The following articles give much of the rational for ICED as well as an overview of the laboratory hardware and software. Other ICED articles may be found at: Papers of A.K. Uht

Building Real Computer Systems, A.K. Uht et al, IEEE MICRO, May-June 2000, pp. 48-56. If you only read one ICED article, read this one. Describes the laboratory equipment.

The URI Integrated Computer Engineering Design (ICED) Curriculum: Progress Report, A.K. Uht, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Educators, June 2000 (to appear). A limited version of the prior paper, but in color.

The Laboratory Environment of the URI Integrated Computer Engineering Design (ICED) Curriculum, A.K. Uht and Y. Sun, Proceedings of the 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, ASEE and IEEE, November 1998. An earlier version of the prior paper; also includes some data on the effectiveness of ICED.

The Integrated Computer Engineering Design (ICED) Curriculum, A.K. Uht, Proceedings of the 1998 Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, held at the 25th International Symposium on Computer Architecture, ACM, Barcelona, June 1998. In-depth discussion of the rationale for ICED and a description and justification of its curriculum.