THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 
CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAM 
ANNOUNCES SHORT COURSES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 

APPLIED SOFTWARE METRICS for PRODUCTIVITY and QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Course #1885DC October 13-15, 1993 in Washington, DC        $975

The objective of this course is to provide participants with an
understanding of state-of-the-art techniques and tools used to collect and
analyze metrics during the four phases of software development:
definitions requirements, design, implementation, and testing. Software
metrics provide information on the structural and functional complexity of
the software design to aid in the process of achieving system performance
within budget and time schedule.

INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Ambrose Goicoechea and Miguel Carrio 

APPLYING TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT to SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Course #1810DC     November 8-10, 1993 in Washington, DC  $975

This course emphasizes the process improvement aspects of TQM as it applies
to software development and maintenance. It focuses on the actions
necessary to evaluate the adequacy of current processes and to implement
improvements, where required. By combining the technique of presentations
with hands-on application of the principles, it enables the participants
to understand how the principles of TQM are applied in a software
development or maintenance environment. This is accomplished by walking
participants through the principles of TQM as formulated by Deming and
Juran, highlighting proven statistical process control techniques and
tools, and then having participants apply them to actual software
development and maintenance processes.

INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Emanuel R. Baker and Dr. Ron S. Kenett

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL SYSTEMS and NEURAL COMPUTING
Course #1865MG  Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 1993 in Munich, Germany   $1,290

The wide-spread application of artificial neural networks is astonishing
and inspiration. Neural networks are gaining popularity in diverse fields
such as aerospace, banking, communications, defense, transportation, just
to name a few. Why is this new technology expanding so rapidly? Are neural
networks a panacea ? How do they work? Are they truly intelligent? This
course uses discussions, demonstrations and classroom workshops to teach
how neural networks function and to stimulate future application. It
introduces neural network paradigms in sufficient depth to provide insight
into their properties, applications and pitfalls. The course reviews
design and implementation issues, and presents related software and
hardware advances. It also provides comparisons between neural networks,
conventional computing techniques and other artificial intelligence
paradigms - fuzzy systems, genetic algorithms, expert systems.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Peter L. Knepell 


ATM LAN's: Gigabit Networks
Course #1891DC  Oct 18-20, 1993 in Washington, DC     $975

The objective of this course k to help participants understand the advanced
networking capabilities being planned for high bandwidth integrated voice,
data, image and video communications. Course participants will be able to
understand the key requirement for broadband applications; understand
limitations of 1st and 2nd generation LANs; appreciate the broadband
networking standards process; understand the concepts of gigabit
transmission: SONET networking; conceptually understand the ATM
architecture and technology; understand LAN/WAN interface options;
appreciate issues related to building wiring for high bandwidth
communications and understand the state-of-the are for 3rd generation
LANs.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Satish Chandra 

COMPETITIVE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Course #1881DC     September 13-15, 1993 in Washington, DC  $975

This course introduces managers and senior staff to the bask business
issues present in developing and maintaining software. It shows how to
develop competitive software by using proven software engineering
principles enhanced by recent developments in process improvement methods,
CASE tools, software metrics and risk-driven project management Most of
the principles presented will improve any software organization but the
process is particularly enhanced under one of the modem object-oriented
languages such as Ada or C++. These modem languages provide major
life-cycle cost advantages and support efficient, proprietary reuse
libraries. Many of the methods described are based on the proven software
development frameworks (such as the Capability Maturity Model or CMM) from
the Software Engineering Institute.

INSTRUCTOR: John Cosgrove 

HIGH-PERFORMANCE (MICRO)PROCESSORS 
Course #1908DC     Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 1993 in Washington, DC $1,125

This course was designed to enable participants to understand the advanced
features and capilities of modem high-performance 32-bit and 64-bit RISC
and CISC processors, as well as their similarities and differences to
assist them in selecting a processor. Participants will also learn the
issues and trade-offs involved in choosing among different design
approaches, and how to use the processors and accompanying external chips
in designing integrated working systems.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Nikitas Alexandridis

INTERCONNECT DESIGN In HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL SYSTEMS
Course #1910MG     December 1-3, 1993 in Munich, Germany  $1,210

This course emphasizes understanding the physical principals in signal
propagation and degradation through interconnects in high-speed digital
systems. The course covers topics relevant to the design, simulation, and
measurement of interconnect components, including transceivers,
connectors, printed-circuit and cable interconnections in high-speed
buses, including clock routes. Case studies are included focusing on
important, yet relatively less understood aspects of practical designs.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Istvan Novak

OBJECT-ORIENTED REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS and LANGUAGE-INDEPENDENT DESIGN: A
Software Engineering Approach
Course #1833DC     Aug. 30-Sep. 3, 1993 in Washington, DC  $1,295

Object-Oriented Development (OOD) has become accepted as the best overall
paradigm for developing software and is in the process of replacing the
older structured approaches. This course emphasizes the aplication of
modern software engineering to the analysis and language-independent
design of large, complex, and even real-time systems such as those
developed in the aerospace, telecommunications, process control and
defense domains. The course introduces some fundamental concepts and six
object-oriented models (I.e., object, class, state, control timing and
assembly) including the associated diagramming techniques and
object-oriented specification and design language. It will provide
numerous approaches to the identification of object, classes, and
subassemblies including strengths and limitation of the individual
approaches It then presents the requirements analysis and logical design
activities of the ASTS Development Method 3 (ADM 3) including intermediate
product evaluation criteria. 

INSTRUCTOR: Donald Firesmith 

SIMULATION MODELING 
Course #1558DC September 20-23, 1993 in Washington, DC    $1,125
       #1558DC October   18-22, 1993 in Brussels, Belgium $1,370

This course discusses applications of simulation modeling to manufacturing,
military logistics, transportation, computer and communication systems. It
provides effective methods for developing the system model ensuring
validity, selecting simulation input and analyzing output data. The course
offers in-depth evaluation of simulation software enabling hr the best
selection to a specific application.

INSTRUCTOR: Averil M. Law 

PLEASE CONTACT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, CONTINUING ENGINEERING
EDUCATION PROGRAM OFFICES FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The George Washington University
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Washington, DC 20052
202-994-6106,  fax: 202-872-0645
800-424-9773 (USA),   800-535-4567 (Canada)

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