Rate My Professor Enoch Hwang

Professor Enoch Hwang serves as Chair and Professor of Computer Science at La Sierra University in Riverside, California. He joined the institution in 1988 as Associate Director of Academic Computing and Assistant Professor, advancing to Director of Academic Computing and Assistant Professor from 1989 to 1994. Following his doctoral studies, he returned as Associate Professor from 1999 to 2006 and has been full Professor since 2006. Hwang also served as Lecturer in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Riverside from 1998 to 2004 and as CS Research Assistant there from 1994 to 1999. Earlier roles include Computer Science Teacher at Hong Kong Adventist College from 1986 to 1988. In 2015, he was Visiting Professor at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, for four months, teaching a microprocessor design course based on his textbook. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Riverside in 1999, an M.S. in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, in 1985, and a B.Sc. Honours in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in 1982.

Hwang's research specializations include the design of microprocessor and microcontroller circuits optimized for power consumption, speed, resource usage, and size reduction; applications of controller circuits in embedded systems; embedded microprocessor and microcontroller design; hardware/software co-design; digital logic circuit design; robotics and automation; mobile computing; computer architecture; human-computer interface and mobile app development; and Internet of Things. He is the author of prominent textbooks such as “Digital Logic and Microprocessor Design with VHDL” (Thomson, 2006), “Digital Logic and Microprocessor Design with Interfacing” (Cengage, 2017, 2nd Edition), and the latter's Chinese translation (Cengage, 2017). Key publications also encompass “FSMD Functional Partitioning for Low Power” (Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 1999), “Power Reduction for Embedded Dedicated Microprocessor” (Hawaii International Conference on Computer Sciences, 2004), “Building a Custom System-On-A-Chip” (International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications, 2004), and Circuit Cellar articles including “Build a VGA Monitor Controller” (2004) and “Where is the Hardware?” (2003). Among his honors are a Congressionally Directed Grant ($95,000, 2006), Altera University Program grant ($30,000 in hardware and software, 2001-2007), first prize in the Zilog circuit design contest for “eZ80 Standalone Single Board Computer” (2002), and a Summer Research Fellowship from the University of California, Riverside (1995).