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Strengthening the IST Research Capacity of Sofia University

SISTER project – WP2A tasksSISTER project – WP2A tasks

Sylvia Ilieva

Department Software Engineering FMI, Sofia University


OutlineOutline

• 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”

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SISTER projectSISTER project

• 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 Nikolov3


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WP2A Objectives and tasksWP2A Objectives and tasks

• Strengthening the human resource research capacity• Task 2a.1. Determining joint research agenda in S&S• Task 2a.4. Advancing education in S&S

• Strengthening the research infrastructure• Task 2a.2. Establishing S&S research infrastructure

• Strengthening and enlarging the network of RTD partners• Task 2a.3. Intensifying research potential

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Background - educationBackground - education

• 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 20025


Background - projectsBackground - 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 members6


WP2A, task 2.1a resultsWP2A, task 2.1a results

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

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WP2A PartnersWP2A 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

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Subproject - aimSubproject - aim

• 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. 9


Subproject - approachSubproject - approach

• 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.

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Subproject – expected resultSubproject – expected result

• 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

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Subproject scheduleSubproject schedule

• 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

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