IBM has awarded research grants to a handful of universities trying to prepare students for an increasingly globalized software development process.
Grant recipients include Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, North Carolina State University, Saarland University in Germany and the University of Calgary. All are exploiting IBM’s Jazz technology platform, which stresses collaboration among developers.
“The challenges faced by today’s software developers are about team collaboration, productivity and working across borders and time zones. It’s important for our students to understand the global dynamics of software development…,” said Dr. Frank Maurer, head of the Agile Software Engineering group at the University of Calgary, in a statement.
