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Computer Engineering and Systems Group
Sunil Khatri
Dept. of ECE
Texas A&M University
Slide2About Computer Engineering in ECEA joint program between ECE and CS
CE degrees
MS, ME, PhD
Group Leader:Dr. Pierce CantrellAdministrative Assistant:Vickie Winston, 333E WEBhttp://cesg.tamu.edu http://engineering.tamu.edu/electrical/
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Slide3FacultyPierce Cantrell (group leader)Nick Duffield Gwan Choi Paul Gratz
I-Hong Hou
Jiang HuSunil Khatri P. R. KumarPeng Li 3
Mi
Lu
Stavros
Kalafatis
JV
Rajendran
Narasimha
Reddy
Weiping
Shi
Srinivas
Shakkottai
Alex Sprintson
Karan Watson
Xi Zhang
Slide4Areas of ResearchVLSI Circuits and SystemsElectronic Design Automation (EDA)Logic SynthesisSystem-on-Silicon (
SoC
)
Hardware AccelerationBiomedical ApplicationsLow Power/Energy VLSI Design Radiation Hardened VLSI Design
Solid State R
adiation
D
etectors
VLSI
Realization
of
Machine Learning Algorithms
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Slide5Areas of ResearchComputer Systems and ArchitectureMulti-core Processor D
esign
Processor
MicroarchitectureMemory Systems HierarchiesSystem Designs for Emerging Non-volatile MemoriesStorage Systems
Network Processors
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Slide6Areas of ResearchCommunication NetworksWireless NetworksContent DistributionP2P Networks
Software-Defined Networks
Network Security
Real-time Communication Network Coding
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Slide7Areas of ResearchCyber-Physical SystemsNetwork and Data ScienceMeasurement and Analysis of Internet Data
Big Data Analytics
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Slide8CESG Faculty8
Prof.
Pierce
Cantrell
Group
leader
Computer Networking
Prof.
Gwan
Choi
High-performance and low-power VLSI design
Wireless network circuits
High-performance and low-power VLSI design
Wireless network circuits
System-on-chip solutions for smartphones and tablets
Slide9CESG Faculty9
Prof. Nick Duffield
Computer Networking
Measurement & Inference
Big Data
& Algorithms
Prof. Paul
Gratz
High performance multicore computer architectures
Memory systems
Reliability and energy
e
fficiency in computer systems
Slide10CESG Faculty10
Prof. I-Hong Hou
Wireless networks
Sensor networks
Multimedia networking
Queueing theory
Prof. Jiang Hu
Physical design automation
Low power VLSI design
Hardware security
Slide11CESG Faculty11
Prof. P. R.
Kumar
Engineering Chair in Comp. Eng.
Research
Wireless networks
Cyber-physical systems
Energy systems
Automated transportation
Control theory
Information
theory
Prof.
Stavros
Kalafatis
Datacenter system optimization
Software-Defined systems
Robotics
Sensor systems
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CESG Faculty12
Prof. Sunil Khatri
VLSI logic synthesis and
circuit design
Low power, resilient, rad-hard
circuit
Genomics
FPGA and GPU based algorithm
acceleration
Prof. Peng Li
VLSI interconnect modeling, timing
Signal/power integrity
Analog/Mixed-signal/RF CAD
Circuit simulation
Slide13CESG Faculty13
Prof.
Mi
Lu
Parallel
computing
Distributed processing
Computer architectures
Computer networks
Prof. JV
Rajendran
Hardware security
Nanoelectronic
computing Architectures
VLSI design
Slide14CESG Faculty14
Prof. Srinivas Shakkottai
Research
Computer networks
Game theory
Content
distribution
Wireless
networks
Prof. A. L. N. Reddy
Associate Dean for Research
Associate Agency Director for Strategic Initiatives and Centers
Computer networks
I/O systems
Computer architecture
Slide15CESG Faculty15
Prof. Alexander Sprintson
Research
Communication networks
Network algorithms
Network coding
Network survivability
Prof.
Weiping
Shi
VLSI logic synthesis
VLSI circuit design
Low power, resilient circuits
VLSI testing
Slide16CESG Faculty16
Prof.
