Scott Tilley @ Florida Tech

Scott Tilley is Professor & Director of Software Engineering in the Department of Computer Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology. He also holds a cross-appointment in the College of Business as a Professor of Management Information Systems. He is a Visiting Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute. He is Principal of S.R. Tilley & Associates, an information technology consultancy based on Florida’s Space Coast. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Victoria. He is Chair of the Steering Committee for the IEEE Web Site Evolution (WSE) series of events, Co-Chair of the SDM-DS Editorial Board, and the immediate Past Chair of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (ACM SIGDOC). He is General Chair for the 24th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2008), which will take place in September 2008 in Beijing, China.

Research

My main field of research is software engineering in general, and system evolution in particular. My topic areas include program redocumentation, end-user programming, net-centric computing, reverse engineering for program understanding, hypermedia, technology assessment, and Web site evolution.

More information about research being conducted in the Florida Tech Software Evolution Lab (SEL) is available here.

I am currently working on a project called “Techniques to Foster the Adoption of UML Diagrams for Program Documentation,” which is funded by IBM Corp.

My previous project was called “Code Analysis for Automatic Determination of Signal Paths.” It was funded by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW Group) of Munich, Germany.

Teaching

I teach courses in areas such as multimedia technologies and programming, software construction, software engineering, software evolution, software testing, information systems, and Web site construction.

Courses

I am teaching the following courses in Summer 2008:

• SWE 5510: Software Maintenance & Evolution (graduate)
• SWE 5900: Special Topics in Software Engineering - SOA & Web Services (at Northrop Grumman)

In the past I have also taught the following courses at Florida Tech:

• CSE 2410: Introduction to Software Engineering (undergraduate)
• CSE 4201: Software Development Projects 1 (undergraduate)
• CSE 4202: Software Development Projects 2 (undergraduate)
• SWE 5001: Software Engineering 1 (graduate)
• SWE 5002: Software Engineering 2 (graduate)
• SWE 5411: Software Testing 1 (graduate)
• CSE 5801: Independent Research in Computer Science (graduate)

Publications

I have (co)authored more than 90 academic puiblications. Recent publications include:

• Kienle, Holger; German, Daniel; Tilley, Scott; and Müller, Hausi. “Managing Legal Risks Associated with Intellectual Property on the Web.” To appear in International Journal of Business Information Systems. Inderscience Publishers Ltd., 2008.
• Parveen, Tauhida; Tilley, Scott; and Gonzalez, George. “A Case Study in Test Management.” Proceedings of the 45th ACM Southeast Conference (ACMSE 2007: March 23-24, 2007; Winston-Salem, NC). ACM Press: New York, NY, 2007.
• Distante, Damiano; Rossi, Gustavo; Canfora, Gerardo; and Tilley, Scott. “A Comprehensive Design Model for Integrating Business Processes in Web Applications.” International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology, 3(1):43-72. Inderscience Publishers Ltd., 2007.
• Bolchini, Davide; Dean, Thomas; Distante, Daminao; and Tilley, Scott (editors). Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice (JSME) – Special Issue on “Web Site Evolution 2006.” John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
• Distante, Damiano; Tilley, Scott; Canfora, Gerardo; and Huang, Shihong. “Redesigning Legacy Applications for the Web with UWAT+: A Case Study.” Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2006: May 20-28, 2006; Shanghai, China). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE CS Press, 2006.

I also edit and publish SIGPC (www.sigpc.net), an online newsletter exploring the impacts of pervasive computing.

Service

Representative service activies include the following:

Board Membership

• President, ACM SIGDOC (2003 – 2005)
• Chair, IEEE WSE Steering Committee (2002 – present)
• Co-Chair, SDM-DS Editorial Board (2004 – present)
• Member, IWCASE Executive Board (2000 – present)

Reviewing & Refereeing

• National Science Foundation (NSF): ITR Awards, CAREER Awards
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• Kluwer Academic: Automated Software Engineering, Journal of Intelligent Information Systems
• ACM: Computing Reviews, Computing Surveys
• IEEE Computer Society: Software, Transactions on Software Engineering
• British Computer Society: IEE Software
• John Wiley & Sons: Journal of Software Maintenance & Evolution, Book drafts
• Prentice-Hall: Book drafts

Conference Committees

• General Chair, The 24th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2008: Sept. 16-20, 2008; Beijing, China).
• Member, The 24th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC 2006: Oct. 18-20, 2006; Myrtle Beach, SC).
• Member, The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2006: Sept. 24-27, 2006; Philadelphia, PA).
• Finance Chair, The 8th IEEE International Symposium on Web Site Evolution (WSE 2006: Sept. 23-25, 2006; Philadelphia, PA).
• Member, The 3rd International Workshop on Software Development Methodologies for Distributed Systems (SDM-DS 2006: May 2006; Shanghai, China).
• General Chair, The 23rd International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC 2005: Sept. 21-23, 2005; Coventry, UK)

Consulting

S.R. Tilley & Associates specializes in tracking the development of emerging technologies and advising clients on the potential impact of these technologies on their businesses.

Contact Information

Last updated May 14, 2008 by Scott Tilley.