maa@sei.cmu.edu (Mark Ardis) (04/25/88)
>wlp@calmasd.GE.COM (Walter L. Peterson, Jr.) wrote: >1. Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, MA (although I had heard rumors that >that program might be terminated ) Wang Institute was closed last August. The property was sold to Boston University, who decided not to continue the MSE program. Two former WIGS faculty will be reporting on the status of new programs that they are starting at the 1988 SEI Conference on Software Engineering Education (April 28 and 29 in Fairfax, VA). Mark A. Ardis Software Engineering Institute Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (412) 268-7636 maa@sei.cmu.edu
scofield@apollo.uucp (Cary Scofield) (04/26/88)
In article <5214@aw.sei.cmu.edu> maa@sei.cmu.edu (Mark Ardis) writes: > >>wlp@calmasd.GE.COM (Walter L. Peterson, Jr.) wrote: >>1. Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, MA (although I had heard rumors that >>that program might be terminated ) > >Wang Institute was closed last August. The property was sold to >Boston University, who decided not to continue the MSE program. Two >former WIGS faculty will be reporting on the status of new programs >that they are starting at the 1988 SEI Conference on Software >Engineering Education (April 28 and 29 in Fairfax, VA). > I feel a correction is in order: I should like to point out that some aspects of the Wang Institute MSE program IS being continued under the auspices of another former WIGS faculty member at Boston University. In fact, several of the Boston area WIGS students who were caught in the "changeover" are now continuing their graduate software engineering degree work at B.U. Basically speaking, about half of the WIGS MSE program has been merged in with half of the BU MSSE program. The curriculum leans heavily in favor of real-time systems design. From the WIGS curriculum there are courses in Formal Methods, Software Engineering Methodologies, Requirements Analysis, Software Project Management, and the Software Engineering Project. From the BU curriculum are courses on Switching Theory, Computer Architecture, and Embedded Real-time Systems Development, among others. Missing, unfortunately, is the one of the very-useful WIGS core courses entitled "Management Concepts". Can't have everything, I guess! For further info, contact: Dr. John Brackett Boston University College of Engineering 44 Cummington St. Boston MA 02215 (617) 353-5898 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cary Scofield - Graphics Software decvax!wanginst!apollo!scofield Apollo Computer Inc. 270 Billerica Road Chelmsford, MA 01824
marcl@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Marc Lewis) (04/26/88)
I just received in the mail a brochure titled "Summer Institute in Computer Science" from the WANG INSTITUTE OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY. It contains a course list and registration form for about 11 different classes. I guess reports of Wang Institute's death were greatly exaggerated. :-) -- H. Marc Lewis UUCP: marcl@iscuva.ISCS.COM #### ###### ###### ISC Systems Corp. or: ..!uunet!iscuva!marcl ## ### ## E. 22425 Appleway Phone: (509) 927-5480 ## ### ## Liberty Lake, WA 99019 #### ###### ######
bliven@hpanly.HP.COM (Andy Bliven) (05/04/88)
> I just received in the mail a brochure titled "Summer Institute in > Computer Science" from the WANG INSTITUTE OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY. > ... I guess reports of Wang Institute's death were greatly exaggerated. As a member of the last class to receive a diploma from the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies, I feel obliged to chime in. Boston University now owns the Tyngsboro campus and the rights to the name "Wang Institute". The BU master's degree program uses parts of the curriculum developed by Wang Institute and are continuing the Summer Institute on the Tyngsboro campus. However the organism that was Wang Institute lives on only in that parts of it are being used as building blocks in other institutions. Naturally the organism was unhappy about the dissection, and I doubt that anyone involved can speak dispassionately about it even now. Comparing "the Wang Institute of Boston University" to "Wang Institute" is like comparing a son to his father: they have a lot in common and the father's reputation colors the introduction of the son, but ultimately the son must stand on his own merit. Andy Bliven <bliven%hpanly@hplabs.hp.com> Hewlett-Packard Company Andover, MA 01810-1099 (617) 687-1501 x2270
gerhart@donner.SW.MCC.COM (Susan Gerhart) (05/05/88)
Andy's distinction between the "Wang Institute of Boston University" and the "Wang Institute of Graduate Studies" is correct and important. I speak as a former (1982-1985) faculty member of that institution (and organizer of the 1985 Summer Institute) who will not see used as an item of trade the name associated with the conscientious effort and intellectual energy of so many students and faculty and (often forgotten) staff during the period 1981-1987. At the time that the "Wang Institute of Graduate Studies" became the "Wang Institute of Boston University", the Master of Software Engineering degree program was obliterated, despite full accreditation from the official body of higher education for New England. With that action, the faculty and staff and some non-graduating-students scattered to the winds. As Andy remarks, those seeds are leading to new programs at the CMU-SEI and elsewhere, as well as many new ideas and products in the software engineering field. This is not to say that the reborn Summer Institute of Wang Institute (or whatever it is - I have not received the announcement) is of no value. It is simply important to recognize that the able organizational support associated with the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies has been totally replaced by, perhaps equal or more or less able, staff and environment. It is encouraging to see that one of the seeds has settled at BU, namely John Brackett, and that a flourishing successor, but different, program is under development. Put simply, the Wang Institute of Boston University occupies the facilities of and shares the first two words of the name of the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies. Other than that, it should be judged on its own merits and achieve its own track record. P.S. Frankly, I think the Wang Institute should be judged more along its matriarchal line of contributions than its patriarchal ones at this point.
fad@think.COM (franklin a davis) (05/06/88)
The distinction between "The Wang Institute of Graduate Studies" and
"The Wang Institute of Boston University" is brought home if you call
the old phone number.
They now answer, "Boston University, Tyngsboro Campus."
--Franklin
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