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Global Software
Engineering
European Master
The Global Software Engineering European Master
Programme, GSEEM, gives you the skills you need to
master the challenges of developing software systems
in a global, distributed environment. It will give you:
• International experience: choose two universities
• Experience of working in distributed projects on
a global arena
• Double Master´s degree
Specializations:
• Software Architecting
• Real-time Embedded Systems Engineering
• Web systems and Services Engineering
GSEEM – a winning team at ICSE 2009
The International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), the world’s premier conference of its kind, was sponsoring the first Student Contest On Software Engineering (SCORE) in spring 2009. Fifty projects from around the world were submitted to the competition. All four of the projects submitted by the GSEEM students were among the ten semi-finalists. Three of these qualified for the finals, and representatives from the project teams presented their projects at the conference in Vancouver, Canada. Finally, GSEEM students were the ones winning the first price.
“Winning the first price was fantastic”, says Gianluigi Ciambriello from L’Aquila, Italy: “We knew we did a good job, but we couldn´t believe we would win the whole contest. The good team spirit and our teachers made us perform so well.”
“The winners of this competition will be able to work anywhere in the world,” says Ivica Crnkovic, professor and head of the Software Engineering division at Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
Next SCORE competition will be held in Hawaii in 2011 – why don´t you join the team?
The GSEEM programme
The GSEEM Master’s programme prepares future software engineers to work in distributed professional environments where collaborators are distant in their geographical location, in their personal and organizational culture, and in their professional practices. Global software engineering combines technical engineering expertise with socio-cultural competences. This com-bination provides the future generation of global software professionals with the skills necessary to build innovative software in a global environment and to successfully manage global software projects.
Technical expertise
The GSEEM programme includes subjects like: dynamic, component-based and service oriented software architectures; product lines development in industry fields like automotive and consumer electronics; analysis and design of quality requirements like security, performance or usability; development of Web services and alignment with user requirements.
Global working environment
We will teach you to become acquainted with global issues that become important in the software engineering profession. You will learn to interact with global collaborators in an effective way, recognizing and understanding cultural differences and turning them in an advantage. You will be able to manage and participate in large distributed projects developing software systems in the most challenging software engineering areas. You will be able to share and communicate the right professional knowledge across geographical and sociological boundaries.
Aims
The outcome of your studies will be governed by your personal choice and mix of modules – although always within the global software engineering concept – and the approach of your final thesis project. However, each student must do at least 60 ECTS abroad. This can be achieved through core modules, optional modules, and a thesis.
Double degree
By completing the GSEEM programme, you will receive a Double Master Degree in the area of software engineering. A Double Master Degree is a collection of two Master Degrees provided at two different Universities. To obtain a Master Degree at a University you must fulfill the following conditions: (1) Obtain an least 60 ECTS from each of the two partner uni-versities where the study has been done, and (2) fulfill the eventual additional local requirements for the Master Degree at both Universities (see the Uni-versities page for more information and exceptions).
Scholarships
Scholarships may be granted by the various university partners on a yearly basis, as based on availability and on the individual candidate study records. Scholarships may cover living expenses or tuition fees or thesis projects by industry. For further information refer to the GSEEM contact persons.
International mobility
GSEEM is a Master programme of two years. During the studies, each GSEEM student will attend one year at the home university and one year abroad at one of the other university partners.
Thesis
The Master thesis project is carried out during the second year, eventually abroad. The thesis research can be undertaken in a university research lab or in cooperation with a non-university organisation (e.g. private companies, state/ community authorities). If it is done at non-university organisations, the pri-mary supervisor will still be a faculty member of a partner university and the quality of the work will be closely supervised. The final outcome of your study will be governed by the approach of your final thesis project.
Global Software Engineering European Master
International Double Degree Master’s Programme
www.gseem.eu
GSEEM teaches you how to deal
successfully with the challenges of
developing software systems in a global,
distributed environment.
You can choose among the following
specializations:
- Software Architecting
- Real-time Embedded Systems
Engineering
- Web systems and Services Engineering
GSEEM offers two Master degrees,
international experience and excellent
career prospects.
Global Software Engineering European Master
International Double Degree Master’s Programme
www.gseem.eu
GSEEM teaches you how to deal
successfully with the challenges of
developing software systems in a global,
distributed environment.
You can choose among the following
specializations:
- Software Architecting
- Real-time Embedded Systems
Engineering
- Web systems and Services Engineering
GSEEM offers two Master degrees,
international experience and excellent
career prospects.
Global Software Engineering European Master
International Double Degree Master’s Programme
www.gseem.eu
GSEEM teaches you how to deal
successfully with the challenges of
developing software systems in a global,
distributed environment.
You can choose among the following
specializations:
- Software Architecting
- Real-time Embedded Systems
Engineering
- Web systems and Services Engineering
GSEEM offers two Master degrees,
international experience and excellent
career prospects.
Specialization profiles
You can choose one among three specialization profiles: each partner univeristy offers core and optional modules and practical/industrial thesis projects in the profile(s) it excels, as illustrated in the following table.
The Software Architecting (SA) Profile comprises general
principles for the analysis, design and management of large and complex software systems. Global distributed settings need specialized practices, mechanisms and technologies to share knowledge mong distributed virtual communities of professionals.
The Real-time Embedded Systems Engineering (ES) Profile
is focused on modelling and analysis of embedded and real-time systems (from mobile phones, sensors and communication devices, to large products such as vehicles or airplanes). Such systems require knowledge of Software Engineering to provide solutions related to reliability, safety, resource usage, timeliness, predictability and similar properties.
