It's all about collaboration.

We all know the world of technology is evolving rapidly. The question is, how do you keep pace with this change? Or better still, how do you lead it?

By bringing the right people together by creating an innovative and learning community where academic and industry professionals within the field of software engineering can meet with each other, talk, compare notes, share ideas, and launch new projects.

The University of Minnesota Software Engineering Center (UMSEC) was created to do just that.

Our emphasis is on innovative collaboration; our mission in focus is on three activities:

• Research: Nurture innovative basic and applied research in software engineering and related areas.
• Education: Educate future generations of software engineering researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in cutting edge software engineering techniques, tools, and business practices.
• Outreach: Reach out to industry leaders, policy-makers, researchers, educators, and the community-at-large to transfer knowledge as well as better understand and anticipate industry's technical needs.

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Summer Software Symposium 2008
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What’s New

MSSE Graduation, May 9
The University of Minnesota Software Engineering Center is celebrating the graduation of its 2008 ...

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MS in Software Engineering

A two-year Master of Science in Software Engineering: More information.

Research

Dr. Eric Van Wyk has won a prestigious 2005-2007 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship for his project "Extensible Programming Languages for Cost-Effective Development of Reliable Software Systems." Winners of the McKnight Professorships are chosen for their potential for important contribution to their field; the degree to which their past achievements and current ideas demonstrate originality, imagination, and innovation; the potential for attracting outstanding students; and the significance of the research and the clarity with which it is conveyed to the non-specialist.

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Education

"I always strive to make my students answer the questions 'How does it work?', 'Why does it work?', and 'Where does it work?'. With this knowledge, students are ready to face the challenges of a competetive and rapidly evolving digital world." - Mats P. E. Heimdahl, UMSEC Director, recipient of 2003-2004 Distinguished Teacher Award.

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Outreach

The first Thursday every month (September-June), a dedicated group of software professionals meet at the University to learn from distinguished speakers and discuss the challenges of software engineering; it is the monthly gathering of the Twin Cities Software Process Improvement Network TwinSPIN.

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