Dr. Bruce F. Cockburn

Dr. Bruce F. Cockburn, P.Eng.

Associate Professor of Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Alberta
ECERF Bldg., 2nd Floor
9107 - 116 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
Canada T6G 2V4

Telephone: +1 (780) 492-3827
Fax: +1 (780) 492-1811
E-mail: cockburn@ece.ualberta.ca

ENGG 101 Slide Presentation: Orientation to Computer Engineering
Some Alberta companies that have hired Computer Engineers and Electrical Engineers
A recent MONEY Magazine employment survey lists Software Engineering as the profession
with the best future prospects. The growth rate over the next 10 years is expected
to exceed 46%. The related profession of Computer and Information Technology Analyst
is ranked seventh among the 50 professions in the survey, with an expected average
growth rate of 36% over 10 years. Interestingly, College Professor is the second highest
ranked profession.
The Internet continues to grow at a tremendous rate. The Internet Domain Survey Host Count
collects data that shows the current size of the Internet as measured by the number of unique
computer addresses.

Links to Course Homepages

CMPE 401 - Computer Interfacing (Sept. - Dec. 2010)

CMPE 401 - Computer Interfacing (Sept. - Dec. 2009)

CMPE 401 - Computer Interfacing (Sept. - Dec. 2008)

CMPE 401 - Computer Interfacing (Sept. - Dec. 2006)

CMPE 401 - Computer Interfacing (Sept. - Dec. 2005)

CMPE 401 - Computer Interfacing (Sept. - Dec. 2004)

CMPE 401 - Computer Interfacing (Sept. - Dec. 2003)

ECE 512 - Digital System Testing and Design for Testability (Sept. - Dec. 2010)

ECE 512 - Digital System Testing and Design for Testability (Sept. - Dec. 2009)

ECE 512 - Digital System Testing and Design for Testability (Sept. - Dec. 2008)

ECE 512 - Digital System Testing and Design for Testability (Sept. - Dec. 2006)

ECE 512 - Digital System Testing and Design for Testability (Sept. - Dec. 2005)

ECE 512 - Digital System Testing and Design for Testability (Sept. - Dec. 2004)

EE 651 - Digital System Testing and Design for Testability (Jan. - Feb. 2000)

EE 651 - Digital System Testing and Design for Testability (Jan. - Feb. 1999)

ENCMP 100 - Computer Programming for Engineers (Jan. - Apr. 2011)

ECE 553 - Digital Integrated Circuit Design (Sept. - Dec. 2003)

EE 380 - Introduction to Microprocessors (Jan. - Apr. 2003)

EE 380 - Introduction to Microprocessors (Jan. - Apr. 2002)

EE 380 - Introduction to Microprocessors (Sept. - Dec. 2000)

EE 380 - Introduction to Microprocessors (Jan. - Apr. 2000)

EE 380 - Introduction to Microprocessors (Jan. - Apr. 1999)

EE 445 - C/C++ Programming for Engineers (Sept. - Dec. 1999)

EE 445 - C/C++ Programming for Engineers (Sept. - Dec. 1998)

CMPE 480 - Advanced Digital Logic Design (Jan. - Apr. 2010)

CMPE 480 - Advanced Digital Logic Design (Jan. - Apr. 2009)

EE 480 / EE 635 - Advanced Digital Logic Design (Sept. - Dec. 2002)

EE 480 / EE 635 - Advanced Digital Logic Design (Sept. - Dec. 2001)

EE 720 B2 - Semiconductor Memories (Jan. - Apr. 2003)

EE 710 A1 - Advanced Digital CMOS Technology (Sept. - Dec. 2002)

EE 601 A1 - Topics in VLSI Technology (Sept. - Dec. 2001)

EE 601 A2 - Topics in VLSI Technology (Sept. - Dec. 2000)

Research Group Affiliations

Computer Engineering

Communications and Signal Processing

High Capacity Digital Communications (HCDC) Laboratory

Research Interests

Computer Engineering
- Design for Testability (DFT)
- Multilevel DRAM technology
- Semiconductor file memory
- Logic-enhanced memory architecture
- Memory testing, fault modeling, test analysis and design
- Built-In Self-Test (BIST)
Communications
- Applications of logic-enhanced memory, parallel architectures and FPGAs
- Implementations of the discrete wavelet transform and JPEG 2000 decoders
- Implementations of LDPC decoders and gigabit Ethernet receiver technology
- Voiceband signal classification

Miscellaneous Facts

I am not closely related to the singer/songwriter by the same name.

Statistically, after 40-odd generations, virtually all people of European background

must be descendants of Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Emperor of the West.

Here is my own descent from Charlemagne, through Hugh Capet, King of France,

and Robert I the Bruce, King of Scotland.

I completed my Ph.D. in 1990 under the supervision of Prof. Janusz A. Brzozowski,

who completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1962 under the supervision of

Prof. Edward J. McCluskey Jr., who completed his Sc.D. at M.I.T. in 1956 under the

supervision of Prof. Samuel H. Caldwell, who completed his Sc.D. at M.I.T. in 1933

under the supervision of of Prof. Vannevar Bush, who completed his Ph.D. at M.I.T.

and Harvard University in 1916 under the supervision of Arthur Edwin Kennelly.

Professor Kennelly, an immigrant from England, worked from 1887 to 1894 as

an assistant to Thomas Alva Edison in the recently opened West Orange laboratory.

Edison's formal schooling was apparently limited to three months when he was seven.

Interesting Links

Link to the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley.

Link to Intel Corporation's Microprocessor Hall of Fame.

