Title :
Graduation talk at Wang Institute
Author_Institution :
Wang Inst. of Graduate Studies, Tyngsboro, MA, USA
fDate :
5/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In 1987, An Wang announced that he would no longer finance the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies. Under the terms of a merger arranged with Boston University, the Institute´s flagship degree, Master of Software Engineering, was discontinued. The author discusses the program´s meaning and value to the software engineering profession. The establishment of the Society of Software Engineering (to carry on the tradition of the Wang Institute), is also described.<>
Keywords :
computer science education; professional aspects; societies; software engineering; Boston University; Wang Institute; flagship degree; merger; software engineering profession; Auditory system; Chapters; Costs; Finishing; History; Knowledge engineering; Programming profession; Shape; Software engineering; Voting;
