Introductory slides for the ICSE 2011 Panel on: What Industry Wants from Research

1. Panel:
What
Industry
Wants
from
Research
Organizers:
Jorge
Aranda,
Daniela
Damian,
Marian
Petre,
Margaret-­‐Anne
Storey,
Greg
Wilson

3. A
conversa>on
is
started…

4. Ques>ons
we
asked…
What
is
your
percep%on
of
soFware
engineering
research?
Conferences,
journals,
collabora>ons…
What
counts
as
evidence?
How
do
you
find
out
about
results?
What
topics
should
soFware
engineering
research
focus
on?

5. Percep%ons
of
so0ware
research
Focused
on
organiza%ons
that
don’t
compare
to
us
Results
may
fail
to
scale
Piecemeal
improvements
Irrelevant,
dated,
ignoring
cuRng
edge
problems
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6. What
counts
as
evidence?
Preference
for
quan>ta>ve
data
and
sta>s>cal
significance
Associa>on
of
qualita>ve
data
with
'mere
anecdote‘
But
-­‐
influen>al
opinions
persuasive
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7. Difficulty
in
applying
our
findings
Resistance
to
change
for
small
poten>al
gains
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8. Dissemina%on
of
results
Results
are
not
geRng
out
there!
Sugges5ons:
Researchers
should
be
aSending
prac>>oner
conferences
Need
to
dis>ll
research
results
for
prac>>oners
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9. Research
topics
of
interest
Developer
issues
Tool
issues
Code
issues
User
Issues
Evalua>on
Issues
Management
issues
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10. Reac%ons
to
our
blog?
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11. Broadening
this
conversa>on

12. Panel
par>cipants
David
Weiss,
Iowa
State
University
John
Penix,
Google
Lionel
Briand,
Simula
Research
Laboratory
Peri
Tarr,
IBM
Thomas
J.
Watson
Research
Center
Tatsuhiro
Nishioka,
Corporate
SoFware
Engineering
Center,
Toshiba
Corpora>on
Wolfram
Schulte,
MicrosoF
Research

13. Ques>ons
we
posed
to
the
panelists…
What
percep%on
does
industry
have
of
academic
research?
What
kind
of
evidence
is
compelling?
Which
research
ques%ons
should
be
addressed?
Most
useful
empirical
finding?
Success
story?
How
to
improve
dissemina%on
of
research
results?
How
to
engage
industry
in
research?

14. Panel
format
5
min
presenta>ons
from
the
panelists
Your
turn!
<1
minute
closing
statement
from
each
panelist

15. Panel
par>cipants
David
Weiss,
Iowa
State
University
John
Penix,
Google
Lionel
Briand,
Simula
Research
Laboratory
Peri
Tarr,
IBM
Thomas
J.
Watson
Research
Center
Tatsuhiro
Nishioka,
Corporate
SoFware
Engineering
Center,
Toshiba
Corpora>on
Wolfram
Schulte,
MicrosoF
Research