Credentials

B.Sc. (Engineering Physics), Queen's University at Kingston, 1981

M.Math. (Computer Science), University of Waterloo, 1985

Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of Waterloo, 1990

P.Eng., Province of Ontario, (APEO), 1983-1990

P.Eng., Province of Alberta, (APEGGA), 1990-

Affiliations

Member, IEEE Computer Society, 1987-

Member, IEEE Test Technology Technical Council, 1995-

Member, IEEE Communications Society, 1996-

Member, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2002-

Member, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2006-

Member, Association for Computing Machinery, 1988-

Member, American Society for Engineering Education, 1998-

Courses Taught

EN CMP 100 - Introduction to Computer Programming for Engineers (W'11)

EE 379/280 - Introduction to Digital Electronics (F'91, F'92, F'93)

EE 380 - Introduction to Microprocessors (W'99, W'00, F'00, W'02, W'03)

CMPE 401 - Computer Interfacing (F'94, F'95, F'96, F'03, F'04, F'05, F'06, F'08, F'09, F'10, F'11)

EE 445 - C/C++ Programming for Engineers (F'98, F'99)

EE 480/635 - Advanced Digital Logic Design (W'94, W'95, W'96, F'96, F'01, F'02)

CMPE 488 - Computer-Aided Design Algorithms (W'12)

ECE 553 - Digital Integrated Circuit Design (F'03)

EE 602/651/512 - Digital System Testing and Design for Testability (W'92, W'99, W'00, F'04, F'05, F'06, F'08, F'09, F'10, F'11)

EE 602 - Topics in Communications Protocol Conformance Testing (W'95)

EE 602 - Topics in Digital System Synthesis (W'97)

EE 601 - Topics in VLSI Technology (F'00, F'01)

EE 710 A1 - Advanced Digital CMOS Technology (F'02)

EE 720 B2 - Semiconductor Memories (W'03)

Present Graduate Students, Post-Doctoral Fellows and Research Associates

John Koob (Ph.D.), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Russell Dodd (Ph.D.), co-supervised with Dr. Vincent Guadet
Arsène Pankeu Yomi (M.Sc.)
Navid Rezaei Sarchoghaei (M.Sc.), co-supervised with Dr. Schlegel
Mengheng Jin (M.Sc.), co-supervised with Dr. Tellambura

Completed Graduate Students

Malihe Ahmadi Najafabadi (M.Sc., Jan. 2012), co-supervised with Dr. Schlegel
Muhammad Umair Jan (M.Eng., Sept. 2011)
Jerry Ding (M.Eng., Jan. 2011)
Tyler Brandon (Ph.D., Jan. 2010), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Saeed Fouladi Fard (Ph.D., August 2009), co-supervised with Dr. Schlegel
Arsène Pankeu Yomi (Diplome d'ingenieur project, ENSEA exchange student, August 2009)
Jesus Hernandez Tapia (M.Sc., Jan. 2009), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Xinsheng Zhou (M.Sc., Jan. 2008), co-supervised with Dr. Bates
Lin Zhu (M.Eng., April 2007), co-supervised with Dr. Bates
Amirhossein Alimohammad (Ph.D, Jan. 2007.)
Saeed Sharifi Tehrani (M.Sc., Sept. 2005), co-supervised with Dr. Bates
Hongyu Liao (M.Sc., July 2005), co-supervised with Dr. Mandal
Xiaohong "Maggie" Wang (M.Eng., July 2005), co-supervised with Dr. Mandal
Kamlesh Raiter (M.Sc., December 2004)
Song Tian (M.Eng., September 2004)
Lin Fu (M.Sc., September 2004)
Ashwin S. Rao (M.Eng., April 2004)
Sue Ann Ung (M.Sc., October 2003), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Fang Pang (M.Eng., September 2003)
Qu "Helen" Haiying (M.Eng., September 2003)
Hua Ai (M.Sc., September 2003)
Steven Dillen (M.Sc., July 2003)
Tyler Bandon (M.Sc., June 2003), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Julien Budin (Diplome d'ingenieur project, ENSEA exchange student, September 2002)
Yunan Xiang (M.Sc., Apr. 2002), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Billie S. H. Kwan (M.Eng., April 2002)
Kwok Sing Cheng (Ph.D., May 2001), co-supervised with Dr. Conradi
Jean-Louis Gaudefroy (Diplome d'ingenieur project, ENSEA exchange student, September 2000)
Curtis Wickman (M.Sc., July 2000), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Albert Chan (M.Eng., April 2000), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Mustafa Kaya (M.Eng., April 2000)
Erika Peter (M.Eng., September 1999)
Xiangqian Xu (M.Eng., September 1999)
Gershom Birk (M.Sc., August 1999), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Deepak Sarda (M.Sc., January 1999)
Albert L.-C. Kwong (M.Sc., October 1998), co-supervised with Dr. Elliott
Michael Daskalopoulos (M.Eng., M.B.A., August 1998)
Michael Redeker (Diplomarbeit final year project, Universitaet Hannover, September, 1998)
Matthieu Clouqueur (Diplome d'ingenieur project, ENSEA exchange student, September 1998)
Daniel Tse (M.Eng., August 1997)
Xiumei Lei (M.Eng., April 1997)
Robert Hang (Diplome d'ingenieur project, ENSEA exchange student, September 1996)
Jeremy Sewall (M.Sc., January 1996)
Nicole Sat (M.Sc., July 1995)
Lin Shen (M.Sc., December 1993)
Jacky Wong (M.Eng., April 1993)

Publications

Click here for a complete list of my patents, journal articles, and conference papers.

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