Description:The School of Computer Science at the Unviersidad PolitÈcnica de Madrid opened its doors for the first time in October 1977. The School now offers a five-year degree course in computer science, a master course in software engineering and knowledge engineering, and Ph.D courses in computer architecture and technology, artificial intelligence, computer languages and software engineering, mathematical fundaments of computing and optical technologies for information processing.
The Software Engineering Group was set up within the Department of Computer Languages and Software Engineering in 1983. This group now has eighteen members, of whom three are full professors, one is an associate professor, nine are assistant professors and one is a visiting professor. The group also inlcudes four Ph.D students and one administrative staff member.
The reseach areas of the group include: Formal Experimentation in Software Engineering; Software Process Modelling, Assessment and Improvement; Domain Analysis; Software Product Evaluation; Software Usability; and Requirements Engineering. More specifically, we are interested in Viewpoints, Conceptual and Formal Modelling, and Object Orientation withing Requirements Engineering.
The Software Engineering Group has participated in several national and international projects with industry and administration. The projects supported with public funds include: An International Virtual Space for Individual and Collective Presence and Interaction (AMUSEMENT) - ESPRIT IV (project no. 25197, 1997-2000); Model for the Integration of Various Issues in Conventional and Knowledge-Based Software Construction, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (project no. PB94-0414, 1995-1998); SEMPAT: Transition Package-Based Software Development Process Evaluation and Improvement System, Ministry of Industry and Energy (project no. To172/97, 1997-1998); HERMES: Tool for Rationalizing Software Improvement and Evaluation. Spanish Ministry of Industry and Energy (project id. PEIN 863/95 and 183/96e, 1995-1997); Advance in the Definition of Software Technology Transition Packages for Spanish Organizations, Universidad PolitÈcnica de Madrid (project 6-1005-01, 1996-1997); Validation Methods and Tools for Knowledge-Based Systems (VALID), ESPRIT II (project n? 2148, 1989-1992).]
Researchers associated with the project: Natalia Juristo, AngÈlica de Antonio, Ana M. Moreno, AndrÈs Silva, Nelson Medinilla, Sira Vegas, Xavier FerrÈ
Brief CVs of Key Researchers:
Name: Natalia Juristo
Nationality: Spanish
Email: natalia@fi.upm.es
Home page: http://www.ls.fi.upm.es/UDIS/miembros/natalia
Academic Qualifications & Experience: Dr. Natalia Juristo is full professor of computer science at the Unviersidad PolitÈcnica de Madrid, Spain. She is co-ordinator of the Software Engineering Group and director of master courses in software engineering and knowledge engineering. Juristo has written two books and has published several articles. She has participated as principal investigator in several projects funded by the Spanish Goverment, and has participated as researcher in two ESPRIT projects. Juristo is an editorial board member for IEEE Software and the International Journal on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. In 1997 Juristo served as program chair of the Nineth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering held in Madrid.
She was a fellow of CERN in Switzerland, a member of staff of the European Space Agency in Italy, and resident affiliate of the Software Engineering Institute at the Carnegie Mellon University in USA. She is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering. She is a senior member of the IEEE Computer Society and member of the ACM, AAAS and NYAS.
Name: AngÈlica de Antonio
Nationality: Spanish
Email: mailto:angelica@fi.upm.es
Home page: http://www.ls.fi.upm.es/UDIS/miembros/angelica
Academic Qualifications & Experience: Dr. AngÈlica de Antonio is associate professor at the Universidad PolitÈcnica de Madrid, Spain. Dr. de Antonio is the Director of the Laboratory for the Application of Information and Communications Technology to Training (LATICE) at the Universidad PolitÈcnica de Madrid.
De Antonio has written several papers published in journals and international conferences. She has participated as reseacher in 2 ESPRIT projects, and was the principal investigator in a series of projects funded by the Spanish Goverment.
She was visiting scholar at Sunderland University (UK) in 1991 and Resident Affiliate at the Software Engineering Institute-Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, during 1995.
Name: Ana M. Moreno
Nationality: Spanish
Email: ammoreno@fi.upm.es
Home page: http://www.ls.fi.upm.es/UDIS/miembros/amoreno
Academic Qualifications & Experience: Dr. Ana M. Moreno is assistant professor at the Universidad PolitÈcnica de Madrid. She teaches undergraduates and master courses on software engineering. Moreno's Ph.D dissertation was funded by a Spanish Goverment doctoral grant. She has published several papers in jounals and international conferences, and is member of the Program Committee of SEKE'99. She has participated as researcher in several projects funded by the Spanish Goverment.