Karen Watson
Regents Professor
Engineering education
Entrepreneurships
VLSI Design
Prof. Xi Zhang
Mobile wireless
n
etworks
Wireless s
ensor networks
QoS
for
wireless
n
etworks
Random
signal
Processing for
wireless communication
s
ystems
Slide17CESG Staff17
Vickie Winston
Program Specialist II
333E WEB
Phone
:
985-6487
Email: vwinston@tamu.edu
Slide18Master of EngineeringOutline18
January 2018
MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING - ME
(Non-Thesis)
Slide19Requirements for Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering (Non-Thesis)Additional Course Requirements (Applies to ME, MS, and Ph.D.)Foundation and First-Level Graduate CoursesTentative List of Courses for Master of Engineering CEEN Students
Must take at least 6 courses from this
list
Tentative List of Spring 2018 Computer Engineering & Systems CoursesLocation of Departmental Orientation
Master of EngineeringOutline
Slide20Requirements for Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering (Non-Thesis)Total number of hours (30)A minimum of 27 classroom hours (Excludes 681, 684, & 685).Classroom hours must be taken from courses within the College of Engineering and/or College of Science. One course from the ISYS Dept. in the College of Business is allowed.
A minimum of 24 classroom hours from the Departments of CSCE and ECEN
At least 13 of these 24 hours must be in ECEN.
At least 6 courses from the CEEN Master of Engineering student course list. Transfer hours allowed from another institution (max of 6 hours)Transfer hours must be from a peer institution; they cannot have been used on a previous degree plan.Students must send syllabus, transcript, and TAMU course equivalent to the Graduate Office. Transfer hours are subject to the approval of the GSC. Undergraduate hours allowed (max of 6 hours)Only 400 level undergraduate courses can be included on degree plan.
Courses must be from the College of Engineering and/or College of Science.
Slide21Requirements for Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering (Non-Thesis) (Continued)
One hour of seminar is allowed (ECEN/CSCE 681) but is
NOT
requiredNo more than (3) hours allowed (combined) including Seminar (681), Internship (684), and Directed Studies (685). Research (691) hours are not allowed on the MEN degree plan. A Final Project Report is required to be submitted to the Graduate
OfficeA graded project from any ECEN or CSCE graduate course can be used to fulfill this requirement The project requires a grade, the professor’s signature, and a completed cover
page.
It must be submitted in the graduating semester; see
eCampus
page for submission deadlines and other
requirements.
Composition of supervisory committee
The Graduate Coordinator will be the chair of all MEN committees. No other committee members are needed.
Slide22Additional Course Requirements (Applies to ME, MS, and Ph.D.)STAT 651 and STAT 652 (statistics courses) are for non-science majors and are
not
allowed
. Traditionally no courses will be admitted from Engineering Technology because of the non-calculus based curriculum and no approved graduate program. Credit for CSCE 614 may not be allowed in addition to ECEN 651 unless approved by the student’s advisor.
Credit for CSCE 619 and CSCE 612 may not be allowed in addition to ECEN 602. Please check with your advisor
.
No credit will be given for CSCE 601 & 602
.
No credit will be given for the following foundation courses ECEN 214, ECEN 248, ECEN 314, ECEN 325, ECEN 350, CSCE 321, CSCE
221
and CSCE 311
.
