1. Page 1, CBSE graduate course Component-Based Software Engineering Building reliable component-based systems Assigments for the CBSE group

2. Page 2, CBSE graduate course Overall Goals Goals:  Get insight in CBSE Basic principles Trends in research and practice  Better understanding of particular topic within CBSE  Training in summarizing and presentation of research material  Training in discussions, reviewing  Training in doing additional research for a specified topics

3. Page 3, CBSE graduate course Assignment 0  Quality attributes and ability of reasoning about their composition Component A has property Pa Component B as a property Pb What property P has an assembly of Pa+Pb?  Reading a paper and filling a questionnaire Returning the questionnaire

4. Page 4, CBSE graduate course Assignment 1  Per topic (a part or set of chapters) Write a report that summarizes a selected topic from the CBSE book (+ an additional aspect).  Explore the reference material  2500 words ± 10% (6-8 pages)  template template Presentation material – ca 10-15 slides – USE TEMPLATE  Presentation 15 minutes, minutes questions Review 2 or 3 reports from other students  Review template Review template  1 student, or 2 students work together  (some PhD students skip writing part and focus on Assignment 2)

5. Page 5, CBSE graduate course Assignment 2 – Predictable Assembly report  Write a discussion paper that uses a particular topic in predictable assembly of components based on the lectures It can be a state-of-the-art It can be a research paper It can be an (programming) experiment  Presentation 20 minutes presentation (15 min presentation, 5 minutes discussions).  Technical paper (3500-4000 words)  1 student, or 2 students work together

6. Page 6, CBSE graduate course Grades Ph.D. Course and D-level course – 5 points Grades: 3,4, 5 (PhD students – a Certificate) Criteria: Quality Understability, references, technically sound Presentation, Reports Deadlines

7. Page 7, CBSE graduate course Work on paper I Workload w4w5w6w7w8w9w10w11w12 Lectures Seminars Report submission Review Submission Extended report Submission Individual discussions Work on seminar I Work on seminar II Work on paper I Work on paper II Time Review Workload Work on extended report Ass.1 Final version Report submission

8. Page 8, CBSE graduate course Assignments to next time:  Select topics for the first report Send a mail by 26/2/2004  Title, selected topic (chapters) + ev. Focus on a particular question  Questionnaire Filled in by 26/2/2004