Automatic Identification Technologies Center of Excellence

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Automatic Identification Technologies Center of
Excellence
By Allan Gilligan
August 1, 2002 agilligan_at_rcn.c
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Overview

• Sponsors
• Mission
• Strategic Objectives
• Opportunities
• Needs

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Sponsors

• United States Department of Labor
• Technology insertion creating a Center of
  Excellence for Automatic Identification in the
  Mississippi Delta Empowerment Zone at Mississippi
  Valley State University

With possible additional links to other Federal
Agencies such as Department of
Defense Department of Commerce Department of
Transportation Department of Agriculture
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The Vision

• Establish Mississippi Valley State University as
  a Nationally Recognized Automatic Identification
  Technology Center of Excellence

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Mission

• Provide a state-of-the-art teaching and learning
  experience that will result in increased
  opportunities for AIT research and application.
• Through strategic partnerships among government,
  industry, and academia, the AIT Technology Center
  of Excellence will effectively promote and
  achieve superior economic development in the
  Delta region.

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Strategic Objectives Overview

• Develop AIT Curriculum
• Recruit and retain qualified minority students
• Demonstrate AIT technical capability
• Develop industry and government partnerships
• Plan MVSU insertion into AIT industry
• Develop process for continuous evaluation and
  improvement of curriculum and the AIT Center Of
  Excellence

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MVSU AIT Course Strategy
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Attract and retain minority students into the AIT
technology career field and maximize the future
potential for entrepreneurship

• Establish a mentor-protégé arrangement between
  Mississippi Valley State University and industry
  partners to provide collaborative research,
  development, and demonstration opportunities in
  AIT technology
• Develop an AIT Science Education Program to
  support student internships/co-ops and faculty
  research fellowships

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Attract and retain minority students into the AIT
technology career field and maximize the future
potential for entrepreneurship

• Apply AIT technology at Mississippi Valley State
  to address university-wide infrastructure needs
• Evaluate the potential for Mississippi Valley
  State University to serve as an incubator for new
  minority businesses in AIT technologies
• Develop and implement a strategy that will
  support increased interest by Mississippi Valley
  State University students and pre-college
  minority students to pursue an AIT technology
  career path
• Influence the retention and graduation rate of
  Mississippi Valley State University students in
  the AIT technology career field

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Demonstrate MVSUs capability of supporting key
AIT-industry emerging technology development and
deployment

• Directly participate in key standards committees
  dealing with state of the art AIT initiative
  development
• Identify initiatives within these committees that
  require external, unbiased and scientific
  evaluation and/or research to bring closure to
  the draft standard development or compliance to
  the final standard
• Develop MVSU capability to evaluate and conduct
  scientific research in the AIT field that
  supports new and current standards development
• Identify lead students in the AIT concentration
  for participation in standards committees
• Present results of research at Frontline 2003
  conference program
• Publish results of research in trade magazines

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Promote and establish partnerships/alliances
among academia, industry, and government

• Guest Lecturers on AIT technology and
  applications
• AIT Equipment and Software donations
• Hardware Testing and Label Evaluation services
• Internship assignments
• Co-op opportunities

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Provide a focused and structured framework for
integrating Mississippi Valley State University
into the mainstream of the global AIT industry

• Apply AIT technology at Mississippi Valley State
  to address university-wide infrastructure needs
• Evaluate the potential for Mississippi Valley
  State University to serve as an incubator for new
  minority businesses in AIT technologies
• Enhance Mississippi Valley State Universitys AIT
  technology capabilities and funding potential by
  teaming with industry in response to federal
  solicitations

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Implement a structured process for evaluating the
effectiveness of the AIT technology curriculum
and its continuous improvement

• Establish and charter an AIT Technology Advisory
  Council to assess Mississippi Valley State
  Universitys progress and recommend strategies
  for improvement
• Develop a curriculum assessment plan to determine
  needed enhancements
• Develop an effective communications plan to
  promote and grow Mississippi Valley State
  Universitys AIT Center of Excellence initiatives

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Opportunities

• AIT Industry will have a new source of qualified
  professionals for direct insertion into job
  assignments
• Those whose equipment is used in the program
  benefit by having AIT professionals enter
  companies with a familiarity and preference for
  the equipment and software they were trained on
• AIT manufacturers have an unbiased source for
  Beta testing or evaluation by AIT professionals
  in a scientific environment

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More Opportunities

• Federal Agency solicitations involving AIT may be
  met by partnering with MVSU as the focal point
  for AIT initiatives
• Networking AIT training and capabilities with
  other education institutions creates a broad
  based support for future AIT industry growth
• Standards committees have a new source of
  academic testing and evaluation to support
  current standards development that will also be
  used to train professionals in the new technology

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Needs
Hand Held Products

• Equipment and software donations
• Guest Lecturers
• Small Projects, Beta Tests etc..
• Internship and Co-Op Assignments
• Employment Opportunities

Symbol Technologies
Seagull Scientific
Code Corp
WebScan
DOD Logistics AIT Office
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Thank You