Slide23Foundation and First-Level Graduate CoursesFoundation Courses (No graduate credit)ECEN 214 Electrical Circuit Theory
ECEN 248 Introduction to Digital Systems Design
ECEN 314 Signals & Systems
ECEN 325 ElectronicsECEN 350 Computer Architecture and DesignECEN 423 Computer and Wireless Communications NetworksCSCE 221 Data Structures and AlgorithmsCSCE 311 Analysis of AlgorithmsRecommended first-level graduate courses
ECEN Undergraduate Courses: 468CSCE Undergraduate Courses: 410ECEN Graduate Courses: 602, 621, 651, 653, 654, 687, 714, 754, 749CSCE Graduate Courses: 614 (only with advisor approval), 629, 662
Slide24Tentative List of Courses for Master of Engineering CEEN Students
Must take at least 6 courses from the list below and on the following two
slides
Hardware/VLSIECEN 749 Microprocessor System DesignECEN 714 Digital Integrated Circuit DesignECEN 468 Advanced Digital System DesignECEN 654 VLSI System DesignECEN 680 Test and Diagnosis of Digital SystemsECEN 687 Introduction to VLSI Design AutomationECEN 699 Advances in VLSI Logic SynthesisECEN 751 Advanced Computational Methods for Integrated System Design
ECEN 752 Advances in VLSI Circuit Design
Slide25Tentative List of Courses for Master of Engineering CEEN Students
Networks
ECEN 602 Computer
Communications and Networking ECEN 619 Internet Protocols and ModelingECEN 621 Mobile Wireless NetworksECEN 627 Multimedia Systems and NetworksCSCE 663 Real-Time SystemsCSCE 665 Advanced Networking and SecurityCSCE 664 Wireless and Mobile Systems
ECEN 689 Special Topics CoursesComputer ArchitectureECEN 651 Microprogrammed Control of Digital Systems
(CSCE 614 with advisor approval only)
ECEN 653 Computer Arithmetic Unit Design
ECEN 676 Advanced Computer Architecture
CSCE 605 Compiler
Design
Slide26Tentative List of Courses for Master of Engineering CEEN Students
Systems and Software
CSCE 410 Operating Systems
CSCE 606 Software Engineering CSCE 629 Analysis of AlgorithmsCSCE 662 Distributed Processing SystemsCSCE 670 Information Retrieval and StorageNetworking and System TheoryECEN 434/754 Optimization for Electrical & Computer Engineering ApplicationsECEN 663 Data Compression with Applications to Speech and VideoECEN 750 Design and Analysis of Communication Networks
ECEN 753 Theory and Applications of Networking CodingECEN 755 Stochastic SystemsECEN 689 Special Topics Courses
Slide27Tentative List of Computer Engineering and Systems Classes for Spring 2018
ECEN 619 – Internet Protocols and Modeling
ECEN 653 – Computer Arithmetic Unit Design
ECEN 654 – Very Large Scale Integrated Systems DesignECEN 681 – SeminarECEN 699 – Advances in VLSI Logic SynthesisECEN 714 – Digital Integrated Circuit Design (Stacked with ECEN 454)
ECEN 749 – Microprocessor Systems Design (Stacked with ECEN 449)
ECEN
751 – Computational
Methods for Integrated Systems Design
ECEN 755 – Stochastic Systems
Slide28Master of Science28
January 2018
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING - MS
(
Thesis Option)
Slide29Computer Engineering Degrees MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING (Thesis Option) Total number of hours (32)A
minimum of 24 classroom hours (Excludes 681, 684, 685, & 691
)
A minimum of 21 classroom hours from the College of Engineering and College of Science Transfer hours allowed from a peer institution (6)Max undergraduate hours (6 hours/400 only) Special problems, seminar, and research (681, 685, & 691) 8 hours maximum of these
courses4 hours minimum of 6911 hour of seminar (ECEN/CSCE 681) is required
No more than 3 hours (in combination) of ECEN 681, 684, and
685
Final
defense of thesis is required for all MS students.
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Slide30Master of Science30
January 2018
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING – Ph.D.
Slide31Computer Engineering Degrees PH.D. IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Total
number of hours (64 or 96)
For students who already hold a Master’s Degree, 64 total hours are required.For “direct PhD” students, 96 hours are required. - A minimum of 18 (or 42) classroom hours (excludes 681,684,685,691) - 18 hours required for students with a previous Master’s Degree and 42 for direct PhD
students - Classroom hours must be taken from courses within the College of Engineering and College of
Science
Max undergraduate hours (8 hours / 2 courses 400 only)
Three hours of seminar (ECEN/CSCE 681) are
required
At most 3 hours of ECEN 684
No more than 2 credit hours of Directed Studies (685) are allowed
Students working on a research project should enroll in Research (691) hours31
Slide32Ph.D. requirements (continued)A maximum of 6 transfer hours allowed from another institution. Transfer hours must be from a “peer institution”. Transfer hours are subject to the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee. Total number of hours (64 beyond the MS or 96 beyond the BS)
Incoming
PHD students are required to take the exam within one year of starting the program
.Students entering the program with a previous degree outside of Electrical or Computer Engineering are allowed, with the approval of their advisor, an extra year and will be required to take the exam by the end of the second year.Those students that fail the examination are given a second opportunity to retake the exam which must be taken at the next opportunity in which the exam is offered.Those that fail the examination twice will be removed from the PHD program.
