Computer Science and Engineering at The University of North Texas

Why Study CSE? Some of the Highest Paid Degrees We need more engineers!

UNT CSE – 40 Years Then… –Founded with 2 Faculty –Fall of 1971 Now… –Accredited program since 1986 –22 full time faculty –1000 Students

Degrees Offered Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering –123 Total Hours –22 Hours of Mathematics starting at Calculus 1 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science –123 Total Hours –16 Hours of Mathematics starting at Calculus 1 Bachelor of Arts in Information Technology –121 Total Hours –10 Hours of Mathematics (Cal 1, Probability, Discrete)

Computer Engineering More hardware oriented More physics and math courses –Cell phones and PDAs –Embedded Systems –Robotics –Biomedical Devices Computer Engineering Tracks –Architecture –Networking –VLSI –Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Computer Science More software oriented More programming courses –Game Programming –Information Security –Database Design –Artificial Intelligence

Information Technology Bachelor of Arts Degree What the ‘IT Person’ does – everything –Database management, programming –Security, project management, web-dev 18 hour Supporting Area –Very flexible –Information Security –Pre-Law –Pre-MBA –Game Development –Computer Animation

Not Sure? Coursework is almost identical for the first year Computer Science 1 – Java Computer Science 2 – Java Computer Science 3 – C++

What This Isn’t Video game testing An easy degree If you don’t enjoy math and solving puzzles, you will struggle

Mathematics Requirements If you place into Math 1010 (Fundamentals of Algebra)… You have 1½ years of math classes before you begin the math classes for your major

Research, Teaching & Labs

Software Engineering Begins with CSCE 1030 / 1040 An Introduction to Object Oriented Programming in Java –Representing the World through Software Objects –Programming With Intelligent Agents

Software Engineering Program Your Player’s Artificial Intelligence –When to Move, Attack, Drop Mines and Pillage the Enemy Base –All Programs Do Battle in a Tournament –Last Tank Alive Wins Prizes The CSCE 1040 Tank War

Wireless Computing & Security Investigating Security Vulnerabilities in Wireless Protocols –Impersonation –Eavesdropping

Game Programming Laboratory for Recreational Computing (LARC) 1:15 AMGame Demo

Game Programming Create a game in collaboration with game art students Demo it before industry reps and judges –Game Company Recruiters –Ritual Entertainment –Terminal Reality

Natural Language Processing Language and Information Technologies (LIT Lab) –Machine Learning applied to NLP and Information Retrieval –Multi-lingual text processing –Story telling and understanding –Intelligent Information Retrieval –All the things needs

Computer Security Mission: –Increase general security awareness –Produce skilled security specialists –Conduct research to advance the state of the art in computer security Facilities include a safe environment for experimenting with potentially dangerous software

Computer Security UNT has received NSA certification for Computer Security courses Topics covered: –Cryptography –Intrusion Detection –Mobile Agent Security –E-Commerce Security

Computer Systems Research Lab –Uses advanced hardware and software design tools to achieve: Better performance Lower power requirements Equipment that is less expensive to manufacture Example: Speculative Execution –Trying to guess what the computer will need in the future to speed access Computer Architecture

Intelligent Memory Devices (IRAM) –Processing unit embedded in the memory chip Embedded Computing –New devices –Stringent power requirements

VDCL VLSI Design and CAD Lab Preparing the next generation tools to produce nanometer circuits Considering physical phenomena such as cross-talk and interconnect delays, while reducing power requirements. vdcl.cse.unt.edu

Other Research Areas Databases, Data Mining –Extracting exactly what you want from massive amounts of information Compilers Geometric Computing and Graphs –Geometric Computation Lab Networking –Network Research Lab

Research Work on State of the Art Projects as an Undergraduate –Assist the Faculty in Funded Research –Participate in Industry Co-operatives –CSCE 4890 Directed Study

Community

Friday Research Seminars Faculty and students presenting their research From UNT and beyond

Engineering Events Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) Robotics Competition Engineering Week

Over 1,300 companies University-wide Well paid, topical, supervised positions Full time jobs offered to 75-80% of students with 2 or more semesters at a company On-site office at Discovery Park Cooperatives

Society Membership Society of Women Engineers IEEE Computer Society Association of Computing Machinery Eta Kappa Nu – Engineering Honors Upsilon Pi Epsilon – Computing Honors

Facilities

Discovery Park Study in the New 553,000 Square Foot Discovery Park Home to the UNT College of Engineering

Computing Facilities Cyviz Visualization Wall Mac and PC General Access Labs An ADM-3A 300 bits per second!

Discovery Park Library, General Access Labs, Dining Services, Study Areas Discovery Park Student Facilities

Discovery Park Shuttle Just North of UNT Campus in Denton

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