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MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science rather than just read about it. In short: The MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) is an engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers degrees of Master of Science, Master of Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Science.

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Reference excerpt

The MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) is an engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers degrees of Master of Science, Master of Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Science.

History The curriculum for the electrical engineering program was created in 1882, and was the first such program in the country. It was initially taught by the physics faculty. In 1902, the Institute set up a separate Electrical Engineering department. The department was renamed to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1975, to highlight the new addition of computer science to the program.

Current faculty

Professors Silvio Micali Harold Abelson Anant Agarwal Akintunde I. Akinwande Dimitri A. Antoniadis Arvind Arthur B. Baggeroer Hari Balakrishnan Dimitri P. Bertsekas Robert C. Berwick Duane S. Boning Louis D. Braida Rodney A. Brooks Vincent W. S. Chan Anantha P. Chandrakasan Shafira Goldwasser Pablo A. Parrilo L. Rafael Reif Jerome H. Saltzer (Sc.D. 1966) Kenneth N. Stevens (Sc.D. 1952) Gerald J. Sussman (S.B. 1968, Ph.D. 1973, both in Mathematics) Patrick H. Winston Regina Barzilay (website)

Associate professors Saman P. Amarasinghe Krste Asanovic Marc Baldo Sangeeta Bhatia Vladimir Bulovic Isaac L. Chuang Michael Collins Karl K. Berggren Elfar Adalsteinsson Tomás Palacios

Professors emeriti Michael Anthans Abraham Bers Amar Bose (S.B. 1951, S.M. 1952, Sc.D. 1956) James D. Bruce Fernando J. Corbató Shaoul Ezekiel Robert Fano (S.B. 1941, Sc.D. 1947)

Former faculty Leo Beranek Gordon S. Brown (S.B. 1931, S.M. 1934, Ph.D. 1938) Vannevar Bush (Eng.D. 1916) Jack Dennis (S.B. 1953, S.M. 1954, Sc.D. 1958) Harold Edgerton (S.M. 1927, Sc.D. 1931) Jay Wright Forrester (S.M. 1945) Paul E. Gray (S.B. 1954, S.M. 1955, Ph.D. 1960) Irwin M. Jacobs (S.M. 1957, Sc.D. 1959) William B. Lenoir (S.B. 1961, S.M. 1962, Ph.D. 1965) John McCarthy Marvin Minsky Julius Stratton (S.B. 1923, S.M. 1926)

Notable alumni

See also List of electrical engineering journals

References

External links MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

In research: MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Computer science departments in the United States, Computer science institutes, Electrical and computer engineering departments, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Frequently asked questions

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