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Computers and computer communication; problems of security, reliability; speeds, capacity measures, reliability measures; physical realities and the limitations; wireless possibilities; communications network
architectures, computer network protocols; variants on the basic topologies; local and wide area networks; client server computing; data integrity and data security, problems and solutions; performance issues;
network management; nature and special problems of mobile computing.
Prerequisites: Two courses in calculus and two courses in physics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 14 Recitation Hours: 14 CE2004 BOK Coverage: CE-NWK 0-9
CPE
D
302: Embedded Computer Systems
Nature of embedded systems, particular problems, special issues; role in computer engineering; embedded microcontrollers, embedded software; real time systems, problems of timing and scheduling; testing and
performance issues, reliability; low power computing, energy sources, leakage; design methodologies, software tool support for development of such systems; problems of maintenance and upgrade; networked
embedded systems.
Prerequisites: Two courses in calculus and two courses in physics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 28 Lab Hours: 28 Recitation Hours: 14 CE2004 BOK Coverage: CE-ESY 0-10
CPE
D
303: Computer Architecture
Design principles associated with modern computer architectures; performance and cost considerations; architectural features influenced by such features as operating systems and window systems, high level
languages, networking, security considerations; processor implementation strategies, micro-programming, pipelining, CISC and RISC, vector processors; memory hierarchy, cache, virtual memory organization for
high performance machines; special purpose components and devices; simple demonstrations provide experience in the designs and operations of different types of computer architecture such as memory
architectures, IO and bus subsystems, special purpose architectures, parallel processing, and distributed systems; explore hardware and software issues and tradeoffs in the design, implementation, and simulation of
working computer systems.
Prerequisites: CPE
D
201 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 14 Recitation Hours: 14
CE2004 BOK Coverage: CE-CAO 5-9 CPE
D
401: Project Management in Computer Engineering
Project initiation, management, and success, appraisal and risk, quality systems and implementation, environmental impacts; contracts, costs, finance, planning, organization, personnel management; contract
strategies and policy; turnkey operations, global issues, international commerce, negotiation, customs, and law.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year standing Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 14 Recitation Hours: 14 CE2004 BOK Coverage: CE-CSE 7, CE-SPR 1-8.
CPE
D
402: Business and Economics of Computer Engineering
Engineering and uncertainty, engineering processes, strategies, proposals, decision making; economic concepts, utility, value, cost, consumers; supply and demand; initial costs, maintenance, fixed, variable, and
marginal costs; interest rates, simple and compound interest; money value, past, present, and future values; cash flow; present and future worth, payback periods.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year standing Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 0 Recitation Hours: 0 CE2004 BOK Coverage: None.
CPE
D
403: Individual Project I
Comprehensive project spanning two semesters; students undertake an individual project which involves addressing a significant technical problem they embark on this under the guidance of a supervisor; student are
expected to demonstrate an ability to apply the disciplined approaches of the course in addressing the solution to the problem; students produce a final thesis on the work and this together with a demonstration of the
working system will form the assessment.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year standing Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 56 Recitation Hours: 14 CE2004 BOK Coverage: Project dependent.
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CPE
D
404: Entrepreneurship and the Engineer
Discusses basic concepts of marketing, business organization, management accounting, business finance, and financial feasibility analysis of new business ventures and of new project proposals in established firms;
appreciate the financial risks and rewards; strategies for investing in new ventures; entrepreneurial strategies, venture development processes, bringing products from the idea to market and operation; business planning,
implementation, operation, and success, business plans, organization, budgets, accounting methods and processes, capital and debt, business analyses.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year standing Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 0 Recitation Hours: 0 CE2004 BOK Coverage: None.
CPE
D
405: Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing
