lab@cci632.UUCP (Len Bauer) (10/05/90)
I am looking for a magazine(s) that will keep me informed and up to date regarding software engineering. I see the IEEE magazine mentioned, but is it not slanted to hardware? I have also heard about the Communications of the ACM, how is it? I am looking for suggestions and comments, but even more important is subscription and enrollment info (cost and addresses). Thanks very much for the info (in advance)! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Len Bauer lab@ccird4.UUCP ~~ ~~ 97 Humboldt St. Yankees, Islanders, Jets, Knicks ~~ ~~ Rochester NY. 14609 Mark Martin, and anybody in a FORD! ~~ ~~ 716-482-5000 x3105 ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mcgregor@hemlock.Atherton.COM (Scott McGregor) (10/09/90)
In article <40499@cci632.UUCP>, lab@cci632.UUCP (Len Bauer) writes: > > I am looking for a magazine(s) that will keep me informed and up to date > regarding software engineering. I see the IEEE magazine mentioned, but is > it not slanted to hardware? I have also heard about the Communications > of the ACM, how is it? I am looking for suggestions and comments, but even > more important is subscription and enrollment info (cost and addresses). There are many IEEE magazines. IEEE Computer often does include many "hardware" articles, but IEEE Software never does. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering is focussed on the area you are interested in. Call IEEE at 1-800-678-4333 for more info. ACM has many journals too. Communications of the ACM has articles on both hardware and software. SIGSOFT is the ACM special interest group you can join that focuses on Software Engineering, they publish a newsletter, hold conferences, etc. Contact the ACM at 212-869-7440. I suggest taking a look at the ACM and IEEE periodicals in a technical library before signing up for a subscription. I've seen people find that the magazine's content wasn't what they expected, and that they later found that one that was what they were looking for was a different journal. There's quite a few to select from and some tend to be very mathematical, others more anecdotal, some focussed on lab research, others on commercial world practice, and some a mix. So check them out and see for yourself. Scott McGregor just a long standing IEEE CS and ACM member
andyo@glasperl.masscomp (Andy Oram) (10/09/90)
Any one familiar with Software Engineering Journal, put out by the British
group, Institute of Electrical Engineers (or something very close to that)?
I've seen only one issue, but thought it looked good. Not on the cutting
edge, like IEEE Transactions and Software Engineering Notes, but containing
strong theoretical presentations of pretty solid techniques. I'd like to hear
from experts with opinions (e-mail or post).
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