1. FYE 101 ENG Fall 2017 Computer Engineering
Aleksandar Milenković
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
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2. Outline What Is Computer Engineering? What Do Computer Engineers Do?
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
Outline
What Is Computer Engineering?
What Do Computer Engineers Do?
Why Computer Engineering?
Computer UAH
The Future of Computing and Challenging Problems

3. How Many Computers Do You Have?
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
How Many Computers Do You Have?
A. 1
B. 2-4
C. 5-10 D
E. > 50

4. What Contains More Lines of Code?
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
What Contains More Lines of Code?
A. Space Shuttle
B. World of WarCraft
C. Car (modern, high-end)
D. Boeing 787
E. Google Chrome
F. Facebook

5. Codebases (Millions of Lines of Code)
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
Codebases (Millions of Lines of Code)

6. What is Computer Engineering?
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
What is Computer Engineering?
The creative application of engineering principles and methods to the design and development of hardware and software systems
Discipline that combines elements of both electrical engineering and computer science
Electrical engineers that have additional training in the areas of software design and hardware-software integration
Hardware: parts of a computer system that can be kicked
Software: what you curse at

7. What Do Computer Engineers Do?
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
What Do Computer Engineers Do?
Design, analyze, and implement:
Hardware for next-generation computing systems (processors, memory, input/output interfaces)
Computer architectures
Computer networks
System software (operating systems)
Application software
Algorithms for secure, efficient, and error-free transmission and storage of audio, image, and video information
Man-machine interface systems for factory automation, control, and communication
Test, evaluate, and maintain computer systems and networks
Optimize, tune, recover, deploy, and secure computer systems and networks (CYBERSECURITY)

8. Why Computer Engineering?
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
Why Computer Engineering?
Eniac, (first stored-program computer)
Occupied 50x30 feet room, weighed 30 tones, contained electronic valves, consumed 25KW of electrical power;
capable to perform 100K calc. per second
Titan, Cray XK7, Nvidia K20x
17.6 Petfaflops (17.6 * 1015) 560,640 processing cores
CHANGE! It is exciting. It impacts every aspect of human life.
Trends: exponential increase in computing performance, while reducing the size and cost!

9. Computing (R)Evolution
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
Computing (R)Evolution
Log price
Mainframe
Mini WS
1.5 billion smartphones made in 2015 PC
Notebook
Handheld
Ubiquitous
Time

10. AVERAGE STARTING SALARY AVERAGE STARTING SALARY
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
How Much Does It Pay?
National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
MAJOR (Bacherlor’s)
AVERAGE STARTING SALARY
Chemical Engineering
$68,445
Computer Engineering
$68,191
Biomedical Engineering
$67,250
Materials Engineering/Science
$66,970
Electrical Engineering
$66,920
Software Engineering
$66,847
Systems Engineering
$66,224
Mechanical Engineering
$65,557
Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering
$64,967
Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering
$64,280
MAJOR (Master’s)
AVERAGE STARTING SALARY
Software Engineering
$80,238
Systems Engineering
$78,917
Computer Engineering
$78,101
Engineering Technology
$76,773
Electrical Engineering
$75,317

11. Where Do Computer Engineers Work?
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
Where Do Computer Engineers Work?
Coop Opportunities in Huntsville
Dynetics, Adtran, Boeing, SAIC, Nvidia, Digium, Mentor Graphics, MDA, Northrup Grumann, CFD , Bentley Systems, COLSA, Mercedes Benz, NASA, Lewis Innovative Technologies, Davidson Technologies, Lockheed Martin, …
Employment Opportunities
All those above and Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm, Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, IBM, GE, Toyota, GM, Nissan, Tesla, Nikon, Canon, Disney, Nintendo, FedEx, UPS, train companies, phone companies, …

12. Student Organizations @ UAH
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
Student UAH
IEEE - Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Space Hardware Club
Eta Kappa Nu (Honor Society for Electrical and Computer Engineers)
ACM – Association of Computing Machinery

13. CPE Undergraduate Courses @ UAH
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
CPE Undergraduate UAH
Software
Computer Programming (CPE 211, CPE 212)
Software Engineering (CPE 353, 453)
Operating Systems (CPE 434, 434)
Algorithms (CS 214, CS 317)
Senior Design (CPE 495,
CPE 496)
Hardware
Digital Design (EE 202, CPE 322)
Computer Architecture (CPE 321, CPE 431)
Embedded Systems (CPE 323)
VLSI (CPE 426, 427)
Networks/Systems
Computer networks (CPE 448)
Signals and systems (CPE 381)
Cybersecurity (CPE 449)

14. CPE People @ UAH Dr. Coe – Software Engineering, Cybersecurity
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
CPE UAH
Dr. Coe – Software Engineering, Cybersecurity
Dr. Gaede – Digital Design, VLSI, Computer Architecture
Dr. Jovanov – Embedded, Bioengineering, Digital Signal Proc.
Dr. Kulick – HW/SW Co-design, Anti-tamper, Verification, OS
Dr. Jianqing Liu – Computer Networking
Dr. Milenkovic – Computer Architecture, Embedded
Dr. Morris – Cyber Physical Systems
Dr. Rahman – Integrated Circuits, Security
Dr. Wells – Digital Design, Reconfig. Computing, Parallel Comp.
Dr. Yoo – Networks, Security, Parallel Computing

15. UAH Alumni Products What is CPE? What Do CPEs Do? Why CPE? CPE @ UAH
Challenges
UAH Alumni Products

16. UAH Alumni Products What is CPE? What Do CPEs Do? Why CPE? CPE @ UAH
Challenges
UAH Alumni Products

17. UAH Alumni Products What is CPE? What Do CPEs Do? Why CPE? CPE @ UAH
Challenges
UAH Alumni Products

18. UAH Alumni Products What is CPE? What Do CPEs Do? Why CPE? CPE @ UAH
Challenges
UAH Alumni Products

19. The Future of Computing and Challenges
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
The Future of Computing and Challenges
Trends and future applications
Smart objects and environments (Internet-of-Things)
Smart health
Smart cities (smart buildings, smart utilities, smart grids, …)
Smart transportation systems (cars, trains, aircrafts)
Crypto coins to replace traditional money
End of semiconductor scaling. What will replace silicon?
Quantum, Graphene, DNA?
Big Data – volumes, velocity, and variety of data
Challenges: how to manage and process them to extract a value
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Challenges: new algorithms require new computing architectures

20. IoT Safer Automotive Fitness / Healthcare Portable and Wearable
What is CPE?
What Do CPEs Do?
Why CPE?
UAH
Challenges
IoT
Safer Automotive
Fitness / Healthcare
Portable and Wearable
Electronics
Smart Farming
Resource
Management
Machine to Machine
Industrial Internet