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b"Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 96!\\nThe Software Process and Measurement Cast this week features an in interview with Bertrand Meyer.\\xa0 Bertand and I discussed his ideas on SEMAT and why IT and Academia need to find a common ground to share ideas and knowledge.\\nFrom Wikipedia\\nBertrand Meye has been Professor of Software Engineering at ETH Z\\xfcrich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology since October 2001, where he pursues research on building trusted components (reusable software elements) with a guaranteed level of quality.\\nDr. Meyer pursues the ideal of simple, elegant and user-friendly computer languages and is one of the earliest and most vocal proponents of object-oriented programming (OOP). His book Object-Oriented Software Construction is widely considered to be the best work on presenting the case for OOP. Other books he has written include Eiffel: The Language (a description of the Eiffel language), Object Success (a discussion of object technology for managers), Reusable Software (a discussion of reuse issues and solutions), Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages and Touch of Class. He has authored numerous articles and edited conference proceedings.\\nHe is the initial designer of the Eiffel method and language and has continued to participate in its evolution, and is the originator of the Design by Contract development method.\\nHis experiences with object technology through the Simula language, as well as early work on abstract data types and formal specification (including the Z notation), provided some of the background for the development of Eiffel. Eiffel has been influential in the development of other languages including Java, C# and Python.\\nBertand is one of the troika of thought leaders that have brought SEMAT to the world.\\nSee Bertand's website for more information and contact data: \\nCitrix GoToAssist Express is sponsoring SPaMCAST Solve technical issues faster with GoToAssist Express. \\nContact information for the Software Process and Measurement CastEmail:\\xa0 Voicemail:\\xa0 +1-206-888-6111Website: Twitter: Facebook:\\xa0 \\nConferences and Speaking Engagements in 2010 (To Date)\\nISMA Cinco in Sao Paulo September 13-15.\\xa0 I will be one of the featured speakers.\\xa0 THe title of the presentation is Function Points:\\xa0 Past, Present and Future.\\xa0 The website to get more information is \\xa0 I hope to see you there!\\nNext!SPaMCAST 97 will feature another essay from the Metrics Minute on Time-to-Market."