The World of Computer Engineering Careers and Subfields

🔑 Computer engineering combines computer science and electrical engineering.

💼 Career options in computer engineering include software developer, computer systems engineer, and network systems administrator.

👁️‍🗨️ Computer vision is a subfield of computer engineering that deals with visual data processing.

👁️ Computer vision has various applications, such as lip-reading, robotic surgery, event detection, navigation, product inspection, and medical imaging.

💼 Computer vision job opportunities include research engineering positions at companies like Snapchat and virtual reality companies, requiring advanced knowledge and degrees.

🌐 Computer networks enable resource sharing and information exchange, with applications in web connectivity, printing, and data transfer.

🔍 Dijkstra's algorithm is used to determine the shortest path and can be applied to computer networks.

🖥️ Computer network careers involve designing hardware, network security, and architecting data communication networks.

🛠️ Embedded systems are computer systems embedded within larger mechanical or electrical systems, such as mp3 players, traffic lights, and rockets.

💼 Computer engineering careers include PCB design and testing, compilers, and operating systems.

💻 A compiler converts human-readable code into machine code, enabling computers to understand and execute it.

🔬 Job opportunities in computer engineering include working on compiler optimization and security features, as well as creating compilers for big data processing systems.

🖥️ Operating systems manage computer hardware and software resources and are essential for all computer programs, including cell phones, video game consoles, and supercomputers.

💻 Computer engineers are essential for developing and updating operating systems.

📡 Signal processing is a subfield of computer engineering that analyzes and modifies signals.

🔁 Signal processing has numerous applications, including speech and image processing.

🔍 Computer engineering careers involve various subfields such as seismology, video processing, control systems, and compression.

🔊 Signal processing plays a crucial role in optimizing audio equipment and military GPS receivers for accuracy and interpretation of signals.

🔌 Integrated circuits are essential for improving the speed, efficiency, and reliability of computer and phone circuits, including audio amplifiers and video processors.

💻 Computer engineering offers various career paths including parallel computing, computer architecture, and computer hardware/software engineering.

🔌 Parallel computing involves carrying out large amounts of calculations simultaneously using supercomputers like IBM.

🏗️ Computer architecture encompasses the functionality and organization of computer systems, including components like the arithmetic logic unit and MUX.

⚡ Computer engineering can be categorized into computer hardware engineering (related to electrical engineering) and computer software engineering (related to software engineering/computer science).

👩‍💻 Different schools may focus more on hardware or software classes when teaching computer engineering.