Centres off excellence

Software maintenance hardly seems a promising area on which to build a vibrant and expanding research group. After all, everyone knows that software maintenance is the equivalent of being sent to Siberia-any bright young software engineer worth their salt wants to move straight into working on new products. By the time a software system is approaching maintenance, itʹs time to change jobs to the next exciting development project. That way lies promotion, career development, broader experience, and more fun!