Catastrophism and reliance on dubious studies have no place in serious discussions of software engineering.
Bertrand Meyer
When Reviews Do More Than Sting
Bertrand Meyer wonders why malicious reviews run rampant in computer science.
The traditional role of publication-as-process is gone. What remains?
Software Engineering in the Venice of the North
ESEC-FSE 2013 (in Saint Petersburg,, 18-26 August) is the place to be for software engineering in 2013.
Conferences: Publication, Communication, Sanction
Conferences have three roles; these roles should be separated.
A Fundamental Duality of Software Engineering
What is the value of that function for x = 6?
Incremental Research vs. Paradigm-Shift Mania
Bertrand Meyer asks why too many research agencies seem obsessed with funding only groundbreaking projects.
Bertrand Meyer presents data on the computer and programming knowledge of two groups of novice CS students.
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