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Technical Workforce & Professional Societies

Technical Workforce & Professional Societies . David Alan Grier 2013 IEEE Computer Society President . What is the IEEE Computer Society? What do we do? How do we support innovation? What do we do for you?. Who? Private, Global, Non-profit Professional Society What do we do?

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Technical Workforce & Professional Societies

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  1. Technical Workforce&Professional Societies David Alan Grier 2013 IEEE Computer Society President

  2. What is the IEEE Computer Society? • What do we do? • How do we support innovation? • What do we do for you?

  3. Who? • Private, Global, Non-profit Professional Society • What do we do? • Organize & Validate Information • Innovate? • Improve High-Tech Work Force • For you? • Make a stronger Global Player • Standards of Practice • Support Members Place in society

  4. Who • 400,000 Person Professional Society • Half outside of North America • Organized by Sector: Computing, Communications • Organized by Local Chapter

  5. Accomplishments since 1888 • Supported: • American Electrification: 1888+ • Global Radio Industry: 1914+ • Computer Hardware: 1938+ • Software: 1968+ • Global Cellular Telephone: 1990+

  6. How: Organized Knowledge • Professional Standing • Publication • Standards • Conferences • Education

  7. Standards: Wifi • IEEE 802 • Assembled Stakeholders • Neutral Party • Standards Process • Protected from anti-trust • Global, Technical Standards

  8. Defined by Standards:Software Engineering • Software Engineering Body of Knowledge • 1995 ISO 12207 Software Life Cycle • 2013 Revised SWEBOK • http://swebok.org

  9. Long Path of Software Standards • IEEE Standards: • 829 Software Test Documentation (1983) • 830 Requirements Specification (1984) • 1002 Taxonomy for Software Stds (1987) • 730 Quality Assurance Plans (1988) • 982 Measures of Dependability (1988) • 828 Configuration Management (1990) • 1074 Software Lifecycle (1991)

  10. Validate & Codify Knowledge • Publications • Structure of Knowledge • Verify: referee • Disseminate • Keep Professors up to date • Publication means you know field

  11. Community: Conferences • Contact outside of employer • Build Skills & Knowledge • Share un-publishable knowledge • Best practices, side skills

  12. Software Workforce:Three Major Educational Paths • Conventional University • Corporate • Corporate Training • Open Source • Self Defined Communities

  13. IEEE: Unifies Approach • Improve Skills • Increase Trust • Reduce Risk • Same Goals • Same Knowledge • Same Practices

  14. What will the IEEE do for you?

  15. Brings workers into global workforce

  16. Technical Workforce&Professional Societies David Alan Grier 2013 IEEE Computer Society President

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