What Is Computer Engineering?

The Engineer

10 years ago

Computer engineering joins a number of fields from electrical engineering and computer sciences in order to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineering requires understanding and knowledge of electronics engineering, software design and hardware-software integration.

Computer Engineering Sub Disciplines

Computer Engineering has been divided into the following apart from its two basic divisions of computer hardware engineering and computer software technology:

Coding, cryptography, and information protection
Communications and wireless networks
Compilers and operating systems
Computational science and engineering
Computer networks, mobile computing, and distributed systems
Computer systems: architecture, parallel processing, and dependability
Computer vision and robotics
Embedded systems
Integrated circuits, VLSI design, testing and CAD
Signal, image and speech processing

Top Computer Engineering Universities

The top three ranked universities when it comes to Computer Engineering are as follows:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of Cambridge

Computer Engineering Associations

There are a myriad of associations pertaining to Computer Engineering but we shall list only three:

IEEE Computer Society
IACSIT
ACE-ACET

Being a Computer Engineer

Being a computer engineer will require that you gain a complete understanding of how hardware and software work and also pay attention to how they interact with one another. You will be required to work on individual as well as collaborative projects and therefore your communication skills need to be sharpened.