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Welcome! My name is Eric Dashofy. I am a computer scientist with a background in software architecture and software engineering. I currently work as Principal Director of (Information Technology) Development in the Enterprise Information Services division of The Aerospace Corporation, a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in El Segundo, CA. I have a Ph.D. in Computer Science from The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, where I worked under Professor Richard N. Taylor.
Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice
I’m one of the authors of Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice, along with Professors Richard N. Taylor (UCI) and Nenad Medvidovic (USC). It is perhaps the first full-length textbook on software architecture, with a broad and comprehensive treatment of not just architecture itself, but the discipline of software engineering seen with an architecture-centric perspective. My co-authors and I welcome questions or comments on the book, so feel free to contact me directly if you have any!
You can get the book from our publisher, or one of many online retailers:
- Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice at Wiley.com, our publisher’s site.
- Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice at Amazon.com.
- Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice at Barnes and Noble.
Interests and Past Experience
Although my primary work is in software architecture, I occasionally dabble in other areas. I am particularly interested in intellectual property law, specifically as it relates to software. I consulted for Plaintiff’s counsel in Amado v. Microsoft, a software patent infringement case. At work, I also do research in the areas of high performance computing and wireless sensor networks.
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