About COEST
Our Vision:
The vision of the COE for Traceability is to provide leadership
for traceability research, education, and practice; promoting the
pursuit of excellence from research idea to practice, based on a
foundation of innovative, ethical, collaborative work; and embracing
this vision, to be the best traceability center in the world.
Our Mission:
In order to achieve our vision, we will advance traceability research, education,
and practice by identifying the grand challenges for traceability, by fostering
international research collaborations focused on the grand challenges, by developing
a repository of benchmarks for traceability research, by developing and delivering
tutorials in the areas of requirements engineering and traceability, by developing a
Body of Knowledge for traceability, by cultivating partnerships with industry and
academia, and by providing the infrastructure needed to support the above.
Partners:

| Jane Huffman Hayes, University of Kentucky |
| Jane Cleland-Huang, DePaul University |
| Andrea Zisman, City University of London |
| Alex Dekhtyar, Cal Poly |
| Giuliano Antoniol, École Polytechnique de Montréal |
| Jonathan Maletic, Kent State University |
| Andrian Marcus, Wayne State University |
| Olly Gotel, Consultant |
| Alexander Egyed, Johannes Kepler University |
| Officers: | |
| Director: | Jane Huffman Hayes |
| Vice Director of the Americas: | Jane Cleland-Huang |
| Vice Director of Europe: | Andrea Zisman |
| Secretary / Treasurer: | Alexander Egyed |
| Body of Knowledge Coordinator: | Alex Dekhtyar |
| Publications Coordinator: | Jonathan Maletic |
| Student Coordinator: | Giulio Antoniol |
