THE DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF:

• Division of Fundamentals of Electronics, Head of the division: Prof . Aleksy Patryn
• Division of Telecommunications, Head of the division: DSc PhDr Eng Maciej Walkowiak TU Professor
• Division of Computer Engineering, Head of the division: DSc PhDr Eng Henryk Budzisz TU Professor
• Division of Digital Signal Processing Systems, Head of the division: Prof. Krzysztof Wawryn
• Division of Electronic Systems, Head of the division: Prof. Włodzimierz Janke
• Division of Multimedia Systems and Artificial Intelligence: DSc PhDr Eng Zbigniew Suszyński TU Professor
• Division of Fundamentals of Computer Science and Management: Head of the division Prof. Zbigniew Banaszak.
• Division of Pedagogics, Head of the division: PhDr Agnieszka Hłobił
• Department Computer Centre: Head of the Centre MSc Eng. Wojtek Sokołowski
• Department Central Laboratory: Head of the Laboratory MSc Eng Stefan Łuczak

History of the Department The Institute of Electronics was founded in 1989, and since 1997 it has functioned as the Department of Electronics and since 2004 as the Department of Electronics and Computer Science. Since 1998 The Department of Electronics has possessed the right to confer doctorates in technical sciences in the area of electronics and since 2009 doctorates in technical sciences in the area of computer science.

Education At present the Department offers:

• Intramural first level courses (engineer's) - 7 semesters
• Extramural first level courses (engineer's) - 8 semesters
• Intramural second level courses (master's) - 3 semesters
• Extramural second level courses (master's) - 3 semesters
• Postgraduate studies - 3 semesters
• Intramural third level courses (doctor's) - 8 semesters

The Department possesses the right to conduct courses in different branches of studies:

Electronics and Telecommunications This branch of education enables to acquire full knowledge and skills in designing, realization and exploitation of the analogue and digital circuits, devices and electronic systems and the telecommunication networks with the application of the modern equipment, technologies, tools and computer techniques. Specializations chosen at the 1st level course:

• Engineering of computer systems
• Electronic systems
• Digital telecommunication

Specializations chosen at the 2nd level course

• Electronics of control systems
• Applied electronics
• Optoelectronics and photoenergetics
• Systems and telecommunication networks

Computer Science This branch of education enables to acquire full knowledge in designing and programming of the computer science systems, computer networks, principles of operations and construction of the computer equipment. Students acquire general knowledge in mathematics and physics, basic electronic subjects, economic and humanistic subjects, English language and general computer science education. Education in the computer science consists of: knowledge about algorithms and programming, organization and architecture of computer systems, programming of computer systems and data bases. Specializations chosen at the 1st level course:

• Information technology in management
• Programming of computers and information networks
• Programming of automatics systems
• Multimedia techniques
• Internet and mobile technologies

Specializations chosen at the 2nd level course

• Information management systems
• Systems of industrial computer science
• Applications of data bases systems
• Multimedia technologies and multi-core programming

Technical and Computer Science Education The graduate of this branch of study possesses knowledge in technical sciences and computer science on the 1st level in particular knowledge about technical materials, technological processes in electro techniques, electronics and optoelectronics, construction and exploitation of computer systems and possesses competences in creation of the application programs and application of information technologies in the engineering, economy and services. He possesses skills to solve technical problems in a creative way, create innovations, manage of technical and computer projects, application of the modern tele-information technologies.

Specializations chosen at the 1st level course:

• Internet and multimedia technologies
• Information technologies in business and administration

• Information technologies
• Didactics of computer science and engineering

Pedagogics The graduate of this branch is prepared to work as a school pedagogue, pedagogue in a school common room, boarding, children houses, advisor in the clinic and others. Specializations chosen at the 1st level course:

• Psychopedagogics
• Prevention of pathology and social dangers
• Pedagogics caring- educative

Postgraduate studies

• Computer science, engineering and information technologies ( 3 semesters) - these studies are designed for students working as school teachers or possessing qualifications for the post of a teacher. The program of the studies is aimed to show teachers different areas of applications of computer science in their work. Studies prepare for teaching the school subject computer science and for teaching the subject information technologies and engineering.
• Applications of computer science ( 2 semesters) - this offer is directed to graduates in economics, management and engineering. The program of the studies is aimed to show the students different areas of application of computer science and information technologies in their work. Studies prepare for practising all technical and programming activities connected with the computer and information technologies at work.
• Preparation in pedagogics ( 3 semesters) - this offer is directed to graduates who need certified qualifications in pedagogics required to work as teachers. The program comprises 350 hours of lectures and 76 hours of pedagogic practice at schools.

Research activities Scientific research carried in the department is connected with the branches of education and specializations of the department. It comprises the following topics:

• Applications of the methods of the artificial intelligence in designing of electronic circuits especially the expert systems, heuristic programming and artificial neural networks
• Designing of VLSI and ASIC circuits, among them digital - analogue circuits on a common substrate
• Research in the area of electronic materials, optoelectronics and photoenergetics with the application of the optical, electronic and thermal wave methods
• Modeling of electronic elements especially of their electro thermal properties
• Designing of the analogue and digital CMOS circuits among them working in the current mode
• Designing of the digital systems, especially of SI filters and A/C and C/A converters working in the current mode
• Algorithms 2D of the image processing for the purpose of the medical diagnostics and telecommunication systems
• Designing of the parallel real time systems with the required accuracy of computations
• Applications of the thermal wave technique and the image processing for investigations of materials and electronic elements
• Information techniques and technologies of the automatic investigations of knowledge and skills of students and methods of remote teaching