DSP and Communications Online Advising
Digital signal processing (DSP) and communications are two closely related areas within the Electrical Engineering. They both have the most profound impact to the information technology that has greatly changed our living style in recent years. Internet services and wireless communication devices have clearly had unprecedented impact on the way we communicate. What looks very natural to us today, was considered more of a fiction story twenty years ago. DSP is the mathematical arm that enables most of the advancement in communication systems. New technologies such as DSL, WiFi and WiMAX, are all based on sophisticated DSP algorithms.
DSP has far more applications than communication systems. To name a few, signal compression techniques (speech and images), computer games, storage devices, entertainment systems, speech recognition systems, sensor networks, and defense industry are all heavily based on DSP algorithms/technologies. Clearly, any accumulation of knowledge in the area of DSP may prove extremely useful to your future career.
Within the ECE department, a wide range classes that cover the fundamentals as well as specialized topics within the areas of DSP and communications are offered. They are:
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Undergraduate
Classes
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Semester
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Prerequisite
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Brief Description
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3500 Fundamentals
of Signals and Systems
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Fall
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This is the most basic class (a starter)
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3510 Introduction
to Feedback Systems
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Spring
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3500
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Specializes system concepts to control
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5510 Random
Processes
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Fall
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3500,3530
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A fundamental class for those who plan to go for graduate
degree in DSP/Communications
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5520 Digital
Communication Systems
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Spring
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5510
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A fundamental class for those who plan to go for graduate
degree in Communications
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5530 Digital Signal
Processing
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Fall
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3510
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Clearly, essential if one wish to do anything in DSP
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5580 Implementation
of DSP Systems
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Spring
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A lab-based class. Expose you to various implementation
issues (digital signal processors are programmed)
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Graduate Classes
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6530 Digital Signal Processing
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Fall
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3510
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Sits with 5530. Students who take this class will do some
additional work compared to 5530 students.
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6590 Software radio
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Spring
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5530/6530
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Discuss how modems are implemented using software
programs. A mix of theory and hands-on experiments.
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6521 Error Control
Coding
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Spring
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5510, 5520
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A fundamental class for graduate students in the area of
Communications
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6540 Estimation
Theory
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Spring
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5510, 5530
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Introduces advanced theories related to DSP/Communications
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6550 Adaptive
Filters
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Fall
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5510, 5530
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Introduces advanced theory related to variety of signal
processing systems
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7520 Information
Theory
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Spring
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5510, 5520
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Introduces advanced theories related to Communications
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7550 Advanced
Digital Signal Processing I
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5510, 5530
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7551 Advanced Digital Signal Processing II
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5510, 5530
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Advanced topics in communications
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5510, 5520
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Fundamental of Wireless Networking
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5510, 5520
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Advanced Random Processes and Applications
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Fall
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5510
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Graduate level study of random process models useful to
describe and analyze noisy systems
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