March 3, 2004

Computer Science Students, Teacher Win International Contest

Martin Davidsson and Ryan Sturmer, computer science students at North Carolina State University, have been named student winners of the International Challenge for Eclipse (ICE) contest. The students won for the Eclipse plug-in they developed last fall as a semester project in their software engineering course, CSC 326.

The plug-in, named G-Unit, collects easy-to-measure internal metrics to provide an empirical estimate of reliability. “Typically, software developers may not know what’s wrong with their code until after it’s distributed and people report problems,” said Dr. Laurie A. Williams, assistant professor of computer science and the instructor for CSC 326. “This tool allows them to continuously estimate the reliability of their code as it’s being developed.”

Davidsson and Sturmer competed with undergraduate and graduate students from around the globe. Teams and individual students created plug-ins built on the open Eclipse platform, then submitted their code electronically for judging last December. Several computer technology companies, including IBM and Hewlett Packard, sponsored the competition. Davidsson and Sturmer will each receive a laptop and development software for their accomplishment.

Williams was named a winner in the teacher category based upon the submissions of Davidsson and Sturmer as well as by other students from her class.

— pishney —

Web link: http://www.scs.carleton.ca/~deugo/ice/

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