In this paper, we present the application of a set of software engineering roles. Role definitions were developed using internationally recognized software engineering reference documents for a major railway development organization: Bombardier Transportation. The description of the Software Architect role is explained. This paper will also illustrate how the role set could be used for project-...

1 Biomedical Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon 2 Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 3Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technolo...

Requirements Engineering (RE) has received much attention in research and practice due to its importance to software project success. Its interdisciplinary nature, the dependency to the customer, and its inherent uncertainty still render the discipline di cult to investigate. This results in a lack of empirical data. These are necessary, however, to demonstrate which practically relevant RE pro...

Technology already exists to capture and communicate a variety of information from motor vehicles. Automobiles are equipped with sensors and can reliably report their location, velocity, and condition via cellular telecommunications. Truck location tracking with global positioning systems is common, and prototype systems exist for characterizing surrounding traffic and roadway conditions. Given...

In this paper, an e-learning pilot project at the Széchenyi István University will be introduced. This experiment may be the first one in graduate distant learning education, in Hungary. Management of the University has realized that because of the lack of human resources and capacity while too many applicants traditional distant learning methods can not cope with today’s requirements. Our Goal...

Product or company names used in this set are for identification purposes only. Inclusion of the names of the products or companies does not indicate a claim of ownership by IGI Global of the trademark or registered trademark. Multi-agent systems for traffic and transportation engineering / Ana L.C. Bazzan and Franziska Klugl, editor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summar...

PREFACE The great difficulty that employers, including universities, have had recently in finding engineering graduates to fill vacancies is a frequent topic of discussion among civil engineering professionals. This is especially true when seeking high quality engineering graduates in transportation engineering. The condition was brought to the attention of the Technical Council of the Institut...

This paper introduces an on-going doctoral research track on the role of survivability as an attribute in the design of complex system architectures. Survivability may be defined generally as the ability of a system to minimize the impact of a finite disturbance on value delivery, achieved through either the satisfaction of a minimally acceptable level of value delivery during and after a finit...

In 1995 I wrote “Educating the ‘New Transportation Professional’”.1 Inspired by the changes in our field induced by Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), it described a broad concept of what knowledge the transportation professional in the 21st century will need to be effective. The paper discussed the “T”-shaped professional; this professional would have a broad understanding of technology...

Researches and experiments in the field of transportation studies have proved that an effective and robust urban transportation system can favour sustainable urban development and optimisation of transportation facilities. Modelling urban transportation information is an engineering and research issue that has attracted the design of many conceptual and logical data models. However, the applica...