Delaware Valley Chapter
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Chapter and SIG Meetings ~ 2005

06 Dec. 05 Meeting

21June 05 Meeting

QuARS: Automated Natural Language Analysis of Requirements and Specifications

Speaker: Robert Ferguson (*) of SEI
Date: Tuesday 21 June 05
Place: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ
Topic: Ferguson will present a preview of his 2005 IS paper:
"QuARS: Automated Natural Language Analysis of Requirements and Specifications" ( ** see below) - and demonstrate the current form of the tool. He’ll show specific examples of the type defects it finds.     

See Presentation: QuARS - Slide Package

* SEI Staff Page for Robert W Ferguson
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and operated by Carnegie Mellon University.

** Quality Analyzer for Requirements Specifications (QuARS)
- Lexical, syntactic and semantic analyses of requirements:  natural language analysis of requirements text
     - lexical: vague, weak, optional, subjective, other terms
     - syntactic: multiple, implicit, under specified statements
     - semantic: allows screening for consistency, completeness, etc.
     - arbitrary combinations of domains, components, functionality, product quality attributes, and so on

QuARS Definition Links:
  - Presentation Information - Systems & Software Technology Conference
  - An Automatic Tool for Improving the Quality of Software Requirements

Meeting Flyer: June 05 meeting abstract and speaker bio.: MSWord ~ PDF

28 Mar. 05 Meeting

COSYSMO: The Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model

Speaker: Ricardo Valerdi, the Aerospace Corporation and University of Southern California *
Date: Monday, 28 March 2005
Place: L-3 Communications, Camden, NJ
Presentation: COSYSMO - Slide Package (PDF)
    * References:
   - Web Site: http://www.valerdi.com/cosysmo/
   - COSYSMO prototype Excel 1.464MB file   

           Meeting Flyer: Mar. 05 meeting abstract and speaker bio.: MSWord ~ PDF

08 Feb. 05 Meeting

Systems Engineering at the FAA Technical Center

Speaker: Anthony Stevens, CISSP, FAA’s Information Security Group, The Security Concerns of Wireless Technology within the FAA                 

Speaker: Michael McAnulty, PhD, FAA’s NAS Human Factors Group,  Human Factors and Engineering FAA Systems

Presentations:

• Stevens INCOSE Presentation 2-8-05.pdf

• McAnulty INCOSE Presentation.ppt

Location: FAA William J Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport

Meeting Flyer: MS Word . PDF

Systems Engineering at the FAA Technical Center

INCOSE Delaware Valley Chapter President Clifton Baldwin, left, presented certificates of appreciation to Anthony Stevens, CISSP, center, FAA’s Information Security Group, and Michael McAnulty, PhD, left, FAA’s NAS Human Factors Group. The presentation by Stevens was entitled "The Security Concerns of Wireless Technology within the FAA" and McAnulty's presentation was "Human Factors and Engineering FAA Systems."

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