Siegfried Rouvrais Associate Professor, Engineering Educator

Organisation: Institut Mines-Télécom Research Unit: Telecom Bretagne (formerly ENST-Bretagne) Service: Department of Computer Engineering Email: siegfried  dot  rouvrais  at  telecom-bretagne.eu Phone (office): +33 (0)2.29.001504 Phone (secretary): +33 (0)2.29.001406 Fax: +33 (0)2.29.001282 Postal Address:  IT-Telecom Bretagne Technopôle Brest-Iroise - CS 83818 F-29238 BREST Cedex 3 - France

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Engineering Education

Interests (please refer to my Publication List):

• Engineering education research and development:
• Curriculum reforms, including:
  
• Design and development of effective engineering courses, programs and curricula (Pedagogy);
• Transforming engineering education systems;
• Coordination and management;
• Learning outcomes, constructive alignment, professional skills & competencies.
• Active and experiential learning models, project-based learning, technology enhanced learning;
• Educational frameworks, certifications, and international accreditations;
• Quality assurance in higher education;
• Adult and vocational education
  
• Development of professional identities, engineering identities, career decision making.

Current Activities:

I am involved in a broad range of courses relating to computer science and software engineering both at B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels, as well as for adult professionals and VET (e.g., Requirements, Software Architecture, Programming Languages, UML, Business Process Design and Modelling, Workflow, Enterprise Information Systems).

In connection with these theoretical and practical courses, I investigate problem- and project-based learning styles aiming at favoring students' autonomy with a focus on process and reflectivity (e.g., PBL, Dewey experiential learning, Mastery learning), both at pedagogical and engineering levels (e.g., APP definition, facilitator and tutor trainer).
Since 2003, as program designer, I am particularly involved in integrating such models into Telecom Bretagne curricula, with a clear emphasis on student's competency development. I am also attempting to promote the development of these pedagogical models for Technology-enhanced learning purposes.


I am TelecomBretagne/French representative at CDIO collaborator's meetings since several years (participation at Polytechnique Montreal 2010, UTS-SydneyUniv 2010, DTU-Copenhagen 2011, GTU-Gdansk 2011, NPS Monterey and Stanford 2011). I co-organize the CDIO Fall meeting 2012 at Telecom Bretagne (October).


Ongoing:

• Self-evaluation models for accreditation and quality assurance;
  
• UBO and UeB trainer on 'Project-based learning' and 'reflexive practice'. Every year since 2005,
• Co-designer and tutor of several Student Engineering Projects and internships training at B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels, e.g. 2012: 'Program Self-evaluation by teams of students, alignment with ISO-SPICE and CMMI models'.
  
• Invited talker, e.g. for:
• 'Using the CDIO framework for reforming engineering programs... and HEIs' [CGE Competency working group, March 2012]
  

Former Projects and Responsibilities:

• IS Technical Architect A-Z program manager (6 months apprenticeship vocational training program for adults, VET);
•  was "UV-Metiers" co-manager [2007-2010]: undergraduate and postgraduate sessions on personal development - educational, vocational guidance and careers counselling; accompanying and developing students' competencies through tutoring, training sessions, instruments for Human Resources (e.g. portfolio, assessment centre exercises, psychometric tests);
• Côtes d'Armor 2mille20 recorded roundtable on Portfolio, November 2008 (pdf);
• Brèves de la com' : Article phare du mois. March 2005. "La pédagogie active fait ses preuves à l'ENST Bretagne : Qu'est ce qu'un ingénieur ?";
• Since 2003, I am largely engaged in the Telecom Bretagne program reforms for introducing Projects (In French);
• Competences for engineers, ENSIETA workshop [quite old now, June 2004];

• LICIP [2003-09]: Collaborative Engineering and Pedagogical Innovations (Telecom Institute);
• CSCW for engineers (e.g. Web2.0, Forge, GanttTools);
• INVOCOM [2002-05]: European project on "Internet-based Vocational Training of Communication Students, Engineers, and Technicians";
• LEONARDO European Commission's Lifelong Learning Program with Poland, Finland, Portugal and France;
• In this project, I was ENST Bretagne project manager;
  
