DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

The Department of Computer Engineering (CE) is one of the five departments under the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (formerly the Faculty of Information Technology) at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – VNU-HCM. Established in 1993 alongside the founding of the Faculty, the Department has, over the years, built a strong team of experienced lecturers who have received formal training in advanced countries, as well as a group of outstanding teaching assistants trained at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – VNU-HCM.

The Department of Computer Engineering is primarily responsible for the undergraduate Computer Engineering program — one of the two ABET-accredited programs at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – VNU-HCM, alongside the Computer Science program offered by the same Faculty.

RESEARCH AREAS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

The Department of Computer Engineering is currently the primary unit responsible for training computer engineers and bachelor’s degree students specializing in Computer Engineering, with the following areas of specialization:

– Modern Computing Systems: including computing systems developed on embedded platforms or high-performance computing platforms using FPGA, VLSI circuits, multi-core computers/systems, parallel and distributed computing

– Internet of Things (IoT) and Network Security: including systems built on IoT platforms such as environmental monitoring systems and automation systems, as well as high-speed network security and intrusion prevention systems utilizing hardware acceleration through CPUs or FPGAs.

Faculty members of the Department have led numerous research projects and technology transfer initiatives, many of which have been funded by international organizations such as JICA (Japan), AUN/SEED-Net (ASEAN University Network), SATU (Taiwan), and the US Army, as well as various domestic agencies including VNU-HCM, provincial and municipal Departments of Science and Technology, and major companies and corporations such as VNG, Renesas, and Tiki. The Department is currently collaborating with prestigious international universities such as the University of Electro-Communications (UEC) – Japan, University of Porto – Portugal, Delft University of Technology – the Netherlands, and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) – Taiwan.

Faculty members of the Department have also published extensively in reputable international journals (indexed by SCI/SCIE/Scopus) and presented their work at prestigious international conferences.

The main research directions of the Department include:

– Enhancing processing performance using FPGA for applications ranging from machine learning to biological sequence matching and various other domains.

– High-performance network intrusion prevention systems.

– Processor architectures on FPGA, such as RISC-V and VLIW.

– Environmental monitoring systems for air and water quality, supporting public health, agriculture, and aquaculture.

– Automated control systems based on IoT and embedded technologies.

– Applications based on blockchain and IoT technologies.

Implementation of a water quality monitoring project for shrimp farming ponds, in collaboration between Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) and the University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Japan.

Academic collaboration with National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, and Da Nang University of Science and Technology (DUT), Vietnam.

COURSES CURRENTLY OFFERED

No.Course nameCourse type
1Digital SystemsShared Course for Computer Science and Computer Engineering
2Computer ArchitectureShared Course for Computer Science and Computer Engineering
3Logic Design with HDLCore Courses
4Electrical Electronic CircuitsCore Courses
5Logic Design ProjectCore Courses
6LSI Logic DesignCore Courses
7Microprocessors-MicrocontrollersCore Courses
8Digital Signal ProcessingElective Courses
9Embedded SystemCore Courses
10Embedded System ApplicationsElective Courses
11IoTs Application Development Elective Courses
12Mobile Sensor SystemElective Courses
13IoTs Application DevelopmentElective Courses
14Data Communication Techniques Elective Courses
15Multicore Computing System Elective Courses
No.Course nameCourse type
1Advanced Computer ArchitectureCore Courses
2Reconfigurable ComputingElective Courses
3Advanced Embedded SystemsElective Courses
4Hardware Co-designElective Courses
5Real-time SystemsElective Courses

MEMBERS

No.Full namePosition
1Dr. Pham Hoang AnhVice Dean
2Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Quoc CuongVice Dean
3Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc ThinhVice Dean
4Dr. Le Trong NhanHead of the Advanced Computing Laboratory
5
Dr. Vo Tuan Binh
6
MEng. Phan Đinh The Duy
President of Trade Union in Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
7MEng. Pham Cong Thai
9
MEng. Pham Nhat Kieu Anh
10
Meng. Huynh Phuc Nghi
11
Eng. Nguyen Xuan Minh
12
Eng. Nguyen Thien An
13
BEng. Ton Huynh Long
14BEng. Nguyen Thanh Loc
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