Activities Suggested by University Outreach Visits

1. Activities Suggested by University Outreach Visits IEEE Standards Education Committee 16 December 2010 Susan K. Tatiner

2. 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

3. 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 in universities

4. Speakers for Class Lectures • Professors may feel unprepared to give a lecture on standards topics and welcome the chance to bring in an expert. • Speaker combined with packaged material would be a winning combination. • Perhaps develop special lecture to help students entering the Senior Design Project, when many schools introduce practical use of standards. • PROS/CONS/ISSUES: • Possible global need • Is this a good vehicle strategically? • Effort v. number of students reached per engagement

5. Mini-grants for Student Application Papers • 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 with administration and money while we catch up

6. Additional Workshop Opportunities • Expanded two-day workshops at universities, such as … • 802 Plus: How do the 802 standards relate to each other and how do non-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 standards organizations? • Workshops with a group of universities • Participating in academic conferences • Using our connections with universities to garner invitations to speak about standards education. • PROS/CONS/ISSUES: • Continuing/building on one of our strengths • Is this a good vehicle strategically?

7. 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 for use in universities and to find speakers for lectures, as discussed above, and in distributing the mini-grant flier • They already have a short training course (4 hours), which could be expanded. • And possibly developed into a joint certification program. •  CNIS contacts are interested in possibly doing article or series of articles for the Standards Education eZine • History of standardization in China • Process of drafting standards, revising them, etc.

8. Recommendations • Get information about summer course before goal setting meeting in 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 in 2011 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.

9. Thank You!