Vinesh Kannan (CS '19) shares his experiences working as a... Show moreVinesh Kannan (CS '19) shares his experiences working as a
data science fellow at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Vinesh worked
on the team that produces occupation and wage data used by policymakers,
hiring staff, job seekers, and researchers across the country. He helped
improve machine learning systems at the BLS: automatically identifying
problematic training data and classifying rare jobs. Vinesh offers advice
for students who may be interested in applying for the 2020 Civic Digital
Fellowship, a program that recruits university students at all levels to
spend a summer working on civic technology projects with various federal
agencies. Sponsorship: College of Science, Department of Computer
Science, Department of Applied Mathematics, Machine Learning at IIT Show less
This interview with Richard Laurent, designer, cartoonist, artist, and alumnus of the Institute of Design, was conducted on November 15, 2019... Show moreThis interview with Richard Laurent, designer, cartoonist, artist, and alumnus of the Institute of Design, was conducted on November 15, 2019 by Mindy Pugh and Adam Strohm. Show less
Photograph of George Noble Carman, Director of the Lewis Institute from its founding in 1896 until his retirement in 1935. Photographer... Show morePhotograph of George Noble Carman, Director of the Lewis Institute from its founding in 1896 until his retirement in 1935. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range indicated is approximate. Show less
Photograph of Howard Monroe Raymond, President of Armour Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1932. Following the death of Frank Gunsaulus in... Show morePhotograph of Howard Monroe Raymond, President of Armour Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1932. Following the death of Frank Gunsaulus in 1921, Howard Monroe Raymond was appointed acting president. He accepted the permanent role 14 months later and became Armour Institute's second president. Raymond was an instructor and professor in the Physics department, having arrived on campus in 1895, and he served as Dean of Engineering for 19 years before becoming president - a role he continued while president until 1927. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Show less
This is a copy of a dataset - in English and Chinese - completed in 2018 looking at concepts of professionalism. Following on the Davis, Zhang... Show moreThis is a copy of a dataset - in English and Chinese - completed in 2018 looking at concepts of professionalism. Following on the Davis, Zhang survey of 2016, this study continues to evaluate the claim that China has a profession of engineering (as defined by Davis) with a larger, better educated, demographically different pool of two hundred and twenty-nine Chinese engineers, using more specific and deeper questions about “profession”, for example, by adding the investigation of competence (the discipline of engineering)—the perceived knowledge, skill, and judgment of the interviewees as evidence of one aspect of profession. The dataset includes a copy of the questionnaire in Chinese and English, as well as both the entire dataset of surveyed individuals as well as the data from individuals who were deemed to have enough experience in engineering to be included in the final data set analyzed. Show less
Spreadsheet of answers from a questionnaire sent out in 2018-2019 to Chinese engineering students looking at their perceptions of professional... Show moreSpreadsheet of answers from a questionnaire sent out in 2018-2019 to Chinese engineering students looking at their perceptions of professional and engineering ethics. Show less
Photograph of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser crew (Left to right: Sargent Felix Ferranto, Dr. F. Alton Wade, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, CPO Charls... Show morePhotograph of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser crew (Left to right: Sargent Felix Ferranto, Dr. F. Alton Wade, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, CPO Charls Meyer, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter) in front of one of the Snow Cruiser's ten-foot-tall Goodyear tires. The Snow Cruiser was designed by Armor Research Foundation Scientific Director Thomas C. Poulter, constructed by ARF, and taken on Richard Byrd's third Antarctic expedition. This photograph originally appeared in the December 1939 issue of the Armor Engineer and Alumnus. Photographer unknown. Show less
Photograph of the Armour Institute of Technology campus, including the Armour Mission, Main Building, and Machinery Hall, taken from Ogden... Show morePhotograph of the Armour Institute of Technology campus, including the Armour Mission, Main Building, and Machinery Hall, taken from Ogden Field. Photographer unknown, possibly C.V. Smith. Date of photograph unknown. Date indicated is an estimate. Show less
Organizations are organically grown, and it can be very satisfying to see them thrive under the right conditions and treatment just like their... Show moreOrganizations are organically grown, and it can be very satisfying to see them thrive under the right conditions and treatment just like their botanical equivalents. But, at some stage, if you're not cautious, they can uncontrollably sprout and spread out until one day they've begun strangling themselves and even others. Organizations are strangling by not responding to development. As new people enter, procedures that worked perfectly in the beginning with only one participant often get unsuccessful, sometimes painful. It's easy to spot the signs of stressful processes; increased stress, constant yet insufficient coordination, low levels of effort and resources, bottlenecks, e-mail congestion, repeated progress updates, expired tabs, dysfunctional rules, low productivity the list continues. With Business Improvement it becomes very critical on how we plan & what are the facts which we have derived from the initial analysis. In this article, we will try to cover different tools that can be used for analyzing & planning. Show less
Effective use of the Requirement gathering is our greatest and most critical role. We need to communicate with stakeholders to make the best... Show moreEffective use of the Requirement gathering is our greatest and most critical role. We need to communicate with stakeholders to make the best of it. The techniques mentioned here are mixed and for each project, the mix shall be different. This technique for gathering requirements is perhaps the most common way to obtain requirements from all the required techniques. This article also looks at how to run a Delphi session, Creating Affinity Diagram & Mind maps. Show less
As a futuristic approach in order to increase their productivity and efficiency while being agile and quick to adapt to the new dynamic... Show moreAs a futuristic approach in order to increase their productivity and efficiency while being agile and quick to adapt to the new dynamic environment, companies must undergo business process reengineering as a potential trend. The digitizing period is followed by an accelerating IT cycle, often linking reengineering with tech or IT revolution. The article discusses what is a Business Process, what are the opportunities for Improvements, how to measure the success criteria, what are different process flow & the value for an organization to achieve the objective of business process improvement Show less
A flowchart or Process Flow is a powerful business tool. With proper design and construction, it communicates the steps in a process very... Show moreA flowchart or Process Flow is a powerful business tool. With proper design and construction, it communicates the steps in a process very effectively and efficiently. There are a variety of ways to make a flowchart. Initially, flowcharts were made by hand using a pencil and paper. Until the advent of a personal computer, drawing models made of plastic flowchart form outlines helped flowchart designers work faster and gave their diagrams a more detailed look. Flowcharts were initially used by industrial engineers to organize work processes such as assembly line output. Today, flowcharts are used for several purposes in manufacturing, architecture, engineering, industry, technology, education, research, medicine, government, administration, and many other fields. In this article, we will be looking at different types of Flowchart & their usages Show less
Effective use of the Requirement gathering is our greatest and most critical role. We need to communicate with stakeholders to make the best... Show moreEffective use of the Requirement gathering is our greatest and most critical role. We need to communicate with stakeholders to make the best of it. The techniques mentioned here are mixed and for each project, the mix shall be different. This technique for gathering requirements is perhaps the most common way to obtain requirements from all the required techniques. This article also looks at how to run a Delphi session, Creating Affinity Diagram & Mind maps. Show less