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| This is an email I sent at some point to explain to a junior colleague the notion of an education reference framework which was a deliverable of a large research project proposal. | This is an email I sent at some point to explain to a junior colleague the notion of an education reference framework which was a deliverable of a large research project proposal. |
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| Let X be your favorite government, agency etc. It wants a reference education framework and, typically, has set aside a sizeable budget or certification programme you want apply for. | Let X be your favorite government, agency etc. X wants a reference education framework and, typically, has set aside a sizeable budget you want apply for or a certification programme you would. |
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| ==== So what's Reference Framework? ==== | **Disclaimer:** As you can imagine, if you need to be told, numbers of hours and subjects are //illustrative// [i.e. appropriately invented]. |
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| Something like the [[https://www.acm.org/education/curricula-recommendations|ACM/IEEE recommended Curriculum for Computer Science and Engineering]]. To call yourself Computer Scientist according to the ACM/IEEE your degree program must have (Numbers of hours and subjects recalled from memory): | ==== So What's a Reference Framework? ==== |
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| | Something like the [[https://www.acm.org/education/curricula-recommendations|ACM/IEEE recommended Curriculum for Computer Science and Engineering]]. To call yourself Computer Scientist according to the ACM/IEEE your degree program must have : |
| * 30hrs of //Operating Systems//, | * 30hrs of //Operating Systems//, |
| * 29hrs of //Algorithms//, | * 29hrs of //Algorithms//, |
| * 35hrs of //BendYouKnee//. | * 35hrs of //BendYouKnee//. |
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| For each of those subjects the document spell out what is supposed to be done in the 20hrs of //KissMyAss// to be call that way and not //BendYouKnee//. Hours and selection of topics are objectives and never depend on whoever among **The Goods & The Greats** was in that committee (Homework 1). But let's not get drawn into revolutionary thoughts. | For each of those subjects the document spell out what is supposed to be done in the 20hrs of //KissMyAss// to be call that way and not //BendYouKnee//. Hours and selection of topics are objective and never depend on whoever among **The Goods & The Greats** was in that committee (Homework 1). But let's not get drawn into revolutionary thoughts. |
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| Another exampe is the DHS effort which created knowledge areas (aka superset of courses) and said | Another exampe is the DHS effort which created knowledge areas (aka superset of courses) and said |
| * 20hrs of //InformationAssurance//, | * 20hrs of //InformationAssurance//, |
| * 15hrs of //Cryptography//, | * 15hrs of //Cryptography//, |
| * 32hrs of //NetworkForensics//, | * 32hrs of //NetworkForensics//, |
| | * ... |
| * 20hrs of //NoQuestionNoLie// and | * 20hrs of //NoQuestionNoLie// and |
| * 2hrs of //BendYourKnee//. | * 2hrs of //BendYourKnee//. |
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| ==== Your Task ==== | ==== Your Task to Save the World ==== |
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| You have to basically collect all of the above that into a document showing that 20hrs of //BendYouKnee (US)// are more or less the same as 15hrs of //KissMyHand (IE)//. | You have to collect all reasonable areas and extend them to few pages of <del>rant</del> detailed description that extend into a document showing that 20hrs of //BendYouKnee (US)// are more or less the same as 15hrs of //KissMyHand (UK)//. |
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| We then show that this 15hrs with 6hrs Lab are equal to 25hrs of //BaciaManinaTestaChina (IT)// and 2liters of //GewurzTraminerHalbTrocken (AT)//. | It might be that multple nations are involved in which case <del>you and some chum of yours</del> **TheG&TheG Committe** of reknown scientists then show that 15hrs with 6hrs Lab //KissMYHand (UK)// are equal to 25hrs of //BaciaManinaTestaChina (IT)// and 2liters of //GewurzTraminerHalbTrocken (AT)//. |
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| So we end with an "aligned educational feamework" and X is happy to recommend, make it mandatory, whatever to all its stakeholders. | So we end with an "aligned educational feamework" and X is happy to recommend it, make it mandatory, whatever to all its stakeholders. |
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| ==== Potential impact on the word if you make a mistake ==== | ==== Potential Impact on the World if You Make a Mistake ==== |
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| You shouldn't be worried of ruining nations as they will ignore it wholesale as | You shouldn't be worried of bringing nations to racks and ruins as |
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| - the 17hrs of //SwirlYouHead// taugth by the chair //Prof.Dr.Eng. J.H. Knowsall// of their **TheG&TheG** Commitee is not included as you didn't know it existed ("Oh My God, how can one graduate without that? I mean, really..."). | * Academics will ignore it wholesale because the 17hrs of //SwirlYouHead// taugth by //Prof.Dr.Eng. J.H. Knowsall// chair of nation Z **TheG&TheG** Committee is not included as you didn't know it existed ("Oh My God, how can one possibly graduate without that? I mean, really...") |
| - Companies will ignore it as well but will set a parallel parrot bogus test that costs a lot of money because it shows that the candidate is an entrepreneurial type and will do whatever to get the job. | * Companies will ignore it as well but will set a parallel parrot bogus test that costs a lot of money because it shows that the candidate is an entrepreneurial type and will do whatever to get the job (including answering questions wrong). |
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| ==== Personal Impact ==== | ==== Impact on Your Personal Life ==== |
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| From your personal perspective, dropping few words on it helps securing a cushy academic job if the head of a degree program sitting in the interview panel has an accreditation meeting coming soon (but beware it will severely backfire if accreditation just passed). | From your personal perspective, dropping few words on it helps securing a cushy academic job if the head of a degree program sitting in the interview panel has an accreditation meeting coming soon (but beware it will severely backfire if accreditation just passed). |
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| ==== Homeworks ==== | ==== Homeworks for the reader==== |
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| Homework for the reader | - Prove that finding similar topics in "Software and Security Engineering" Syllabi as taught by X [LeftRight Fellow, impact award, and most cited paper ever] and by Y [UpsandDowns Fellow, with an equally sizeable pile of impact awards and cited papers] is NP-hard. |
| - Prove that finding similar topics in "Software and Security Engineering" Syllabi as taught by B. Nuseibeh and by R. Anderson is NP-hard | |
| - Prove by DNA sequencing that members of accreditation bodies and shopkeepers selling picks and mules to gold diggers in California belong to the same genetic pool. | - Prove by DNA sequencing that members of accreditation bodies and shopkeepers selling picks and mules to gold diggers in California belong to the same genetic pool. |
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