Computer Engineering

Digital logic: number systems and digital signals; basic gates and logic functions; Boolean algebra; minimization; fundamentals of hardware description language; VHDL; use of design, representation, and configuration tools for programmable logic circuits; combinational logic circuits; encoders and decoders; multiplexers and demultiplexers; comparators; digital arithmetic; adders and subtractors; registers and shift registers; timing diagrams and logic hazards; basics of programmable logic circuits; counters and shift registers; hardware description language for counters and shift registers; the basic architecture of FPGAs, CPLDs, and PLDs; state machines; design of systems using state machines with hardware description language; memory systems and circuits: RAM, ROM, FIFO, LIFO.

Review of the stages of software system evolution. Introduction to the UML language. Object-oriented programming concepts. Objects' properties and relationships (association, aggregation, and composition). Properties and relationships among components of the software system (generalization and specialization). Inheritance and polymorphism. Object-oriented systems analysis and design (concepts, methods, and UML). Static and dynamic modeling. Requirements analysis and use-case diagrams. Structural modeling (Class diagrams). Behavioral modeling (sequence, interaction, and state diagrams). Design methods (physical design, interfaces and system integration, and reverse engineering). Introduction to object-oriented design patterns. A practical project on the analysis and design of object-oriented systems.

This course presents the fundamentals of analysis and processing of digital images, with emphasis on both theory and implementation. Image representation, image types, intensity transformations and spatial filtering, image enhancement, frequency-domain processing, image restoration, geometric transformations and image registration, color image processing, image compression and quantization, morphological processing of images, image segmentation, edge detection, line detection using the Hough transform, representation and description, object recognition. The practical component will be carried out in MATLAB, forming a significant part of the learning experience.

Introduction to microprocessor systems - x86. Memory: components and design. Memory addressing techniques and data formats. Isolated I/O and memory-mapped I/O techniques. Basic and programmable interconnect for parallel I/O components. Keyboard interfacing and display units. Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters interfacing. Timer interfacing and programming. Serial I/O components interfacing and programming. Hardware and software interrupts. Interfacing and programming of the interrupt controller. Real-time clock. Direct memory access. Interfacing and programming of the DMA controller. Arithmetic processing and multimedia techniques. Standard buses for the microcomputer (USB, PCI, VESA, EISA, ISA). A project on designing the hardware architecture of a microcomputer.

Instruction-level parallelism to improve computer performance through software and hardware techniques. Vector and non-vector architectures with very long instruction word (VLIW). A representative study of modern processors. Cache memory design. Virtual memory. Interfacing of I/O units and system integration. Introduction to parallel processing. Flynn's taxonomy (Flynn) and parallel processors. Cache memory.

Fast design methods for Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) MOS devices and basic circuits. Fabrication of integrated circuits. Algorithmic design and system design. Structural design and logic design. Transistor-level design. Design rules and verification. Layout design and methods. Logic and circuit simulation. Timing design for integrated and sequential circuits. Design of simple architectures. Design of programmable and arrayed systems. System-level design using hardware description languages. Applications covering specifications, layout, and simulation, and verification of a design for a highly integrated system using a schematic/ layout environment.

Introduction to computer organization. Computer instruction set. Machine language. Data processing. Arithmetic unit: adders with carry, subtractors, and shifters. Logical unit. Structural and sequential components of multiplication and division. Representation and computation of floating-point numbers. Data path design. Control unit design. Microprogramming. Pipelined processors.

Introduction to computer networks. Network topologies. Network architecture and the OSI model. Circuit switching and packet switching. The physical layer. Data link layer. Basics of data transmission. Synchronous and asynchronous transmission. Error control. Local area networks (LANs): data link layer and its protocols. Media access control. IEEE 802 standards and MAC protocols. High-speed local networks and bridged networks. Repeaters, hubs, switches, bridges, routers, and gateways. Introduction to wide area networks (WANs).

Introduction to microprocessors and microcomputers. Evolution and architecture of the microprocessor. Real mode and protected mode memory addressing. Addressing modes. Introduction to programming in assembly language. Personal computer and software aids in debugging application software. Data transfer instructions. Rotate and shift instructions and load effective address and sequences. Arithmetic instructions. Add, subtract, and compare. Multiply and divide. BCD and ASCII conversions. Logical instructions. Shifts and rotates. Counters and timing delays. Compare sequences. Jump instructions. Code conversion. Stacks and subroutines. Program and machine control instructions. Programmable interrupts. Assemblers and software development tools. The microprocessor and data buses, addressing, and standard control signals. An introduction to interconnection methods for memory components and I/O components. Weekly one-hour discussion.

An introduction to audio and image signals. Sensors, memory operation principles. Compression of audio and image signals. Audio tools and computer graphics tools and image production. Design principles: points, lines. Multimedia operations. Multimedia synchronization. Applications of multimedia networks, voice and video conferences. Applications of multimedia on the Internet.