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PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Student COntest in softwaRe Engineering
SCORE 2009
http://score.elet.polimi.it
an initiative of the 31st International Conference
in Software Engineering (ICSE 2009)
16-24 May 2009, Vancouver, Canada
ICSE 2009 in Vancouver, Canada will see the first finals of the SCORE
Software Engineering Contest. Teams from all over the world will enter
in a competition that is open to students from undergraduate to master’s
level. Each team will develop a system chosen from those proposed by
SCORE committee members. Teams will produce a report as their first
deliverable, followed by a prototype system for those chosen as
semi-finalists. Evaluation will be based on the quality of the software
engineering process followed, as well as the outcome.
In order to accommodate all academic calendars, the 2009 SCORE Contest
will run from December 2007 to January 2009 with with team sign-up
starting in February 2008 and ending in November 2008. Up to 10 finalist
teams will be announced in April 2009. At least one representative from
each of the finalist teams will have expenses paid to attend ICSE in
Vancouver, 16-24 May 2009, for final judging.
The SCORE Contest is aimed at promoting and fostering software
engineering in universities worldwide. The committee consists of members
of industry and academia. Each participating team will benefit from the
experience of working on member selected projects, and from being part
of an exciting new venture.
Program Chairs:
Mehdi Jazayeri, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Dino Mandrioli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Upcoming Important Date:
15 December 2007: publication of the project topics on the SCORE website
For all information, including a full Call for Participation, see the
website: http://score.elet.polimi.it
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