Talk:Student Projects:IT Abroad EastAsia

IT Abroad: East Asia - Discussion

Avichal Hi, I read this project page and Talk:IT Abroad and would be interested in joining your group, if it’s ok with you.
We do need some work on finalizing a topic out of the ones suggested and defining it’s scope. As to selecting a country, my vote would be for Japan, it’ll be a great opportunity to compare and contrast with the US public policies regarding IT.

Covering a region would be interesting too. Particularly if we focus on Inter-cooperation amongst the countries mentioned, covering how policy has shifted over the years, and how it has impacted the IT environment, what policies need to be adopted to move the region into an IT leadership position…etc

Between the 2 (One nation, or a Region), it’s a tossup. If covering a region we could each cover one nation to start with, and then ofcourse exhange notes. If we are covering a single nation, we could divide by areas:-

• Nation’s policy relating to Workforce
• Government Sponsor/Aid/Funding
• IT Environment: University/Government/Industry
• Collaboration with other countries on IT…etc.

I am not sure if you attend class at UW or Microsoft. If at UW, then we can discuss before/after the class. We could also discuss with Professor Ed Lazowska in order to narrow down and select a final topic scope