WHAT'S UP WITH ISO 9001??
Professor Priyavrat Thareja from India is wondering if it is "worthwhile implementing
ISO 9001:2000 in an engineering institution"?
ISO 9001 applies to all types of organizations—it defines quality standards for products and services.
Many educational organizations may be employing this standard. Your department may use it; your department may
be interested in using it.
If you are currently ISO 9001 certified, you will need to upgrade in
order to remain 'certified.' Professor Priyavrat Thareja wonders about ISO 9001; is anyone else curious?
If you are interested in actively participating or just reading the discussion about the ISO 9001 question
just subscribe to the EdSoc mailing list
and on January 26, 2004 the discussion will begin to flow. The 'plan' is that the 'Guest Speaker,' who will
be an expert about ISO 9001, will post his/her
opening email message on ISO 9001, which may cover basic material, then he/she will wait a day or so before posting the next
part of the 'talk', and so on. The interval between each message will be available so that the 'Guest Speaker' can
answer questions or there could be a brief discussion or there could be comments from the 'audience'!
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subscribe to the low-volume EdSoc mailing list click here.
I am in the process of contacting experts in ISO 9001 so that they can lead the mailing list discussion. I have contacted the
powers-that-be at ISO, Inc., an ISO consulting firm, the IEEE Standards Association and folks among-our-ranks to ask if they
could provide a 'guest speaker' for this mailing list discussion. I expect that we'll have a few experts leading this discussion.
MODEL CURRICULA PROJECT
The Joint IEEE Computer Society/ACM Task Force on the "Model Curricula for Computing" (CC) was formed to
review the 1991 curricula and develop a revised and enhanced version that addresses developments in computing
technologies in the past decade and the Task Force will sustain their efforts through the next decade.
Ok, so this is not "breaking news"; it may be "old news" to some of you. But the material here is interesting and
seems as though it may be very interesting to a segment of Education Society members.
The effort involves the creation of several volumes reflecting the diversity of the computing field.
Their work is available online. For more info on COMPUTER CURRICULA click here or anywhere just below.
The project has created these volumes:
- Overview Volume
- General principles and commonalities among all of the specific discipline volumes
- Specific discipline volumes
- Computer Science Volume
- Computer Engineering Volume
- Software Engineering Volume
- Information Systems Volume
RELATED LINKS
Monitor and evaluate current curriculum accreditation guidelines in the field of computing
and recommend changes as needed. Visit the
CSAB, Computing Accreditation Commission
(CAC/ABET) and the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
SHORTCUT TO SOCIETY'S WEB SITE
The Education Society's web site has a somewhat long URL (Universal Resource Locator)—it's web address.
The current address is: 'www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es'. The web site now has a shorter web address, which can
facilitate easy recall. You do not need to go to the IEEE web site, list the Societies, then select the Education Society.
Now you can go directly to the EdSoc site!
www.ieee.org/edsoc
$500US GRANTS AVAILABLE TO ALL CHAPTERS
The purpose of the program is to encourage IEEE geographic units (i.e., sections, chapters) to provide an opportunity for members to
participate in more intensive technical presentations than is possible in a typical meeting, but short of a full-scale
conference. Grants up to $500US are available for qualifying proposals.
More info...click here
To see a listing of Education Society chapters click here.
If your Section does not have an Education Society Chapter, you can still apply for this under the auspices
of your Section; or you could work with a Chapter of another IEEE Society!
TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES REVISED
Based upon important member survey information, the Transactions' has added additional author instructions, which
have been integrated into information posted on the Society website. David Conner, Editor in Chief of the
Transactions on Education, has published the revised guidelines for submissions to the EdSoc's professional
journal.
Click her to see the revised manuscript
guidelines
ENCORE: ARE YOU A SENIOR MEMBER??
"And why not? Many members do not understand the requirements for and benefits of becoming a Senior
Member. Contrary to popular opinion, a Nobel Prize in Physics, 40 years of experience, and a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering are not prerequisites for becoming a Senior Member! Senior Membership confers benefits not
only on the member but on his Section as well...
apply now! For details on b ecoming a Senior Member, visit the
IEEE Senior Member Program page."
(Connecticut IEEE Section's home page, 2003).
If you are interested in pursuing this, you should start in your local chapter or section, or contact people you 'know' from
conferences as you will need to have 3 references from IEEE members who know you personally.
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