¹M.S. thesis:  "Curie-Point Writing on MnBi,"

subject area: electro-optics and holographic memories.      

supervisors: Prof. David Epstein (M.I.T.), Reuben Mezrich (RCA Princeton Sarnoff   Laboratories)

² Ph.D. dissertation: "Josephus' Expositions of Biblical Law: an internal analyis."

subject area:  although nominally "out of field" the approach I used in analyzing Josephus' writings, examining interaction between structure and content, has guided and inspired all of my subsequent research and teaching in the area of  engineering models and software development process improvement.  The tension between structure and content in Josephus is reincarnated in the tension between structure and behavior in engineering models and between discipline and creativity in software development processes.

supervisor: Prof. Sid Z. Leiman, Yale University.

³ Lead Assessor for Capability Maturity Model (CMM^SM) Based Appraisal for Internal Process

   Improvement.  Training received in 1997.  Certification awarded in 1998 after participation in

   a number of   software appraisals at the various divisions of Israel Aircraft Industries.

¹Duties and Responsibilities at Sikorsky Aircraft 1984-1987.

• Group Leader (Digital Systems Section of Software Engineering Branch) for Avionics Projects.
• Responsible for software-hardware integration for the Experimental Light Helicopter for a Single Pilot (LHX)
• Lecturer and consultant on Software Development Methodologies according to (then) emerging U.S. military standards.
• Chairman of the Software Tool and Process Improvement Committee

²Duties and Responsibilities at Israel Aircraft 1989-2000.

• Coordinator of software design methodology research proposals under the Information Society Technologies program of the European Community (ESPRIT).
• Chairman of the Software Design Methodologies Committee of the Corporate-wide Software Process Improvement Program (SPIP). In this capacity I concentrated on the application of Object Oriented technologies to the development of embedded computer systems.
• Consultant to projects in the various IAI divisions (MLM, MBT, TAMAM, LAHAV and ELTA) regarding definition, absorption and application of methods, tools and standards for development of embedded computer systems.
• Definition and institution of standards for software development environments for IAI, under the auspices of SPIP (including methods and tools for requirements analysis, requirements management, software design and software testing.
• Consultant to IAI divisions in the area of software process improvement, including prepartion for and execution of SEI-CMM assessments (including acting in my capacity as SEI authorized lead assessor).
• Consultant to projects in the various IAI divisions in the application of Software Development Standards, (e.g., MIL-STD-498, DOD-STD-2167A) Consultant to projects in the various IAI divisions in the application of Software Development Standards, (e.g., MIL-STD-498, DOD-STD-2167A)

Instructor in the IAI Education Center (MHT, including career transition courses under the auspices of Bar Ilan University), including courses in mil standard documentation, embedded computer system requirements analysis, requirements management, software engineering, orientations on the SEI-CMM and software design methods.

Before latest appointment

1967 National Merit Scholarship Finalist

1967 Cornell University Regent Scholar (declined award to attend M.I.T.)

1970 Eta Kappa Nu  (admission to society for excellence in Electrical Engineering)

1970 Tau Beta Pi (admission to society for excellence in Engineering).

1971 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award

1981 National Foundation for Jewish Culture Graduate Fellowship Award

1989 Registry of Israeli Engineers and Architects—Electrical Engineering Section

2000 JCT Excellence  in Teaching Citation for academic year 5760 semester B (4.8/5.0)

2000 First Prize in JCT Student Project Excellence Competition (project of M. Jamet, performed at Israel Aircraft Industries, under my supervision)

2000 (circa) IEEE Senior Member

Since latest appointment

2016 IEEE Life Senior  Member.

see attached document for elaboration.

1. Summary of Past Research and Development Activities

Industry-based research in software process improvement,   software design methodologies, and impact of  industrial testing and requirements  and modeling tools.  Research on  “marketability” of  software  process models.  Research  regarding software  “Misuse”  and safety issues, and how  software  development tools and methods impact  these issues/

1. Summary of Current Research and Development Activities

We  (Dr. Leah Goldin, Afeka College, and Dr. Iaakov Exman, Jerusalem College of Engineering)  are continuing  our research in the area  of  software “Misuse” and safety, with focus on  effective use of software tools to  proactively identify and remedy such problems.