• Brèves de la com'  July 2004. "L'ENST Bretagne partenaire d'INVOCOM : projet Européen d'enseignement en ligne"
• Publications here
  
• I was co-coordinator of the M.Sc. Information Systems program [2007-09];
• I was coordinator of the course semester "Engineering Complex Systems Project " at Telecom Bretagne (see publication area, 160 students per semester) [2003-05];
• I was course coordinator INF102: "Views on Computer Science"; INF102-Moodle [2004-09]

Research Activities in Software Engineering

Research Interests (please refer to my Publication List):

• Design:
• Large software systems: software architectures, distributed software architecture styles (P2P, mobile code/agents, Client-server *-tiers, SOA), component-based approaches, service composition, middleware;
• Business processes and Enterprise Architectures;
• Model:
• Modeling and architecting frameworks, alignment;
  
• Formal approaches, Specification and Verification: elicitation and management of non-functional requirements (NFR), behavioral and non functional property (NFP), illities, NFP-oriented model transformation, metrics for model comparison.

Current Activities:

Ongoing Projects:

• Tool Chains for Service Creation and Verification [2011-] (Telecom Bretagne);
• PASS team [2010-] (Telecom Bretagne & IRISA).
  

Former Projects:

• Enterprise Architecture for Telecommunications Services [2010-2012] (Telecom Bretagne);
• Model Driven TOOL Interoperability [2009-2011] (Telecom Bretagne);
• QSoftArch [2006-2008]: early Quality analysis of distributed SOFTware ARCHitectural styles (Telecom Bretagne).
• CAMA [2004-2009]: Components for Mobile Adaptable Architectures (Telecom Bretagne);
• SpontNet [2005-2008]: a research program on SPONTaneous NETworks (Telecom Institute):
  
• component model for peer-to-peer overlays in a context-aware middleware for MANETs (pdf);
• CADySIMo [2002-05]: Composition and Adaptability in Mobile Environments (ENST Bretagne);
• C3DS [1998-2000]: a research project on Control and Coordination of Complex Distributed Services:
• 4th EU's Framework Program, long term European ESPRIT project (with INRIA);
• architectural description language (ADL) and environment including specification of components, connectors, and runtime requirements for managing agents, workflows, and reconfigurations;
• ASTER [1995-2000]: Software Architectures for Distributed Systems (INRIA).

Publications

• Engineering Education Publications:
  Reviewer at IEEE FIE, IEEE EDUCON, and QPES conferences. Co-organizer at Intl. French speaking QPES conference.
  

• Rouvrais, S. and Chiprianov, V. Architecting the CDIO Educational Framework Pursuant to Constructive Alignment Principles.  In International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education (IJQAETE), Vol. 2(2). IGI Global (USA), pages 80-92, April-June 2012.
  [abstract]

• Rouvrais, S. and Landrac G. Resistance to Change in Institutionalizing the CDIO Standards: From a Waterfall to and Agile Improvement Model. 8th International CDIO Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, July 1-4, 2012. Accepted.
  [to appear]
  
  
• Rouvrais, S. and Chelin, N. Introducing Personality Tests to Clarify Engineering Student Self-perception and Demystify Recruitment Procedures. 8th International CDIO Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, July 1-4, 2012. Accepted. With talk.
  [to appear]
  
  
• Rouvrais, S. Recognizing non Formal Learning Experiences: Top-down or Bottom-up Approaches for Skills Alignment. In proceedings of the 3rd IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2012), Collaborative Learning & New Pedagogic Approaches in Engineering Education. Marrakech, Morocco, April 17-20, 2012. pp. 927-931. With talk.
  [to appear]
  

• Rouvrais, S. and Kanellos, I. Facing Computer Science Misconceptions: An Introductory Course Based on Historical Strands and Career Paths at a Glance. In Electronic Proceedings of the 41th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2011), Rapid City, South Dakota, October 12-15, 2011. With talk.
  [paper.pdf]
  

