Role of the Industry
The Industrial Members of the Consortium play a pivotal
role. It is not sufficient for the members to only provide cash support
for the university researchers. They also provide research topics and directions.
Staff of the member companies not only monitor, but also participate and
contribute to the research activities of CSER projects. That participation
is clearly evident by the number of papers co-authored by industrial researchers
during the six years of CSERs’ existence. Strong involvement of
both management and technical staff of member companies is highly beneficial
for the effective co-operation between principal investigators and industrial
partners. Availability of industrial environments, tools and body of
source code is another contribution that must be made by the industrial
member_and is critical to the success of the CSER research projects
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Role of the Universities
One of CSER’s goals is to increase the profile
of software engineering in university research and education. University
participation is critical to achieving that, as well as the research goals
of the industrial members. The current set of projects has been specified
by the sponsoring organizations but most of the details of the initial
CSER research effort were designed by the university investigators with
inputs from the sponsoring companies. It is a university responsibility
to develop appropriate educational material for the inclusion in new courses.
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Role of the National Research Council
The National Research Council (NRC),
Canada’s foremost Research and
Development agency, is a leader in the development of an innovative, knowledge-based
economy through science and technology. The Institute for Information Technology
(IIT) sees its mission to assist its client community, the information
technology sector, through collaborative research and development projects.
IIT has recognized the critical importance of the software engineering
discipline to the competitive position of Canadian industry. It was involved
in the creation of CSER and participated in its activities in the first
six years of operation, because it has a core of expertise, which augments
the expertise existing in the university community. Not only is CSER an
opportunity for NRC to contribute to NRC’s mandate to support industry,
but it also affords NRC researchers the opportunity to work with the CSER
principal investigators and their students.
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