The RICIS Concept

Robert B. MacDonald

5/91-18617

In May 1986, JSC initiated a cooperative program with the University of Houston - Clear

Lake to support research in computing and information systems. The objective of this program was

and is to provide continuing long-term research in support of the numerous mission and mission-

related endeavors of NASA/JSC. JSC defined a "cooperative agreement" as the appropriate

contractual vehicle to facilitate both .joint participation of researchers from NASA, industry and the

university community, and sharing of supporting research facilities among the participants. Facilitiesare shared by networking among LJH-CL's research and data computing resources and JSCs

computing system.

A significant part of the cooperative program is its "gateway role." UH-CL is chartered to

involve researchers from outside organizations throughout the US and the world in projects defined

by professionals at NASA and UH-CL.A particularly important set of activities being carried out under the cooperative program is

in the area of "computer software development." Because it recognized these activities as a critical

element of the cooperative program, the Office Aeronautics and Space Technology at NASA

Headquarters supported the initiation of the Software Engineering Research Center (SERC).

In order to meet research and education needs associated with the engineering of large, real-

time software systems for NASA's future numerous researchers at SERC are investigating:

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engineering reseamh issues central to large distributed systems for real-time and

distributed systems with active embedded elements (such as for thespace station)

concepts, principles and methodologies for the engineering of such large

software systems

"computer aided software engineering environments" to advance the state of

thepractice to achieve improvements in the quality productivity crucial tothe application of engineering methodologies to software lifecycle phases

theestablishmentand incorporationintooffuturesystemsofappropriatestandards.

With the growth of software development activities, comes the increase need for education.

Currently most managers and professionals continue to emphasize the implementation and testQ

phases of the "software lifecycle." More disciplined engineering approaches require that thismanagerial and professional workforce be educated in approaches to software development which

emphasize requirement and design phases and designing for change.

Theevolution of engineering methodologies and tools such as CASE and languages like

ADA over the last ten years has created a severe shortage of individuals who are technically and

emotionally prepared to exploit these advances. In response, the School of Education and the

School of Natural and Applied Sciences at UH-Clear Lake have established the Software

Engineering Professional Education Center (SEPEC). The objective of this new center is to

interact with SERC and other organizations throughout the US, such as the SRI at Carnegie Mellon

University, to develop and bring about suitable education and training at both professional andacademic levels.

In short, the central goal of the SERC and SEPEC is to develop and make available the

Engineering Knowhow, the qualified human resources and supporting to tools and rules to better

"engineer large, distribut_ real-time software systems of the future."

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• RESEARCH ACTIVITY MAY BE INITIATED BY RESEARCHER

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• RESEARCH ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION (RAD) INCLUDES:

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• RAD REQUIRES TECHNICAL APPROVAL (JSC AND UHCL)

• GATEWAY RESEARCH REQUIRES PROPOSAL (RAD) FROM

RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

RESEARCH ACTIVITY METHODOLOGY

* EACH RESEARCH ACTIVITY IS INITIATED (OR LATER

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COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NCC 9-16

THREE YEAR AGREEMENT BEGINNING JUNE 1, 1986

m EACH 12 MONTH SEGMENT FUNDED SEPARATELY

i, $5.1M ALLOCATED FOR FIRST TWO YEARS

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