• Rouvrais, S. and Chiprianov, V. Modeling and Architecting Educational Frameworks. In Electronic Proceedings of the 7th International CDIO Conference, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, June 20-23, 2011. With talk.
  [abstract]
  
  
• Rouvrais, S., Treguier, B., and Degrugillier, D. Reconnaissance des apprentissages non formels  : la longue route réflexive d'un candidat à la VAE. In French. In Proceedings of « Le courant de la professionnalisation : enjeux, attentes, changements », 6th French-Intl. Colloquium Questions de pédagogies dans l'enseignement supérieur. Pages 453-461. 8-10 June 2011. With Talk.
  [paper.pdf]
  

• Chelin, N. and Rouvrais S. Identité professionnelle et anticipation des carrieres nomades des jeunes ingénieurs : construire et non subir son orientation professionnelle. In French. In Proceedings of « Le courant de la professionnalisation : enjeux, attentes, changements », 6th French-Intl. Colloquium Questions de pédagogies dans l'enseignement supérieur. Pages 153-160. 8-10 June 2011. With talk.
  [paper.pdf]
  
  
• Rouvrais, S., Mallet, J., and Vinouze, B. A Starter Activity Design Process to Deepen Students Understanding of Outcome-related Project Learning Objectives. In Electronic Proceedings of the 40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2010), Arlington, Washington D.C., October 27-30, 2010. With talk.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Rouvrais S. and Chelin N. Engineer Professional Identity: For an Early Clarification of Student's Perceptions. In Electronic Proceedings of the 6th International CDIO Conference, École Polytechnique, Montréal, June 15-18, 2010. With talk.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Rouvrais S., Picart A., and Fracasso B. Devenir ingénieur par alternance : la situation professionnelle comme catalyseur de l'autonomie et de l'opérationnalité. In French. In Proceedings of « Les pédagogies actives : enjeux et conditions », 4th French-Intl. Colloquium Questions de pédagogies dans l'enseignement supérieur. Pages 555--562. UCL Press, UC Louvain. Louvain-la-Neuve, 24-26 January 2007.
  [résumé paper.pdf]
  
  
• Rouvrais S., Ormrod J., Landrac G., Mallet J., Gilliot J-M., Thepaut A., and Tremenbert P.  A Mixed Project-based Learning Framework: Preparing and Developing Student Competencies in a French Grande Ecole. SEFI-EJEE European Journal of Engineering Education, "Engineering Competencies". Volume 31, Number/Issue 1. Pages 83--93. March 2006. In this article, you will find our V-semester-projects cycle for engineering programs.
  [abstract, full paper under @request]
  
  
• Rouvrais S., Ormrod J., and Gilliot J-M. Séances de démarrage : mise en exergue des objectifs en pédagogie par projets. In French. In Proceedings of « Questions de pédagogie dans l'enseignement supérieur : nouveaux contextes, nouvelles compétences », 3rd French-Intl. Colloquium Pédagogie par projet dans l'enseignement supérieur, pages 287-291. Ecole Centrale de Lille. June 2005. With talk.
  [résumé paper.pdf]
  
  
• Rouvrais S., Gilliot J-M., Landrac G., Degrugillier  D., and Houcke  S.  Active Pedagogy as an Essential Complement for Project-based Learning. In Proceedings of the 4th SEFI International Workshop on Active Learning in Engineering Education, pages 26-30. ALE'04. Nantes, France, 6-9 June 2004. With talk.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Landrac G., Degrugillier D., Gilliot J-M., Rouvrais S., and Houcke S. The Project "Introduction to Complex Systems" at ENST-Bretagne. In Proceedings of the 4th SEFI International Workshop on Active Learning in Engineering Education, pages 50-53. ALE'04. Nantes, France, 6-9 June 2004. With talk.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Landrac G., Rouvrais S., Gilliot J-M., and Houcke S. Changement de curriculum : le projet comme bras de levier pour de la pédagogie active et un référentiel de compétences. In French. In Proceedings of the 21th Congress of association internationale de pédagogie universitaire, pages 157-158. AIPU'04. Marocco, 3-7 May 2004.
  