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Slide33Ph.D. requirements (continued)Preliminary examination /PrelimFinal examination / Defense
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Slide34Recommended first-year coursesECEN (undergraduate courses) 468 CSCE
(undergraduate courses)
410
ECEN (graduate courses) 602, 621, 651, 653, 654, 687, 714, 754, 749 CSCE (graduate courses) 614, 629, 662
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Slide35Foundational Courses (no graduate credit)ECEN 214 Electrical Circuit Theory ECEN 248 Introduction to Digital Systems Design
ECEN
314 Signals & Systems
ECEN 325 ElectronicsECEN 350 Computer Architecture and Design ECEN 423 Computer and Wireless Communications Networks CSCE 221
Data Structures and Algorithms CSCE 311 Analysis of Algorithms
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Slide36Tentative List of Courses for Graduate CEEN StudentsHardware/VLSI:ECEN 454/714 Digital Integrated Circuit DesignECEN
468 Advanced Digital System Design
ECEN
749 Microprocessor System Design ECEN 624 IC Design Tools ECEN 654 VLSI System Design ECEN 680 Test and Diagnosis of Digital Systems ECEN 687 Introduction to VLSI Design Automation
ECEN 699 Advances in VLSI Logic Synthesis ECEN
751 Advanced Computational Methods
for Integrated System
Design
ECEN
752 Advances in VLSI Circuit Design
CSCE
661 Integrated Systems Design Automation36
Slide37Tentative List of Courses for Graduate CEEN StudentsNetworks:ECEN 602 Computer Comm. and Networking ECEN
619 Internet Protocols and Modeling
ECEN
621 Mobile Wireless Networks ECEN 627 Multimedia Systems and Networks CSCE 663 Real-Time Systems CSCE 665 Advanced Networking and Security CSCE 664 Wireless and Mobile Systems
ECEN 689 Special Topics Courses
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Slide38Tentative List of Courses for Graduate CEEN StudentsComputer Architecture:ECEN 651 Microprogrammed Control of Digital Systems
(
not CSCE 614) ECEN 653 Computer Arithmetic Unit DesignECEN 659 Parallel/Distributed Numerical Algorithms and Applications
ECEN 676 Advanced Computer Architecture
CSCE
605 Compiler Design
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Slide39Tentative List of Courses for Graduate CEEN StudentsSystems and Software:CSCE 410 Operating Systems
CSCE
606 Software Engineering
CSCE 629 Analysis of Algorithms CSCE 662 Distributed Processing Systems
CSCE 670 Information Retrieval and Storage
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Slide40Tentative List of Courses for Graduate CEEN StudentsMathematics and Statistics:MATH 415 Modern Algebra I*MATH
416 Modern Algebra
II
MATH 446 Principles of Analysis I*MATH 447 Topics in Analysis IISTAT 601 Statistical AnalysisMATH 606 Theory of Probability IMATH
607 Real Variables I*MATH 608 Real Variables II MATH 619 - Applied Probability*
MATH
625 - Applied SDEs MATH 651 Optimization I*
MATH
630
–
Combinatorics MATH 652 Optimization II
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Slide41Tentative List of Courses for Graduate CEEN StudentsEnglish:ENGL 301 Technical Writing (no graduate
credit
)*
Computer Engineering Seminar ECEN 681 - Seminar
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Slide42Tentative List of Courses for Graduate CEEN StudentsNetworking and System Theory:ECEN 434/754 Optimization for Electrical & Computer Engineering Applications
ECEN
663
Data Compression with Applications to Speech and Video ECEN 750 Design and Analysis of Communication Networks ECEN 753 Theory and Applications of Networking Coding ECEN 755 Stochastic Systems
ECEN 689 Special Topics Courses
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Slide43ECEN 689: Introduction to Hardware Security43
Offered in
Spring 201
8
Objectives:
Hardware attacks and how to prevent them
Actual implantation of attacks and countermeasures
Make students job ready for hardware security positions
Instructor
:
Prof.
