A post-masters program in advanced software engineering for real-time embedded systems

Author

Hammer, D.K. ; Weffers, H.T.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

140

Abstract

We describe the curriculum of a quite unique post-masters program at the Eindhoven University of Technology. This 2-years program is oriented towards the software engineering practice and puts special emphasis on the skills necessary for the development of embedded real-time systems. During the last 10 years, the program was very successful in providing the Dutch industry with highly skilled and motivated software engineers that are immediately deployable. Continuous process improvement is performed in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of the industry and to improve the quality of the educational processes. The trainees are employees of the university and get a salary that enables them to have a reasonable living. In addition, the alumni usually get back their time-investment in form of a higher entrance level and a steeper career-path in comparison with alumni of the regular undergraduate programs

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; real-time systems; software engineering; Dutch industry; advanced software engineering; career-path; continuous process improvement; educational curriculum; post-masters program; real-time embedded systems; salary; Context; Educational programs; Educational technology; Embedded system; Engineering profession; Identity-based encryption; Mathematics; Postal services; Real time systems; Software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real-Time Systems Education III, 1998. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Poznan

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0134-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTSE.1998.766526

Filename

766526