We are  examining, classifying  and analyzing  cognitive errors with misuse and safety  implications.  We  are mining  data from student examination errors, and examining ways of  extrapolating  to cognitive errors in engineering practice.

1. Future Directions for Research and Development.

Continuation of  current research  (b),  extending to   the area of system engineering, and latest generation of modeling, requirements engineering and testing tools, including  IBM Doors “next generation”, IBM Rational Rhapsody for System Engineering, and Cantata ++ (testing tool for safety critical systems).  Methods for data mining from student examinations as well as  industrial experience (from consulting of Dr. Leah Goldin), will be analyzed, and leveraged to  devise  effective methods for mitigating software and system misuse and safety problems.

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1. Peer-Reviewed Papers in Refereed Journals

Before latest appointment

253. Lavi, D. Dalcher, M. Mannion and R. Gallant, “Engineering of Computer-Based Systems--A Proposed Curriculum for a Degree Program at Bachelor Level," IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 47, No. 2, IEEE Education Society, (May 2004), 247-253.

1.   Peer-Reviewed Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

Before latest appointment

1991. Winokur, A. Engel, and  R.  Gallant, "A  Concurrent  Approach  to  Systems  Development  and  Requirements  Specifications:  A  Case  Study," in proceedings  of  The  Fifth  Israel  Conference  on  Computer  Systems  and  Software  Engineering,  The  IEEE  Computer  Society  Israel  Branch,  IEEE Computer  Society  Press,  1991.

1992. Z. Lavi, M. Winokur, and R. Gallant, "The  Reuse  of  Generic  Subsystem  Specifications  in  Multisystem  Computer  Based  Systems Development," in proceedings  of  The  Sixth  Israel  Conference  on  Computer  Systems  and  Software  Engineering,  The  IEEE  Computer  Society  Israel  Branch,  IEEE Computer  Society  Press,   1992.

1996. Gallant, M. Winokur,  and  J.  Kudish,  "Tool  and  Method  Reciprocity: A  Case  Study  in  Requirements  Management," Proceedings  of  The  Seventh  Israel  Conference  on  Computer  Systems  and  Software  Engineering,  The  IEEE  Computer  Society  Israel  Branch,  IEEE Computer  Society  Press,   1996.

1998. Winokur, A. Grinman, I Yosha, R. Gallant, “Measuring the Effectiveness of Introducing New Methods in the Software Development Process,”  Proceedings of the EUROMICRO 98 Conference,  Vaesteras, Sweden, 1998.

1998. Gallant, “The Interplay  of  Personal  Growth  and  Organizational Improvement in Software Process  Improvement,” Proceedings of the 12^th International Conference of  The Israel Society for Quality, 1998.

1998. Lavi, M. Winokur, R. Gallant, “Results of a Software Process Improvement Program in a Large Corporation,”  Proceedings of the 12^th International Conference of  The Israel Society for Quality, 1998.

1998. Gallant, “Humanistic Aspects of the Software Development Process,”  Proceedings of the  1998 IEEE Conference and Workshop on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems,  IEEE  Computer Society Press, 1998.

1999. Winokur, R. Gallant, A. Grinman, I Yosha and S. Harlev, “Measuring the Efficacy of Introducing New Methods in the Software Development Process,”  Proceedings of the EUROSTAR 99 Conference,  Barcelona, Spain, 1999. [Lecture presented by R. Gallant and Y. Yosha]

1999. Gallant, Quality-centric Training in Object Oriented Software Development Methods, Proceedings of the 13^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 1999.

2000. Gallant, "Requirements Management and Analysis in Object Oriented Development: a Basic Tutorial," Proceedings of the 14^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2000.

2000. Gallant, "Quality-centric Training in Object Oriented Testing Methods," Proceedings of the 14^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2000.