JV
Rajendran
Slide44ECEN 699: Advances in VLSI Logic Synthesis
Offered in
Spring 201
8Objectives:
The class covers several methods for logic representation, manipulation and optimization, for combinational as well as sequential logic.
The course covers two-level as well as multi-level logic synthesis, and multi-valued synthesis as well. The focus is a sound understanding of the theory and practical implementation of logic techniques, which can be applied to a wide variety of fields.
Prerequisite
:
Graduate
standing, or instructor
consent
Instructor:
Prof
.
Khatri
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Slide45ECEN 651: Microprogrammed Control of Digital Systems45
Offered in
Spring 2018
Objectives
:
Hardware and software concepts involved in the design and construction of microprocessor-based digital systems; microprocessor architecture; bussing; interfacing; data input/output; memories; and software development for operation and testing; design projects with microprocessors and related components
Prerequisite:
ELEN 350 and 449 or approval of
instructor
Instructor:
Prof. Lu
Slide46ECEN 653: Computer Arithmetic Unit Design46
Offered in
Spring 2018
Objectives
:
Design of digit computer arithmetic unit, control and memory. Focusing on microprocessor arithmetic logic unit (ALU) design; high-speed addition, subtraction, multiplication and division algorithms and implementations; design and simulation with integrated circuit components and VLSI circuits.
Prerequisite:
ECEN
651
Instructor:
Prof
.
Mi
Lu
Slide47ECEN 602: Computer Communication and Networking47
Offered in
Fall
201
8
Objectives:
Computer communication and computer networks; use of the International Standards Organization (ISO) seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection model as basis for systematic approach; operational networks to be included in the study of each layer; homework assignments to make use of a campus computer
network.
Prerequisite
:
Statistical probability
background
Instructor
:
Prof.
Pierce Cantrell
Slide48ECEN 754: Optimization for Electrical and Computer Engineering Applications
48
Offered in Fall
2018
Objectives:
Important applications in electrical and computer engineering require knowledge of linear/nonlinear/convex programming.
This course covers applications of importance to Electrical and Computer Engineering, including estimation of signals, routing and congestion control
in communication
networks, elastic flows in real-time wireless networks, wafer fabrication plants, and economic dispatch in electrical power systems.
Students
will write their own code for several methods.
Prerequisite
:
Math
304 or 309 or 311; and Math 251; and Graduate
standing
Instructor:
Prof. P. R. Kumar
Slide49ECEN 676: Advanced Computer Architecture49
Offered in
Fall 2018
Objectives:
This course explores design of high-performance computer architectures and their quantitative analysis.
Microarchitectural
details of modern superscalar processors. Emphasis on fine-grain and coarse-grain parallelism; interconnection networks; shared memory
architectures
; multi-threaded architectures.
Achieving performance under strict power constraints.
Prerequisite:
ECEN
651 or CPSC 614 or approval of
instructor
Instructor:
Prof
. Paul
Gratz
Intel’s “
Haswell
” i7 Die Photo
Slide50ECEN 755: Stochastic Systems
50
Offered in
Spring 2019
Objectives
:
Important
applications in electrical and computer engineering require knowledge of stochastic systems. This course deals with several models of stochastic systems and their analysis. It studies topics including performance evaluation, estimation, control, scheduling, identification and adaptation. It has applications in several fields such as computer engineering, communication networks and
control.
