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EMBS Program Curriculum The Embedded Systems degree requires completion of ten courses/credits - four core courses, four electives, and two advanced electives: I. Core Courses (four): CIS 540 Principles of Embedded Computation CIS 541 Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems ESE 505 Control of Systems ESE 519 Real-Time and Embedded Systems

II. Electives (four):

• 500-level courses taken from the CIS, ESE & MEAM programs course offerings, to be selected in consultation with the EMBS program Director.  Recommended courses are:
  • CIS 501 Computer Architecture
  • CIS 505 Software Systems
  • CIS 520 Machine Learning
  • CIS 551 Computer & Network Security
  • CIS 553 Networked Systems
  • CIS 573 Software Engineering
  • CIS 580 MachinePerception
  • ESE 500 Linear Systems Theory
  • ESE 531 Digital Signal Processing
  • ESE 535 Electronic Design Automation
  • ESE 570 Digital Integrated Circuits & VLSI
  • MEAM 520 Robotics & Automation

III. Advanced Electives (for two credits from the following options):

• Embedded Systems Project
• Thesis
• Seminar/600-level coursestaken from the CIS, ESE & MEAM programs course offerings, to be selected in consultation with the EMBS program Director.  Recommended courses are:

  CIS 640	Advanced Topics in Computer Systems
  CIS 673	Computer-Aided Verification
  ESE 601	Hybrid Systems
  ESE 613	Nonlinear Control Theory

CIS course information	www.cis.upenn.edu/ugrad/all-courses.shtml#CIS500
ESE course information	www.ese.upenn.edu/courses/register.html
MEAM course information	www.me.upenn.edu/graduate/gradcourses.html

Sample Course of Study for 2009-2010 - five core courses & five electives (based on

expected course offerings):

 Fall/semester one (three courses/credits):

• CIS 540 Principles of Embedded Computation (core)
• ESE 519 Real-Time and Embedded Systems (core)
• An elective from the following list:
  • CIS 501 Computer Architecture
  • CIS 505 Software Systems
  • CIS 520 Machine Learning
  • CIS 553 Networked Systems
  • ESE 500 Linear Systems Theory
  • ESE 535 Electronic Design Automation
  • MEAM 520 Robotics & Automation

   

 Spring/semester two (three courses/credits):

• CIS 541 Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems (core)
• ESE 505 Control of Systems (core)
• An elective from the following list:
  • CIS 551 Computer & Network Security
  • CIS 580 Machine Perception
  • ESE 570 Digital Integrated Circuits & VLSI

 Summer/semester three (one course/credit):

• CIS 899 Independent Study/Embedded Systems Project

 

Fall/semester four(three courses/credits):

• Two electives from II. Electives above
• CIS 899 Independent Study/Embedded Systems Project

 

Penn Research in Embedded Computing & Integrated Systems (PRECISE):

http://precise.seas.upenn.edu/