We are delighted that you have taken interest in Computer Engineering here at USC. Over the last few decades, a marvelous computer revolution has rapidly changed the way much of the world works. Developments in transistor manufacturing, electronic circuits, computers and information processers, and telecommunications have fundamentally altered human life. The field of Computer Engineering (CENG) is at the epicenter of this development. It encompasses a wide range of topics including operating systems, computer architecture, computer networks, system design, and computer-aided design. The USC CENG seeks to play a major role and lead in the field of computer engineering through its research agenda and industrial collaborations. Additionally, it aims to train students to be industry, academic and government leaders, provide service to the society through our research and training, and create a supportive and stimulating intellectual environment wherein faculty, students, and staff can achieve their best. Our faculty believes in excellence in teaching and research, exposing students to fundamental knowledge and problem-solving techniques as well as practical and experimental skills that will enable them to excel in today’s high-tech industry. Our faculty specializes in a multitude of computer engineering fields, including computer architecture and chip multiprocessors, pervasive/grid computing, cyber-security, computer networks, wireless and sensor networking, embedded and reconfigurable systems, VLSI design, and electronic design automation. Cutting edge research projects span the gamut: from low power design of VLSI circuits to testing of circuit components to design and analysis of energy-efficient and robust mechanisms for querying, routing, and self-configuration in wireless sensor networks to modeling algorithms and architectures for reconfigurable computing, and more! Many interdisciplinary research centers and laboratories have a home in CENG, including Cognitive Enabled ARCHitectures and the BioRC Biomimetic Real-Time Cortex. The CENG faculty members collaborate with partners from academia and industry both within the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC and worldwide. For example, the TransLight/PacificWave project is developing a distributed exchange facility on the West Coast (currently in Seattle, Sunnyvale, and Los Angeles) to allow interconnection of international research and education networks with US research networks.    Massoud Pedram, Ph.D. Computer Engineering Division Director