2000. Mendelbaum, R. Gallant, J-F. Brette and C. Ducateau, “Java-Prototyping of Hardware/Software CBS Using a Behavioral OO Model,” Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2000.

Lavi, J. Z., D. Dalcher, M. Mannion and R. Gallant, "Engineering of Computer-Based Systems - A Proposed Curriculum for a Degree Program at Bachelor Level," Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society ECBS2001 - International Symposium and Workshop, Washington DC, IEEE Computer Society Press, April 2001, pp. 344-356.

2002. Gallant, “Diagrammatic Reasoning with Statecharts: A Cognitive Approach for Software/Systems Engineers,” Proceedings of the 22^nd Conference of the Israeli Branch of the I.E.E.E., 2002.

2002. Gallant, "Cognitive Quality of Executable Models for Systems and Software Engineering," Proceedings of the 14^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2002.

2002. Gallant, "Tutorial: Agile Pervasive Computing," Proceedings of the 14^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2002.

2003. Gallant, "Cognitive Metrics for the Management of Model-based Software Development," Proceedings of the 7^th National Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, Tel Aviv, 2003.

Teitelbaum, A.,  R. Gallant, H. G.  Mendelbaum, and G Vidal-Naquet,  "A Proposed Extension to UML: a Hierarchical Architecture of Temporal Assertion Components,” Proceedings of the  International Workshop

SVERTS: Specification and Validation of UML models for Real Time and Embedded Systems (held in Conjunction with the Sixth International Conference on the Unified Modeling Language, UML 2003), San Francisco, October 20, 2003.  

2004. Gallant and L. Goldin, "Buy-in of Software Process Models: A Marketability Framework," Proceedings of the 15^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2004.

2004. Gallant, "Freddy's Dishwasher: Are Statecharts 'Safe' for Stakeholder Evaluation of Safety-critical Reactive Systems?" Proceedings of the 15^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2004.

2007. Gallant and M. Lehman, “System Specification Inspection: A Proactive Approach for Prevention of Behavioral Defects.” 9^th National Conference of the Israeli Quality Society. Tel Aviv, 2007.

 R. Gallant and L. Goldin, “The Dilemma of Iterative Processes,” The 17^th International Conference of the Israeli Quality Society, Jerusalem, 2008.  R. Gallant and M. Lehman, “The 2-chart Problem - contemplating system behavior in the aggregate,” 15th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the
Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS 2008), Belfast, Northern Irelend.

Since latest appointment

1. Gallant and L. Goldin, “The Dilemma of Iterative Processes: A Software Abstraction Levels vs. Agility Perspective”, International Workshop on Software Knowledge (SKY2011), Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Software Knowledge, Software Knowledge 2011Anabel Fraga, Iaakov Exman, Juan Llorens (Eds.) ISBN: 978-989-8425-82-9, published by SCITEPRESS Paris, France.

1. Gallant and O. Weisberg, Object-Orientation-Inspiration or Perspiration, 11^th Annual Conference of the Israeli Quality Society, Haifa, Israel, 2011

1. Gallant and L. Goldin, ''Reengineered PFA: An Approach for Reinvention of Behaviorally-Rich Systems'', International Workshop on Software Knowledge (SKY2012), Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Software Knowledge, Software Knowledge

2012 Anabel Fraga, Iaakov Exman, Juan Llorens (Eds.) ISBN: 978-989-8565-32-7, published by SCITEPRESS , Barcelona, Spain, October 2012.

1. Gallant and L. Goldin, "Overcoming Software System Misuse by Domain Knowledge'', 4th International Workshop on Software Knowledge.Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Software Knowledge, Software Knowledge 2013 Anabel Fraga, Iaakov Exman, Juan Llorens (Eds.) ISBN: 978-989-8565-76-1, published by SCITEPRESS. 22 September 2013, Vilamoura, Portugal.

