Class activities will be recorded here.

This page has the entire plan for the semester. For weeks in the future, consider it a plan subject to change. For weeks in the past consider it a record of what we have done. As for the current week, keep a watch for updates and changes.

Week 16 : May 13 - May 19
Note	Finals Week
Exams	Take-home Final: On Canvas. Assigned May 10; Due May 15
Week 15 : May 6 - May 12
Note	Project Presentations
Lectures	Mon: Metrics for Decision Support Wed: Student poster presentations Fri: No class; time for Q&A/demos/cs793 poster presentations
Quiz	None
Discussions	None
Assignments	None
Project	Poster presentations (May 7 on Canvas; presentation in class on May 8); Term paper (May 12)
Reading	Fenton and Bieman Parts of Chapters 8; 9; and 10
Week 14 : Apr 29 - May 5
Note	Software Quality
Lectures	Mon: External Software Quality Wed: External Software Quality Fri: Metrics for Decision Support
Quiz	None
Discussions	D12: Internal Product Attributes (Due May 2 and 5)
Assignments	A10: Empirical Studies and Data Analysis (Due May 3)
Project	Get ready for project presentations happening in Week 15.
Reading	Fenton and Bieman Parts of Chapters 8; 9; and 10
Week 13 : Apr 22 - Apr 28
Note	Empirical Studies and Data Analysis; Software Quality
Lectures	Mon: Empirical Studies and Data Analysis Wed: Internal Software Quality Fri: Internal Software Quality
Quiz	Q6: Due Apr 27
Discussions	D11: Quality factors in Object Oriented Designs: an Industrial Case Study (Due Apr 25 and Apr 28)
Assignments	A9: Measurement to Reach Goals (Due Apr 26) A10: Empirical Studies and Data Analysis (Due May 3)
Project	Continue to work on term project.
Reading	Fenton and Bieman Chapters 4 and parts of chapter 8
Week 12 : Apr 15 - Apr 21
Note	Goal-based Measurement and Empirical Studies and Data Analysis
Lectures	Mon: Goal-based Measurement Wed: Empirical Studies and Data Analysis Fri: Empirical Studies and Data Analysis
Quiz	Q5: Due Apr 20
Discussions	D10: Measurement and Prediction (Due Apr 18 and Apr 21)
Assignments	A8: Property-based Software Engineering Measurement (Due Apr 19) A9: Measurement to Reach Goals (Due Apr 26)
Project	Continue to work on term project.
Reading	Fenton and Bieman Chapters 3 and 4
Week 11 : Apr 8 - Apr 14
Note	Goal-based Measurement
Lectures	Mon: Foundations of Measurement Wed: Goal-based Measurement Fri: Guest Lecture on CMMI (Dave Matthews)
Quiz	Q4: Due Apr 13
Discussions	D9: Property-based Software Engineering Measurement (Due Apr 11 and Apr 14)
Assignments	A7: Introduction to Measurement and Software (Due Apr 12) A8: Property-based Software Engineering Measurement (Due Apr 19)
Project	Continue to work on term project.
Reading	Fenton and Bieman Chapters 2 and 3
Week 10 : Apr 1 - Apr 7
Note	Software Measurement
Lectures	Mon: Overview of Software Measurement Wed: Foundations of Measurement Fri: Foundations of Measurement
Quiz	Q3: Due Apr 6
Discussions	D8: Foundations of Measurement (Due Apr 4 and Apr 7)
Assignments	A7: Introduction to Measurement and Software (Due Apr 12)
Project	Continue to work on term project.
