Learn about the cutting-edge software research at the University of Maryland and the Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering, and network with university professors, scientists and students, industry and government researchers, and computing professionals.

The University of Maryland Software Day will feature presentations on innovative research, posters describing ongoing projects, and ample opportunities for informal discussions during breaks and a reception sponsored by Google. Attendees will have a unique chance to learn about the latest software-related research in an interactive and information-rich environment.

The University of Maryland’s Computer Science Department is world-renowned in software engineering and programming languages, with special expertise in many areas, including empirical methods and measurement, program-analysis tools, software design and modeling, software testing and quality assurance, and verification and validation. The Fraunhofer Center, a not-for-profit affiliate of the Computer Science Department, is an applied-research institute that works with government and industry to advance their software practices via software engineering research and technology-transfer projects.

Agenda highlights include: 

Keynote Speaker Dr. William W. Pugh

Dr. William W. Pugh is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland at College Park. He received a B.S. in Computer Science from Syracuse University and received a Ph.D. in Computer Science (with a minor in Acting) from Cornell University. Prof. Pugh is a past recipient of a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation and a Packard Fellowship, and invented Skip Lists, a randomized data structure that is widely taught in undergraduate data structure courses.

He has also made research contributions in the fields of incremental computation, implementation of functional and object-oriented languages, the use of partial evaluation for hard real-time systems, techniques for analyzing and transforming scientific codes for execution on supercomputers, and a number of issues related to the Java programming language, including the development of JSR 133 - Java Memory Model and Thread Specification Revision.

Prof. Pugh consulted for Google in 2000 - 2003 on research that resulted in US Patent 665 8423, on detecting duplicate and near-duplicate files. Prof Pugh's current research focus is on developing tools to improve software productivity, reliability and education. Current research projects include FindBugs, a static analysis tool for Java, and Marmoset, an innovative framework for improving the learning and feedback cycle for student programming projects.

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Registration

Please register by January 11. Credit cards may be used to pay the $30 registration fee*. Alternatively, attendees may register by completing this form and sending the confirmation number together with a check for $30, to:

Fraunhofer Center Maryland University of Maryland
Attn: Maryland Software Day
4321 Hartwick Road,
Suite 500 College Park,
MD 20740

Please contact: Mary Berry at 301-403-2705 or info@fc-md.umd.edu  if you have any questions.

*The registration fee includes lunch and refreshments.

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For more information, please contact: Mary Berry at 301-403-2705 or info@fc-md.umd.edu  if you have any questions.