Challenge 

 Hi ! I am working as Associate Professor in an University and my challenge is to identify the root   cause of high failure rate of the students in Computer Science department and come with methods   to improve the quality of education in the department . The failure rate effects the new admissions   and also lowers the placement score . We will try to uncover the reasons ( on part of faculty ,   administration and students ) that hinders the quality of education being delivered in the classes . 

 Selection 

 I selected visualization as the tool to demonstrate the hurdles that are coming in the way of effective   teaching . This tool is a perfect way to show to higher management the scenario being faced by   faculty and students in a class . The management people are not too technical so using visualizations   will be the best method to show what is wrong and what can be done to improve . 

 Application 

 The first hurdle identified was the class size . 72 students were sitting a class which was not big   enough to accommodate them all . There was hardly any space for the teacher to move and see what   individual student was doing . In certain situations the class room size is 144 students . This makes the   class teaching less interactive and there is no connection among faculty and students . 

 The second factor was overload on faculty . A faculty apart from teaching was involved in paper   checking , student mentoring , placement classes , curriculum development , question paper setting ,   etc works and had a teaching load of 22 hrs . This leaves them with very less or no time to relax and   prepare well for class . Being exhausted they remain pressured to perform well which also effects   their family life and in turn effective their behaviour in the class . This leads to poor quality delivery   of lecture . 

 In the same way other points were highlighted to the management to showcase the challenges faced   by students and faculty . 

 Insight 

 Most of the same points highlighted were already discussed in meeting with higher officials at some   point of other by other faculty members but they never had an impact as compared to this time .   Reason being – use of visualizations . Use of actual photographs ( not used here due to limitations   from the organization ) helped convince the higher officials from management that the problem is   not in the teacher but is a combination of infrastructure , over burden and lack of interest from   students that is hindering the overall progress of department . 

 Use of visualizations showed how the same thing can be projected in the exact manner which   otherwise can not as speech can be interpreted in many different   ways by different people   depending upon their intellectual level . But visualizations help to show everyone exactly the same   thing in the same manner as intended . 

 Approach 

 From next time I would like to use visualization along with story telling . This is because I feel a good   story combined with visualization can setup things in the best possible manner to the target   audience . Story will help the user to understand the visualization as being a part of it and make   things even more interesting . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Challenge 

 Hi ! I am working as Associate Professor in an University and my challenge is to identify the root   cause of high failure rate of the students in Computer Science department and come with methods   to improve the quality of education in the department . The failure rate effects the new admissions   and also lowers the placement score . We will try to uncover the reasons ( on part of faculty ,   administration and students ) that hinders the quality of education being delivered in the classes . 

 Selection 

 I selected visualization as the tool to demonstrate the hurdles that are coming in the way of effective   teaching . This tool is a perfect way to show to higher management the scenario being faced by   faculty and students in a class . The management people are not too technical so using visualizations   will be the best method to show what is wrong and what can be done to improve . 

 Application 

 The first hurdle identified was the class size . 72 students were sitting a class which was not big   enough to accommodate them all . There was hardly any space for the teacher to move and see what   individual student was doing . In certain situations the class room size is 144 students . This makes the   class teaching less interactive and there is no connection among faculty and students . 

 The second factor was overload on faculty . A faculty apart from teaching was involved in paper   checking , student mentoring , placement classes , curriculum development , question paper setting ,   etc works and had a teaching load of 22 hrs . This leaves them with very less or no time to relax and   prepare well for class . Being exhausted they remain pressured to perform well which also effects   their family life and in turn effective their behaviour in the class . This leads to poor quality delivery   of lecture . 

 In the same way other points were highlighted to the management to showcase the challenges faced   by students and faculty . 

 Insight 

 Most of the same points highlighted were already discussed in meeting with higher officials at some   point of other by other faculty members but they never had an impact as compared to this time .   Reason being – use of visualizations . Use of actual photographs ( not used here due to limitations   from the organization ) helped convince the higher officials from management that the problem is   not in the teacher but is a combination of infrastructure , over burden and lack of interest from   students that is hindering the overall progress of department . 

 Use of visualizations showed how the same thing can be projected in the exact manner which   otherwise can not as speech can be interpreted in many different   ways by different people   depending upon their intellectual level . But visualizations help to show everyone exactly the same   thing in the same manner as intended . 

 Approach 

 From next time I would like to use visualization along with story telling . This is because I feel a good   story combined with visualization can setup things in the best possible manner to the target   audience . Story will help the user to understand the visualization as being a part of it and make   things even more interesting .
### Output: 