Activities Suggested by UniversityOutreach Visits
IEEE Standards Education Committee
16 December 2010
Susan K. Tatiner
University Outreach Visits in 2010
India - February
India Institute of Science visited by CAG
China - October
Tsinghua University
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication
US - December
DeVry University, North Brunswick campus
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Summer Courses
Chinese universities use summer for courses on innovative topics.
We were invited to pursue the development and execution of two-week course on standards to run during the summer
Graduate level
PROS/CONS/ISSUES:
–China only
–Finding right people
–Major effort—could cut into other worthwhile efforts
–Opportunity to pilot a new program at China’s top university
–In China, many standards developers are found inuniversities
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Speakers for Class Lectures
Professors may feel unprepared to give a lecture on standardstopics and welcome the chance to bring in an expert.
Speaker combined with packaged material would be a winningcombination.
Perhaps develop special lecture to help students entering the SeniorDesign Project, when many schools introduce practical use ofstandards.
PROS/CONS/ISSUES:
–Possible global need
–Is this a good vehicle strategically?
–Effort v. number of students reached per engagement
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Mini-grants for Student ApplicationPapers
Expanding mini-grant for Student Application Paper program.
Translation of flier into local languages.
Wider distribution of information.
PROS/CONS/ISSUES:
–Potential to become a major program
–Appeals to professors and students alike
–Practical and fun—great teaching tool
–If program grows too quickly, we may have a problem withadministration and money while we catch up
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Additional Workshop Opportunities
Expanded two-day workshops at universities, such as …
802 Plus: How do the 802 standards relate to each other and how donon-IEEE standards in this arena relate?
How does one prepare a contribution for an IEEE Standard?
How does the entire process work in IEEE? In other standardsorganizations?
Workshops with a group of universities
Participating in academic conferences
Using our connections with universities to garner invitations to speakabout standards education.
PROS/CONS/ISSUES:
–Continuing/building on one of our strengths
–Is this a good vehicle strategically?
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Collaboration with CNIS
SA has an MOU with CNIS
Strong ties to faculty at China universities
Very interested in collaboration with the SA to develop material foruse in universities and to find speakers for lectures, as discussedabove, and in distributing the mini-grant flier
They already have a short training course (4 hours), which could beexpanded.
And possibly developed into a joint certification program.
CNIS contacts are interested in possibly doing article or series ofarticles for the Standards Education eZine
–History of standardization in China
–Process of drafting standards, revising them, etc.
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Recommendations
Get information about summer course before goal setting meetingin early 2011.
Work with Ning Hua
Contact CNIS to explore collaboration
Contact Tsinghua University to get more details
Pick a university to work with to pilot a class lecturer program in2011 and assess value of expansion at year end.
DeVry’s Senior Project classes, e.g.
Translate mini-grant flier (Chinese and Spanish) and develop“marketing plan” for 2011.
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THANK YOU!
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