Transcript Graduate Studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Puerto Rico
Mayagüez Campus
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Graduate Studies in Electrical and
Computer Engineering
WIMS
Raúl Torres, Sandra Montalvo
December 19, 2006
UPRM Background
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Mayagüez is a Land-Grant, SeaGrant, and Space-Grant College
Founded 1911
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Student Population Around 11,305
undergraduate and 1,075 graduate
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4,498 Undergraduate and 369
Graduate Students in Engineering
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Approximately 1,283 undergraduate
students and 139 graduate students
in ECE
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57 Faculty in ECE
General Library
ECE Timeline
1928
‘60
BSEE
EE
ABET
‘67
MSE
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‘80
CpE
‘94
‘95
2001
2008
CpE MSCpE
ABET
PhD
CISE
PhD
EE
ECE Faculty
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Faculty members
30 Professors
13 Associate Professors
12 Assistant Professors
2 Instructors
members of the faculty have a PhD
ECE Research
 Approximately
$5M/year in sponsored
research (ECE accounts for 4.2% of faculty
members at UPRM and generates 24% of
external funds)
 Among the top 2 departments in external
funding.
• NSF
• NASA
• DoD
• DoE
• Government
• Industry
ECE Research
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Major Awards
• 1 Presidential Early Career Award Recipient
< M.Vélez
• 4 NSF CAREER Program Recipients
< R. Rodríguez
< M. Rodríguez
< E. O’Neill
< J. L. Cruz
• 1 NASA FAR
< Sandra Cruz-Pol
ECE Research
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Examples of Major Awards
• 2 NSF MRI Grants
< Radiation Lab
– J.Colom
– R. Rodríguez
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Enhancement to EEPSYL
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O’Neill, Vélez
R. Cedeño
A. Irizarry
L. Orama.
• 1 NSF NGS Award
< J. Arroyo
• 1 NSF CISE Award - (PRECISE)
< D. Rodríguez
• 3 NSF ERC Award - (CPES, CenSSIS, & CASA)
< M. Vélez & s. Cruz-Pol
• 1 NASA URC: Dr. M. Velez
• TI – ICDL – Dr. Manuel Jiménez
Research Centers
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Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES):
www.cpes.vt.edu
Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging
Systems (CenSSIS): larsip.uprm.edu/~censsis
Collaborative and Adaptive Sensing of the
Atmosphere ERC casa.ece.uprm.edu/
Institute for Computing and Informatics Studies
(ICIS) ece.uprm.edu/icis
Institute for Research in Integrative Systems and
Engineering (Irise): www.uprm.edu/iress
Tropical Center for Earth and Space
Studies(TCESS): www.uprm.edu/iress/tcess
Laboratories
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Advanced Databases Lab, CID, M. Rodriguez
Atmospheric Phenomena, L. Orama
Automated Information Processing Lab, CID, D. Rodriguez
CLiMMATE: CLoud Microwave Measurements of ATmospheric Events S-201,
S. Cruz-Pol
Control Systems Laboratory S-212 & S-213, G. Beauchamp
Computing Research Lab S-105A, N. Rodríguez
Electric Energy Processing Systems Lab. CID 204, 206, 212 & 217, M. Vélez
Reyes & E. O’Neill
ICDL: Integrated Circuits Design Lab, S210, M. Jiménez
Laboratory for Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing (LARSIP):
larsip.uprm.edu CID 218  224, M. Vélez Reyes
Parallel and Distributed Computing (PDC), CID, W. Rivera
Power Electronics Laboratory: S-101, K. Venkatesan
Power Quality: CID 204-207, E. O’Neill
Radiation Laboratory: R. Rodríguez Solís
RaSP: Rapid Systems Prototyping, S208, M. Jiménez
Robotics Laboratory: S-102, R. Torres
Space Information Laboratory (SIL), CID 226, M.Vélez
Location of ECE
Research Laboratories
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R&D Center
LARSIP
EEPSyL
ICIS
IRESS
SIL
Power Quality
PDC
ADM
AIP
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Stefani Bldg
Climmate
Radiation
ICDL
HPC
Biomedical
RaSP
CRL
Example of Industry and
Government Collaborators
Computing Resources
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System Administrator
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Pablo R. Rebollo
Office – S105B
Computer Accounts
Wireless Connection
Laboratory Access
[email protected]
Ext. 3798
[email protected]
Graduate Programs @ ECE
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Electrical Engineering: MSEE & MEEE (Ph.D. in Aug. 2008)
Computer Engineering: MSCpE & MECpE
Computing and Information Sciences and Engineering: Ph.D. (joint
with Mathematics Department)
• administered outside ECE: Program director Dr. Manuel Rodriguez
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Graduate School Director
• Dr. J. Mari Mutt
• Web site: grad.uprm.edu
People
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Chairman
Isidoro Couvertier
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Associate Director Academic Affairs
José R. Cedeño
People
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Associate Director Accreditation and Graduate Studies,
President of Graduate Committee
Raúl E. Torres Muñiz
