3 credits. Department of Computer Science, Graduate Center, City University of New York.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Instructor: | Raffi Khatchadourian |
| Office: | 4327 |
| Email: | rkhatchadourian@gc.cuny.edu |
| Phone: | (212) 817-8190 |
| Office hour: | W 10:00-11:00 am or by appointment |
| Semester: | Spring 2018 |
| Section: | 38732 |
This term we will be using Piazza for class discussion. The system is highly catered to getting you help fast and efficiently from classmates and myself. Rather than emailing questions to the teaching staff, I encourage you to post your questions on Piazza. If you have any problems or feedback for the developers, please email them.
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Emails to the instructor must be via a CUNY email addresses for FERPA reasons. Please post all class-related discussion on Piazza. Also, please ensure that your correct email address is entered into the CUNY Blackboard.
You should check the Blackboard site regularly, since all class material will be posted there. Please make sure you have configured Bb to use your GC email address. You are responsible for any email the instructors might send there.
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Recess | March 30-April 8 |
| Friday Schedule | April 11 |
| Withdrawal Deadline | April 16 |
| Final Exam | ? (May 18-24) |
The classroom environment employed will be that of a professional one. While students may discuss course materials and assignments with others, any submitted work in this course must be the result of individual effort only. Students are strongly advised to read the following resources regarding academic integrity:
With the rise of mobile computing, cybersecurity, and big data, the need for software engineering tools to assist developers in cultivating and managing the complexity of large software systems has never been more evident, giving way to such tools as GitHub, Pivotal, and SonarQube. Software analysis and transformation has a variety of uses, including performance optimization (in compilers), decompiling, obfuscating, verifying program correctness, domain-specific programming languages, and software understanding, evolution, debugging, and testing in software engineering tools. The material will be useful for students working in compilers, developer tools, systems, software engineering, and programming languages.
This course introduces the foundations of algorithms that analyze and manipulate software. Refactoring, the process of reorganizing software for an improved design while preserving its original functionality, concepts and techniques will also be introduced, along with several type inferencing techniques. The course will involve hands-on experience in creating algorithms and tools.
The topics may include but are not limited to:
The learning goals include:
Several homework assignments involving technical problems related to the class lectures and reading material. Completion of the homework will benefit the students, particularly in their technical skills and problem solving. These will account for 25% of the overall grade.
In additional to homework, a sequence of projects will also be assigned. Student project topics may be selected depending on the student’s research interests and goals. These will account for 55% of the overall grade.
A special topics lecture that discusses current research in the area will also be assigned, accounting for 10% of the grade, while class participating will account for the remaining 10%.
Students with special needs should see me for accommodation.
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Raffi Khatchadourian is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Ohio State University and BS degree in Computer Science from Monmouth University in New Jersey. Prior to joining CUNY, he was a Software Engineer at Apple, Inc. in Cupertino, California, where he worked on Digital Rights Management (DRM) for iTunes, iBooks, and the App store. He also developed distributed software that tested various features of iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Raffi’s research focus is techniques for automated software evolution, particularly those related to automated refactoring and source code recommendation systems with the goal of easing the burden associated with correctly and efficiently evolving large and complex software.