The $30,000 gift will
benefit and promote student awards/projects, faculty scholarship and
classroom exchanges with professionals.
September 29, 2005 :: No. 33
A $30,000 gift from Monrovia-based Parasoft
Corp. has been awarded to Cal State Fullerton’s College
of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) to benefit and promote
such efforts as student awards/projects, faculty scholarship and
classroom exchanges with professionals.
A third of the donation is allocated to the ECS Affiliates
program, a partnership among the university, private industry and
the community to enhance educational and career opportunities for
students through the support and development of programs, technical
infrastructure, student and faculty research, and cooperative educational
relationships in the classroom and workplace.
The gift also will fund awards to outstanding students
and projects of the first graduating class of the college’s
new online master’s degree program in software engineering.
Supporting a continuing need for more diligent and
effective software development methodologies, $15,000 of the gift
will help fund a project of Dorota Huizinga, acting associate dean
of the College of Engineering and Computer Science and professor
of computer science. She is developing a textbook aimed at software
engineering graduate students and professionals.
The book, which is being co-authored by Parasoft
founder and CEO Adam Kolawa, will focus on Automated Error Prevention
(AEP), an industry best practice and methodology that automates
the development process to help software organizations learn from
their and other’s mistakes to prevent software errors from
being repeated.
Parasoft
Corp., a leading provider of AEP software solutions, develops
and markets proprietary development tools and solutions to help
companies eliminate and prevent software errors. The company was
founded in 1987.
With the book, noted Huizinga, “We’re
trying to bridge the gap between academic research and the practical
needs of the software industry.”
Media Contacts: |
Maryanne Horton, College of Engineering and
Computer Science, at 657-278-5466 or mhorton@fullerton.edu
Gail Matsunaga, Public Affairs, 657-278-4851 or gmatsunaga@fullerton.edu |
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