Greetings and welcome to CPSC 689 Software Ecosystems for Spring 2025.
GitHub You are required to have a GitHub account.
Optionally, you can apply for the Student Github Developer Pack and get a free GitHub Pro account. To apply, your account email can be a school account or a personal account if you upload documents to prove your current enrollment status.
First Research Paper The main part of the content of the course are the research paper presentations and discussions. All students are expected to read the research paper before the class meeting, and be able to discuss it after the presentation. The first paper will be covered on Thursday, Jan 16.
The Promises and Perils of Mining Git by Christian Bird, Peter C. Rigby, Earl T. Barr, David J. Hamilton, Daniel M. German, and Premkumar Devanbu. The 2009 6th IEEE International Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR'09). Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2009, pp. 1-10, DOI: 10.1109/MSR.2009.5069475.
See you on Tuesday, Jan 14 at 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm in Arts & Sciences (CAS) room 134