1. Goldin, R. Gallant and I Exman, “Software Proactive Reengineering for System Resilience to Misuse,” SWSTE 2014 IEEE CS International Conference on Software Science, Technology, and Engineering, June 10-11, 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2014. Goldin and R. Gallant, "SPRing: Iterative Overcoming of Software Misuse'', 5th International Workshop on Software Knowledge. Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Software Knowledge, Software Knowledge 2014.Anabel Fraga, Iaakov Exman, Juan Llorens, Juan Miguel Gómez (Eds.) ISBN: 978-989-758-051-2, published by SCITEPRESS.  24  October  2014, Rome, Italy.
      
      

" כלב נחיית עוורים בבית הכנסת," היכלא-מאסף תורני לעמל התורה ועיון: בענייני תפילה ובית הכנסת לזכר הקדושים הי"ד, קהילת  בני תורה הר נוף (בית הכנסת בו התרחש הפיגוע  בתשע"ה). ניסן תשע"ו.

1. Gallant, “Thinking Fast: : Patterns of Cognitive Error  in Software Engineering Education and Practice,” SWSTE 2016 IEEE CS International Conference on Software Science, Technology, and Engineering, June 16-17, 2016, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

1. Gallant, "Thinking Fast: Patterns Of Cognitive Error In Software Engineering Education and Corresponding Lessons for Development of Mission-Critical Systems", 21^st International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, November 15-17, 2016, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1. Gallant, " Modeling Semantics sans Mathematical Formalism", SKY 2016 7th International Workshop on Software Knowledge , Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Software Knowledge 2016 Anabel Fraga, Iaakov Exman, Juan Llorens (Eds.) ISBN: 978-989-758-202-8, published by SCITEPRESS November 9-10, 2016,  Porto Portugal.

1. Gallant, "The Devil is in the Details: Elicitation of Safety Requirements in Reactive Systems", 35^th Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for Quality, 28-29 November 2017, Tel Aviv.

1. Patents  

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                 Before latest appointment

¹ Investigation of impact of advanced testing and requirements management tools on the software development of an ongoing project, Information Society Technologies program of the European Community (ESPRIT).

8.1 Conference Organization

Before Latest Appointment

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Software, Science, Technology and Engineering (SWSTE'03) 2003.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Software, Science, Technology and Engineering (SWSTE'05) 2005.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Software, Science, Technology and Engineering (SWSTE'07) 2007.

Since Latest Appointment

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Software, Science, Technology and Engineering (SWSTE'10) 2010.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committeee, 14th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshops on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems (ECBS'07).Tucson, Arizona.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, 1st IEEE Eastern European Regional Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS-EERC 2009)

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, 2nd IEEE Eastern European Regional Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS-EERC 2011)

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, IEEE ECBS - 19th Annual IEEE Internatio​nal Conference and Workshops  on the Engineerin​g of Computer Based Systems‏ 2012

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Software, Science, Technology and Engineering (SWSTE'10) 2012.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, 20th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshops on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems ( IEEE ECBS 2013), April 22-24,  Phoenix, Arizona.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, 3rd Eastern European Regional Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS-EERC 2013) Aug. 29-30, 2013, Budapest, Hungary.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, 4rd Eastern European Regional Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS-EERC 2015) Aug. 29-30, 2015, Brno, The Czech Republic, Aug. 27-28, 2015

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, 4th International Workshop on Software Knowledge. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)  22 September 2013, Vilamoura, Portugal.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, SWSTE 2014 IEEE CS International Conference on Software Science, Technology, and Engineering, June 10-11, 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, 4th International Workshop on Software Knowledge. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)  22 October 2014,

Rome, Italy.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, 6th International Workshop on Software Knowledge. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)  12 November 2015,

Lisbon, Portugal.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee, SWSTE2016  IEEE CS International Conference on Software Science, Technology, and Engineering, June 16-17, 2016, Be’er Sheva, Israel.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions), Program Committee,  SKY 2016 7th International Workshop on Software Knowledge. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)  9-10 November 2016, Porto , Portugal.

Session Chair:  Session: "SEE – Students Aspects," The 5^th Annual Kinneret Conference on Software Engineering Education,  Kinneret College, Kinneret, Israel, February 21, 2017.

Member (reviewer of paper submissions),  ECBS 2017 5th European Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems,  31 August - 1 September, 2017,  Larnaca, Cyprus.

