Welcome to the home page for Computer Science 295 - Software Engineering.
Course announcements for CS 295 will be posted on this web page and announced in class.

• CS295 will cover topics in developing reliable software other than programming, including testing, bug finding, verification, and methodologies for constructing robust code. The emphasis is on modern technology for developing reliable software at reasonable cost.

  The course will be offered for different numbers of units, depending on whether students plan to do the homework assignments. The assignments will focus on applying these techniques to realistic software systems.

• The prerequisites for the course are CS108 and one significant project course (e.g., CS140, CS143, CS145).
• There is no required textbook; all relevant materials will be made available on-line.

Announcements

• March 31: The final grades will be computed as follows. If you are taking the class for 2 credits, the midterm will be 40% and the final 60%. If you are taking the class for 3 credits, each assignment will be worth 5% (for a total of 35% over seven assignments), the midterm 25%, and the final 40%.
• April 7: Due to a mismatch between the syllabus and the assignment, Assignment #1 will now be due Tuesday, April 14.
• April 20: The CAs will run a review session on May 1 in Skilling 193, at 11:00-11:50am the Friday before the midterm. The review session will be videotaped. Please bring questions you want answered to the review session (or SCPD students e-mail those questions to the CAs); we will only answer questions you ask in the session.
• April 23: A new version of Assignment #3 is released, with a few fixes from the version handed out in class and with an updated file. Please see the clarifications for more details.
• May 11: The midterm average is 56.34 out of total score 75, and the std. dev. is 10.42.
• May 18: The final for the course will be a take-home exam, to be released on Fri June 5, and due back on Tues June 9 by 12 noon.
• May 24: The CAs will run a final review session on Fri May 29 in Skilling 193 at 11-11:50am one week before the take-home final is released. Please bring questions you want answered to the review session (or SCPD students e-mail those questions to the CAs); we will only answer questions you ask in the session.
• June 5: The take-home final exam is now released. Go to the Assignments/Exams page to download it. It must be returned by 12 noon PDT on Tues June 9 by one of the following 3 methods:
  
  • Drop off at Prof. Aiken's office in Gates 411 (slip under door if no one is there.)
  • E-mail to the course staff at cs295-spr0809-staff at lists.stanford.edu
  • Submit on any bramble machine using the homework submit script at /afs/ir/class/cs295/bin/submit. The assignment name is final.

Mailing lists

The staff will occasionally use the class mailing lists to contact students with announcements. Students enrolled in the class through Axess will automatically be added to the class mailing list.

Newsgroup

There is a class newsgroup su.class.cs295 monitored by the staff. This newsgroup should be the first place to ask homework questions and general course questions that can be answered by the staff or others in the class.