Center for Software Testing Education and Research (CSTER)

Cem Kaner, Ph.D., J.D., Professor, Computer Sciences, Director

The mission of the center is to “create effective, grounded, timely materials to support the teaching and self-study of software testing, software reliability and quality-related software metrics.” With support from the National Science Foundation, Texas Instruments and IBM, the center has been able to develop an extensive collection of course materials, with more video-based lectures on the way.

Current research includes high-volume test automation, the practice and psychology of exploratory testing, failure mode and effects analysis for software, and the development of testing-related metrics. Course materials developed at the center are freely available for reuse under a Creative Commons license, enabling faculty at other schools and companies to base or enhance their courses with them.