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Academic Advisor
Sandra Montalvo
Administration of the Graduate
Program
 ECE Graduate Committee
• Establishes policies regarding the graduate program
• Changes to student program of studies
• Course validations, accreditations, and deficiencies
removal
• Admissions, re-admissions, transfers
• Dr. Raul Torres, president
Administration of the Graduate
Program
 Student Graduate Committee
• Selected by student in coordination with the thesis advisor
• At least three member
< Majority from ECE Department
• Need to be approved by the Associate Director Accreditation and
Graduate Studies (Raul Torres)
 ECE Academic Affairs
• Course offerings in coordination with graduate committee
• Departmental assistantships
• Administrative matters
• Mrs. Sandra Montalvo
< Administrative support for the graduate program
< One person many students!!!
Graduate Studies in ECE
 Types
of admissions
 Assistantships
 Graduation Requirements
 Rules
 Courses
Types of Admissions
 Total
• No deficiencies
• Part time or full time
 Conditional
• At most 2 courses in deficiencies (ECE rule)
• Need to approve during first year of admission (ECE requirement)
< At most 2 years in special cases
• Need to approve with at least a grade of B in each course (ECE
requirement).
 Special or visiting students
• Non degree granting status
Assistantships
 Types
• Teaching
< Laboratory Instructors (Measurements, Electronics, Power).
< Laboratory Assistants (INCADEL, ECENET, UNIX, …)
< Graders for courses
• Research
< Working on a research project
< External funding most of the time
• Professional
< Examples: Web development, programming, etc….
Assistantships
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What do they cover
• Tuition:
< Tuition
< Some include fees and health insurance
• Stipend
< Varies with duties. For lab instructors and RA at least $917/month for
18 hrs/wk. Graders $700/mo.
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Responsabilities
• Full assistantship is equivalent to 6 credits
• One credit of assistantship equals to 3 hours per week.
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Duration of granted assistanship
• Teaching: 1 semester
• Research: up to a year
Assistantships
 Some Regulations
• A Master degree student can receive assistantship, regardless of the
source, for up to two years (4 semesters)
< A fifth semester might be granted under special circumstances.
< Last priority.
• Need to be a regular student
< Registered in at least 9 credits OR
< Registered in thesis
• Cannot be in probation
< Probation
– GPA below 3.0
– NS in thesis
– Three times probation and the student is suspended from graduate school
Assistantships
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Supervisors
• Research Projects  Faculty in charge of the project (Examples)
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Aeronomy – Mario Ierkic
Analog Electronics – Omayra Ducoudray
Antennas – Rafael Rodriguez
Artificial Intelligence – Fernando Vega, Jorge Ortiz
Biomedical Acoustics - Eduardo Juan
GO TO
Computer Performance – Nayda Santiago
Computer Security – Andres Moura
ECE
Databases – Manuel Rodriguez
WEB
Digital Electronics – Manuel Jimenez, Rogelio Palomera, Manuel Toledo
Digital Signal Processing – Domingo Rodriguez, Shawn Hunt
SITE
Distributed Computing – Wilson Rivera, Pedro Rivera, Jaime Seguel
Electromagnetics – Jose Rosado
Human Computer Interaction / Usability – Nestor Rodriguez, Jose Borges
Hyperspectral Imaging, Identification, Simulation and Control of Dynamic Systems – Miguel Velez
Image Processing – Hamed Parsiani, Raul Torres, Vidya Manian
Information Discovery and Retrieval – Bienvenido Velez
Knowledge Based Systems – Fernando Vega
Micro and Nano electromechanical Systems – Nelson Sepulveda
Microwaves – Jose Colom, Sandra Cruz Pol
Networking – Isidoro Couvertier
Power Electronics – Krisnaswamy Venkatesan, Carlos Cuadros
Power Systems – Agustin Irizarry, Efrain O’Neill, Jose R. Cedeno, Lionel Orama
Robotics – Raul Torres
Wireless Networks – Yi Qian, Kejie Lu, Mario Ierkic
Assistantships
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• Teaching
< Electronics: to be announced
< Power: Juan Caro
< Courses: Faculty teaching the course
< Labs: Laboratory director
General Graduation Requirements
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General requirements
• Approval of a study plan with GPA 3.0
• Meet residency requirement (60% of courses taken at UPRM)
• Meet departmental requirements
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MS & ME general requirements
• Plan I (MS), II (ME) or III (ME)
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– Master of Science
– 24 credits of course work and completion of a thesis (6 credits of thesis)
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Plan II
– Master of Engineering
– 24 or 27credits of course work and completion of a project (3 or 6credits of project)
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Plan III
– Master of Engineering
– 36 credits of course work and a comprehensive test approval
EE Rules for Success
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Get information about area of interest from the WEB
