OFIS Notes from 12 Jun 2009

Past Tasks:

• Daniel: What Professional Registrations (or similar) do Math Faculty profs want? (Eg., accounting)

Professional Registrations section- "registrations" is an engineering-specific term, which in Canada is not registered to a specific discipline; and it's tied to curriculum and accreditation.

Versus "Professional Certification?" "Professional Designation?" I think those should go in a different sub-section (possibly "Certifications and Designations") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_certification says certifications are often renewed periodically.

I'm not sure there's a bounded list, unless we defined it by faculty consensus.

- Certifications in Math: - Accounting: CPA, CA, CMA, CFA, CGA

- Designations in Math: - Actuarial: FCIA, FSA, FCAS, ACAS, FIA

- many, many IT certifications. I don't know which ones are valid. - Software Engineering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering#Certification says: ISP (Information Systems Professional)

• Daniel: Report back to Frank Tompa about student-evaluation data options
  • Frank Tompa has upgraded his systems to use the best materials MFCF currently provides; which eliminates the need to parse the plaintext files.

Upcoming Tasks

• Daniel: Further investigation of http://www.tug.org/utilities/texconv/textopc.html
• Daniel: Other methods to get information from current OFIS users, since other "engineer on the street" reports aren't forthcoming.

-- DanielAllen - 12 Jun 2009