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James Collofello

Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

 

 

 

 

James Collofello joined ASU in 1979 and was instrumental in the start of the computer science degree program. Throughout his entire career, he has maintained a close relationship with software development firms in the state working on joint research projects, developing industry training programs and serving as a software engineering consultant. He is also coordinating the software engineering distance learning program. Collofello also serves as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering.

Collofello's research interests lie in the software engineering area. Within software engineering, his primary emphasis is software process modeling, software quality assurance and software project management. He is also very active in software engineering education projects and outreach to local high schools.

Education

Ph.D. - Northwestern University 1978

Contact Info

Office Location: ECG 102
Phone: 480.965.3733
Email: james.collofello@asu.edu

Research/Areas of Expertise

- Software engineering
- Project management
- Quality assurance

Research Center Involvement

- Institute for Computing and Information Science and Engineering (InCISE)

Courses Taught

- CSE 360 Introduction to Software Engineering
- CSE 565 Software Verification, Validation, and Testing

Selected Publications

Y, Chen, G. Gannod, J. Collofello, “A Software Process Product Line Simulator, Software Process Improvement and Practice Journal, 2006.

J. Collofello and K. Vehathiri, “An Environment for Training Computer Science Students on Software Testing”, Proceedings of the 2005 Frontiers in Education Conference.

G. Twaites and J. Collofello, “A Generalized Test Activity Flow”, Proceedings of the Eleventh ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, 2005.

J. Collofello, J. Urban, M. Anderson-Rowland, F. Navabi, and D. Roman, “COOL (Computer Outreach Opportunities for Learning) Development and Assessment,” Proc. 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Eng. Education Conf., 2003.

D. Houston, J. Collofello, and G. Mackulack, "Simulating Risk Factors for Software Development Risk Management,” Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 59, no. 3, Dec. 2001, pp. 247-257.

D. Houston, J. Collofello, et al., "Finding the Influential Factors in Software Process Simulation Models," Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 59, no. 3, Dec. 2001, pp. 259-270.

I. Rus and J. Collofello, "Integrating Process Simulation and Reliability Models," CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, vol. 14, no. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 15-18.

J. Collofello and C. Ng, "Assessing the Process Maturity Utilized in Software Engineering Team Project Courses," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 1, Jan. 2001.