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Computer Science vs Computer
Engineering
What is computer science?
Computer science (CS) is the
systematic study of algorithmic
methods for representing and
transforming information,
including their theory, design,
implementation, application, and
efficiency. The discipline
emerged in the 1950s from the
development of computability
theory and the invention of the
stored-program electronic
computer. The roots of computer
science extend deeply into
mathematics and engineering.
Mathematics imparts analysis to
the field; engineering imparts
design. The main branches of
computer science are the
following:
Algorithms is the study of
effective and efficient
procedures of solving
problems on a computer.
Theory of computation
concerns the meaning and
complexity of algorithms and
the limits of what can be
computed in principle.
Computer architecture
concerns the structure and
functionality of computers
and their implementation in
terms of electronic
technologies.
Software systems is the study
of the structure and
implementation of large
programs. It includes the
study of programming
languages and paradigms,
programming environments,
compilers, and operating
systems.
Artificial intelligence concerns
the computational
understanding of what is
commonly called intelligent
behavior and the creation of
artifacts that exhibit such
behavior.
Other important topics in
computer science include
computer graphics, databases,
networks and protocols,
numerical methods, operating
systems, parallel computing,
simulation and modeling, and
software engineering.
What is computer engineering?
Computer engineering (CEN) is
the design and prototyping of
computing devices and systems.
While sharing much history and
many areas of interest with
computer science, computer
engineering concentrates its
effort on the ways in which
computing ideas are mapped
into working physical systems.
Emerging equally from the
disciplines of computer science
and electrical engineering,
computer engineering rests on
the intellectual foundations of
these disciplines, the basic
physical sciences and
mathematics. The main branches
of computer engineering are the
following:
Networks is concerned with
design and implementation of
distributed computing
environments, from local area
networks to the World Wide
Web.
Multimedia computing is the
blending of data from text,
speech, music, still image,
video and other sources into a
coherent datastream, and its
effective management,
coding-decoding and display.
VLSI systems involves the
tools, properties and design
of micro-miniaturized
electronic devices (Very Large
Scale Integrated circuits).
Reliable computing and
advanced architectures
considers how fault-tolerance
can be built into hardware
and software, methods for
parallel computing, optical
computing, and testing.
Other important topics in
computer engineering include
display engineering, image and
speech processing, pattern
recognition, robotics, sensors
and computer perception.
Should I pursue computer
science or computer
engineering?
Scientists and engineers are both
interested in the nature of
things, in understanding how
ideas and objects in the world fit
together. But in general, they
seek to understand the nature of
reality with different ends in
mind: the scientist seeks this
understanding as an end in itself,
the engineer in order to build
things. Thus CS is closer to the
underlying theory of
computation, with its roots in
mathematics, and CEN is closer to
the design of physical devices,
with roots in physics and
chemistry as well. Students with
an urge to build things, to
measure how things work in the
laboratory, those attracted to
physics and chemistry as well as
mathematics, should seriously
consider CEN. Students with an
interest in the true nature of
symbols, information and their
manipulations, the forms and
limits of algorithms and data
structures, should consider CS. Of
the three great divisions in
computing, namely theory,
software and hardware, to a first
approximation theory goes with
CS, hardware with CEN, and
software with both, but mainly
with CS. The more general the
software, the closer to CS; the
more hardware-specific, the
closer to CEN. Thus a student
interested in creating his own
new general-purpose computer
language would best be served
by a CS degree program, while
one interested in designing a
software interface for a new
high speed serial device by the
CEN degree program. Students
undecided between the CS and
CEN programs are urged to
discuss the matter in depth with
academic advisors within the CSE
department, the College of Arts
and Sciences (which administers
the CS programs), and the School
of Engineering and Applied
Sciences (which administers the
CEN program).