Title :
Experience and recommendations for distributed software development
Author :
Carlson, Patrick ; Xiao, Nan
Author_Institution :
Human-Comput. Interaction, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
Abstract :
The following position paper outlines a software development course project for a semester long class on distributed software development. The developed application was an Android based facial recognition application which returned the name and contact information of people in a picture. Students from Iowa State University in the US, Jilin University in China, and the Federal Universidade da Bahia in Brazil participated. Challenges and solutions that were part of the development process as well as recommendations for future classes are provided.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; face recognition; groupware; information retrieval; operating systems (computers); software engineering; Android based facial recognition application; Federal Universidade da Bahia; Iowa State University; Jilin University; contact information; distributed software development; name information; software development course project; Collaboration; Documentation; Educational institutions; Programming; Servers; Smart phones; Software; Android; distributed software development; remote collaboration;
Conference_Titel :
Collaborative Teaching of Globally Distributed Software Development Workshop (CTGDSD), 2012
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1817-4
DOI :
10.1109/CTGDSD.2012.6226945
