I/UCRC: Software Analytics

拟议的工作旨在将数据分析应用到软件开发过程中。分析通常是改变组织行为的数据分析。数据分析在软件工程中的应用相对较新且有限。拟议的研究计划使用五项重要的软件技术，每项技术都已被证明对软件过程和产品具有积极影响，以确定和量化软件开发模式，其分析将用于更好地理解和改进软件开发过程。拟议工作的结果可能对软件设计和工程过程产生重大影响。由此产生的分析有可能极大地提高评估质量、预测可靠性、诊断问题、识别迫在眉睫的故障和实时确定维护程序的能力。这项工作得到了行业咨询委员会以及该中心个别行业成员的支持，并有可能通过扩展到相对较新的软件分析领域来扩展该中心的产品组合。该中心将让研究生和本科生参与到这项工作中来，发布成果并将其纳入现有的软件工程课程。

The proposed work seeks to apply data analytics to the software development process. An analytic is typically data analysis that changes the behavior of an organization. Application of data analytics to software engineering is relatively new and limited. The proposed research plans to use five significant software technologies, each of which has been shown to have a positive impact on the software process and product, to identify and quantify software development patterns whose analysis will be used to better understand and improve the software development process.The outcomes of the proposed work have the potential for significant impact the software design and engineering process. The resulting analytics have the potential to greatly improve the ability to assess quality, predict reliability, diagnose problems, discern impending faults and identify maintenance procedures in real time. The work is supported by the Industry Advisory Board as well as individual industry members of the center and has the potential to extend the centers portfolio through expansion into the relatively new software analytics area. The center will involve graduate students and undergraduates in the work, publish and incorporate the results in existing coursework software engineering.