Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering

Northwestern University's Computer Engineering program is a joint program between the Department of Computer Science (CS) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and offers programs leading to the MS and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering (CE). Computer Engineering covers a diverse set of research areas in which our faculty are actively pursuing. These areas include, but are not limited to, computer architecture, computer systems, operating systems, compilers, parallel systems, distributed systems, high-performance and parallel computing, distributed computing, data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data science and applications, integrated circuits/VLSI, mixed-signal circuit design, design automation, formal methods, embedded and real-time systems, mobile and wearable computing, internet of things, cyber-physical systems, database systems, and reconfigurable systems. For more details please browse the web pages of individual faculty members.