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Mary Shaw is a J. Perlis University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University with a focus on software engineering. She is an affiliated faculty member in the Computer Science Department. With a commitment to establishing software engineering as a rigorous discipline, Shaw aims to support the design and development of software systems that effectively serve real users. Her research interests encompass the design methods and analytic techniques necessary for constructing complete software systems from their constituent modules. Shaw is particularly focused on software architecture and system design, specifically exploring the sufficient correctness of real-world systems and enabling explicit consideration of trade-offs between design alternatives. Her work also delves into self-adaptive systems and the application of control theory in design, aiming to provide actionable guidance through the translation of research results into practical tools informed by evidence-based medicine.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.