Short Courses

In addition to traditional “Workshops”, the Steering Committee is soliciting proposals for full-day and half-day short courses to be presented at IMS 2009 on Sunday June 7.

Please note the following distinguishing characteristics of short courses:

• Short courses are coherent tutorial presentations of a single topic addressed to MTT-S members who are not currently specialists in that topic.

• Short courses are offered by a single-area expert (or by a well coordinated team of two experts).

• Learning objectives, prerequisites, and a detailed course outline are pre-announced.

• Arrangements can be made with the IEEE Educational Activities Department for awarding of Continuing Education Units to students who require them.

• The Steering Committee is considering the possibility of recording short courses in order to offer them on-line for Virtual Participation.

• A nominal honorarium will be provided to short course presenters.

All proposals for short courses should include the detailed information listed below and should be submitted to jackson@ecs.umass.edu before September 19, 2008. Final selection will be made by the Steering Committee based on the quality of the proposal and the perceived benefit to attendees. IMS 2009 plans to have only a very small number of these short courses.

Please include the following in the proposal:

(a) Topic, theme, and syllabus for the courses being proposed; (b) A brief paragraph defining learning objectives/outcomes for the course; (c) Instructors’ biographies and competence relevant to the course material; (d) The method for course evaluation; (e) Method of presentation; (f) A description of the material to be distributed to attendees.