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Award Abstract # 0844638
CAREER: Rationale Capture for High-Assurance Systems

NSF Org: CCF
Division of Computing and Communication Foundations
Recipient: MIAMI UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date: June 9, 2009
Latest Amendment Date: March 3, 2015
Award Number: 0844638
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Sol Greenspan
sgreensp@nsf.gov
 (703)292-7841
CCF
 Division of Computing and Communication Foundations
CSE
 Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Start Date: September 1, 2009
End Date: August 31, 2015 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $527,684.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $527,684.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2009 = $527,684.00
ARRA Amount: $527,684.00
History of Investigator:
  • James Kiper (Principal Investigator)
    james.kiper@miamioh.edu
  • Janet Burge (Former Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: Miami University
501 E HIGH ST
OXFORD
OH  US  45056-1846
(513)529-3600
Sponsor Congressional District: 08
Primary Place of Performance: Miami University
501 E HIGH ST
OXFORD
OH  US  45056-1846
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
08
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): T6J6AF3AM8M8
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s): SOFTWARE ENG & FORMAL METHODS
Primary Program Source: 01R00910DB RRA RECOVERY ACT
Program Reference Code(s): 1045, 1187, 6890, 9218, HPCC
Program Element Code(s): 794400
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.070

ABSTRACT

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Public Law 111-5).

This project will develop the ideas behind, and tools required for, a Rationale Management System that captures design decisions made during software development. The approach utilizes technology developed to support the Semantic Web, using Semantic Annotation to extract information so that it can be structured into an argumentation format for use in development and maintenance. The research and educational activities will impact our ability to leverage knowledge captured during the development of software projects to enhance those software projects. The project will also use rationale to enhance the educational experience of students. The relationship between argumentation-based rationale and student learning will be explored through the Rationale, Critical Thinking, and Creativity Project which evaluates the ability of rationale to assist students in moving to higher levels of cognitive and intellectual development. Partnerships with outreach organizations will provide learning opportunities for underrepresented groups and persons with disabilities.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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A. Tang, A. Aleti, J. Burge, H. van Vliet "What makes software design effective" Design Studies , v.31 , 2010 , p.614
Janet E. Burge, Bo Brinkman "Using Rationale to Assist Student Cognitive and Intellectual Development" Human Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT Environments , v.6 , 2010 , p.106
J. Burge "Documenting and Detecting Errors in Decision-Making using Rationale" First Workshop on Applications of Human Error Research to Improve Software Engineering , 2015

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