The IEEE Q&A Project

The IEEE / Sloan Career Education Project

This Q&A system is part of an effort by IEEE to provide career education for students considering careers in electro-technology areas. IEEE's effort involve three major thrusts:

1. Fact and Data Oriented Content (CD ROM & Web)
2. Case Studies (CD ROM & Web)
3. Q&A System (this Web)

Credits:

• This system is being developed as a project of the IEEE. It is part of a larger project that is discussed below.
• Initial Proposal Lead: Lou Lovas
• Alpha/Beta Software Development: David Green
• Home page graphics for beta system: Wen Tian, Vestavia High School (UAB summer volunteer)
• Alpha System Usage: Alabama Section Students especially UAB Student Branch.
• Project Team: Lou Lovas (contact point), David Lee, Charles Hickman, David Green, Gerald Karam.
• Pre-production Software Testing: David Kujawski
• Beta Software Testing: 1997 EE433 Class at UAB
• Beta Respondents: Paul Atchison, Gerald Karam, Cherie Kronimus, Cecelia Jankowski, Loren Lacy, and Lou Lovas
• Alpha Respondents: Farrell Aultman, Lea Brothers, and Charles Hickman

Goals of Beta Test

• Refinement of model (two follow-up question, summaries available by topic, minor changes based on respondent/student feedback)
• Automatic Survey Mode
• Gold Committee Involement
• Regional Student Representative Involvement

Goals of Alpha Test

• Proof of concept
• Examination of interaction model

Schedule:

• Development began in May
• June 19, 1997 Alpha System went on-line
• July 26, 1997 End of Alpha Test
• Beta Test Development
• September 22, 1997 Beta Test Deployment for Region 3
• Production System Development
• January 10, 1999 Production System Deployment
• January 15, 1999 On-line

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a major sponsor of this project as a part of its Education and Careers in Science and Technology Project.

This project is supported by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. and the Sloan Foundation.

Last updated: 01/15/99 dgg