Approved Minutes SEC Face-To-Face Meeting

Approved Minutes SEC Face-to-Face Meeting 16 May 2015

Attendees: James Irvine David Law Fred Surre Howard Wolfman Kishik Park Glenn Parsons Yatin Trivedi Amin Karim Don Heirman Jeff Strauss Susan Tatiner Jennifer McClain

Agenda v3.0 1. Call to Order (Irvine) 2. Roll Call/Introductions (Irvine) 3. Approval of draft agenda (Irvine) 4. Approval of draft minutes from 14 April 2015 (Irvine) 5. Current Status of SEC 2015 Goals (Irvine) 6. MOOC Update (McClain/Tatiner/Strauss) 1. Outline 2. Content 3. Timeline 4. Reviewers/Ad-hoc 2. Standards University website status (Tatiner/McClain/Irvine) 3. Content Creation and Maintenance (Irvine) a. Tagline b. Editorial Structure c. Content Maintenance 1. eLearning Modules (McClain/Tatiner) 2. Student Grants (Irvine/McClain/Tatiner) a. Final Papers #203 and #215 b. Budget/numbers c. Scholarships/Contests 1. Standards Education Workshop Opportunities for 2015 (McClain/Tatiner/Irvine)

1 a. Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (6 November 2015) b. Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ (Fall 2015) c. Request from Case Western University in Cleveland, OH (Sept 2015) 1. Review of SEC Goals for 2015 and 2016 (Irvine) 2. Other Business: a. New TAB ad-hoc community for technical support for standards (Tatiner) b. 802 Student Paper Competition (Law) c. Face-to-face meeting date in December (Irvine/McClain) 3. Next teleconference: Tuesday, 9 June 2015 at 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM Eastern (Irvine) 4. Adjourn ------Minutes 1. Meeting was called to order at 9:06 AM Pacific time. 2. All participants introduced themselves. 3. Draft agenda was reviewed. New items were added to the under Other Business: a. New TAB ad-hoc community for technical support for standards (Tatiner) b. 802 Student Paper Competition (Law) c. Face-to-face meeting date in December (Irvine/McClain) 4. Draft minutes from 14 April 2015 were approved. 5. James Irvine gave presentation on SEC Charter, including the mission and scope of SEC activities and an update on the current status of SEC 2015 Goals. a. SEC does not have a vision listed in our Charter. b. Group had a discussion about the EA and SA Missions and SEC Mission statements. b.i. Group may want to revisit the charter and make some changes. Any changes would need be approved by the EAB and the SA BoG. c. James went through the SEC 2015 plans in detail, emphasizing the need to deliver on the NIC-funded Standards University website project. d. Discussion is needed about a Volunteer Advisory Board for the new Standards University. This was addressed in detail later in the meeting. 6. The group spent time discussing the Standards MOOC (massive open online course) project. a. Jennifer reviewed the MOOC presentation attached to agenda item #6. b. Action: Jennifer to change the course description sentence: “Products and technologies that influence and transform the way we live, work and communicate rely on the existence of technical standards.” c. Group discussed possible course titles and content to be included.

2 c.i. There was some content discussion, but no final agreement on the course outline. c.ii. Group agreed that the course should not be too standards development focused. c.iii. Outline is missing the Application of Standards. c.iii.1. It was suggested that addressing the application of standards be done through case studies specific to different industries. c.iv. Add that ‘Innovation leads to Patents’ to the IP section of the course.

d. Group agreed that the aim of the Standards MOOC is: d.i. To give students an understanding of the role that standards play, and how they are applied, in creating a competitive edge in a global market economy. e. Group discussed titles for the Standards MOOC and approved the following: e.i. Innovation and Competition: Succeeding through Global Standards f. MOOC Review Committee: f.i. David Law will Chair the MOOC Review Committee. f.ii. Glenn Parsons and Howard Wolfman, Jennifer, Susan will be on this ad- hoc. f.ii.1. David, Howard, Glenn were tasked with finding 2 additional people to serve on the ad-hoc outside the SEC. f.ii.1.a. It was suggested that they look for neutral parties, outside the ICT field. (Biomedical, Power, etc.) f.ii.2. Ad-hoc will initially review the course outline. f.ii.2.a. This activity needs to be completed within one month. f.ii.3. Need to add section to the outline about Application of Standards. f.ii.3.a. Include in the lecture by industry segments. f.ii.3.b. Need to have ‘flexible’ content. Add video or voice over point. f.ii.3.c. SEC proposed that case studies be used to illustrate the application of standards. f.ii.3.c.i. Could be incorporated throughout each week’s session (break down by industry for example).

3 7. Susan provided update on the Standards University website development. The project is on track to meet the end of 2015 deadline. Goal has been to have it ready by the October NIC meeting when we will need to provide the end-of-year report. a. There will be a standing meeting every two weeks beginning in June with our web vendor. SEC members are welcome to attend these calls. We will coordinate with SEC to find the best date and time to schedule the meetings. b. Vendor is in the process now of creating site maps and next up will be wireframes. c. Official kick-off with vendor and IEEE IT is 25 June 2015. 8. James proposed a way forward for Standards University Content Creation and Maintenance. He suggested following a similar model to how the Educational Activities Portals Committee is structured. 9. Volunteers for Editorial Board structure: a. As Chair of the SEC, James will be the Editor-in-Chief of the Standards University Editorial Board. b. The Editor-in-Chief will be the Chair of the other subcommittees. c. Each subcommittee was asked to find additional members from outside the SEC to participate in their group. d. Wireframing/Design Subcommittee: d.i. James Irvine: Chair d.ii. Fred Surre d.iii. Amin Karim d.iv. Kishik Park e. eZine Editorial Board e.i. Yatin Trivedi: Chair e.ii. Amin Karim f. Videos (includes eLearning modules) Editorial Board f.i. Fred Surre, Chair g. MOOC Editorial Board g.i. David: Chair g.ii. Howard Wolfman g.iii. Glenn Parsons h. Workshops: h.i. David: Chair h.ii. Fred Surre

