Given the working ambience in which the professional will extend, it endeavours that the students is capable to work in group, understand the manual instructions of the product , use different brands and category’s of equipment, program and comprehend the dynamic and the functions national organizations have.
Given the ambience is particularly technical, in some courses, emphasis is given to the development of elemental applications as a part of the job. Furthermore the student has to accomplish a practice, where he/she will carry out specific project, working fulltime in public or private institutions, under the supervision of a teacher of the faculty.
Functions that are occupied in Computer Engineering
To continue, we list typical posts that give an idea of the type of functions and responsibilities the computer engineers could occupy in an organisation, their own company or as consultants.
• Development of administrative information systems (and others)
• Administration in computing centers
• Administration in operations.
• Administration of the development
• Programming of applications
• Administration of database
• Programming of software systems
• Analysis of telematic systems
• Automation of offices
• System audit
• Development of applications in Internet
Working area for Computer Engineering
In its majority, those who graduate in the career for Computer Engineering will practice as professionals in the private sector, although many of them work in the public sector. Among the principal sources of work are corporations specialized in marketing, renting and counselling service in information technology. Many graduates work in companies that are dedicated to the development of computer systems for businesses and institutions, private as well a public.
Importance of Computer Engineering for the country
Seen the technological advance that at this moment occurs in the world, Costa Rica should apply its development in new systems and technology that make the processing of any kind of information easier.
This job is achieved by the education of professionals that are capable to succeed in a maximum output of the technology of information in business, administrative and industrial activities. Costa Rican companies have shown a great capacity to develop software and systems of high quality, wherefore a high potential exists to expand an industrial sector for the exportation of software.
Facilities of the career
The School of Computing counts with specialized teachers who carry out functions in research, extension and teaching in the three programs that the School offers: Computer Engineering, Master in Computing and the Research Center for Computing. Currently, it involves the services of 11 Ph.D´s, 20 masters and 17 engineers. Furthermore, it has:
Network of microcomputers with more than 120 workstation with different platforms and services
Laboratories equipped with:
- 20 Workstations Pentium III 933 MHz, 256 RAM, HD 20 Gb
- 12 Workstations Pentium IV 1.7 GHz, 384 RAM, HD 36 Gb
- 35 Workstations Pentium II 300 MHz, 64 RAM, HD 4.3 Gb
- 10 Workstations AMD Duron 800 MHz, 128 RAM, HD 10 Gb
- 2 additional laboratories, completely equipped, mainly for practice.
- Over the half of the workstations have two operating systems:Linux y Windows.
- 9 Linux servers to use by students and teachers, e-mail services, news, binary, NS, NIS, NFS, DNS, FTP, Telnet, Web, Backup, SSH, Applications, printers and databases.
- 1 Windows 2000 server for Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
- Different language-tools are used for programming and software systems for the teaching and research, among them: Oracle, Samalltalk, Sybase, Centura/Gupta, SQL, Java, C++, Scheme, B2Logic, Common Lisp, Standard ML, CaML, Haskell, Prolog II, ToolBook, Director, Modula 2, C , Ensamblador, Pascal, HTML, Perl, Visual Basic, Delphi, Php, Flash, etc.
The ITCR has a centralized library, which handles the collection of books and magazines on computing and other materials. There are more than 3.800 books on computing and related matters, the library is contributes to over 70 technical publications in the subject. The ITCR owns an Information Center for Technology and Relationships with the Industry, which offers a modern bibliographic search services and has contacts with the national and international productive sector. The school also has established agreements on interacting information with several universities and research centers.