Collaborative Project: A Regional Partnership to Build and Strengthen IA in North Texas

北德克萨斯大学（UNT）和德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（UTA）正在合作，以提高UNT和UTA现有IA课程的质量和能力，并将区域学术机构和当地行业聚集在一起，以增加北德克萨斯州IA专业人员的实际应用数量。将区域学术机构与在当地开展业务的公司结合起来，有助于确保IA教育满足行业需求，并为学生创造了解工作和他们所需的IA相关技能的机会。项目目标包括：-在UTA实施UNT使用的标准课程。开发实验室和实验室练习，让两所大学的学生直接动手实践IA概念。通过将虚拟化技术应用于IA实验室开发，研究人员正在制作和传播新的创新技术，以将IA实验室练习的范围扩展到新的受众。开发和协调联合演习，涉及来自UNT和UTA的学生。探索现代系统和虚拟化技术的创新用途，将实验室练习的可用性扩展到新的受众。为了实现这些目标，研究人员：-在德克萨斯州北部的IA教育和培训中建立学术/工业合作伙伴关系。为对IA毕业生特别感兴趣的公司和政府组织举办年度区域行业博览会和招聘会。为IA创建一个由大学主办的系列研讨会，其中包括学术和行业演讲者，主题是研究和该领域的当前趋势。

The University of North Texas (UNT) and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are collaborating to improve the quality and capacity of existing IA programs at the UNT and UTA, and to bring together regional academic institutions and local industry to increase the number of practical applications for IA professionals in North Texas. Bringing regional academic institutions together with companies that have a local presence is helping to ensure that IA education meets the needs of industry and to create opportunities for students to learn about jobs and the desired IA-related skill sets they will need. Project goals include:- Implementing the standards-based curricula used at UNT at UTA.- Developing laboratories and laboratory exercises that give students at both universities direct hands-on experiences with IA concepts. Through the application of virtualization technologies to IA laboratory development, the investigators are producing and disseminating new and innovative techniques for extending the reach of IA laboratory exercises to new audiences.- Developing and coordinating joint exercises involving students from both UNT and UTA.- Exploring innovative uses of modern systems and virtualization technologies to extend the availability of laboratory exercises to new audiences.To meet these goals, the investigators are:- Creating an academic/industrial partnership in IA education and training in North Texas.- Initiating an annual regional industry expo and job fair for companies and government organizations with specific interest in IA graduates.- Creating a university-hosted seminar series for IA that includes both academic and industry speakers on topics of research and current trends in the field.