8.2 Conference Lectures

Before Last Appointment

1996. Gallant, M. Winokur,  and  J.  Kudish,  "Tool  and  Method  Reciprocity: A  Case  Study  in  Requirements  Management," Proceedings  of  The  Seventh  Israel  Conference  on  Computer  Systems  and  Software  Engineering,  The  IEEE  Computer  Society  Israel  Branch,  IEEE Computer  Society  Press,   1996.

1998. Gallant, “The Interplay  of  Personal  Growth  and  Organizational Improvement in Software Process  Improvement,” Proceedings of the 12^th International Conference of  The Israel Society for Quality, 1998.

1998. Gallant, “Humanistic Aspects of the Software Development Process,”  Proceedings of the  1998 IEEE Conference and Workshop on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems,  IEEE  Computer Society Press, 1998.

1999. Winokur, R. Gallant, A. Grinman, I Yosha and S. Harlev, “Measuring the Efficacy of Introducing New Methods in the Software Development Process,”  Proceedings of the EUROSTAR 99 Conference,  Barcelona, Spain, 1999. [Lecture presented by R. Gallant and Y. Yosha]

1999. Gallant, Quality-centric Training in Object Oriented Software Development Methods, Proceedings of the 13^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 1999.

2000. Gallant, "Requirements Management and Analysis in Object Oriented Development: a Basic Tutorial," Proceedings of the 14^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2000.

2000. Gallant, “The Conflict between Creativity and Discipline: What Would Rabbi J. B. Soloveitchik, zt”l have Said about TQM?,”  The 6^th annual Conference of Torah and Ma’ada, JCT-Bar Ilan, 2000.

2001. Gallant, “Can Cognitive Science Help us Teach Talmud to the Youth of this Generation?,” The 7^th Annual Conference of Torah and Ma’ada, JCT-Bar Ilan 2001.

2002. Gallant, “Diagrammatic Reasoning with Statecharts: A Cognitive Approach for Software/Systems Engineers,” Proceedings of the 22^nd Conference of the Israeli Branch of the I.E.E.E., 2002.

2002. Gallant, "Cognitive Quality of Executable Models for Systems and Software Engineering," Proceedings of the 14^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2002.

2002. Gallant, "Tutorial: Agile Pervasive Computing," Proceedings of the 14^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2002.

2002. Gallant, “The Politics of MIL STD Documentation in the U.S. and Israeli Defense Industries,” JCT Conference on the Teaching of English, 2002.

2003. Gallant, "Cognitive Metrics for the Management of Model-based Software Development," Proceedings of the 7^th National Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, Tel Aviv, 2003.

2004. Gallant, "Freddy's Dishwasher: Are Statecharts 'Safe' for Stakeholder Evaluation of Safety-critical Reactive Systems?" Proceedings of the 15^th International Conference of The Israel Society for Quality, 2004.

2007. Gallant and M. Lehman, “System Specification Inspection: A Proactive Approach for Prevention of Behavioral Defects.” 9^th National Conference of the Israeli Quality Society. Tel Aviv, 2007.

1. Gallant, "Associative Cognitive Techniques for Active Learning of Talmudic Sugyot," Yom HaMartseh, Beit Midrash-JCT-Machon Lev, 2007

 R. Gallant and L. Goldin, “The Dilemma of Iterative Processes,” The 17^th International Conference of the Israeli Quality Society, Jerusalem, 2008.  

2008. Gallant, "A Graphical Engineering Modeling Approach to Representation of Talmudic Logic," The 14^th annual Conference of Torah and Ma’ada, JCT-Bar Ilan, Bar Ilan University, 2008.

2009. Gallant and M. Lehman, “The 2-chart Problem - contemplating system behavior in the aggregate,” 15th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS 2008), Belfast, Northern Ireland. R. Gallant, “Was Flavius Josephus the First Reform Jew? a modern cognitive approach to a problem from Antiquity(ies:),”  The 15^th Annual Conference of Torah and Ma’ada, JCT-Bar Ilan 2009.