 2010 SWELL has produced 50 papers, approx. 20% co-written with industry - which to be honest is a bad thing...)

Again, new PhD student entering SWELL

10 students in the school now

More companies are interested in joining (discussion ongoing how this will be done)


SWELL Scale for Industry Involvement

# Type Description

7

Collaboration

Employed by company

6Collaboration

Office at company

5Collaboration

Recurrent visits

4

Collaboration

Several visits

3 Exchange Data collection

2Visit

(One) Visit & discussions

1Visit

Presentation

0 Contact Initial

Modifiers: ? Planned collabA Co-applicantP Co-published


Plans for next phase

Extend to 14-16 PhD students

Send senior PhD’s on visits abroad (one currently in China)

Involve international professors in summer schools

Industry/innovation workshops with wider invitations

Establish courses, course formats & industry participation

Decide on long-term funding strategy

Establish Master Thesis price (funding secured)

International and National Marketing

Process for consultancy company involvement


Improvements?

Requirements on students reg. courses and mobility

Define excellence

Move money around...

Allow students to actively plan and execute e.g. the summer schools


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