Welcome to SoftQual!

The Software Quality Engineering Research Group (SoftQual) is an industry-oriented research group. It is affiliated with the Software Engineering Research Group (SERG), and is part of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Our overall objective is to develop new methodologies and tools to develop higher quality industrial software in a cost-effective manner. We adopt a rigorous, problem-driven, and realistic approach to every problem as we view industrial software development as an engineering discipline.

Our Research Approach and Research Projects

We utilize action research and empirical approaches in our research and development (R&D) activities, since we are passionate about bridging software engineering academia and practice and we believe that the software engineering theory and techniques should be rigorously evaluated in industrial settings.

Please refer to the research project page for details on our current and past industrial research projects.

In the area of software engineering, research impact is of outmost importance. For example, there are projects (e.g., ACM SIGSOFT Impact Project) and even papers (1 and 2) measuring and analyzing the impact of software engineering research on software engineering practice. Our research approach and projects are well aligned in this direction, to ensure that our research activities and output have a noticeable impact on the software engineering practice.

Since August 2011, we have decided to have a dedicated page where we place links to papers, talks, articles, etc. on Useful Software Engineering Research.

Research Areas and Expertise

Information for Potential Industrial Partners
Information for Prospective Graduate Students