University of Pittsburgh

School of Information Sciences

NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2013)

Standards: People, Process, Products and Productivity – Focus on Information Technology Standards

To develop ten modules on technical standards that can be used in the undergraduate or graduate information science curriculum.  The first three modules will provide an introduction to standards, standards setting organizations, and the standards development process; the other seven modules will address select topics spanning a range of disciplines including security standards, web standards, standards for cellular telephony and wireless networks, discussions on standards, big data and data mining.

Presentation: Standards: People, Process, Products and Productivity – Focus on Information Technology Standards, November 14, 2014

Article: Michael Spring, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses the importance of standardization, The Academic Minute, August 25, 2015. 

Additionally, a paper was published about this award in the SES Journal and is available here: Standards Education at the University of Pittsburgh, Michael B. Spring, University of Pittsburgh (Nov/Dec 2014). 

The contact for this award is Michael Spring, spring [at] pitt.edu (spring[at]pitt[dot]edu)

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