MSc. Alionuska Velázquez is pleased to verify the international prestige of the professors of the University of Informatics Sciences. Photo: Alberto Medina Cruz.
What the UCI guarantees
MSc. Alionuska Velázquez is pleased to verify the international prestige of the professors of the University of Informatics Sciences. Photo: Alberto Medina Cruz.
The subject of the thesis of the master's degree in Software Quality of MSc. Alionuska Velázquez Cintra focused on a strategy to increase the quality of software testing services, from the perspective of the client.
Graduated in 2013 from the second edition of the Master's program, this girl is currently working in the Testing Laboratory of the Management of the Software Quality Center (CALISOFT) of the University of Informatics Sciences (known as UCI).
- What did your research contribute to?
- A renewal in the development of the processes established for the execution of the testing services of CALISOFT (at that time we were a support center for production based on the quality of the projects of the University, now we are a direction that works as a guide in the activities of assurance and control of the quality of the developments of the Network of Centers). "
- What is your assessment of the organization of the Master's degree in the Univresity?
-Very good, I believe that it has managed to integrate it with several elements that help it to keep working in a stable and with quality.
"The staff members are well known in the subjects they teach. They are leading researchers and are committed to the process. They are tutors of several of the graduates and many times they continue working with their theses until obtaining the doctorate.
"The work in the Research Group (GRISOFT) helps to define the research pyramid from the innovations projects that are working within the group. This is part of a bank of problems associated with the development-production activity of the University.
"There is also the Process Engineering Group associated with the Improvement Program, which takes place in the UCI. It defines and improves the fundamental processes of software production, most of them resulting in research that ends up in the defense of the master's thesis.
"The specialists who are members of the group belong to the centers of development and their greatest satisfaction (manifested in several spaces) is to apply their results and then validate them through the evaluations made by the SEI-Center of Monterrey (you can already imagine how did they feel, I mean those who participated in the definition of processes certified with CMMI-DEV v1.3 level 2). "
- What are the strengths that you appreciate in the process of training masters?
- I have worked on topics related to the quality of software since the third year of the career, when my professor of Software Engineering ignited that spark with her classes, (that I will always thank her). The following year I was already part of the quality group of Faculty 4 (the "Lobos"), in the 5th year I worked on a thesis oriented to these same subjects (tutored by my ISW teacher), and once graduated I joined the work in the Laboratory of Tests of the UCI.
"With this background, it is undoubtedly grateful to be able to give continuity to my training in this profile, and the Master of Quality has not only allowed me to deepen the subject, but also to integrate and apply knowledge in processes such as production (from the laboratory of Tests), training (giving PID in the 2nd year and postgraduate courses) and research (as a member of GRISOFT).
"I think that lies the main strength of this process: they are forming specialists who directly influence the quality of university processes, learn from each activity and improve."
- If you plan to start your Ph.D. studies in the near future. Have you participated in preparatory activities of any kind, organized or endorsed by the institution?
- Yes, I am still the fortunate ones (I think that is one of those that we study in a university like this), now I have the possibility to continue the studies with the help of the Special Scientific Training Program (PEFCI).
"I have been able to participate in scientific seminars, conferences, meetings, courses and other spaces planned to exchange, learn and also present what you are achieving in the research you develop.
"Here I also have the support of professors who are from the staff of the Master of Quality and Doctorate of the UCI. Today I can say that I have the opportunity and the possibility of starting the Ph.D. studies, that is guaranteed by the UCI. "
Proud of her university, at the end of the interview, Alionuska Velázquez Cintra, notes:
"In the foreign events in which I have had the opportunity to participate, it has been inevitable to compare the quality of the contents that are worked from these spaces and the professionals who present them.
"I have felt more than satisfied to see that the knowledge that we receive in the programs of masters and doctorates of our University is equal to what is discussed. I am pleased to note the international recognition of our professors.
"That compromises the professional interested in overcoming ."
