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Computer Engineering, MS

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George Mason University

Program overview

Computer Engineering involves knowledge of hardware and software development The students learn how to design new generations of computers as well as embedded computing systems such as those found in smartphones cars appliances computer networks smart factories and the internet-of-things The program covers the entire digital integrated circuit design process targeting Field Programmable Gate Arrays FPGAs and Application Specific Integrated Circuits ASICs using various optimization criteria such as speed cost power energy reliability and security It also encompasses the complete software development process targeting microcontrollers microprocessors multi-cores and Graphics Processing Units GPUs It teaches students how to efficiently partition the system into software and hardware components and develop high-performance interfaces between these two parts Project-oriented courses and labs expose students to modern computer-aided design tools for hardware and software design The students master the art of writing comprehensive technical reports and giving successful oral presentations The computer engineering program offers the following concentrations computer architecture and embedded systems computer networks digital signal processing digital system design hardware security and cryptographic engineering internet of things and network security machine learning and brain-inspired computing and space-based systems

Duration: 12

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