Quantifying Compliance of Computer Engineering Curricula with IEEE and ACM Guidelines.

This paper presents a methodology, applied via a novel framework, that quantifies the degree to which computer engineering curricula meet the most current guidelines prescribed by the IEEE and ACM. By using our framework, engineering educators can identify deficiencies, overlap, and excess in their computer engineering curricula. This information can support the broader engineering education community's future curriculum reimagination and redesign process. We detail the procedure centered around a self-audit and share an open-sourced framework for its execution. We also present sample data obtained by executing the framework on our computer engineering curriculum that visually quantify the overall compliance of computer engineering curricula to IEEE/ACM recommendations and further detail the compliance with each of the computer engineering discipline's core knowledge areas. The feedback from the audit process and data from our presented framework are necessary to drive the reimagination and redesign process of future computer engineering curricula. Such curricula should meet the standards of today yet look forward to adapting to the guidelines of tomorrow, which are embodied by the IEEE/ACM Computing Curricula 2020 Paradigms for Global Computing Education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]