  
• Degrugillier D., Gilliot J-M., Houcke S., Landrac G., and Rouvrais S. Apprentissages projets par le projet, quelles compétences développées ? In French. In Proceedings of the 21th Congress of association internationale de pédagogie universitaire, pages 174-175. AIPU'04. Marocco, 3-7 May 2004.
  
  
• Cousin E. and Rouvrais S. Le génie logiciel par la pratique : une expérience de projet en phases. In French. In Proceedings of « Questions de pédagogie dans l'enseignement supérieur : réflexions, projets et pratiques », 2nd French-Intl. Colloquium Pédagogie par projet dans l'enseignement supérieur, pages 115-120. ENSIETA. June 2003. Web site.
  [résumé paper.pdf]

• Software Engineering Publications:
  Reviewer - Program Committee participations at ICSEA, ICAS, UBICOMM, and AICT conferences, occasionally DAIS, CAL.
  

• Chiprianov, V., Kermarrec, Y., and Rouvrais, S. Extending Enterprise Architecture Modeling Languages: Application to Telecommunications Service Creation. ACM SAC 2012, 27th Symposium on Applied Computing, Trento, Italy, March 26-30, 2012.
  [abstract, paper.pdf]
  
  
• Chiprianov, V., Kermarrec, Y., and Rouvrais, S. On the Extensibility of Plug-ins. ICSEA 2011, 6th Intl. Conf. on Software Engineering Advances, Barcelona, Spain, October 23-28, 2011.
  [abstract, paper.pdf]

• Chiprianov, V., Alloush, I., Kermarrec, Y., and Rouvrais, S. Telecommunications Service Creation: Towards Extensions for Enterprise Architecture Modeling Languages. ICSOFT 2011, Intl. Conf. on Software and Data Technologies, Seville, Spain, July 2011.
  [abstract, paper.pdf]
  
  
• Chiprianov, V., Kermarrec, Y., and Rouvrais, S. Practical (meta-)Model Extension for Modeling Language Profiles. An Enterprise Architecture Modeling Language Extension for Telecommunications Service Creation. IDM2011, French Colloquium on Ingénierie Dirigée par les Modèles , Polytech Lille, June 2011.
  [abstract, paper.pdf]
  

• Chiprianov, V., Kermarrec, Y., and Rouvrais, S. Towards Semantic Interoperability of Graphical Domain Specific Modeling Languages for Telecommunications Service Design. MOPAS 2011, 2nd International Conference on Models and Ontology-based Design of Protocols, Architectures and Services. pp. 21-24. Budapest, Hungary. April 2011. (Best paper award).
  [abstract, paper.pdf]
  
  
• Chiprianov V., Kermarrec Y., and Rouvrais S. Meta-tools for Software Language Engineering: A Flexible Collaborative Modeling Language for Efficient Telecommunications Service Design. FlexiTools'2010: Workshop on Flexible Modeling Tools (in conjonction with 32nd ACM/IEEE ICSE Intl. Conf. on Sofware Engineering). Cape Town, South Africa. May 2010.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Mallet J. and Rouvrais S. Transformations dirigées par des propriétés non fonctionnelles en conception logicielle. SafeModel Workshop of LMO'09. Nancy, France. March 2009.
  [abstract/résumé]
  

• Mallet J. and Rouvrais S. Style-Based Model Transformation for Early Extrafunctional Analysis of Distributed Systems. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Quality of Software Architectures (QoSA 2008): "Models and Architectures". LNCS(c) No5281, pages 55-70, Springer Verlag, S. Becker and F. Plasil Eds. Karlsruhe, Germany. October 2008. With talk.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
   
  
• Nguyen T.D. and Rouvrais S. A Socially Inspired Peer-to-Peer Resource Discovery Service for Delay Tolerant Networks. In Proceedings of PPN'07 (OTM International Workshop on Peer to Peer Networks), LNCS (c) No4806, Springer Verlag, pages 960-969. Vilamoura, Portugal. November 2007.
  [abstract]
  