Reading	Fenton and Bieman Chapters 1 and 2
Week 9 : Mar 25 - Mar 31
Note	Research topics
Lectures	Mon: Regression test selection Wed: Metamorphic testing Fri: Fuzz testing
Quiz	None
Discussions	D7: Evaluation approach in Test Input Generation papers (Due Mar 28 and Mar 31)
Assignments	None
Project	Draft Proposal (Due Mar 25) Final Proposal (Due Mar 31)
Spring Break : Mar 18 - Mar 24
Note	No classes
Week 8 : Mar 11 - Mar 17
Note	Term project and Research topic: fault localization
Lectures	Mon: Discussion of term projects Wed: Snow Day Fri: Fault localization
Quiz	None
Discussions	None
Assignments	A6: Mutation and Test input Generation (Due Mar 15)
Project	Draft Proposal (Due Mar 25) Final Proposal (Due Mar 31)
Week 7 : Mar 4 - Mar 10
Note	Research topics in test input generation
Lectures	Mon: Feedback-directed and adaptive random testing Wed: Adaptive random testing and bounded exhaustive testing Fri: Symbolic execution and concolic testing
Quiz	None
Discussions	None
Assignments	A5: Logic Coverage (Due Mar 6) A6: Mutation and Test input Generation (Due Mar 15)
Exams	Take-home Midterm: Assigned Mar 7; Due Mar 10
Week 6 : Feb 25 - Mar 3
Note	Syntax-based Coverage Criteria
Lectures	Mon: Syntax-based Coverage Criteria Wed: Mutation Testing Fri: Mutation Testing
Quiz	None
Discussions	D6: Caution with using MCDC criterion (Due Feb 28 and Mar 3)
Assignments	A4: Graph Coverage Criteria (Due Feb 27) A5: Logic Coverage (Due Mar 6)
Reading	Offutt and Ammann Chapter 9 (sections 9.1 and 9.2)
Week 5 : Feb 18 - Feb 24
Note	Graph Coverage and Logic Expressions
Lectures	Mon: Graph Coverage Criteria Wed: Overview of Logic Expressions Fri: Structural Logic Coverage of Programs
Quiz	Q2. Graph Coverage (Due Feb 23)
Discussions	D5: Misuse of Code Coverage (Due Feb 21 and Feb 24)
Assignments	A3: Input Space Partitioning (Due Feb 20) A4: Graph Coverage Criteria (Due Feb 27)
Reading	Offutt and Ammann Chapters 7 (sections 7.1 -- 7.3) and 8 (section 8.1)
Week 4 : Feb 11 - Feb 17
Note	Input Domain Partitioning and Graph Coverage
Lectures	Mon: Input Domain Partitioning Criteria (Due Feb 20) Wed: Graph Coverage Criteria Fri: Graph Coverage Criteria
Quiz	None
Discussions	D4: Applying Partitioning to OO Software (Due Feb 14 and Feb 17)
Assignments	A2: Mocking (Due Feb 13) A3: Input Space Partitioning
Reading	Offutt and Ammann Chapters 6 (sections 6.1 -- 6.3) and 7 (sections 7.1 - 7.3)
Week 3 : Feb 4 - Feb 10
Note	Overview of Feb Material and Input Domain Partitioning
Lectures	Mon: Model-Driven and Criteria-Based Test Design Wed: Finish Criteria-Based Test Design; Mockito Fri: Input Domain Partitioning
Quiz	Q1. Introduction to Software Testing (Due Feb 9)
Discussions	D3: Comparing Test Criteria (Due Feb 7 and Feb 10)
Assignments	A1: Test Driven Development using Java and JUnit (Due Feb 6) A2: Mocking (Due Feb 13)
Reading	Offutt and Ammann Chapters 2; 5; 6
Week 2 : Jan 28 - Feb 3
Note	Test Automation and Testing Background
Lectures	Mon: JUnit Wed: JUnit and Test Doubles Fri: Testing Background
Quiz	None
Discussions	D2: Test Observability and Controllability (Due Jan 31 and Feb 3)
Assignments	A1: Test Driven Development using Java and JUnit (Due Feb 6)
Reading	Offutt and Ammann Chapter 1 and 3
Week 1 : Jan 21 - Jan 27
Note	Introduction to the course
Lectures	Mon: Martin Luther King Day (holiday) Wed: Syllabus and preliminaries (slides) Fri: Putting testing first and Test automation
Quiz	Q0: Prerequisites (Due Jan 28)
Discussions	D1: Introductions and Discussion of Process vs Product Quality (Due Jan 24 and 27)
Assignments	None
Reading	Offutt and Ammann Chapter 3 and 4