Conference Session

Engineering Workforce Track - Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Aqdas Malik, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Rajat Handa, George Mason University; Habib Karbasian, George Mason University; Hemant Purohit, George Mason University

Tagged Topics

Engineering Workforce

picture.The fundamental contribution of this research is in shedding light on issues that have the potentialto impact multiple stakeholders and how they pursue STEM related efforts. For instance, forprojects looking for STEM partners in a specific geographical area, our research can provide thatinformation. There is an opportunity to aggregate information about scholarships and competitionsas they are often announced through social media. Overall this exploratory research can help builda system that will assist in raising awareness of STEM issues, better understanding of issues, betterunderstanding of sentiment regarding issues, figure out geographic distribution, provide temporalunderstanding of issues, and help understand communities and networks