Electrical and Computer Engineering: Curricula without Boundaries ��������������� ���������������������������������������� �������������������������� �������������������������� ��������������������������� ���������������
Carnegie Mellon 10,402 undergraduate and graduate students 1,426 faculty members 8:1 student to faculty ratio 72,496 alumni 50 U.S. alumni chapters 20 international alumni chapters 10 degree programs in 12 countries
Carnegie Mellon Research � $360+ million per year in sponsored research Award Highlights � 18 Nobel Prize Laureates � 11 Turing Award Winners � 42 National Academy of Engineering Members � 12 National Academy of Sciences Members � 18 American Academy of Arts & Sciences Members � 36 Fulbright Scholars � 96 Emmy Award Winners � 24 Tony Award Winners � 6 Academy Award Winners
CIT (College of Engineering) � Biomedical Engineering � Chemical Engineering � Civil and Environmental Engineering � Electrical and Computer Engineering � Engineering and Public Policy � Materials Science Engineering � Mechanical Engineering
ECE by the numbers: � ECE includes over 1000 individuals � Faculty Members � 50 tenure-track � 10 research/teaching � 38 courtesy � 13 adjunct/special � 80+ Staff members (technical and non-technical) � 460+ undergraduate students (not incl. Freshmen) � 500+ graduate students (M.S. and Ph. D.) � More than $32 M/year total research expenditures
Many Research Labs and Centers
ECE Programs – Physically Distributed Pittsburgh, PA. Guangzhou, China. Dehli, India. BS, MS & PhD degrees in ECE Dual-degrees for MS & PhD in ECE Contact: Ed Schlesinger, BS degree in ECE Contact: Jimmy Zhu, Contact: Ed Schlesinger, ed@ece.cmu.edu jzhu@ece.cmu.edu ed@ece.cmu.edu ICTI, Portugal PhD degrees in ECE Contact: Jose Moura, Silicon Valley, CA. moura@ece.cmu.edu Kigali, Rwanda. MS degrees in Software Engineering, Soft. Management, IT, ECE & MS degree in Information PhD in ECE Singapore Technology Contact: Martin Griss, Contact: Bruce Krogh, PhD in ECE martin.griss@sv.cmu.edu krogh@ece.cmu.edu Contact: Ed Schlesinger, ed@ece.cmu.edu @
Entrepreneurship - ECE Spin Off Companies • Helium Networks (2002) Hills • Ansoft (1984) Cendes • New Electricity Transmission Software • Ultrasystems (1986) Siewiorek Solutions (2002) Ilic • Dasys (1991) Thomas • Extreme DA (2003) Pileggi • PDF Solutions (1991) Maly Strojwas • Fabbrix Inc (2004) Pileggi, Strojwas • Quantapoint Inc (1992) Khosla, Kanade • Cardiorobotics (2005) Choset • Omniview (1992) Siewiorek • Medrobotics (2005) Choset, Wolf, Zenati • Inmedius (1995) Siewiorek • Xigmix Inc. (2005) Li, Pileggi • Scalable Networks (1996) Bianchini, Kim • Testworks (2007) Blanton • TimeSys (1996) Rajkumar • Silicon Vox (2007) Rutenbar • Neolinear (1997) Rutenbar, Carley • Wombat Security Technologies (2008) • Xactix (1998) Gabriel Cranor • Applied Electro Optics (1998) • Butterfly Haptics (2008) Hollis Schlesinger, Stancil • X5 Systems (2008) Lohn • Panasas (1999) Gibson • SpiralGen (2009) Franchetti, Hoe, • Spinnaker Networks (1999) Bianchini Pueschel, Voronenko, Moura • Accelight Networks (1999) Kim • YinzCam (2009) Narasimhan, Ghandi • Proxicast (2000) Peha • Virtual Traffic Lights (2009) Tonguz • Akustica (2001) Gabriel • Apportable (2010) Jackson • IC Mechanics (2001) Carley • Transactional DA (2010) Hoe • Verimetra (2001) Gabriel • NoFuss Security (2011) Gligor, Perrig, Khosla • Cyphermint (2002) Peha • ZetL Technology (2011) Zhu, Laughlin
The landscape � The characteristic of scientific and technological development in the 21 st century will be the continued erosion and elimination of “disciplinary” boundaries both intellectual and geographical � Of all the engineering and science “disciplines” ECE is most well suited to this environment. � ECE has “reinvented”, “refocused”, “redefined” itself and can most easily thrive in such an environment.
