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David Lorge Parnas

David Lorge Parnas

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Computer Science

D-Index
55
Citations
27898
World Ranking
4178
National Ranking
165

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to software engineering
  • 2006 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 1994 - ACM Fellow For the richness of insights¿provided into system software design characteristics that provide for system change. The award winning work is entitled Design Software for Ease of Extension and Contraction.
  • 1992 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

David Lorge Parnas is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has contributed to the field of computer science with a focus on software engineering techniques and practices. Their research has encompassed advanced software engineering methodologies as well as safety systems engineering in autonomy.

The main areas of study for their work include:

  • Computer Science

Within this domain, Parnas has explored several subfields:

  • Information Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

The topics covered in their research reflect their focus areas:

  • Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
  • Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
  • Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy

Parnas has published in notable academic venues, including:

  • Computer
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Recent publications include:

  • "Software Engineering: A Profession in Waiting" (2021) in Computer
  • "Three "Influential" Software Design Papers" (2025) in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

There are no frequent co-authors recorded for Parnas's recent works.

Over the course of their career, David Lorge Parnas has received several distinctions. These include:

  • IEEE Fellow in 2009 for contributions to software engineering
  • Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2006
  • ACM Fellow in 1994 for insights into system software design characteristics, particularly the work titled "Design Software for Ease of Extension and Contraction"
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1992 (Academy of Science)
  • Membership in The Canadian Academy of Engineering (year unspecified)

Best Publications

  • On the criteria to be used in decomposing systems into modules

    David L. Parnas

  • A rational design process: how and why to fake it

    David Lorge Parnas;Paul C. Clements

  • Designing software for ease of extension and contraction

    David L. Parnas

  • On the design and development of program families

    David L. Parnas

  • Software aging

    David Lorge Parnas

  • A technique for software module specification with examples

    D. L. Parnas

  • The modular structure of complex systems

    D. L. Parnas;P. C. Clements;D. M. Weiss

  • Concurrent control with “readers” and “writers”

    P. J. Courtois;F. Heymans;D. L. Parnas

  • Software aspects of strategic defense systems

    David Lorge Parnas

  • A technique for software module specification with examples

    Unknown

  • Scheduling processes with release times, deadlines, precedence, and exclusion relations

    Jia Xu;David Lorge Parnas

  • Functional documents for computer systems

    David Lorge Parnas;Jan Madey

  • Evaluation of safety critical software

    David L. Parnas;A. John van Schouwen;Shu Po Kwan

  • Information distribution aspects of design methodology

    David Lorge. Parnas

  • On satisfying timing constraints in hard-real-time systems

    J. Xu;D.L. Parnas

  • Active design reviews: principles and practices

    David L. Parnas;David M. Weiss

  • On the use of transition diagrams in the design of a user interface for an interactive computer system

    David L. Parnas

  • Software Requirements for the A-7E Aircraft.

    Thomas A. Alspaugh;Stuart R. Faulk;Kathryn H. Britton;R. A. Parker

  • Software engineering programs are not computer science programs

    D.L. Parnas

  • Wikipedia risks

    Peter Denning;Jim Horning;David Parnas;Lauren Weinstein

  • Assessment of safety-critical software in nuclear power plants

    D.L. Parnas;J. Madey;G.J.K. Asmis

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Clements
Paul Clements BigLever Software
T. H. Tse
T. H. Tse University of Hong Kong
Leon J. Osterweil
Leon J. Osterweil University of Massachusetts Amherst
John Rushby
John Rushby SRI International
Manfred Broy
Manfred Broy Technical University of Munich
Robert Meersman
Robert Meersman Graz University of Technology
Premkumar Devanbu
Premkumar Devanbu University of California, Davis
Gregor Kiczales
Gregor Kiczales University of British Columbia
Yair Wand
Yair Wand University of British Columbia
Zhi-Quan Luo
Zhi-Quan Luo Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

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