perlman@wivax.UUCP (Gary Perlman) (11/12/84)
I just spent several hours a day at a conference explaining that I did not work at Wang Labs. I hope this clears things up. Gary Perlman/Wang Institute/Tyng Road/Tyngsboro, MA/01879/(617) 649-9731 What is the Wang Institute? The Wang Institute of Graduate Studies is a non-profit educational institution established to provide excellent and innovative education in selected graduate fields. How is the Wang Institute related to Wang Labs? The Wang Institute is not affiliated with Wang Labs, the word/data processing and computer company. The only connection is that both were founded by the same person, Dr. An Wang. What is taught at the Wang Institute? The School of Information Technology opened in 1979, and its first degree program, the Masters in Software Engineering (MSE) started in 1981. There is also a Chinese Studies program that administers grants. There are no definite plans for of other programs. Who are the students? There are 19 full-time and 36 part-time students. Most students have undergraduate computer science degrees and an average of 4-5 years of experience. Companies like AT&T, DEC, and WANG sponsor many. Who are the faculty? There are seven full-time faculty, two visiting. The full-time faculty and their interests are: Mark A. Ardis specification languages, testing and verification methods, programming environments, software management and maintenance. James P. Bouhana system performance measures and models, software performance engineering, computer architecture, operating systems. Richard E. Fairley programming techniques, software engineering concepts and tools, software project management. Susan Gerhart specification and verification methods, technology, and applications. Nancy Martin artificial intelligence (expert systems technology), requirements analysis and specification, design methodology, software production systems and tools. William McKeeman languages and translators, computer architecture, problem solving techniques, programming methods. Gary Perlman user interfaces, software development tools, language design, documentation.