Sister project

SISTER project

• SISTER project

• Objectives and Tasks of WP2A

• FMI background in software and services

• Current results from task 2.1a

• Subproject “Extend the determined joint research agenda in S&S for national priorities in Software and Services”

SISTER - Strengthening the IST Research Capacity Of Sofia University

• SISTER - Strengthening the IST Research Capacity Of Sofia University

• Started: April 2008

• Expected end: March 2011 (Sept 2011)

• Approved funding: 1 000 000 EUR

• Source of finding: European commission, 7th Framework Program

• Project manager: Prof. Roumen Nikolov

Since 2004 MSc program in SE

• Since 2004 MSc program in SE

• Since 2006 BSc program in SE

• Joint Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) program – Sofia University and Stevens Institute of Technology

• 1 March 2007 – establishment of Software Engineering department in FMI

• PhD students in S&S since 2002

European projects

• European projects

• FP5 IST project eXPERT: best practice on e-business development methods
• FP5 IST project WG ECUA: European COTS working group extension
• FP5 IST project Diogen: A training web broker for IST professionals
• FP6 IP Project TENCOMPETENCE: Building The European Network for Lifelong Competence Development

• Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science project ‘Agile methodology for software development’

• NESSI members

Defined research agenda and action plan for FMI in S&S

• Defined research agenda and action plan for FMI in S&S

International partners

• International partners

• ATOS Origin, Spain
• Mälardalen University, Sweden
• University of Reading - ACET Centre, UK
• University of Bolzano, Italy

• National partners

• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• BASSCOM
• ICT cluster

Extend the determined joint research agenda in S&S for national priorities in Software and Services

• Extend the determined joint research agenda in S&S for national priorities in Software and Services

• It will identify topics of S&S research that

• constitute research urgencies at European levels – FP8 research objectives, ETPs, etc
• map on national and regional interests
• are in the research focus of Bulgarian scientific/academic groups and industry.

Similar to the approach already applied in 2.1a task, but improved and extended in two directions.

• Similar to the approach already applied in 2.1a task, but improved and extended in two directions.

• it will be applied on new data
• analysed materials will be extended with input and feedback from industry.

Document named Research agenda in S&S proposed to

• Document named Research agenda in S&S proposed to

• the Ministry of Science and Education, National Scientific Fund, other governmental bodies,
• Professional organizations - ICT cluster, BASSCOM, SMEs,
• universities and academia

January 2011 – 1st workshop

• January 2011 – 1st workshop

• June 2011 – 2nd workshop

• Steps:

• Methodology – March 2011
• Data gathered – May 2011,
• Document v1 – June 2011
• Document v2+ recommendations – July 2011