16.355/ESD.355 Engineering of Software
Fall 2011
Instructor: Nancy G Leveson
TA: John P. Thomas
Lecture: F8.30-11.30 (9-057)
Information:
Link to class website: http://sunnyday.mit.edu/16.355/
Announcements
Tomorrow's class
All,
Please try to read this news article in preparation for tomorrow's class:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/health/29radiation.html?pagewanted=all
It's about a recent medical device that overradiated many patients with tragic results. As you read the article:
- Mark the problems/issues that you think contributed to the disaster.
- If you find the root cause of the accidents, mark that as well.
- Note any similarities to Therac-25
You don't need to hand anything in, but part of tomorrow's class will involve going around the room to discuss what you found.
John
Please try to read this news article in preparation for tomorrow's class:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/health/29radiation.html?pagewanted=all
It's about a recent medical device that overradiated many patients with tragic results. As you read the article:
- Mark the problems/issues that you think contributed to the disaster.
- If you find the root cause of the accidents, mark that as well.
- Note any similarities to Therac-25
You don't need to hand anything in, but part of tomorrow's class will involve going around the room to discuss what you found.
John
Announced on 17 November 2011 3:36 p.m. by John P. Thomas
Design (2) Homework
All,
The Design (2) homework has been graded and returned via stellar as a comment to your original submission. Snippets of some of the interesting comments, experiences, and highlights from the critiques are available on stellar here:
https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/fa11/16.355/courseMaterial/topics/topic2/readings/Design_2_excerpts_v2/Design_2_excerpts_v2.pdf
John
The Design (2) homework has been graded and returned via stellar as a comment to your original submission. Snippets of some of the interesting comments, experiences, and highlights from the critiques are available on stellar here:
https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/fa11/16.355/courseMaterial/topics/topic2/readings/Design_2_excerpts_v2/Design_2_excerpts_v2.pdf
John
Announced on 06 November 2011 1:22 p.m. by John P. Thomas
Design (1) homework
All,
The Design (1) homework has been graded and returned via stellar as a comment to your original submission. I also compiled snippets of some of the interesting comments, experiences, and highlights from the critiques. It's available here:
https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/fa11/16.355/courseMaterial/topics/topic2/readings/excerpts_v2/excerpts_v2.pdf
P.S. To simplify the grading on the assignments, please make sure the file you submit is named Firstname_Lastname when you upload it to Stellar. Thanks!
John
The Design (1) homework has been graded and returned via stellar as a comment to your original submission. I also compiled snippets of some of the interesting comments, experiences, and highlights from the critiques. It's available here:
https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/fa11/16.355/courseMaterial/topics/topic2/readings/excerpts_v2/excerpts_v2.pdf
P.S. To simplify the grading on the assignments, please make sure the file you submit is named Firstname_Lastname when you upload it to Stellar. Thanks!
John
Announced on 27 October 2011 2:01 p.m. by John P. Thomas
Write-up excerpts
Hi Everyone,
I've been going through the design write-ups, and I've seen a lot of great comments / critiques of these papers! Unfortunately, you guys don't get to see any examples other than your own submissions. I'd love to take some snippets from your critiques and paste them anonymously into a document to distribute to the class, so that you too can benefit from each others' comments / experiences.
What do you guys think? If there are any objections, please let me know and I'll make sure to exclude your comments if I send out this document.
John
I've been going through the design write-ups, and I've seen a lot of great comments / critiques of these papers! Unfortunately, you guys don't get to see any examples other than your own submissions. I'd love to take some snippets from your critiques and paste them anonymously into a document to distribute to the class, so that you too can benefit from each others' comments / experiences.
What do you guys think? If there are any objections, please let me know and I'll make sure to exclude your comments if I send out this document.
John
Announced on 26 October 2011 10:37 a.m. by John P. Thomas
This week's homework
There were some questions about this week's homework so I
just wanted to clarify: no summary or critique is required for the
Kruger or Goodman papers.
John
John
Announced on 20 October 2011 10:27 a.m. by John P. Thomas