The Web systems and Services Engineering (WS) Profile
focuses on architectural engineering, interoperability, implemen-tation, testing and deployment of Web and Internet distributed applications and services. Like embedded systems, Web applica-tions/services require specific solutions related to concerns such as security, integrity, timeliness, performance and usability.
Profile MDH UDA VUA
SA - Software Architecting x x x ES - Real-time Embedded Systems engineering x
WS - Web systems and Services engineering x
Universities
Mälardalen University
Mälardalen University has 13,000 students studying one of its approximately 60 programs and more than 800 courses. Mälardalen University is situated in the densely populated and expansive region around Lake Mälaren, about one hour by train from Stockholm and Arlanda Airport. Education and research is characterized by high international quality in technology and science, the humanities, social science and the caring sciences. The University participates in some ten national research schools and conducts graduate studies within the technological branch of scholarship.
The School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, and its Mälardalen Real-Time Research Centre (MRTC) are responsible for GSEEM. MRTC is the lead-ing research profile at MDH, and the leadlead-ing group in Sweden in Embedded Systems related research. MRTC hosts several large strategic initiatives in close collaboration with Swedish industry and has extensive co-operations world-wide. MRTC combines academic excellence with industrial relevance.
www.mrtc.mdh.se
University of L’Aquila
The University of L’Aquila counts about 24,000 students. It comprises 9 Facul-ties, 17 Departments, 2 Excellence Centres of Research and 3 interdepartmen-tal Research Centres. The University favours outgoing and incoming mobility of students and teachers through the International Relations Office (IRO) and offers services for the assistance of disabled students, for providing free language courses to incoming and outgoing students, the Erasmus Students Association (for leisure activities and welcoming), and the SACS for providing counselling and tutoring services.
The Computer Science Department has developed a solid research and development expertise in (among others) the specification and validation of large distributed software systems. In the Software Engineering area the main research focus is on software architectures, component-based programming, internet-based programming, security and verification issues. The Department collaborates with several companies in the telecommunication area and partici-pates in several national and international projects.
informatica.di.univaq.it/gseem-en
VU University Amsterdam
The VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit) has more than 19,000 stu-dents and more than 100 MSc programmes. It is known for its interactive and high quality education, and for its dynamic international and multi-cultural university Campus. The faculty of Sciences (FEW) offers education within the disciplines Computer Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, Chemistry & Pharmaco-chemistry and Mathematics. The education programme is strongly connected to the various research activities. The faculty offers excellent research facilities in highly specialized laboratories as well as unique computing facilities. The research group participating in GSEEM works in the Computer Science department. It is specialized in software architecture, service oriented architec-ture, knowledge management and modelling, and global software engineering. Researchers have an outstanding international reputation, attracting many ex-ternal grants and are partners in various National- and EU-networks and projects. Most of the students carry out their Master- and Bachelor thesis projects in com-panies, such as Philips, Accenture, IBM, Logica, Cap Gemini and many others.
Conditions
Fees to be paid in the foreign University during your mobility period
(please notice you still have to pay local fees):
GSEEM University EU students non EU students
MDH no fees no fees UDA <900 EUR/year <900 EUR/year VUA 1,620 EUR/year 12,000 EUR/year
Scholarships you can be granted during your mobility period:
GSEEM University Scholarships Notes
MDH 2,500 EUR Erasmus scholarships. In some cases you might get payed for a thesis at companies 1,000-2,400 EUR UDA 6,000 EUR/year GSEEM-specific scholarship fo best students VUA 1,600 / 5,500 GSEEM specific Scholarship: 1.600 euros, EUR/year VU fellowship program: 5.500. Paid thesis work in company (400-500 a month + refund)
Degrees
Study Universities during
the GSEEM Programme Degrees Notes
MDH –UDA Double degree Two Master Degrees provided by MDH and UDA if mobility covers those two GSEEM University MDH – VUA Double degree Two Master Degrees provided by MDH and VUA if mobility covers those two GSEEM University VUA –UDA Double degree Two Master Degrees provided by VUA and UDA if mobility covers those two GSEEM University
Application
If you are not a registered student at any of the GSEEM universities you must enrol first at one GSEEM university of your choice. Please refer to the local contact person] If you are already a registered student at one of the GSEEM universities, you must express your interest by filling in the form below. Deadline for GSEEM expression of interest is: February, 1st.
Given that application rules are slightly different for each university, you are adviced to refer to a contact person from one of the partner universities for informa-tion on the local applicainforma-tion procedure, admission requirements and tuiinforma-tion fees.
Entry requirements
The following general entry requirements are applied:
1) A Bachelor degree(*) (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related areas.
2) A demonstrated language proficiency in English.
Other candidates will be considered after evaluation on an individual basis. Additional local requirements may be applied at the different partner universities. For more datails refer to the local contact persons.
(*) Students may apply for this program also during their last year of the Bachelor phase
Contact
Mälardalen University
Coordinators of the GSEEM programme Ivica Crnkovic
Sasikumar Punnekkat
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering Mälardalen University, 721 23, Västerås, Sweden T: +46 21 107324
University of L’Aquila
Henry Muccini
Department of Computer Science A1/10, Coppito II
L’Aquila, Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
VU University Amsterdam
Patricia Lago
Department of Computer Science De Boelelaan 1081A
1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands T: +31 (0)20 5987745
GSEEM @ Facebook
A GSEEM Facebook group has been created by GSEEM students. You can post your questions directly to students participating to the GSEEM experience.
You can reach all contact persons by sending an email to: