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CPEN 600 MEng Project

The MEng project work involves a candidate working closely with an approved supervisor to investigate an industry-oriented project idea in a selected specialization discipline, and writing a project report. The report will be evaluated based either on its academic contribution or contribution to the relevant industrial application.

Reference books and materials [1] Madsen, D., Successful Dissertations and Theses: A Guide to Graduate Student Research from Proposal to Completion, 2nd Ed., Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers, 1991. [2] Robson, C., Real World Research: A Resource for Social Scientist and Practitioners, 2nd Ed., Blackwell Publishers, 2002. [3] Campbell, D. T., and Stanley, J. C., Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research, Houghton Mifflin Publishers, 1990

 

CPEN 601 Engineering Research Methods

The engineering research method course highlights on the principle and developmental process for conducting effective research and documentation. Topics include research process, development of research proposals, design of questionnaire and interviewing techniques, content analysis, research report writing, quantitative and qualitative research, measurement strategies, sources of data and collection procedures, literature survey, statistical evaluation of data and testing, experimental research design, factorial experiment, nested design, split-plot design, statistical software packages.

Reference books and materials [1] Robson, C., Real World Research: A Resource for Social Scientist and Practitioners, 2nd Ed., Blackwell Publishers, 2002. [2] Bryman, A., Social Research Methods, 1st Ed., Oxford University Press, 2001 [3] Campbell, D. T., and Stanley, J. C., Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research, Houghton Mifflin Publishers, 1990

 

CPEN 602 Engineering Project Management

The engineering project management course provides the tools necessary to manage a project. Topics include scope and value of project, project clarity and goals, project life cycle and organization, management process, process control and monitoring, project integration management, project scope management, project time management, cost management, communications management and reporting, project quality management, risk management, human resource management, procurement management, engineering economics including for-profit and not-for profit decision-making, present economy, uncertainty, and multiple attribute decisions.

Reference books and materials [1] Lock, D., Project Management, Gower Publishing, 2007 [2] Ross, S. M., Project Management, Planning, and Control: Managing Engineering, Constructions, and Manufacturing Projects to PMI, APM, and BSI Standards, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006 [3] Kerzner, H., Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Wiley & Sons, 2009

 

CPEN 603 System-On-Chip Design

The system-on-chip design course examines the tools and techniques necessary for modeling, designing, verification and implementation of system-on chip designs on a single chip using programmable logic devices such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGA). Topics include introduction to system-on-chip concepts, design flow process and IP reuse, Verilog and VHDL synthesis, FPGA design, software design, embedded processor architecture, hardware/software co-design in FPGA, high-level synthesis, scheduling system, system modeling, system analysis, testing, ASIP design, reconfigurable computing, and case studies.

Reference books and materials [1] Palnitkar, S., Verilog HDL, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2003 [2] Maxfield, C., The Design Warriors Guide to FPGAs, Newnes, 2004 [3] De Micheli, G., Ernst, R., and Wolf, W., Readings in Hardware/Software Co-Desgin, Morgan Kaufmann, 2001 [4] Jerraya, A., and Wolf, W., Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips, Morgan Kaufmann, 2004 

 

CPEN 604 Real Time Computing Systems

The real-time systems course examines technologies used for real-time systems and networks for systems such as multimedia, telecommunication management, and smart manufacturing. Topics include overview of real-time systems, design and implementation issues, system interfacing concepts, real-time scheduling paradigms, resource management issues in uniprocessor and multiprocessor real-time systems, embedded software design constraints, feedback control real-time scheduling, performance management, reliability, software timing and functional validation, supporting applications from real-time wireless sensor networks, distributed real-time systems, and real-time networks.

Reference books and materials [1] Liu, J. W. S., Real-time Systems, Prentice Hall, 2000 [2] Li, Q., and Yao, C., Real Time Concepts for Embedded Systems, CMP Books, 2003 [3] Buttazzo, G. C., Hard Real-time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications, 2nd Ed., Springer 2005

 

CPEN 605 Probability and Random Processes

The probability and random processes course provides in-depth analysis of the statistical tools for engineering applications. Topics include basic probability, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, PDF and CDF, random variables, transformations, expected values, moments, characteristic functions, limit theorem, random processes, wide sense stationary processes, spectral density, Markov processes and Markov chains, Gaussian, Poisson and shot noise processes, and elementary queuing analysis.

Reference books and materials [1] Papoulis, A., and Pillai, S. U., Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes, 4th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2002 [2] Leon-Garcia, A., Probability, Statistics, and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2008 [3] Yates, R. D., and Goodman, D., Probability and Stochastic Processes: A Friendly Introduction for Electrical and Computer Engineers, 2nd Ed., Wiley, 2004

 

CPEN 610 Seminar I

The seminar I course focuses on the study of various advance subjects in computer engineering through special seminars on topics to be selected each year as well as problem solving skill development. As part of the course, candidates will be involved in informal group studies of special problems, group participation in comprehensive design problems, or group research on complete problems for analysis and experimentation. Each candidate will give at least one oral presentation as well as a full write up of the presentation for assessment.

Reference books and materials [1] Robson, C., Real World Research: A Resource for Social Scientist and Practitioners, 2nd Ed., Blackwell Publishers, 2002. [2] Campbell, D. T., and Stanley, J. C., Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research, Houghton Mifflin Publishers, 1990