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2007/2008 Spring Semester

MSc Level. 06-18157 Component-Based Software Engineering. 10 Credits. 100%.

-Module syllabus can be found here

-This module is available through WebCt. Students enrolled in this module are given automatic access. Add Components-Based Software to your current module selection.

- Handouts will be provided at the beginning of each unit.

- An effort has been made to make sure that the below units are self-contained. You are encouraged to consult the listed references for further reading.

Note: I am delivering the module for the first time at Birmingham. More units are under preparation and will be added as the module proceeds. The module will also include a number of group presentations on basic and advanced topics in CBSE. Presentations will be made available online under separate unit(s) and through Webct.

Unit Number	Download	Content	References
Unit 0	Module Introduction	Module introduction and assessment
Unit 1	1. Essentials to Component-Based Software: Getting Started A1. Supplementary Examples for Your Reference: -Design by Contract Example -IDL note from the OMG A2. Solution: Modelling Service Components	Brief motivation to components-based software Components-based software essentials - Components - Components characteristics - Interfaces - Specification and Interface Description Language (IDL) - Components vs. objects - Components and architectures - Components as services - Components composition - Component Models - Frameworks - Middleware Exercises: Sketching simple components and defining their interfaces (refer to A2 for sample solution)	Building Reliable Component-Based Software Systems by Ivica Crnkovic and Magnus Larsson (Chapters 1) Software Engineering, 8^th Edition, Ian Sommerville(Chapter 19) Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented programming, Clemens Szyperski(introductory chapters) Engineering Distributed Objects, Wolfgang Emmerich Software Engineering Radio: Episode on Components-based Software
Unit 2	Design and Modelling of OO and Components-Based Software Using UML (More diagrams to be added. Exercises are all contained in the unit)	Overview/review of UML notions for Engineering OO and CBS Software - Introduction - Use case modelling - Scenarios - Activity diagrams - Class analysis and object diagrams - Interaction diagrams - State diagrams - Component and deployment - Others…	UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language, Martin Fowler Using UML: Software Engineering With Objects and Components, Perdita Stevens, Rob Pooley Prof David Rosenblum teaching page UCL
Group Presentation Guidelines	Group Presentation Topics & Guidelines	Bid for presentation topic by the 20^th Feb, 2008 the latest. Please follow the instructions. Presentations are scheduled for March 2008.	Selected reading from the CBS literature. References will be posted following bidding.
Group Coursework	CBS Coursework	Deadline April 21^st, 2008 (Softcopies to be e-mailed to bham.cbs@gmail.com. Hardcopies to be deposited in the CBS designated safe near the reception)	Face-to-face feedback and design Inspection/walkthrough support(prior to the deadline). Use my office hours, walk-in if available, or e-mail me for an appointment!
Unit 3	Engineering Component-Based Software: Processes & Lifecycle	Processes and Lifecycle, RUP, Requirements for CBS, Architecting CBS, CBS Architecture Paradigms. Case Studies
Unit 4	Building J2EE Applications from Requirements to code	Not Covered
Revision Session	Revision Session
CBS Group Presentations March 11^th and March 18^th/2008 Format 20 Minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion
The 3-Glasses CBS group Xia Fubiao, Morihito Yamamoto, Liang Jie	Wiring Standards in CBS: the Sun way	March 11^th , 2008
The ACE-CBS group Ajdin Brandic, Amit Paleja, Carlos Ayala Sevilla, Emmanuel Adenitire.	Enterprise Integration Patterns for CBS	March 11^th , 2008
The SIN CBS group Lei Ping Wang, Beng Loon Wong, Boon Chuan Teh	Testing Components-Based Software	March 11^th , 2008
The Awesome CBS Group Adam Whittingham, Anna Kennedy, Katrina Samperi	Security Software Engineering and Components	March 11^th , 2008
The Creating Big Sensations CBS Group Ash Harris, Tris Robinson, Martin Dossing	Component-Based Embedded Systems	March 11^th, 2008
Group Name Rukhsana Kousar, Hafeez Rehman, Saham	Distributed Component Technologies and their Software Engineering Implications	March 18^th, 2008	W. Emmerich (2002). Distributed Component Technologies and their Software Engineering Implications. In Proc. of the 24th Int. Conference on Software Engineering, Orlando, Florida. pp. 537-546. ACM Press. W. Emmerich, J. Sventek and M. Aoyama (2008). The Impact of Research on the Development of Middleware Technology. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 17(4).
The CBS Hackers Group, Marcin Rembisz,Amro Bani-Hani, Ahmad Radaideh	Component Frameworks	March 18^th, 2008
Group Name Piotr Laczny, Quan Tran, ?, ?	Service-Oriented Software Architectures	March 18^th , 2008
The SMS CBS Group Sarah Al-Azzani, Mary Vrachimi, Simon Taft	Component Composition and Integration	March 18^th, 2008
Wrap-up March 18^th, 2008

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