IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Video Education

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Video Education Initiative IEEE New Hampshire Section Executive Committee Meeting 14 June 2007 Robert O’Donnell VP Education, IEEE AESS Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Outline • A Word of Introduction – Review of enabling video and software technologies – Web based video tutorial initiative – Web based Full Technical Courses – Web based video technical seminar series for EE students – Progress and plans – Summary Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

A Word of Introduction • This Briefing was recorded using the same software and hardware that we will be using to record tutorials, and other lectures • It took about 6 -8 click and drags of the mouse to set things up • After the briefing was finished, it took about 5 -8 more clicks and drags of the mouse to setup and start the production run • Production on the laptop took about an hour of elapsed time • The finished product is in Adobe FLASH format. – The size of the video is about 100 MB per hour – The Adobe FLASH reader can be downloaded free Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Big picture, where are we going ! • Two major initiatives • Initiate technical tutorial video program – Procure required computer and video equipment – Record four to eight tutorials over the next 6 months – Chair for tutorial initiative • Prof. Steve Watkins, Associate VP Education • Initiate video technical seminar series for EE students – Modeled after Lincoln Laboratory technical seminar series – Lectures will be video recorded and placed on AESS Website for use by IEEE student chapters, free of charge, at their weekly chapter meetings – I will chair this portion of the video initiative Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Review of Enabling Technologies • Inexpensive web cam and camcorders with high resolution – – Web Cam High quality camcorder Camtasia Studio software Laptop ( ~2. 5 Ghz processor, >1 GB RAM) $1000 -$1500 $350 $2700 each • ~2. 5 Ghz processor, >1 GB RAM, 80 GB Disk - 7200 RPM • Later versions of Camtasia may require more computer speed and memory • Camtasia - Mature software which simultaneously integrates: – Power Point screen capture (and mouse pointer) – Input to computer of digital streaming video and audio of the speaker – User friendly, flexible, “non-linear” editing and production of combined images in one screen Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Block Diagram of Video System Option 1 -Integrated Recording Webcam or Camcorder Laptop / Desktop Computer Video & Audio from Camera Camtasia Studio Via USB Power Point Slides Disk With Flash Video Power Point Option 2 - Record Video & Audio – Integrate Slides Later Video & Audio from Camera Camcorder Mini DV Laptop / Desktop Computer Mini IEEE 1394 DV Power Point Slides Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Camtasia Studio Power Point Disk With Flash Video

