The Software Engineering Research Group
SERG
Software engineering is concerned with methods and techniques for
building high quality software systems. This not only includes
software construction, but also requirements analysis, design, system
integration, testing, deployment, and making changes to software
systems after their first release.
Mission
The mission of the Delft Software Engineering Research Group is
- to develop a deep understanding of how people build and evolve software systems;
- to develop novel methods, techniques and tools that advance the way in which software
is built and adjusted; and
- to offer students an education that prepares them to take a leading role
in complex software development projects.
Teaching
The educational activities of the Delft Software Engineering group
cover courses in the TU Delft bachelor in software technology and
master in computer science. Courses we teach include
programming, software engineering, testing,
embedded systems, real time systems, and so on. Several members of
the educational staff have won the "teacher of the year" award.
Within the MSc program, we offer a software engineering specialization,
which aims to equip students with knowledge of
modern software development approaches and their underlying
principles, as well as of recent advances in software engineering
research.
Each year, 15-20 students complete their
masters thesis within
this specialization.
People
The group employs approximately 20
people (depending on the
completion or initiation of projects), comprising
full, associate, and assistant professors, lecturers, postdocs, and
PhD students.
The group is led by prof. dr.
Arie van Deursen
SERG is part of the department of
Software Technology,
faculty of
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science,
Delft University of Technology, and
a member of the research school
IPA.