Colorado State University Computer Science Department

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Robert B. France

Professor

  • Voice: (970) 491-6356, Fax: (970) 491-2466
  • Email: france At cs . colostate . edu
  • U.S. Mail:
    Computer Science Department
    Colorado State University
    Fort Collins, CO 80523-1873
  • Office location: Room 225; University Services Center, 601 S. Howes St., at Myrtle St.

Announcements

MODELS / UML 2008

Journal of Software and System Modeling (SoSyM)
Papers to SoSyM can now be submitted online. To submit a paper, go to the SoSyM Online Submission System

2008 CSU Workshop on Engineering Research Software

Courses

Fall 2008

Spring 2008

Career Overview

First year at CSU: August 1998
1992-1998: Assistant\Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
1990-1992: Post-doctoral research at UMIACS, University of Maryland at College Park
1990: PhD, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
1984: BSc (First Class Honours), University of the West Indies, Trinidad

Publications & Current Research

MDE/MDD Overview Papers

·         Model-driven Development of Complex Software: A Research Roadmap
R. France, B. Rumpe; Proceedings of the ICSE 2007 Future of Software Engineering, May 2007.

·         Model-Driven Development using UML 2.0: Promises and Pitfalls
R. France, S. Ghosh, T. Dinh-Trong, A. Solberg; IEEE Computer, 39(2); February 2006; 59-66.

Editorial & Conference Activities

Software and System Modeling (SoSyM): Founding EICs: Robert France and Bernhard Rumpe

Publisher: Springer

First issue launched at UML 2002, October 2, 2002.
SoSyM First Editorial Meeting

Attendees at the First SoSyM Editorial Board Meeting, UML 2002, October 2002 - Dresden, Germany.
Back (top stair, left to right): Michael Jackson, Steve Cook, Bran Selic, Jean-Marc Jezequel, Jean-Michel Bruel, Bernhard Rumpe, Martin Gogolla, Heinrich Hussmann.
Front (bottom stair and below, left to right): Stuart Kent, Robert France, Geri Georg, Perdita Stevens, Hermann Engesser (Springer).

 

Journal of Software Testing, Verification, and Reliability: Member of editorial board

EIC: Jeff Offutt

Publisher: Wiley

 

Conference Announcements

Past Doctoral Students

Emanuel Grant: University of North Dakota

Dae-Kyoo Kim: Oakland University

Raghu Reddy: Rochester Institute of Technology

Devon Simmonds: University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Eunjee Song: Baylor University

Trung Dinh Trong: Avaya Labs

Scholarships for students, in particular, students from underrepresented groups in the Sciences

Caribbean Sites of Interest

St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Jamaica

Guyana

Trinidad & Tobago

University of the West Indies (St. Augustine)

"I am always worried by the word `encourage'. Too often it means that with the best of intentions we praise what is third rate and omit to point out that Art requires talent … real talent and not mere literacy in any medium. I see no substitute for passion, internally generated, and hard work."
Martin Wylde Carter, Guyanese poet, 1927-1997.

"Blessed are those who can give without remembering and accept without forgetting." Elizabeth Bibesco

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Mark Twain

"Freedom to be your best means nothing unless you're willing to do your best." Colin Powell

"The secret to success is to learn to accept the impossible, to do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable."
Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa.

Last modified: August, 2008