GMU Software Engineering Seminar Series

 

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Date: Wednesday, 07/16/2008

Time: 9:30 – 11:00 AM

Location: 430A ST2

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Title: Testing Calculation Engines using Input Space Partitioning and Automation

 

Speaker: Chandra Alluri

 

Abstract: This talk proposes a solution to test calculation engines in financial services applications such as banking, mortgage, insurance, and trading. Calculation engines form the heart of financial applications, as the results are very sensitive to the business and can cause severe damage if wrong. But controllability and observability of these calculations will be low. In order to test these calculations, robust and sophisticated methods are required. In this MS thesis, input space partitioning, along with automation, were applied with the help of tools. Case studies were conducted to validate the effectiveness of this approach. Finally, a framework is recommended to test the calculation engines.

 

This seminar is also an MS Thesis presentation and there will be a closed meeting of the committee immediately after the public talk.

Committee Members: Paul Ammann, Richard Carver, Jeff Offutt (chair)

 

Bio: Chandra M. Alluri graduated with a Bachelor’s of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India in 1996. He started his career as an Oracle Forms developer. He is currently working as a Test Lead in Freddie Mac, Mc Lean, VA. Prior to joining Freddie Mac, he worked for RelQ pvt limited India for 3 years as Sr. Test Engineer, LG software India pvt limited for an year as a Sr. Analyst, Softalia pvt limited India and Softalia Inc. USA for 3 years as a Test Manager, and Cell Exchange pvt limited India as a Test Lead. Alluri is a candidate for the MS in Software Engineering at George Mason University.