Len Bass Explained

Leonard Joel Bass
Birth Date:	1943
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Purdue University
Work Institutions:	Carnegie Mellon University University of Rhode Island
Occupation:	software engineer, former researcher at the Software Engineering Institute
Thesis Title:	Hierarchies based on computational complexity and irregularities of class determining measured sets
Thesis Year:	1970
Doctoral Advisor:	Paul Ruel Young

Leonard Joel (Len) Bass (born c.1943) is an American software engineer, Emeritus professor and former researcher at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), particularly known for his contributions on software architecture in practice.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Bass received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1970 under the supervision of Paul Ruel Young with the thesis, entitled "Hierarchies based on computational complexity and irregularities of class determining measured sets."

Bass was appointed Professor of Computer Science at the University of Rhode Island in 1970. In 1986, he moved to the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where he started as head of the user-interface software group, and later focused on the analysis of software architectures. Since 2011, he has been Senior Principal Researcher at NICTA (National ICT Australia).^[3]

Len Bass was awarded the Software Development Magazines Jolt Productivity Award twice in 1999 and 2003.^[4]

Selected publications

Books

• Bass, L., Clements, P., Kazman, R. (1st ed. 1998, 2nd ed. 2003, 3rd ed. 2012, 4th ed. 2022). Software Architecture in Practice. Pearson Education
• Clements, P., Bass, L., Garlan, D., Ivers, J., Little, R., Nord, R., Stafford, J. (1st ed. 2002, 2nd ed. 2011). Documenting software architectures: views and beyond. Pearson Education.
• Bass, L., Weber, I., Zhu, L. (2015). DevOps: A Software Architect's Perspective. Addison-Wesley Professional.

Articles and reports, a selection:

• Kazman, R., Bass, L., Webb, M., & Abowd, G. (1994, May). "SAAM: A method for analyzing the properties of software architectures." In Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Software engineering (pp. 81–90). IEEE Computer Society Press.
• Abowd, G., Bass, L., Clements, P., Kazman, R., & Northrop, L. (1997).Recommended Best Industrial Practice for Software Architecture Evaluation(No. CMU/SEI-96-TR-025). Carnegie-Mellon Univ Pittsburgh Pa Software Engineering Inst.
• Kazman, R., Abowd, G., Bass, L., & Clements, P. (1996). "Scenario-based analysis of software architecture." IEEE Software, 13(6):47–55.

Presentations

• Bass, L. [lenbass]. (2016, July 31). Networking [Video file].
• Bass, L. [lenbass]. (2016, July 30). Virtual Machine [Video file].

External links

• Len Bass at the Software Engineering Institute
• Len Bass at NICTA

Notes and References

1. [Fielding, Roy Thomas]
2. [Bosch, Jan]
3. https://www.nicta.com.au/people/lbass Len Bass
4. The Complete Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards at Dr. Dobbshttps://www.drdobbs.com/joltawards/the-complete-jolt-product-excellence-pr/232602336. Accessed 04. 2020.