I am fascinated
by the intellectual challenge of conquering software
complexity. So I have a broad interest in all aspects of
software engineering.
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My main project
now is the
SCL
(Structural Constraint Language) Project. SCL expresses developer
intent directly in terms of constraints on a model of source
code extracted by static analysis and other means, using the SCL
specification
language. We have tested SCL for expressiveness, scalability, and
accuracy on over a million lines
of code, from both open-source and proprietary software (courtesy of net-linx Americas).
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The focus now is
on further evaluating and refining SCL through
real-world
applications, for better expressiveness, precision, and usability.
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| Current
interests include software
design and
documentation with an emphasis on software frameworks, program
analysis, semantics of programming languages, software tools and
development environments. SCL ties all
these interests together. There are several prerequisites for the
success of SCL. First, in order
to
understand and express constraints, we need to grapple with the notion
of software
structure, which inspires our interests in design and documentation.
Second,
program analysis and semantics of programming languages are means to
achieve SCL. Finally, SCL can be delivered as a software tool for each
programming language. SCL for Java, for example, is available as a
plug-in for the Eclipse IDE. |