What the Toys Look Like Sony Camcorder Logitech Web Cam • 1. 3 Million pixels 800 x 640 image 15/sec • Rather simple optics • Good for small studio work • microphone included • Cost (<$100) Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Initial Video Tutorials • Introduction to Radar – Link to MIT LL Website/MIT Open Course ware site (10 lectures) – In the development with MIT OCW, should be online this winter – No cost to society • Multistatic Radar – Hugh Griffiths UK MOD (2 -3 hours) – Recorded at the Radar 2007 Conference – Beta test of the video recording equipment • Adaptive Radar Signal Processing- Dan Rabideau and Steve Kogon - MIT LL (2 -3 hours) – Tutorial presented at Radar 2007 Conference – Being recorded, off-line, over the next couple of months, as a beta test of recently purchased video recording equipment & methodology • Radar System Modeling- Dick Curry (2 -3 hours) – Distinguish tutorial speaker has committed to put his tutorial in our video library – Need to send him a laptop computer, web cam, and how to manual • Beta test of this recording approach Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Initial Video Course • Digital Signal Processing – Dr Dimitris Manolakis MIT LL – Co-author with Proakis of widely used text – Has volunteered to prepare 30+ lectures (1 hr each) based on material in text • Taught similar video course at LL and live at Northeastern U. – He will start the effort in 6 months – I propose that we make this course available to student IEEE members at very reduced nominal cost • This will be great PR for the tutorial program at universities • Catalyze student membership • Normal fee structure for others – With Expert Now, Developing this course would cost ($600 K) • We need tutorials in other Society Mission Areas Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Initiate video technical seminar series for EE students • Motivation for this initiative – Data from recent meeting for electrical engineering department heads indicates: – Electrical engineering student enrollment is dropping at many mainstream universities – Quality of new electrical engineering students is and has been slowly dropping at mainstream universities • Math SAT scores Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Initiate video technical seminar series for EE students • Goal – Develop and maintain strong student motivation for those entering and continuing in electrical engineering education – Particular focus on interests of our society – While many electrical engineering departments have very strong faculty weekly technical seminar programs, quite a few universities do not. • These technical seminars tend to be matched to the technical sophistication of faculty members or advanced graduate students, not to undergraduates, and first or second year graduate students This Web based video technical seminar initiative would develop and deliver, at no cost to student IEEE chapters, these seminars, which will be matched to undergraduate student interests, and intellectual level Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Initiate video technical seminar series for EE students • Modeled after Lincoln Laboratory technical seminar series – See Booklet being Passed Around Meeting • Forty five minute technical seminars • Significant introductory material in each seminar which sets the stage and motivates the student • These are not marketing seminars, no overt recruiting, no music! • Understandable by freshman, but will not bore first-year graduate students • Ideally, at the end of the lecture, the student would say – “that’s neat work! I’d love to have worked on that project” • Lectures will be video recorded and placed on AESS Website for use by IEEE student chapters, free of charge, at their weekly chapter meetings – Password assessable – Could also be made available to regular members at low cost Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Initiate video technical seminar series for students • Initial goal – Eight to ten seminars on line within a year – Use already developed video capability to record seminars • Beta-test with a couple of the Lincoln Laboratory technical seminars • Get buy-in from industry and universities – Raytheon, BAE, Lockheed, Northrop, Boeing, JHU/APL, GTRI, MIT/LL, Draper Laboratory, etc – European corporate and universities (ESSA) – Developed and network through Aerospace industries Association, Technical Council – University Electrical Engineering departments • Long-term goal – Library of 50 – 100 seminars online at any one time • No more than five lectures from any one institution – Rotate five to 10 off web-based library each year Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Program Plan • Procure server and web ware for a server – UNH Scott Valcourt will lead the effort – Will use UNH students to develop software • Materials to teach “How to use the system” – UNH students modifying Communications Society Operations Manual • Partially done – I am developing a video manual using Camtasia • 100 VGs – ready in 1 week – will be posted on UNH website • Set up committees – In progress • When baseline capability is present advertise in media – Systems Magazine – AESS conferences – Send out a mailer to members and electrical engineering departments • Use AESS conference mailing lists Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Committees • Tutorial Initiative - Steve Watkins – Overall Chair – Topic Committee to Identify & Designate Tutorial Speakers • • • Chair- TBD (Suggestion- Iram Weinstein) 3 -4 additional members - TBD Student Technical Series Chair – Bob O’Donnell – Overall Chair – Deputies – Dr Randall Seed/ Dr Nick Pulsone - MIT LL – Topic Committee to Identify & Develop Lecture Speaker • • Chair- 3 -4 additional members – TBD Technical and Video Quality Committee (for Tutorials & Technical Series) – Chair- (Suggestion - Joe Guerci) – 3 additional members – TBD • Committee to Develop Server and Web Infrastructure – Chair (Scott Valcourt) – 2 -3 additional members – TBD (talent with web development experience) • Equipment Committee – O’Donnell / Watkins – Members at each location to mail (&receive back) equipment / contracts/ etc TBD – Add Europe and West Coast centers Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society

Summary • This initiative has the potential to invigorate our society’s education mission and positively effect society membership • Received Concurrence/Guidance/Funding from IEEE AESS / BOG on Initiative for 2007 -08 – $40 K in 2007 $56 K budgeted in 2008 • Committee Chairs and members being identified, solicited, and filled – Soliciting members, etc. in other technical areas • Goal to have server “up and running “ by Mid Oct BOG Meeting – At least one course running on server • Great thanks to the UNH Section for their help and cooperation Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society