Computer Systems Semester Two: Projects Galore
Semester Two in 3 words: Projects, labs, Assignments. Notice one word missing? Exams. Ok sure we did have one exam, but we had two weeks to prepare for it. The ECSE department at UoA...
Category: Computer Systems Engineering
Interviewing real Computer Systems Engineers #2
What do a software engineer at ASB and a postdoctoral research fellow at New York University have in common? They were both Part I engineering students at the University of Auckland just like you,...
Interviewing real Computer Systems Engineers #1
Thousands of students have had to make the decision you are making right now. For those who have chosen computer systems, where have they ended up? In my next two posts, I will be...
What do Computer Systems Engineers actually do?
As I sit in my Engineering Management and Communication lecture, the existential crisis begins once again. Despite extensively researching computer systems engineering in my first year, I still sometimes wonder exactly what it is...
Semester One – Solving Circuits in My Dimly Lit Room
“One of my team members hasn’t done anything yet!” “We have so many labs I can barely keep up!” These are both sentences I am yet to mutter. Is it because I magically had...
Life = ComputerSystems;
Hi, I’m Angela, the Part II Computer Systems blogger for 2019! If you’re reading this with no clue about what computer systems engineering (CSE) is, you join the club of my parents, extended family,...
Mainly 209
Three weeks have gone past so far into semester 2 and, as usual, the workload has already started to pile up. However, the cool thing about this workload in particular is that it’s all...
Semester 2 so far
Hi everyone! We are halfway through the second semester and its getting busy. We have our 209 project and labs due every week for 209. However, the labs help us understand the project specifications...