Moreno was a visiting scholar at Vrije University (The Netherlands) during 1996 and at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (USA) during 1997.
Name: AndrÈs Silva
Nationality: Spanish
Email: asilva@fi.upm.es
Home page: http://www.ls.fi.upm.es/UDIS/miembros/andres
Academic Qualifications & Experience: Silva is assistant professor at the Universidad PolitÈcnica de Madrid. He has worked at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the, Ispra (IT), from August 1998 to January 1999, on in the SPRIT project: RESUME (a subproject of RENOIR network).
His Ph.D dissertation (in progress) addresses Viewpoints in Requirements Engineering, and, more specifically, he is studying the problem of detecting and solving inconsistencies among viewpoints.
Selected Publications:
N. Juristo, A.M. Moreno "A Formal Approach for Generating Object Oriented Specifications from Natural Language". International Journal of Systems and Software. November 1999.
S. AcuÒa, N. Juristo, J.L. Morant and A. Pazos. "A Process Model Applicable to Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering". International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. Forthcoming, 1999.
A.M. Moreno. "Results of the Application of a Linguistic Approach to Object-Oriented Analysis". International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. Forthcoming, 1999.
M. LÛpez, N. Juristo. "A Formal Method of Software Process Evaluation". 11th Software Engineering Process Group Conference. February 1999.
N. Juristo, A.M. Moreno. "An Adaptation of Experimental Design to Software Engineering Validation of Theories". 23th NASA International Workshop on Software Engineering. December 2-3, 1998.
A.M. Moreno, A. Silva. "Revision de los metodos de perspectivas multiples en analisis de requisitos". III Jornadas de IngenierÌa del Software. ISBN: 84-95095-45-9. Spain, 1998.
P. Morris, M. Masera and A. Silva. Who's afraid of Requirements Engineering?. ISBN 3 901882 02 2. Int. Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Austria, 1999.
N. Juristo "A Common Framework for Conventional and Knowledge-based Software Validation and Verification". Knowledge-Based Systems Journal. Forthcoming 1999.
N. Juristo, I. GarcÌa, P. Fowler, R. Levin. "An Expert System in the Domain of Software Technology Transfer". Expert Systems with Applications. Vol 12. No. 3. 1997. pp. 275-300.
A. de Antonio, N. Juristo. Maturing the Process of Technology Introduction. Software Engineering Working Group. May 1996.
S. AcuÒa, N. Juristo. "Software Process Model for Knowledge-Based Systems Development". The Journal for the Integrated Study of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Applied Epistemology. Vol. 13, pp. 309-347, 1996.
F. Alonso, N. Juristo, L. MatÈ, J. Pazos. "Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering: Towards a Common Life Cycle". The Journal of Systems and Software. Vol 33. April 1996. pp. 65-79.
P. Fowler, I. García, N. Juristo, L. Levin. "Knowledge-based Tools for Software Engineering Adoption and Implementation". Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology. ISBN 0-412-75600-5. Chapman & Hall. 1996.
N. Juristo. "Presence of Software Engineering in Spanish University Computer Science Curricula". Software Engineering in Higher Education. ISBN: 1-85 312-385-4. Computational Mechanics Publications. Boston. 1995.
F. Alonso, N. Juristo, J. Pazos. Trends in Life-Cycle Models for SE and KE: Proposal for a Spiral-Conical Life-Cycle Approach". International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. Vol 5. No. 3. 1995. pp. 445-465.
A. de Antonio. "MEHIDA: Teaching Communication Skills to Hearing Impaired Children with an Intelligent Multimedia System". IEEE Multimedia Magazine. Vol 2, no. 4, pp. 55-67, 1995.
N. Juristo Applying Metrics to Machine-Learning Tools". AI Magazine. Vol 15, no. 3. American Association for AI. 1994. pp. 63-75.
N. Juristo, J. Pazos. "Joint Life-cycle for Knowledge and Software Engineering". Knowledge Oriented Software Design. ISBN. 0-444-81541-4. Elsevier, 1993.
N. Juristo, J. Cardeñosa, J. García del Real. "Towards a New Approach for Knowledge Acquisition from Text". HERISTICS, vol. 3 (3) pp. 18 - 25, 1990.
Contact Details:
Principal Investigator: Natalia Juristo
Address: Facultad de Informatica - UPM, Campus de Montegancedo, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid (SPAIN)
Telephone number: + 34 91 336 69 22
Telefax number: + 34 91 336 69 22
EMail: natalia@fi.upm.es
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