Several Information Technology and Management students have been working hard behind the scenes to form an IIT Student Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP). An organizational meeting will be held in Perlstein room 108 at 12:45pm on Tuesday, November 15th. This organizational meeting scheduled for Nov. 15 was postponed to a later date due to scheduling conflicts.
AITP is the leading worldwide society of information technology business professionals and the community of knowledge for the current and next generation of leaders. The mission of AITP is to serve members by delivering relevant technology and leadership education, research and information on current business and technology issues, and forums for networking and collaboration. There are over 200 student chapters in AITP, and the AITP National Collegiate Conference is an annual premier event for IT/IS college & university students all over the country.
ITM undergraduates Jimyong “Jason†Choe, Deepu Kumar and Tim Cuthill are the moving force behind this effort and if you have questions, please contact them by email, or just come to the meeting on the 15th.
Bill Slater and ITM 576 students enjoy dim sum
realized some of the students in his ITM 576
Data Center Management class were struggling with the complexity of writing their first graduate research paper, so he offered to hold extra Saturday-morning tutorials on writing research papers. Bill followed up the first session by treating the students to lunch in celebration of the 5th anniversary of earning his Project Management Professional certification.
IIT’s Beta Chapter of Gamma Nu Eta, the National Information Technology Honor Society, inducted fifteen new members on Friday, October 21st. Membership is open to both undergraduate and graduate students who are invited to pledge based on their academic record and commitment to their studies and the profession.
New Gamma Nu Eta Beta Chapter members for Fall 2011
New members inducted include Mervyn Anthony, Mohamed Bouraze, Shivakumar Dorai, Maya Embar, Terence Fernandes, Stephen E. Felix, Joshua Hensley, Isioma Ijeh, Terrance Komperda, Ganesh Magal, Kostantinos Sekalias, Erfan Setork, Jason Shy, Michal Siuty, and William Wesselman. See the
Gamma Nu Eta Beta Chapter website for more details.
The IIT Spring 2012 schedule will be viewable online on Monday, October 24, 2011.
- Spring 2012 alternate PINs will be available to academic advisors and eligible students by
Wednesday, November 2, Tuesday, November 1, 2011. - Priority registration begins at 8:30 am on Monday November 7th as follows:
- Graduate and U5 students begin Monday, November 7th.
- U4 students begin Tuesday, November 8th
- U3 students begin Wednesday, November 9th
- U2 students begin Thursday, November 10th
- U1, visiting, and exchange students begin Friday, November 11th
- ROTC, Student Athletes, and students with disabilities will begin registration earlier – on Friday, November 4, 2011
Robert Half Technology has put out their 2012 Salary Guide; this a great source to see the state of the industry and what folks are getting paid. Remember though, these are average starting salaries so half the offers you get might be lower; also note that there are adjustments for location. It also has a very complete glossary of job descriptions for a broad range of IT jobs. Robert Half is a leading provider of IT professionals on a project and full-time basis, and has been a consistent sponsor of conferences here at the School of Applied Technology. Download their guide at .
Marc Andreesen, creator of Netscape, discusses in the Wall Street Journal why he believes that the business giants of the future will be whoever has the best software; it’s well worth a read… Marc Andreessen on Why Software Is Eating the World – WSJ.com.
Summer 2012 will see the following courses offered by by the Information Technology and Management degree programs at IIT:
- ITM 301 Introduction to Contemporary Operating Systems & Hardware I – Main Campus
- ITM 311 Introduction to Software Development – Online and Rice Campus
- ITM 413 / ITM 513 Open-Source Programming – Online/Main Campus; prerequisites are ITM 461 and ITM 311/CS 106 or equivalents
- ITM 470 / ITM 570 Fundamentals of Management for Technology Professionals – Online and Rice Campus
- ITM 471 / ITM 571 Project Management for Information Technology & Management – Online and Main Campus
- ITM 492 Embedded Systems & Reconfigurable Logic Design – Rice Campus
- ITM 518 Coding Security – Online and Main Campus
The specific summer sessions during which each course will be offered have not been determined, and we expect that there will be additional courses offered.
Recent graduates of IIT’s Master of Information Technology and Management degree have created a raft of start-ups:
October 4-6, 2011 at IIT’s Rice Campus in Wheaton, Illinois. See the Conference website at https://cpd.iit.edu/voipconference for complete details.
