A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as ...

While computers seem like the quintessential invention of the modern age, the history of the computer goes back to some of the earliest standing monuments of our species.

Charles Babbage is credited for designing and giving birth to the idea of the first automatic digital computer. During the mid-1830s, Charles developed plans for an Analytical Engine. Although it wasn ...

18-742 is a PhD course in computer architecture and systems. The learning objectives are: To understand the state of the art in computer architecture, and how and why we got there. To understand how ...

Overview: The MICRO Career Workshop brings together diverse members of the Computer Architecture community at different levels in academia, industry, research, government and students to promote the ...

Though the Iowan’s never-completed computer was not a general-purpose machine and lacked many of Eniac’s groundbreaking attributes (like a “clock” that governed the timing of computational ...

The history of computers began with primitive designs in the early 19th century and went on to change the world during the 20th century.

From the earliest mechanical devices to the most advanced quantum computers of the present, the history of computing is a fascinating trip spanning thousands of years. Let’s explore the ...

Some of the current computer architecture challenges that are being tackled in the Department of Computer Engineering include energy efficient architectures, high performance architectures, quantum ...