Mission
The mission of the Institute for Software Research (ISR) is to:
Advance software and information technology through research partnerships.
ISR is dedicated to:
- fostering innovative basic and applied research in software and information technologies;
- working with established companies, start-ups, government agencies, and standards bodies to develop and transition the technologies to widespread and practical application;
- educating the next generation of software researchers and practitioners in advanced software technologies; and
- supporting the public service mission of the University of California in developing the economic basis of the State of California.
Research Emphases
The Institute's research emphases
include:
Software, Software Architecture, Interactive and Collaborative Technologies, Design, Ubiquitous Computing, Web Technologies, Game Culture and Technologies
ISR Events
- The complete Winter/Spring 2010 ISR Distinguished Speaker Series schedule is available.
Open Positions
- The Institute for Software Research has full time Post-doctoral Scholar positions available.
September 2009
The Donald Bren School of ICS offers graduate degrees focussing on Software Engineering:
What's New at ISR
- ISR Director Richard N.
Taylor and alumnus Roy
T. Fielding were featured on KOCI's "Inside
OC" in an episode on the 40th Anniversary of the Internet.
The episode first aired on Oct 7; it can be downloaded from the Inside
OC web site.
October 2009
- ISR Prof. André
van der Hoek hasbeen awarded $500,000 by the NSF for his research
on "Calico:
Improving Software Design Education with Tool Support, Design Exercises,
and Course Modules for Sketch-Based, Continuous Design Practice and
Reflection".
September 2009 - ISR Director Richard N. Taylor has
been awarded $500,000 by NSF for his work on "Making
and Tracing: Architecture-centric Information Integration".
September 2009
- ISR Prof. Walt Scacchi has
been awarded $120,000 by the Naval Postgraduate School for his research
on "Investigating Advances in the Acquisition of Systems based
on Open Architecture and Open Source Software".
September 2009
- ISR Profs. Walt Scacchi and
Tony
Wasserman have been named as Founding Members of Open
Source for America, a coalition of industry leaders, non-government
groups and academic/research institutions organized to serve as a centralized
advocate, to encourage broader U.S. Federal Government support of and
participation in free and open source software. Wasserman has also been
named to the Board
of Advisors.
July 2009 - ISR Connector issue
12, Spring/Summer 2009, is available. Prior
issues are also available.
June 2009 - ISR Faculty Associate Robert
Nideffer is participating in the World
of Warcraft Emergent Media Phenomenon Exhibit at the Laguna
Art Museum.
The exibit is being held from June 14 - October 4, 2009. Robert will speak
at the exibit on August 16, and a forum will be held at UCI on October
1 as part of the exhibit program.
June 2009 - ISR Director Prof. Richard
N. Taylor has been selected as the winner of the 2009
ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award. This prestigious award
is presented to an individual who has made significant and
lasting research contributions to the theory or practice of software
engineering.
May 2009
- Prior news is available.