Computer Science and Engineering

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Computer Science and Engineering is the discipline that is formed by the combination of the computer science and the computer engineering disciplines. Computer science is basically the study of the foundations of computational techniques and their manner of implementation in computerized systems. There are numerous sub-fields in computer science, such as graphics programming and network programming.

The science is taught mainly as a theoretical study of computation and algorithm-based reasoning, in colleges and universities. Computer science is also a subject of deep research in laboratories and computer institutes across the globe. At the academic level, it is slightly less rigorous than computer engineering.

However, computer engineering involves the study and practice of advanced computer programming rather than simply the theory behind algorithms and computational techniques. The syllabus of computer engineering as taught in universities and technical schools focuses mainly on how to train students to develop programming, testing and debugging skills that are expected from workers in the information technology industry.

Need to integrate the science and the engineering

It has been seen necessary in recent times to integrate the teaching of computer science and computer engineering in order to make an individual better equipped to face the challenges of the ever-changing software industry. Methodologies used in the software industry are fast getting outdated thanks to the ever-expanding competition and rapidly developing world of information technology.

It may not be possible to include all the currently-hot trends to be taught in an engineering curriculum. Hence it becomes necessary to teach the core aspects of computer science, as having developed over the last few decades in order to bring a measure of completeness in the taught syllabus. This has given rise to the subject of ‘computer science and engineering’.