  
• Nguyen T.D., and Rouvrais S. Towards a Peer-to-peer Middleware for Context Provisioning in Spontaneous Networks. In Proceedings of the 5th ESF-MiNEMA Workshop (Middleware for Network Eccentric and Mobile Applications), pages 54-57. Magdeburg, Germany. September 2007.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Fradet P., Issarny V., and Rouvrais S. Analysing Non-Functional Properties of Mobile Agents. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Foundamental Approaches to Software Engineering, FASE (in conjonction with ETAPS'00). LNCS (c) No1783, Springer Verlag, pages 319-333. Berlin, March 2000. With talk.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Rouvrais S. Mobile Agents for Distributed Service Composition ; Utilisation d'agents mobiles pour la construction de services distribués. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Rennes, France. 5th July 2002.
  [abstract/résumé, in French thesis.pdf, ps.gz].
  
  
• Rouvrais S. Construction de services distribués : une approche à base d'agents mobiles. In French. TSI-HERMES Journal.  Revue des Sciences et Technologies de l'Information (RSTI) - Volume 21, N°7/2002, (c) Eds Hermes Lavoisier, pages 985-1008.
  
• also available as an INRIA Research Report, n°4315, December 2001.
  [abstract/résumé paper.pdf]
  
  
• Issarny V., Demairy E., Zarras A., Kloukinas C., and Rouvrais S. Quality of Service Analysis. In Deliverables of ESPRIT C3DS project, pages 185-212, January 2000.
  [abstract  download: C3DS homepage]
  
  
• Rouvrais S. Architectures logicielles et propriétés de sécurité. In French. M.Sc. Report, 1997 (Available under Email request).
  

• Technology-enhanced Learning Publications:
  Reviewer - Program Committee participations at EL&mL, ICSNC, ELETE, and FrenchMoodleMoot'05 conferences.
  
  
• Simon G., Gilliot J-M., and Rouvrais S. Apprendre avec le Web2.0 : formuler, communiquer et s'intégrer. In French. In Proceedings of « Enseigner, étudier dans le supérieur : pratiques pédagogiques et finalités éducatives », 5th French-Intl. Colloquium Questions de pédagogies dans l'enseignement supérieur. Pages 793--799. Brest, 18-20 June 2008. With talk.
  Erratum Website reference on informational competencies.
  [résumé paper.pdf]
  
  
• Rouvrais S., Maillé P., Gilliot J-M., Madec G., and Guyomar A. Migrating Learn-by-Doing Engineering Curricula to Blended Learning. In Kommers P. and Richards G. (Eds). Proceedings of ED-MEDIA'05, World AACE Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education), pages  4053-4059. Montreal, Canada, June 2005.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Gilliot J-M. and Rouvrais S. A Pedagogical Canvas for On-line Simulation-based Lessons. In Cantoni, L. and McLoughlin C. (Eds). Proceedings of ED-MEDIA'04,  World AACE Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education), pages 3727-3732. Switzerland, Lugano, June 2004.With talk.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Rouvrais S., Gilliot J-M., Graton G., and Degrugillier D. Electronic Simulations within a Polymorph Pedagogical Canvas for Online Education. In Proceedings of ICSES'04: IEEE International Conference on Signals and Electronic Systems. September 13-15 2004, Poznan, Poland, 2004. With talk.
  [abstract paper.pdf]
  
  
• Gilliot J-M., and Rouvrais S. Un canevas pédagogique pour des leçons en ligne basées sur la simulation. In French. In Proccedings of the 21th Congress of the association internationale de pédagogie universitaire AIPU'04, pages 202-203. Marocco, 3-7 May 2004.
  

Miscellaneous

• "Questions are the important thing, answers are less important. Learning to ask a good question is the heart of intelligence. . . . Questions are for thinkers." —Schank, 1991

• A Periodic Table of visualization methods for management (c) Lengler&Martin

• First aid certificate
  

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