4 h.iii. Ask Adrian Stephens i. Game: i.i. Ask Steve Carlson 10. Glenn noted that the IEEE Communication Society Magazine has a standards section. a. We could include a short section about Standards Education. b. Glenn is Editor-in-Chief. c. As of December magazine. Next issue is June 2015. d. eZine Editorial Board will follow up on this opportunity. 11. Group chose the tag line for IEEE Standards University: a. Innovation∙Compatibility∙Success 12. Jennifer provided update on standards-related eLearning courses. a. eLearning modules are part of the Standards University NIC project. b. Four new modules need to be produced and released in 2015 to meet the goal identified to the NIC. c. Three courses have been identified: c.i. Ethics and Standards (Howard Wolfman) c.ii. How to Read a Standards (Howard Wolfman) c.iii. Conformity Assessment (Rudi Schubert from the Standards Association) d. SEC was asked for additional course suggestions. More modules are planned for 2016/2017. The following topics were suggested: d.i. 802.11ac d.ii. 802.1 Link Aggregation or Time Sensitive (Follow up with Glenn. Should be several individuals in 802.1 who could work on module.) d.iii. Ask Rudy Schubert about Std 1588. Could complement the Conformity Assessment module. d.iv. Ask Rudy Schubert also about CPIQ (Camera, picture, image, quality). 13. Group reviewed Final Student Application Papers a. Final Paper #215: SEC felt the paper did not contain enough about the key steps where standards were applied and why the standards were selected. Amin Karim, volunteered to speak with the faculty advisor to provide guidance. Jennifer will contact advisor and provide Amin’s contact information. Students may resubmit a revised paper. b. Final Paper #203: Approved. 14. Jennifer provided an update on the current and past stats for the student grants, including the budget numbers from past years.

5 a. It was suggested that we breakdown the information by Region, Colleges, Countries, etc. b. Action: Jennifer find out how the Ukraine students found about the grants. c. Group discussed considering changing the name to Standards Education Awards and whether we could offer other types of awards or paper competitions, etc., as part of the new university. d. When creating the new pages in university for Student Grants highlight publication opportunities. e. Susan will look into some of the smaller scholarship at PES. 15. Under other business the following items were discussed: a. Workshop Opportunities a.i. Texas State University a.ii. Steven University a.iii. Group agreed we should pursue these workshops b. David Law noted that 802.3 will be meeting in Pittsburgh next week. b.i. David will be going to Carnegie Mellon University to give the Demystifying presentation. c. Susan and Jennifer noted that there is a Speakers Bureau request from the Region 7 Industry Relations group. c.i. Looking for someone to participate via Skype in the upcoming Ottawa Section meeting to explain more about the IEEE Standards Association and the standards development process. d. Case Western University workshop request d.i. A one-day workshop about standards will be held at Case Western University in September. They are looking for a standards panelist. d.ii. Yatin has a contact who may be able to do it. d.iii. Jennifer forward the email request to Yatin. d.iv. SEC agreed to support sending someone as a speaker. e. Susan reported that TAB has established a new ad-hoc community for technical support for standards. It was created by the VP of TAB. Rob Fish is the chair of the ad-hoc. e.i. Don Wright, Mark Halpin, Don Heirman are on the committee. e.ii. Tom Compton is the IEEE staff support in TAB. e.iii. They had a meeting to discuss the scope of their activities. e.iii.1. Identify best practices from the Societies and Councils, create webinars, identify opportunities, etc.

6 e.iii.2. Make sure new societies learn what it takes to get involved in standards development activities. e.iii.3. Susan will be engaged with them. f. David Law mentioned that 802 is thinking about doing a paper competition through their university outreach program. f.i. Asked whether the SEC would be interested in partnering with 802 for this activities. f.ii. SEC members agreed that they would be interested. More information is needed. f.iii. Action: David will find out the dollar amount that would need to be committed. 16. James proposed SEC Goals for 2016: a. Build on successes of 2015. b. Continuation of the Goals for 2015 and the new editorial board structure agreed upon today. 17. The face-to-face meeting in December will be on Sunday, 6 December 2015. a. Action: Jennifer to check on meeting arrangements at the IEEE and in the Piscataway area. 18. Next teleconference: Tuesday, 9 June 2015 at 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM Eastern 19. Meeting was adjourned 4:06 PM Pacific. Summary of Action Items: 1) Jennifer to change the MOOC course description sentence: “Products and technologies that influence and transform the way we live, work and communicate rely on the existence of technical standards.” 2) MOOC Review Committee (David, Glenn, Howard, Jennifer, Susan) to review and complete MOOC course outline within one month. 3) Each subcommittee was asked to find additional members from outside the SEC to participate in their group. 4) Susan: For eLearning module, ask Rudy Schubert about Std 1588. Could complement the Conformity Assessment module. 5) Susan: For eLearning module, ask Rudy Schubert about CPIQ (Camera, picture, image, quality). 6) Jennifer to communicate SEC’s decision about Final Student Paper #215 to advisor and provide Amin Karim’s contact information. Amin to follow up with advisor to help improve the paper. 7) Jennifer to find out how the Ukraine students found about the grants.

7 8) Jennifer to send Yatin the Case Western University workshop request for a speaker/panelist. 9) David: Find out from 802 the dollar amount needed from the SEC to partner on an 802 student paper competition. 10) Jennifer: check on meeting arrangements at the IEEE and in the Piscataway area for SEC face-to-face meeting scheduled for Sunday, 6 December 2015.

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