New Secure Smart Systems Engineering Concentration in Electrical and Computer Engineering beginning Fall 2022

The College of Engineering is offering a new Secure Smart Systems Concentration in Electrical and Computer Engineering to provide students with the foundation and skills of the new revolution in smart systems, system security, and embedded systems.

Security is a very important factor in our lives today.  Everyone wants their home, banking, and work experiences to be secure.  From smart refrigerators to smart homes, to smart cars, to smart cities, to smart grids, to smart manufacturing, taking into consideration the important aspects of systems security, the new Secure Smart Systems concentration will close the skills gap making our graduates well prepared to design, innovate, and evaluate these emerging smart systems. 

Smart systems incorporate functions of sensing, actuation, computing and control in order to describe and analyze an integrated system and make decisions based on the available data in a predictive and/or adaptive manner, thereby performing smart actions. Learning capabilities is one of the main attributes of these systems. In most cases the “smartness” of the system can be attributed to autonomous operations based on learning, embedded computing, closed loop control, energy efficiency, and networking capabilities. 

“Our graduates with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a concentration in Secure Smart Systems will be more competitive and highly creative in their designs for secure solutions to real world problems.  Graduates will have excellent employment opportunities as our lives are evolving to be smart in all directions and security has become a crucial aspect of surviving,” said Ahmed Khattab, Dean of the College of Engineering.

Some areas of study include cyber-physical systems, embedded systems, machine learning, Internet of things, human computer interface, robotics, artificial intelligence, RFID, cyber security, and control systems.

“With increasing connectivity and the internet of things, and the expectation of more than 50 billion connected devices worldwide by 2030, automating and personalizing almost every aspect of our modern lives, data security is more critical than ever,” said Dr. Magdy Bayoumi, Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  “This new smart secure systems concentration will prepare our engineers to navigate the changing landscape and innovate solutions to the risks and opportunities of IoT currently, and in the future,” continued Dr. Bayoumi

In addition to the Secure Smart Systems Concentration, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department offers two additional concentrations: Computer Engineering Concentration and Power and Sustainable Energy Concentration.

For more information or questions about the secure smart systems concentration, please email Dr. Magdy Bayoumi, Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at magdy.bayoumi@louisiana.edu.