� more well defined in the past �
The Evolution of ECE � The focus of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an academic field has evolved over the last hundred years. � Initially focused on electric machines and power, then radar and communications (radio, television), then electronics and computers � Today ECE as a field permeates nearly all aspects of society and the academic work done by practitioners of this field impacts peoples lives deeply and broadly
ECE Today I adaptive algorithm architectures and compiler collaborative networks for � � � infrastructure techniques for software applications in product protection development and complex adaptive computing systems � system operation atomistic modeling of � agent-based computational � microelectronic processes combinatorial scientific � economics computing automation tools for � agricultural meteorology � improving productivity and compilers � algorithms in computational � reliability of software computational � electromagnetics bandwidth recycling electromagnetics � amorphous silicon and � Bayesian approaches computer and network � � nanocrystalline materials for forensics renewable energy big data and cloud computing � computer architecture � analog and mixed-signal VLSI bioinformatics � � computer graphics � analog to digital (ADC) and calculation of properties of � � digital to analog (DAC) bulk materials and surfaces computer networks � converters chemical sensors from nano- computer vision � � antenna analysis and design memebranes and micro- � computer-aided design of � cantilevers applied algorithms VLSI circuits � chemical-mechanical � applied electromagnetism conductivity of polymers � � planarization loaded with conducting applied software engineering � code division multiple access particles � architectural support for � (CDMA) control of discrete event � security systems
ECE Today II control of nonlinear design and layout strategies dynamic memory � � � dynamical systems for performance optimization management and yield enhancement control theory dynamical systems � � design and simulation of � cooperative communications dynamics of rarefied gases � � photonic band gap crystals counter-example analysis economic theory � � design of infrared sources � cross-layer design electric machinery � � and emitters cross-layer jamming electric power markets � � design of magnets for � cryptography electromagnetic aspects of � � magnetic resonance imaging high speed electronics and cyber security � diagnosis/prognosis networking cyber-physical security of � digital signal processing � electromagnetic energy � smart grid directional antennas and � conversion cyberphysical systems � receivers electromagnetic methods of � data mining � discrete and continuous � NDE data storage systems optimization � electromagnetic simulations � data visualization distributed and cloud � � and wave propagation computing data-intensive scientific � electromagnetic wave � computing distributed compression � propagation and scattering dependable computing distributed systems � � electronic materials � design and analysis of domain decomposition � � embedded systems � algorithms methods
ECE Today III embedded systems software high-sensitivity miniaturized light-induced defects and � � � on-chip plasmonic MEMS hydrogen motion in solar cell energy-aware computing � sensors materials and devices error control coding � human computer interaction local area networks � � evaluation of high � technologies low-density parity-check code � performance computing hybrid organic/inorganic design & analysis � systems electronics macroeconomics � fabrication and application of � image and video processing � magneto optics and optical memristors in circuit design � information assurance switching � fault tolerant systems � information retrieval market coordination and � � fault-tolerance � learning inspection methods for the � finite-difference-time-domain � detection of cracks and materials informatics � simulations corrosion in aircraft and medical imaging � formal methods in intrusion � nuclear power plants metastability detection � integrated filter design � genome assembly microelectronics/ � � interconnection networks � semiconductors geometric modeling � inverse scattering and � microprocessor off-load � hardware/software co-design � nondestructive evaluation hardware for application high- throughput DNA � joint denial of service acceleration � sequencing large scale and parallel microwave remote sensing � � high-performance computing � computation
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