Pan-American Advanced Study Institute on Software Quality, San Jose, Costa Rica, July 2013

泛美高级研究院(PASI)奖将于2013年7月在哥斯达黎加圣何塞的哥斯达黎加大学举行，由NSF和能源部(DOE)联合支持。PASI由来自密歇根理工大学的查尔斯·R·华莱士博士和琳达·M·奥特博士组织，将把软件质量领域的软件工程研究人员、行业代表、学生和从业者聚集在一起。初级研究人员将在有利于建立长期关系的个人互动环境中接触到最先进的研究成果。在PASI上形成的联系可能会导致一个致力于合作以提高全美软件质量的专业人士社区。这个PASI将向学生介绍软件质量方面的许多重要技术。除了在教职员工、博士后和博士后学生之间发展长期的协同关系所带来的好处外，PASI还旨在帮助启动相关项目和机构之间的学生交流。它将有助于在几个方面取得进展：研究、教学和工业实践。该研究所的信息将在密歇根理工大学托管的网站上提供，该网站将展示PASI产生的活动，并将包括一个会员选项，允许订阅者找到其他有共同兴趣的人，并通过维基进行交流。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place on July 2013 at the University of Costa Rica in San José, Costa Rica. Organized by Dr. Charles R. Wallace and Dr. Linda M. Ott, both from Michigan Technological University, the PASI will bring together software engineering researchers, industrial representatives, students and practitioners in the area of software quality. Junior researchers will be exposed to state-of-the-art research in a personal, interactive setting that is conducive to building long-term relationships. Connections formed at the PASI may lead to a community of professionals committed to collaboration to enhance software quality throughout the Americas.This PASI will introduce students to many important techniques in software quality. In addition to the benefits from developing long term synergistic relationships among faculty members, post docs, and senior PhD students, the PASI is intended to help initiate student exchanges between the programs and institutions involved. It will help make advances in several dimensions: research, teaching, and industrial practice. Information from the institute will be available on a website hosted at Michigan Tech, which will showcase the activities that result from the PASI and will include a membership option to allow subscribers to locate others with common interests and communicate with one another through a wiki.