Computer engineers, Computer Engineering importance and applications

Computer engineers work in the aerospace industry design, They develop control systems and data management systems for aircraft, helicopters, and spacecraft, Contemporary navigation, sensing, and control systems are fully computerized, The subsystems such as the autopilot or the landing gear make extensive use of computers for actuation, sensing & situation awareness.

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Computer engineers in the military aerospace industry contribute to the design of radars, rockets, and missiles and integrate computers with complex systems that involve electronics, lasers, and optics, The computer programs implement all major image acquisition and image enhancement in modern biomedical imagery using X-rays, ultrasonics, computed tomography (CAT scans) and magnetic resonance.

Bio-engineering and Biomedical Engineering have emerged through the integration of engineering and the life sciences, Computer engineering plays an important role in biomedical engineering in areas such as designing and controlling diagnostic, and therapeutic devices, online monitoring of patients, and implanted devices, and automated measurements.

Computer engineering integrates electrical engineering and computer science to develop computer hardware and software, Computer engineers have training in electronic engineering (or electrical engineering), software design, and hardware-software integration instead of only software engineering or electronic engineering.

Computer engineers design the micro-controllers, microprocessors, personal computers, supercomputers, and circuit design, Their work involves integration with control systems, commercial and industrial actuators, and electro-mechanical devices, Engineers develop new operating system architecture, program analysis techniques, and new techniques to ensure quality.

They write the firmware and software for embedded micro-controllers, design VLSI chips, design analog sensors, design mixed signal circuit boards and design operating systems, They work with robotics research, that relies heavily on using digital systems to control & monitor the electrical systems such as the motors, the communications, and the sensors.

Computer hardware engineers work full-time, Approximately 33% of their work requires more than 40 hours a week, They can design, research, develop, and test many computer equipment, Which can range from circuit boards and microprocessors to routers,  They work in the research laboratories and high-tech manufacturing firms.

Computer software engineers can develop, design, and test software, They can construct and maintain computer programs, as well as set up networks such as the intranets for the companies, Software engineers can design or code new applications to meet the needs of the business or the individual, Some software engineers can work as freelancers & sell their software products/applications to the enterprise or the individual.

Computer engineering offers many areas such as Coding, cryptography, and information protection, Computer engineers develop new methods for protecting various information, such as digital images and music, fragmentation, copyright infringement, and other forms of tampering, such as work on wireless communications, multi-antenna systems, optical transmission, and digital watermarking.

Computer engineers work in telecommunications systems and networks (especially wireless networks), modulation, error-control coding and information theory, High-speed network design, interference suppression and modulation, design, and analysis of fault-tolerant systems, storage, and transmission schemes.

Computational methods are applied to formulate and solve complex mathematical problems in engineering, the physical and the social sciences, Examples contain aircraft design, the plasma processing of nanometer features on the semiconductor wafers, VLSI circuit design, the radar detection systems, the ion transport through the biological channels and much more.

The engineers work with Computer networks, mobile computing, and distributed systems, They build integrated environments for computing, communications, and information access, Examples include shared-channel wireless networks, adaptive resource management in many systems, and improving the quality of service in mobile and ATM environments, They work on wireless network systems and fast Ethernet cluster wired systems.

Engineers can work on research projects that allow for reliable, secure, and high-performance computer systems, projects such as designing the processors for multi-threading, and parallel processing are included in this field, The development of new theories, algorithms, and other tools that add performance to the computer systems.

In computer vision and robotics, computer engineers focus on developing visual sensing technology, The gathered three-dimensional information is implemented to perform a variety of tasks, These contain improved human modeling, image communication, and human-computer interfaces as well as devices such as special-purpose cameras with versatile vision sensors.

The embedded systems are found in many devices from a small FM radio to the space shuttle, Ongoing developments in embedded systems include automated vehicles & the equipment to conduct search and rescue, automated transportation systems, and human-robot coordination to repair the equipment in space.

Computer engineering uses integrated circuits, VLSI design, testing, and CAD that requires adequate knowledge of the electronics and electrical systems, The engineers work on enhancing the speed, reliability & energy efficiency of next-generation very-large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits and micro-systems, This specialty is work done on reducing the power consumption of VLSI algorithms and architecture.

Computer engineers develop improvements in human-computer interaction, such as speech recognition and synthesis, medical & scientific imaging, or communications systems, The other work in this area contains computer vision development such as the recognition of human facial features.

Hardware engineers create and test the physical components of computer systems, such as the circuits, the chips, and the boxes, as well as the peripherals, such as the routers, the keyboards, and the printers, Their developments are used in many industries, including the telecommunications, entertainment and the computer manufacturing.

Computer Engineers are trained to solve problems in the hardware, the software, the systems, and the networks so that the devices − from a laptop to an airplane − work properly, They gain their unique expertise from both electrical engineering and the computer science disciplines.

The electrical engineering background integrates the theory and design of electronic hardware with the knowledge of electronic circuits and devices, digital logic, digital systems, microprocessors, embedded systems, hardware organization, and computer system architecture.

Computer engineers work on components, devices, programs, algorithms, and systems that are used in computers & on techniques of computation, analysis, and implementation that apply to single computers or systems of computers, Computer engineers & electrical engineers are well-versed in both the hardware& software and provide hybrid solutions regularly.

There is a wide use of computers across industries and applications, Computer engineers design application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for use in cellular phones, and they devise and program field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for control systems in manufacturing plants and power stations.

Computer engineers develop microprocessors for personal computers, They introduce embedded systems into diverse applications such as digital watches, portable music players, traffic control systems, and the systems that control nuclear power plants.

They design large systems that integrate many components and computers, One example is computational grids, which harvest the resources of hundreds, even thousands of computers for performing intensive computations that are beyond the capability of a single computer.

Data grids also allow sharing and management of large amounts of distributed data (such as health information of patients in a country by the hospitals, or meteorological and other environmental information collected by thousands of sensors in the ocean).

Many computer engineers are involved with communication networks that connect multiple computers, sensors, actuators, and special-purpose devices, Computer engineering is intertwined with the design and operation of devices and sensors, So, the line between computer engineering and electrical engineering is often hard to define.

Computer engineering gives society many critical utilities, computers and computer engineers have an impact on public welfare and safety, as well as on health and healthcare, the environment, quality of life, transportation, the food supply, computing, and leisure.

Most electrical engineers have to study and understand topics such as computer architectures, databases, computer graphics, and computer languages, They are involved with the software that controls their devices and systems.

Computer engineers can design new architectures and new computer circuits, They can develop large clusters of interconnected computers, They work in communication system design and all major varieties of communication systems, These contain broadcasting, telephony (landlines and cellular telephony), terrestrial and satellite communication, networks and communication across the Internet.

They can design & implement computer networks, They can develop communicating handheld devices and media players ( e.g., blackberries, iPods, and iPhones), Large and small communication systems are controlled by computers.

Most developers of computer games hire computer engineers to design both hardware (e.g., PlayStations) and software, The banking and finance industry offers many positions both in analysis and forecasting and in computer-related areas.

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