Technical Essay
[graduate
and honors students]
Due: Friday, December 12,
Points: 100
Weight in course grade: 10/110
For this essay you have to decide on
a software engineering topic, select five related technical articles (papers) on
the topic, and write a critical summary of the five articles (each of them between
300 and 500 words). In the essay you should indicate the selected topic’s title
and the complete references for the articles (authors, title, volume, place of publication,
date, pages). For each article the summary should indicate the main goal(s) of
the article, the most important ideas put forth by the authors (at least
three), several details (smaller points) you find interesting in the article, and
your personal views on the ideas presented.
The articles should be of medium size
(roughly, between 5 to 10 pages Communications if the
ACM format) and should be either journal or conference publications. Attach to
your essay hardcopies of the articles selected and, before or on the due date,
hand-in the essay to the instructor in room SEM-236.