CS490M Software Testing: Schedule

Lecture	T TH 1:30-2:45pm	Smith 208
Project Presentations	Th 1:30-2:00pm.	STEW 209
Test tool Presentations	Th 2:00-2:45pm	STEW 209
Office Hours	TTH 3-4pm (Walk-ins welcome, any day/time; email alert preferred)	LWSN 1177
Video Conference	Th 2:15pm	Stew 209 765-494-2108
Instructor/Group meetings	Sundays. 2-4pm. To discuss any issues a group might be facing while working on the sponsored project. All meetings are scheduled during the preceding week.	LWSN 1168
TA	Dinesh Sriram

Invited Talks
Chris Selby, AEC. January 13, 2011 Peter Shier, Microsoft, January 18, 2011

Week	Date	Topic	Reference	Comments/Readings/Homework
1	T 1/11	Introduction, Organizational issues, team formation	Sponsored project descriptions	Suggested readings: Ariane 5: Flight 501 Failure An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents," IEEE Computer Applications in Power, July 1993, pp. 18-41.
1	Th 1/13	Chris Selby: AEC Sponsored project Fundamentals-I		On Thursday Chris Selby will describe the project AEC is sponsoring. Readings: Week 1: Reading: Chapter 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 Practice problems: 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 A copy of Chapter 1 of the book is now available for CS 49000 students to download via Blackboard.
2	T 1/18	Peter Shier: Microsoft Sponsored Project Fundamentals-II		On Tuesday Peter Shier will describe the project Microsoft is sponsoring. Week 2: Reading: 1.13, 1.14, 1.15 Practice problems: 1.10, 1.11, 1.12
	Th 1/20	Fundamentals-III
	Th 1/20	Fundamentals-III		Today is the deadline for all teams to submit their project preferences.
3	T 1/25	Test generation from requirements I		Week 3: Reading: 1.6, 1.16, 1.18, 1.19 Practice problems: 1.13, 1.18, 1.19, 1.21
3	Th 1/27	Video conference I
4	T 2/1	Test generation from requirements III: Class cancelled due to Purdue cosing.
4	Th 2/3	Video conference II Bugzilla demo
5	T 2/8	Test generation from predicates I		Quiz 1: Test Tools: Bugzilla and Cobertura: Problems and solutions Week 5 Readings: Section 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 (exclude Example 2.8), 2.4 Practice problems: 2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11, 2.14, 2.18
5	Th 2/10	Video conference III Pex and moles demo
6	T 2/15	Test generation from predicates II		Quiz 2: Test Tools: Pex and Moles Week 6 Readings: Section 2.7 Practice problems: 2.29, 2.31, 2.32, 2.33
6	Th 2/17	Video conference IV Abbot demo
7	T 2/22	Test generation from predicates: BRE algorithm. Test generation from finite state models I		Quiz 3: GUI testing. Abbot Week 7: Readings: Remaining algorithms (exclude test generation for singular predicates) Practice problems: 2.34, 2.35, 2.36, 2.37
7	Th 2/24	Video conference V
8	T 3/1	Test generation from finite state models II. The W-method.		Quiz 4: Load and performance testing. JMeter Readings: Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 Practice problems: 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.13, ,3.15
8	Th 3/3	Video conference V Review for midterm
9	T 3/8	Midterm [Open book]:		Readings for midterm: All mentioned above for weeks 1 through 7. There will be no questions on test tools. Midterm statistics: Average: 67 Maximum: 92 Median: 67
9	Th 3/10	Video conference VII Midterm solutions Applications to GUI testing. Control theoretic versus automata theoretic, Wp method

10	T 3/15	Spring Break
10	Th 3/17	Spring Break
11	T 3/22	Class does not meet		This class cancellation is in lieu of the project meetings on Sundays. Friday March 25: Interim Report II due. Must be available at each team's web site.
11	Th 3/24	Class does not meet
12	T 3/29	Video conference VIII		Spec Explorer in class presentation Spec Explorer technical publication
12	Th 3/31	Spec Explorer and FSMs
13	T 4/5	Combinatorial designs I		Chapter 4 Slides (Revised)
13	Th 4/7	Video conference IX		Chapter 4 Slides (Revised)
14	T 4/12	Combinatorial designs II		Readings: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8, 4.9 Exercises: 4.1, 4.2, 4.8, 4.9, 4.17 (only the mixed CA portion), 4.21
14	Th 4/14	Video conference X
15	T 4/19	Test adequacy I		Chapter 6 Slides (Revised) Readings: Chapter 6.1, 6.2 (exclude 6.2.7) 6.3 (up to and including 6.3.7), 6.4 (up to and including 6.4.3, and 6.4.6), 6.7, 6.8 Exercises: 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 6.11, 6.14, 6.33, 6.41
15	Th 4/21	Test adequacy II
16	T 4/26	Test adequacy III Course review		Final Presentations: Presentation: 20 minutes/team including Q/A. Practice your presentation. At most two members of the team make the presentation. Demos (if neeeded) will be a part of this presentation. Presenatation guidelines (Visit the Video Confernce Schedule site for details). Course Review Slides
16	Th 4/28	Video conference XI Work on finalizing the project report.

17	Tue 5/03	Final Exam 8-10am. Smith 208	Final Exam Solutions	Part A: Multiple choice, comprehensive, closed book/notes Part B: 3 or 4 questions, Capters 3, 4, and 6 (open book/notes)

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