Collaborative Research: TUES: Vertical Integration of Concepts and Laboratory Experiences in Biometrics Across the Four Year Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum

该项目是罗文大学、巴克内尔大学和田纳西州立大学共同努力的成果，它将生物识别方面的概念知识和实验室经验垂直整合到整个课程中。纵向一体化是指在特定主题领域进行的一系列实验室练习，从较低级别的结构良好的实验开始，然后在课程的较高级别进行日益复杂的开放式设计项目。研究人员打算通过开发多年课程材料来创建一个全国模式，允许不同班级的课程内容自然地相互联系。该项目提供教育经验，培训未来的系统设计人员，准备处理各种生物识别方法(面部、语音、虹膜、签名和指纹)的复杂性、实施和性能评估。学生们对生物识别的政策、伦理和社会影响问题也有了更好的了解。该小组正在通过在项目网站和Connexion网站(http://cnx.org/)，)上的网络张贴来传播他们的材料和成果，通过技术和教育会议和期刊文章，以及通过一个教师研讨会。该项目包括与当地一所社区大学和K-12学校教师进行接触。内部和外部评估者都在使用调查前和调查后的数据以及学生与实验和对照小组合作的评分结果，以监测项目目标的进展情况。更广泛的影响包括广泛的传播、社区大学和K-12的推广，以及对技术的社会方面的关注。

The project is a collaborative effort involving Rowan University, Bucknell University, and Tennessee State University that is vertically integrating conceptual knowledge and laboratory experiences in biometrics across the curriculum. Vertical integration refers to a series of laboratory exercises in a given topical area that start as well-structured experiments at the lower levels and proceed to increasingly complex, open-ended design projects at upper levels of the curriculum. The investigators intend to create a national model by developing multi-year curricular material that allows course content in separate classes to be naturally interconnected. The project is providing educational experiences that are training future system designers prepared to deal with the complexity, implementation, and performance evaluation of a variety of biometric methods (face, speech, iris, signature, and fingerprint). Students are also gaining a better knowledge of policy, ethical, and societal impact issues of biometrics. The team is disseminating their material and results through web postings on the project's websites and on the Connexions website (http://cnx.org/), through technical and educational conferences and journal articles, and through a faculty workshop. The project includes outreach to a local community college and to K-12 school teachers. Both internal and external evaluators are using pre- and post survey-data and the results of rubric-based scores on student work with experimental and comparison groups to monitor progress toward project goals. Broader impacts include the broad dissemination, the community college and K-12 outreach, and the focus on the social aspects of the technology.