UCSD Certification Program

Earn academic credit towards Professional Certification while attending ESC Silicon Valley 2008

Building on the success of ESC Boston 2007, attendees at the Embedded Systems Conferences Silicon Valley can earn university credits through an innovative global partnership between the University of California, San Diego-Extension and CMP Technology.

UC San Diego, Extension educates about 40,000 people a year through innovative local, corporate and online programs. Extension is recognized nationally and internationally for linking the public to expert professionals and the knowledge resources of the University of California.

The partnership begins April 14-18, 2008, at the 20th annual ESC Silicon Valley. All ESC sessions have undergone an extensive review and approval process by UC San Diego's renowned Jacobs School of Engineering prior to offering credit's to attendees, adding world-class academic rigor to the technical content.

This new attendee benefit extends far beyond the week of the event in advancing your career!

For full details attend Earning Embedded Credit through UC San Diego on Friday, April 18th at 8:30am to hear how to best take advantage of this new program.

Speaker(s): Henry DeVries

Here's how it works:

How can units be applied?

  • Enhance your resume
  • Stand out as a more competitive job candidate
  • Apply up to 6 units of credit to two Embedded Engineering Certificate Programs at UC San Diego, Extension:
    • Embedded Computer Engineering
    • Embedded Computer Software
  • Apply towards other related University of California, Extension certificate programs


How do you earn academic credit?

  • Attend ESC technical program classes or tutorials
    • All conference sessions are eligible.
    • A minimum of 6 hours of session attendance is required to earn 0.5 units of credit. You can do this in any combination. Be sure to document which sessions you attend.
  • Enroll online at UC San Diego-Extension
    • Visit the Embedded Conference Webpage
    • Click the "Enroll Now" link
    • Proceed through the enrollment process
    • Pay fee of $25 (per 0.5 units)
  • Evaluation
    • Submit a 250 word essay on each session attended
    • Email essay to the Program Representative in the Engineering department at UC San Diego, Extension.
    • The essay will then be graded by a faculty advisor.
    • Once grade is assigned, credit will be awarded


For more information:
Tony Babaian
(858) 622-5740
tbabaian@ucsd.edu
Embedded Engineering Webpage

 

Event At-A-Glance

ESC Silicon Valley will be held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center April 14-18, 2008.

 

Open to all attendees.


Monday
April 14
Tuesday
April 15
Wednesday
April 16
Thursday
April 17
Friday
April 18
 ESC Exhibition 
 Booth Crawl

SuitSat Teardown  Sponsored by: Microchip

Gibson Robot Guitar and Sony Rolly Teardowns 
 Sony OLED TV TeardownRock the 80's/20th-year Party  
 Embedded Career Fair  
 Keynote   
  Microsoft Industry AddressSun Microsystems Industry Address 
 Sponsored Sessions 
 MSP430 Days  

Best Value - All Access Pass - Monday - Friday

The premier, all-inclusive pass for ESC SV 2008!

This pass is good for people who are interested in attending everything that the Embedded Systems Conference has to offer, including the sessions, full day tutorials, industry addresses, and keynotes, Build your own embedded Systems courses and the Microsoft Embedded Developers Event. The All Access Pass features:

  • Over 200 sessions and including the most anticipated keynote address (Tues. - Fri.)
  • All one- and two-day tutorials (Mon. & Tues.)
  • Build your own embedded systems hands on courses (Tues.- Thurs.)
  • Microsoft Embedded Developers Event (Tues. - Fri.)
  • The Embedded Systems Conference Exhibit Floor and the Career Pavilion (Tues. - Thurs.)
  • ESC Expo Booth Crawl (Tues. Night)
  • My ESC social networking system
  • 20th Anniversary Attendee Party (Wed. Night)
  • Lunch (Mon. - Fri.)
  • Conference Proceedings
  • Solar Powered Back Pack


For more detail on packages and pricing click here.


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