Prerequisite
:
Math
411; and Graduate
standing
Instructor:
Prof. P. R. Kumar
Slide51ECEN 654: VLSI Systems Design 51
Offered in
Spring 201
9
Solutions
for mobile System-on-Chips
SOCs
Topics Discussed:
Introduction to Design Automation Methods
Low-Power VLSI Design
Low-Power Multimedia Processing
Timing Design for Low-Power Applications
Baseband Processing
HW/SW Co-design Verification
Memory Subsystem Design
What are
SoCs
?
A6, Hummingbird,
Tegra
, OMAP, Snapdragon, etc. Chips that go on to cell phones, tablets, and eventually everything else
What will the future
SoCs
have in common?
Multi/many-core processorsMultimedia unitsBaseband processingSensorsMemorySpecial ASIC modulesWe will discuss emerging design methods.Instructor: Prof. Gwan Choi
Slide52ECEN 753: Theory and Applications of Network Coding52
Offered in
Spring 2019
Objectives
:
Wireless network coding
Coding for reliability and security
Distributed storage/regenerating codes
Prerequisite
:
Graduate standing
Instructor
:
Prof
.
Alex
Sprintson
Slide53Seminars681- 604 CE Seminar (Sprintson) Fridays, WEB 236C, 4:10 PM – 5:10 PM Fishbowl seminar (Hou)
On occasion, Fishbowl, Thursdays, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
681-601 ECEN Department Seminar (Hou)
Fridays, WEB 236C, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM53
Slide54Courses to be offered in Fall 2018ECEN 602 -
Computer Networks (Dr. Cantrell)
ECEN
676 - Advanced Computer Architecture (Dr. Gratz)ECEN 681
– CESG seminar (Dr. Hou)ECEN
689
-
Intelligent & Dependable Systems (Dr. Hu)
ECEN
751
- Advanced
Computational Methods for Integrated System
Design (Dr. Li)
ECEN
754 – Optimization for ECE Applications (Dr. Kumar)
ECEN
758
-
Data Mining and Analysis (Dr. Duffield)
ECEN 759
–
Hardware Security (Dr.
Rajendran
)
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Slide55Courses to be offered in Spring 2019ECEN 619 - Internet
Protocols and
Modeling (Dr. Zhang)
ECEN 651 - Computer Architecture (Dr. Lu)
ECEN 654 - VLSI Systems Design (Dr. Choi)ECEN 681 –
CESG seminar (Dr. Hou)
ECEN
689 - VLSI Machine Learning Systems (Dr. Li)
ECEN 689 -
Spl
. Topics – Arch. for Machine
Learning (
Dr
.
Khatri)
ECEN
753
-
Theory and Applications of Network Coding (Dr. Sprintson)
ECEN 755
–
Stochastic Systems (Dr. Kumar)
ECEN
756
-
Game Theory (Dr. Shakkottai)ECEN 757 - Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing (Dr. Hou) ECEN 758 - Data Mining and Analysis (Dr. Duffield) 55
Slide56Funding opportunities RA positions Funding provided by individual faculty membersProvide tuition waiver (in-state tuition)TA positions Must pass oral section of ELPE Provide tuition waiver Assigned by the department
Course instructors can make recommendations
Grader positions
Assigned by course instructors – Check with them.Do provide tuition support/waiver 56
Slide57Merit Scholarship
ECE Graduate
Merit
Scholarship
– Fall Only
The
scholarship awardees will receive a one-time stipend of $
1,000
and be eligible for the in-state tuition.
Eligibility:
Newly admitted and current CESG Ph. D. and M. S. students who are currently not supported by a research, teaching assistantship or a fellowship. Note that scholarship recipients are
required to complete a thesis and shall not transfer to the non-thesis M.E. program at a later time
.
How to Apply:
Submit your application online
at:
http://
engineering.tamu.edu/electrical/academics/advising/graduate/funding
You
should specify your “Area” as “Computer Engineering”. You should not apply to multiple areas at the same time
.
Talk to faculty members you would like to work with.
Slide58ECEN Orientation
Graduate Student
Orientation
by Dr. Scott Miller
Tuesday, January 9
WEB, Room 236C, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
CESG
Orientation by Dr. Sunil Khatri
Wednesday, January 10, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
OGAPS Orientation
Friday, January 12, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Slide59Questions
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