• www.ece.uprm.edu
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Talk to faculty about research topics
• Select a thesis advisor before the end of the first semester
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Study program … before the end of the first semester
• Select your graduate committee
< Talk to the potential members first!
• Prepare a course program: curriculum
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Join the graduate student association
Start the literature review previous to register for thesis or project
Involve your graduate committee in your work
Publish your findings previous to defend your work
Have fun and work hard!
General Rules
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Classrooms and Laboratories
• Eating, drinking or chewing gum is prohibited.
• Radios, televisions, or similar devices are restricted to
educational purposes only.
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Environment Free of
• Drugs and Alcohol
• Violence and Weapons
• Sexual Harassment
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Counseling:
• Mental and Emotional: Madeline Rodríguez Ext. 2419
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Claims
• Students Dean’s Office
• Student Ombudsperson: Vilma López
Registration Procedure
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Visit the Graduate School
• Monzon 303
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Visit the Immigration
Office
• Srta. Zulma Aldahondo
< Monzon 304
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Visit the University Medical
Center
• Present all required
documentation asked in the
admission letter.
• They will give you a certification
of completion.
Registration Procedure
Registration Procedure
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Visit the Register Office
• Present the certification of completion given by the Medical Center
• They will give you an access number to register
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Go to ECE Department
• Stefani 224, Sandra Montalvo
• Register in courses
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Print your Registration
• Cafeteria Lodge
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If you have a research assistantship, go to the administrator of the grant
for exception document
• Most typical: Maribel Feliciano or Yanira Ramirez
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ECE Department
• Visit Sandra Montalvo to pay the registration fees with your assistantship (S-224)
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Visit the financial office (Terrats Building) to pay any balance due
• Usually health insurance, fees, and other miscellaneous
Program Areas
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Power Systems
Power Electronics
Electronics
Control Systems
Digital Signal Processing
Applied Electromagnetics
CpE (Options)
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Computing Systems
Digital Signal Processing
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Hardware and Embedded Systems
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EE Graduate Programs
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Need to meet general requirements as specified by graduate school
• 30 credits
< No more than 9 credits @ 5000 level
< At least 21 credits @ 6000 level
– Up to 6 credits in thesis or project
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6-9 credits in courses outside major area but related (not free electives)
Course requirements
• 21-24 credits in area of specialization
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Control Systems
Power Engineering: Power Systems and Power Electronics
Electronics
Applied Electromagnetics
Digital Signal Processing
• Each area has its own particular course requirements
< How to distribute the 21-24 credits
• 6-9 credits in courses outside specialization but in related areas
< Can be ECE courses in other areas
Area Coordinators
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Electrical Engineering
• Applied Electromagnetics
< Dr. Rafael Rodríguez Solís – S 222C
• Communications and Signal Processing
< Dr. Miguel Vélez – S 404
• Control Systems
< Dr. Eduardo Juan – T 215
• Electronics
< Dra. Gladys O. Ducodray– T 219
• Power Engineering (Power Systems and Power Electronics)
< Dr. Efraín O’Neill – S 212
Color Caption for Course Offering
Fall Semesters
Fall Semesters every
other year
Spring Semesters
Every Semester
Spring Semesters every
other year
Upon Demand, rarely offered
Control Systems
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Required Course: INEL 5505 Linear Systems
• Waived if you took equivalent course at the undergraduate level
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Core Course:
• INEL 6001 Feedback Control Systems I
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Major Courses
• INEL 5508 Digital Control Systems
• INEL 5516 Automation And Robotics
• INEL 6078 Estimation, Detection and Stochastic Processes
• INEL 6088 Computer Vision
• INEL 5208 Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation
• INEL 6059 Intelligent Control Systems
• INEL 5505 Linear Systems Analysis
• INEL 5506 Process Instrumentation And Control Engineering
• INEL 6076: Adaptive and Optimal Signal Processing
• INEL 6000 Introduction To Nonlinear Control Systems
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Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee
Digital Signal Processing
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Required Course: INEL 5309 Introduction to DSP
• Waived if you took equivalent course at the undergraduate level
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Core courses
• INEL 6076 Adaptive and Optimal Signal Processing
• INEL 6078 Estimation, Detection and Stochastic Processes
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Major Electives
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INEL 6049 Multidimensional Signal Processing
INEL 6088 Computer Vision
INEL 5046 Pattern Recognition
INEL 6069 Microwave Remote Sensing
INEL 6007 Introduction to Remote Sensing
INEL 6050 Advanced Digital Signal Processing Algorithms
INEL 5327 Image Processing
INEL 5415 Communication Theory II
INEL 5326 Communication System Design: Signal Processing
INEL 5505 Linear Systems Analysis
Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee
Applied Electromagnetics
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Required Course: INEL 6216 Advanced Electromagnetics
All students in the option must register and pass this course
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Major Electives
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INEL 6068: Microwave Antenna Engineering
INEL 6069: Microwave Remote Sensing
INEL 6105: Active Remote Sensing Techniques
INEL 6115: Active Microwave Circuits
INEL 6106: Introduction to Radar Systems
INEL 5029: Telecommunication Electronics
INEL 5305: Microwave Engineering
INEL 5325: Communication Systems Design: Circuits and Antennas
INEL 5306: Antenna Theory and Design
INEL 5316: Wireless Communications
Recommended Courses (Plan III)
• INEL 6007: Introduction to Remote Sensing
• INEL 6078: Estimation, Detection and Stochastic Processes
Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee
Electronics
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Core Courses (at least 2)
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Major Electives
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INEL 6080 VLSI Systems Design
INEL 6085 Analysis and Design of Power Semiconductor Circuits
INEL 6009 Computer Systems Architecture
INEL 6055 Solid State Electronics
INEL 5205 Instrumentation
INEL 5206 Digital Systems Design
INEL 5207 Design with OpAmps and Analog ICs
INEL 5265 Analog Integrated Circuit Design
INEL 6048 Advanced Microprocessor Interfacing
INEL 6075 Integrated Circuit Fabrication
INEL 6995 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
INEL 6079 Advanced IC Design Techniques
INEL 6005 Integrated Circuits Analysis and Design
Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee
Power Systems: PES
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Core Courses:
• INEL 6027 Power System Dynamics and Control
• INEL 6028 Economic Operation of Power Systems
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Major Electives
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INEL 5406 Transmission and Distribution
INEL 6085 Advanced Power Electronics
INEL 5415 Power System Protection Design
INEL 6066 Electric Drive Systems
INEL 6077 Surge Phenomena
INEL 6025 Advanced Energy Conversion
INEL 6096 Power Quality
INEL 6026 Computational Methods For Power System Analysis
INEL 5407 Computer Aided Power System Design
INEL 6995 Power System Economics
Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee
Power Electronics: PELS
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Core Courses:
• INEL 6085 Advanced Power Electronics
• INEL 6066 Electric Drive Systems
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Major Electives
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INEL 5408 Motor Control
INEL 5496 Design Power Electronic Systems
INEL 6025 Advanced Energy Conversion
INEL 6096 Power Quality
• INEL 6995 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering:
• INEL 6058 High Frequency Power Converters
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CPES Distance Learning Courses
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Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee
Computer Engineering Graduate
Program
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Need to meet general requirements as specified by graduate school
Areas of Specialization
• Computing Systems
• Hardware & Embedded Systems
• Digital Signal Processing
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Particular course requirements
• Regarding 6000 level courses
< At least 12 credits at 6000 level in major area
< 6 credits in software engineering (at least 3 crs at 6000 level)
< 3 credits @ 6000 level in one of the other two Cp.E. areas
• Regarding 5000 level courses
< No more than 6 credits at 5000 level
• Regarding electives
< 6 credits in courses outside ICOM specialization areas but in related areas.
– This is established in the ICOM program creation document
Computer Engineering Graduate
Program
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Computing Systems
• One course in DSP or Hardware Embedded Systems
• Two electives outside ICOM
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Hardware and Embedded Systems
• Two courses in Software
• Two electives outside ICOM
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DSP
• Two course in Software
• Two electives outside ICOM
Area Coordinators
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Computer Engineering
• Hardware and Embedded Systems
< Dr. Gladys O. Ducodray – T 219
• Digital Signal Processing
< Dr. Domingo Rodríguez – S 608
• Computing Systems
< Dr. Bienvenido Vélez – T 212
Computing System
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No core courses
Major Courses
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ICOM 5005 Database Systems
ICOM 5007 Operating Systems
ICOM 5015 ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE
ICOM 5018 Cripto. & Network Security
ICOM 6005 Design of Database Systems
ICOM 6006 Distributed Operating Systems
ICOM 6015 Artificial Neural Networks
ICOM 6089 Object-Oriented Software Design
ICOM 6087 Artificial Intelligence: Techniques and Applications
ICOM 6095 Human Computer Interaction
ICOM 6115 Topics in Computer Engineering
ICOM 6117 Usability Engineering
ICOM 6205 Advanced Software Engineering
INEL 6215 Expert Systems
ICOM 6995 Independent Studies
Courses from the Ph.D. program CIIC
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Need to take a 6000 level course (at least 3crs) in one of the other ICOM areas
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Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee
Digital Signal Processing
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Required Course: INEL 5309 Introduction to DSP
Core Courses
• INEL 5326 Communication System Design: Signal Processing
• INEL 6050 Advanced Digital Signal Processing Algorithms
• ICOM 6087 Artificial Intelligence: Techniques and Applications
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Major Courses
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INEL 5046 Pattern Recognition
ICOM 6215 Expert Systems
INEL 5327 Image Processing
INEL 6007 Introduction to Remote Sensing
INEL 6049 Multidimensional Signal Processing
INEL 6076 Adaptive and Optimal Signal Processing
INEL 6078 Estimation, Detection and Stochastic Processes
INEL 6088 Computer Vision
INEL 5315 Communication Theory II
INEL 5326 Communication System Design: Signal Processing
Need to meet ICOM SW requirement
• 6 credits in software engineering (at least 3 crs at 6000 level)
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Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee
Hardware and Embedded Systems
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Core Courses (at least 2)
• INEL 6009 Computer Systems Architecture
• INEL 5206 Digital Systems Design
• INEL 6080 VLSI Systems Design
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Major Electives
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INEL 5065 Analog Integrated Circuit Design
INEL 5207 Design with OpAmps and Analog ICs
INEL 6005 Integrated Circuits Analysis and Design
INEL 6048 Advanced Microprocessor Interfacing
INEL 6075 Integrated Circuit Fabrication
INEL 6079 Advanced IC Design Techniques
INEL 6995 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
Need to meet ICOM SW requirement
• 6 credits in software engineering (at least 3 crs at 6000 level)
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Other courses as determined by the student graduate committee
More information
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ECE Contacts
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Miguel Velez, S-404, Ext. 2888, [email protected]
Isidoro Couvertier, S-224, Ext.3094, [email protected]
Sandra Montalvo, S-224, Ext. 3182, [email protected]
Raúl E. Torres, S-223, Ext. 3094, [email protected]
José R. Cedeño, S-223, Ext. 3090, [email protected]
More detailed information
• www.ece.uprm.edu under academics
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UPRM General Policy
• Cert 97-21 available at grad.uprm.edu