1. Carolyn B. Seaman Empirical SWE CV 1991-1996 - PhD Student, University of Maryland, supervised by Vic Basili 1996-1998 - Postdoc, University of Maryland, supervised by Vic Basili 1998-present - Assistant Professor, UMBC 1998-present - Research Scientist, Fraunhofer Center for Empirical Software Engineering, Maryland

2. Carolyn B. Seaman Past Research Topics Organization and communication in software development organizations COTS-based software development Use of OO frameworks Core sets of metrics Experience Factory issues

3. Carolyn B. Seaman Current Projects Information sources for software maintenance Creativity in system design Support/infrastructure for an Experience Factory Packaging experience Qualitative research methods

4. Carolyn B. Seaman Benefits of ISERN Membership Develop existing relationships into collaborations Meet new members of the community Replication of maintenance studies Study experience management in a diversity of software organizations