Canadian University Software Engineering Conference
The Canadian University Software Engineering Conference (formerly Canadian Undergraduate Software Engineering Conference), or CUSEC, is a conference held yearly around mid-January since 2002. The conference promotes software engineering around a unique theme each year. Its audience is mostly the undergraduate students from different parts of Canada, with occasional participants from the academia or from the industry. Keynote speeches, tutorials, and corporate and academic presentations are given by the top figures and personalities in software engineering.
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 CUSEC editions and keynote speakers
- 2.1 CUSEC 2002: Montreal, Quebec
- 2.2 CUSEC 2003: Adapting the Process, January 16th–18th, 2003, Montreal, Quebec
- 2.3 CUSEC 2004: Ensuring Quality, January 15th–17th, 2004, Montreal, Quebec
- 2.4 CUSEC 2005: Thinking Outside the Cubicle, January 14th–16th, 2005, Ottawa, Ontario
- 2.5 CUSEC 2006: Engineering Useful Software, January 19th–21st, 2006, Montreal, Quebec
- 2.6 CUSEC 2007: Designing for the Future, January 18th–20th, 2007 Montreal, Quebec
- 2.7 CUSEC 2008: Making it Fun, January 17th–19th, 2008 Montreal, Quebec
- 2.8 CUSEC 2009: Software (R)evolutions, January 22nd–24th, 2009 Montreal, Quebec
- 2.9 CUSEC 2010: 20 GOTO 10, January 21st-23rd, 2010 Montreal, Quebec
- 2.10 CUSEC 2011: Hello, world, January 13th-15rd, 2011 Montreal, Quebec
- 3 External links
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History
In 2000, John Kopanas, then an undergraduate student in the new software engineering program at Concordia University, envisioned the creation of a conference "by students, for students" in the field of software engineering. He and fellow students in the same program then put together plans and set them in motion. The result of their effort was the first edition of the conference, CUSEC 2002, which took place in Montreal, lasted 2 days, and attracted an audience of over 150 students from across Canada.
Witnessing the success of the first conference, Kopanas decided to continue the tradition and expand the conference. By 2007, the number of attendees had grown to over 350 students and professionals. The number of keynote speeches had also increased to five and the conference now lasts three days instead of two.
CUSEC editions and keynote speakers
- Timothy Lethbridge.
- Peter Grogono, Professor and Associate Chair, Concordia University.
- Morven Gentleman.
- Ahmed Seffah.
- Jacob Slonin.
CUSEC 2003: Adapting the Process, January 16th–18th, 2003, Montreal, Quebec
CUSEC 2004: Ensuring Quality, January 15th–17th, 2004, Montreal, Quebec
- Pierre N. Robillard, Chair of Computer and Software Engineering Department, École Polytechnique de Montréal.
- Joel Spolsky, Founder, Fog Creek Software.
- Lionel C. Briand, Canada Research Chair in Software Quality Engineering, Carleton University.
- Krzysztof Czarnecki, Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo.
- David Lorge Parnas, Professor of Software Engineering, SFI Fellow and Director of the Software Quality Research Laboratory, University of Limerick.
CUSEC 2005: Thinking Outside the Cubicle, January 14th–16th, 2005, Ottawa, Ontario
CUSEC 2006: Engineering Useful Software, January 19th–21st, 2006, Montreal, Quebec
CUSEC 2007: Designing for the Future, January 18th–20th, 2007 Montreal, Quebec
- Dave Thomas, Author, The Pragmatic Programmer.
- Pete McBreen, President, Software Craftsmanship Inc.
- Ralph E. Johnson, Research Associate professor, University of Illinois.
- James R. Cordy, Professor and Director, School of Computing, Queen's University.
- Venkat Subramanian, Founder of Agile Development, Inc. and Adjunct Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies CS, University of Houston.
CUSEC 2008: Making it Fun, January 17th–19th, 2008 Montreal, Quebec
- Jeff Atwood, Founder of Coding Horror.
- Dr. Jeffrey Ullman, Author, Dragon Book, Professor, Stanford University.
- Zed Shaw, Author of the Mongrel web server.
- Tim Bray, Co-invented XML 1.0, Director of Web Technologies at Sun Microsystems.
- Jon Udell, Author, Information Architect, Software Developer, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft.
- Peter Grogono, Professor and Associate Chair, Concordia University.
CUSEC 2009: Software (R)evolutions, January 22nd–24th, 2009 Montreal, Quebec
CUSEC 2010: 20 GOTO 10, January 21st-23rd, 2010 Montreal, Quebec
CUSEC 2011: Hello, world, January 13th-15rd, 2011 Montreal, Quebec
External links