Title :
From traditional VLSI education to embedded electronics
Author :
Westerlund, Tomi ; Liljeberg, Pasi ; Plosila, Juha ; Tenhunen, Hannu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Univ. of Turku, Turku, Finland
Abstract :
Transformation from traditional VLSI education to Embedded Computing education will be presented. A curriculum that empowers the next generation of engineers to confront the future challenges is presented. The aim of the transformation is to raise the abstraction level such that students learn skills that will bear fruit long after they have been in industry. In addition to the actual core engineering courses, the transformation also include more activity between disciplines during the studies. All the changes have made the embedded electronics education more attractive for the students.
Keywords :
VLSI; educational courses; electronic engineering education; embedded systems; integrated circuit design; VLSI education design; abstraction level; core engineering course; embedded computing education; embedded electronics education; Educational institutions; Embedded systems; Engineering students; Field programmable gate arrays; Modeling; Very large scale integration; Embedded Electronics; Engineering Education; VLSI;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0139-5
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.2013.6566698