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Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012 IEEE Standards and Education James Irvine University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Member, IEEE Standards Ed Comm [email protected] Joint ITU-GISFI-DS-CTIF Standards Education Workshop (Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012)
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Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012
IEEE Standards and Education
James IrvineUniversity of Strathclyde, GlasgowMember, IEEE Standards Ed Comm
Joint ITU-GISFI-DS-CTIF Standards Education Workshop
(Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012)
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The IEEE
415,000 membersHeadquartered in New Jersey, but majority of members outside US45 technical societies and councils148 journals and transactions
1/3 EE technical content globally3m technical papers in Xplore1300 conferences annually
387,000 attendees in 2011
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Role in Standardisation
IEEE is a leading global standards development organisation
Process open to allApprox 1,500 standards completed or under development
IEEE Standards Association 20,000 individual and corporate participantsDraws on the expertise of the IEEE societies and technical councils.
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IEEE Standards Education CommitteeIEEE Governance
IEEE-USA
Member & Geographic
Activities
PublicationActivities
Technical Activities
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IEEE Standards Education MissionPromote the importance of standards in meeting technical, economic, environmental, and societal challengesProvide learning materials on standards for the design and development aspects of educational programsProvide short courses about standards needed in the design and development phases of professional practiceActively promote the integration of standards into academic programs
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Education Resources
Tutorials
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Tutorial Example
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Education Resources
TutorialsCase studiesMinigrantsWeb portals
IEEE Standards Education Portal http://www.standardseducation.orgStandards Education to the Publichttp://trystandards.org
Standards education e-zine standardsmagazine.ieee-elearning.org
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eZine
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Real World ApplicationStrathclyde University
Third largest EE department in the UKAbout 800 students
Motto: ‘A place of useful learning’Standards used throughout
Mobile communications courseDesign service with standard system
Communications networksExplain and analyse design trade-offs
Power engineeringInvestigate emerging smart grid standards
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Dos and Don'ts from the Chalk FaceDon’t
Teach standardsLarge documents send students to sleep
Ignore standardsEssential part of engineer’s life
DoTeach the importance of standardsGive insight to the processUse standards case studies to illustrate theoryGive credit!
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Conclusions & Recommendations
Have an integrated approachApplications cross technology silos
Use the available resourceshttp://standardseducation.org
Employ appropriate teachingDirected reading, case studies, problem focussed, projects Not lectures…
