Title :
Bridging the educational gap in embedded systems curricula: developing an e-commerce audio streaming system
Author :
Leeman, Marc ; Barat, Francisco ; De Florio, Vincenzo ; Deconinck, Geert
Author_Institution :
ACCA/ESAT, Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
Abstract :
In this paper, a design seminar on embedded systems is described for fourth year students in the multimedia and signal processing option at our electrical engineering department. The aim of the seminar is to ease up the adaptation of the universitary curriculum to what is expected by industry of a high level engineer. The main purpose of the seminar is to provide the students with a real life problem, covering different expertise areas and multiple hardware platforms, programming techniques and development tools in order to develop a commercially viable application with off-the-shelf tools, hardware and software. The interdisciplinary character of this seminar is an excellent opportunity to see how the different topics taught in different courses interact in a real life system
Keywords :
computer science education; electrical engineering education; electronic commerce; embedded systems; development tools; e-commerce audio streaming system; educational gap; embedded systems curricula; multimedia systems; multiple hardware platforms; signal processing; university curriculum; Application software; Electrical engineering; Embedded system; Hardware; Multimedia systems; Programming profession; Seminars; Signal design; Signal processing; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, 2002. Proceedings. Ninth Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the
Conference_Location :
Lund
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1549-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECBS.2002.999840
