Advances in the Design and Implementation of a Multi-Tier Architecture in the GIPSY Environment

We present advances in the software engineering design and implementation of the multi-tier run-time system for the General Intensional Programming System (GIPSY) by further unifying the distributed technologies used to implement the Demand Migration Framework (DMF) in order to streamline distributed execution of hybrid intensional-imperative programs using Java.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure

Starting a community development bank: a New Haven story

With their ability to attract socially conscious investors to a community bank and provide tax deductions, nonprofits could become increasingly pivotal in making financial services available to low- and moderate-income communities.Community banks - Connecticut

Generating Combinations: A Case Study In Database Design, Recursion, VBA, And SQL Programming

There are rare opportunities when solving an easily-understood problem can bring together application of skills taught in diverse courses in a Computer Science (CS) or Management Information Systems (MIS) program. This paper presents such an opportunity in the typical database management systems course taught at the junior or senior level. Specifically, we describe the problem of designing a database to keep track of university degree programs in, say, business analytics, their required core courses and elective groups, and generating all possible curriculum paths available for graduation. The elegant solution marries data modeling skills with programming skills in recursion, VBA and embedded SQL programming that work remarkably well in teaching students the value of each tool in the toolset they take away from required courses as a part of their undergraduate education in CS or MIS

The Match: A Case Study In Algorithm Analysis Of The National Resident Matching Program

There are rare opportunities when solving an easily-understood problem can bring together application of skills taught in diverse courses in a Computer Science (CS) or Management Information Systems (MIS) program.  This paper presents such an opportunity in the typical database management systems course taught at the junior or senior level.  Specifically, we describe the case study of solving the classical Hospitals/Residents problem in Microsoft Access.  The solution, based on classical Gale-Shapely algorithm for the Stable Marriage problem, offers pedagogical opportunities in data modeling, algorithm and data structure considerations for program development, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and embedded SQL (Structured Query Language) programming, and empirical analysis of running time complexity of algorithms that work remarkably well in teaching students the value of each tool in the toolset they take away from required courses as a part of their undergraduate education in CS or MIS

Moops: A web implementation of the Personal Software Process reporting system

The purpose of Moops is to bridge the gap between PSP Scriber, geared very specifically to the CSCI655 class, and other available PSP implications which are so general they are difficult to use immediately without valuable time spent learning the software. Moops is a PHP/MySQL based web application designed to provide the students taking the CSCI655 graduate software engineering course at CSUSB with an intuitive, easy to use tool to implement the Personal Software Process (PSP). Moops eliminates the possibility of errors in calculations by completing all calculations for the user

Information Technology Services (ITS) Program Database

The South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) system, comprised of the six public universities, has undertaken a project to migrate the Colleague Student Information System from a proprietary Unidata database to an Oracle database. The conversion to the Oracle database will allow the ITS Administrative Computing staff more options to create programs that access the Colleague Student Information System. During the conversion of the existing Unidata programs, it was discovered that the migration was causing us to lose our ability to keep track of programs that were developed to access the Colleague system. In addition, while we are gaining the option of using different tools to develop programs, we are also losing our ability to easily search through developed programs to find a specific program or search for a program that might contain a certain aspect that is desired. Users across campus have also asked multiple times if a certain program might exist to extract information they are looking for. We determined that there was a need for a system that would allow program information to be stored and accessed by ITS Administrative Computing staff and staff members across campus who have access to run programs against the Colleague Student Information System. An ITS Program Database was incorporated into the existing Project Request System to allow access to the database in a location that is already accessed by staff. The ITS Program Database contains SQL tables to store program information and uses ASP.NET and C# WebForms to access the program information from the SQL tables. Table structure, WebForm designs, programming languages, and programming structure was determined from the existing Project Request System. The outcome of the ITS Program Database project was a system that is user-friendly and easily maintainable. The ITS Program Database is accessible through the DSU Portal and linked to the existing Project Request System that is already used by staff across campus. Campus staff members are able to access a list of programs they have access to run. They also have the ability to search through their list of programs to find a program based on search terms. This project has given the ITS Administrative Computing staff a tool that allows the tracking of completed projects to avoid duplicate creation and the ability to search for programs created with a variety of tools

Historic Preservation

Historic preservation is the physical rehabilitation of historical buildings and neighborhoods. The United States began its campaign for preservation in the 1960s. Historic preservation has been a concern for the United States for a long time. In 1966, the federal government established the “National Historic Preservation Act”. The purpose of the act was to insure that the cultural and historical foundations of the country were preserved in the face of development that was increasingly destroying landmarks that were crucial to the future development of the country. Congress found that the cultural and historical basis of the nation needed to be preserved to give a sense of “orientation” to the American people. The goals of the act were specific, calling for any measure needed, including financial support, to maintain a balance between the current society and prehistoric and historic resources