IEEE Standards Education Jennifer McClain Program Manager, Standards Education 12 February 2011

Thank you to our IEEE members and volunteers for your participation! Many thanks to the IEEE Chicago Section and DeVry University for helping to sponsor this event Thank you to our IEEE members and volunteers for your participation! Housekeeping items: CEU’s are available for this workshop Must complete the CEU form and return it to Jennifer McClain WITH the workshop survey CEU Administrator will contact you within the next week to complete the transaction

Workshop website and resources Agenda, all presentations and other resources can be found at: http://grouper.ieee.org/sa/sec/public/seminars/Chicago%20workshop/index.html

Standards Education Committee (SEC) Joint Standing Committee of the IEEE Educational Activities Board and the IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors Mission: Promote the importance of standards in meeting technical, economic, environmental, and societal challenges. Secure and disseminate learning materials on the application of standards in the design and development aspects of educational programs. Secure and provide short courses about standards needed in the design and development phases of professional practice. Actively promote the integration of standards into academic programs.

IEEE’s Key Interests in Standards Education At the pre-university level TryEngineering.org Teacher In-Service Program At the university level Development of curricula Accreditation criteria Providing an “entry point” to the world of standards At the post-university level (continuing education) Familiarizing engineers with the standard development process Education about specific standards (e.g., the IEEE 802® family)

IEEE’s interests in Standards Education Accrediting bodies need to clarify the degree to which understanding and use of standards are expected in engineering/computing/technology programs In the US the current ABET accreditation criteria are often too vague and hence unenforceable In 2009, IEEE approved the IEEE Position Paper on the Role of Technical Standards in the Curriculum of Academic Programs in Engineering, Technology and Computing http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/standards/standards_position_paper.html States the desired role of technical standards in the academic curriculum; To be used in model curriculum development and in discussions with accrediting bodies. Adopted by the National Policy Committee of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

IEEE’s interests in Standards Education Standards are of growing significance to industry Practicing professionals need to understand how to use standards In October 2008 survey of 1,000 IEEE members who were practicing engineers: 75% indicated that technical standards were important or very important in their field 22% indicated that they learned to apply technical standards in university Majority learned from a mentor or were self-taught Further suggests the importance of introducing standards to students and into curricula

Addressing the challenges at the IEEE Access to IEEE Standards Hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide have full access to IEEE standards through their subscriptions to the IEEE Electronic Library (IEEE Xplore®) provides access to IEEE journals, transactions, letters, magazines and conference proceedings, IEEE Standards and IEEE educational courses Very few schools make use of this feature… Visit our Standards in the Classroom page to see if your school is on the list http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/standards/classroom.html

Addressing the challenges at the IEEE No-Cost Access to Standards http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/index.html IEEE 802® Standards All IEEE 802 Standards are available to the public six months after publication IEEE 2600™ Standards: Hardcopy Device and System Security 1666™ Standard: Open SystemC Language Reference Manual 1685™ Standard: IP-XACT, Standard Structure for Packaging, Integrating, & Reusing IP within Tool Flows IEEE/ANSI N42 Standards: Radiation Detection Standards In partnership with Homeland Security

Providing free standards-related educational content online through Standards Education web portal http://standardseducation.org/

Standards Education Content IEEE Standards Education Tutorials are designed to help students, educators and practicing engineers better understand technical standards by exploring the role of standards in engineering and technology, and by providing real-world examples of the application of standards. Case Studies are examples of the application of standards in a real-world context: describe the application of standards to achieve a specific design objective; begin with a posed task, e.g., consider what standards might be applicable to the design of a multi-mode telephone; identify potentially applicable standards; determine design and development constraints imposed by standards; explore proposed solutions.

Standards Education Content Tutorials http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/standards/tutorials_catalog.html The Role of Standards in Engineering and Technology The Role of Standards in Cellular Telephony The Role of Standards in Electrical Power Systems IEEE Std 1800TM: SystemVerilog Case Studies http://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/standards/cases.html Wireless router case illustration Multimode mobile phone case illustration

IEEE Student Mini-Grants To support goal of promoting the integration of standards into academic programs, IEEE is offering Grants to both students and faculty mentors to help with graduate and capstone design projects with an industry standards component. $500 for students $300 for faculty advisors IEEE publishes the results as a Student Application Paper 2009: 45 submitted/28 approved 2010: 29 submitted/17 approved Applications came from students in all IEEE Regions, except Region 9.

IEEE Student Mini-Grants Applications may be submitted at any time throughout the year. The Standards Education Committee (SEC) will review applications according to the following schedule: 15 March 15 June 15 October 30 January http://standardseducation.org/applications/

Some SEC Goals for 2011 and beyond Complete and release new Global Standards Search web portal. Develop and begin publishing Standards Education e-Zine. Continue to address standards in the curricula Develop strategy for influencing ABET Criteria Outreach to universities Determine their needs and the best way to serve them. Hold pilot seminars/workshops aimed at students and/or educators. Develop region-based standards education strategies

Get involved…. Standards Education Committee welcomes participation and partnership in our activities Participation in IEEE Standards Education Committee meetings and teleconferences Content providers/partners Invitations for Standards Guest Lecturers and workshops for students and faculty Workshop and Seminar opportunities

Additional Contacts David Law, Chair, Standards Education Committee dlaw@hp.com Amin Karim, Vice-Chair, Standards Education Committee: Akarim@devry.edu Jennifer McClain, Program Manager, Standards Education j.mcclain@ieee.org Susan Tatiner, Director, Government Relations & Standards Education, IEEE Standards Activities s.tatiner@ieee.org

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