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Electrical Engineering (EE)

http://ee.usc.edu/
D class assignments for undergraduates available in EEB102; phone 740-4447.
D class assignments for graduate students available in EEB100; phone 740-4447.
To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network. For more information, call 740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of OFF CAMPUS.

EE 101: Introduction to Digital Logic (3 units)

Boolean algebra; number systems; Boolean function synthesis; binary arithmetic; codes; combinational logic devices; sequential circuits; state machine design and implementation.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30400R	Quiz	6:00-8:00pm	Monday	23 of 180		TBA
30402R	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA
30404R	Discussion	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA
30406R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	22 of 40	Monte Ung	KAP158
30408R	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	22 of 40		VHE217
30410R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 40	Toyone Mayeda	KAP158
30411R	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	27 of 40		KAP163

EE 106L: Introduction to Computer Engineering/Computer Science (3 units)

Examination of key disciplines of computing systems: architecture, operating systems, digital logic, VLSI, networks, AI, robotics, graphics, and algorithms. Includes hardware/software laboratory tours and exercises.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30801R	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled

EE 201L: Introduction to Digital Circuits (3 units)

Digital system design and implementation using discrete ICs and FPGAs; synchronous design of datapath and control units; state machine implementation methods; timing analysis; lab experiments, logic analyzers; schematic-entry and simulation; semester-end project.

Prerequisite: EE 101
Note: Register for one lecture, lab and quiz

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30416R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tuesday	36 of 42	Gandhi Puvvada	RTH105
30418R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tuesday	13 of 35	Gandhi Puvvada	RTH115
30420R	Lecture	10:30-11:50am	Wednesday	25 of 35	Gandhi Puvvada	RTH105
30440R	Quiz	4:00-6:00pm	Friday	58 of 180		TBA
30422R	Lab	8:00-10:40am	Friday	Canceled
30424R	Lab	11:00-1:40pm	Tuesday	11 of 14		OHE336
30428R	Lab	2:00-4:40pm	Thursday	13 of 15		OHE336
30430R	Lab	11:00-1:40pm	Wednesday	7 of 14		OHE336
30432R	Lab	2:00-4:40pm	Friday	12 of 14		OHE336
30434R	Lab	6:00-8:40pm	Monday	Canceled
30436R	Lab	5:00-7:40pm	Wednesday	15 of 17		OHE336
30438D	Lab	5:00-7:40pm	Thursday	16 of 16		OHE336

EE 202L: Linear Circuits (4 units)

Lumped circuit elements; network equations; zero-input and zero-state responses; sinusoidal steady-state analysis; impedance; resonance; network functions; power concepts; transformers; Laplace transforms.

Prerequisite: (PHYS 152 and EE 200)
Corequisite: MATH 245
Note: Register for one lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30426R	Lecture	10:00-12:00pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 50	Edward Maby	OHE230
30427R	Lecture	2:00-4:00pm	Tue, Thu	32 of 50	Tom Katsouleas	OHE230
30425R	Lab	4:00-6:00pm	Monday	50 of 52		OHE230
30429R	Lab	6:00-8:00pm	Monday	23 of 50		OHE230

EE 241: Applied Linear Algebra for Engineering (3 units)

Introduction to the theory of matrices, vector spaces, least-squares approximation and MATLAB. Applications to communications, control and signal processing.

Prerequisite: MATH 126
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30442R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 40	Mostafa Shiva	KAP140
30444R	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Wednesday	30 of 40		KAP140

EE 301: Introduction to Linear Systems (3 units)

Representation and analysis of linear time-invariant systems primarily for the continuous time case. Convolution, Fourier series and transform, Laplace transform, controls and communications applications.

Prerequisite: EE 202
Corequisite: MATH 445
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30450R	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 40	Edmond Jonckheere	KAP146
30448R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 50	Edmond Jonckheere	VKC150
30451R	Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Friday	10 of 20		KAP134

EE 320: Digital Media Basics for Multimedia (3 units)

Digital media basics for creating multimedia applications including analog and digital representation, media editing, interface construction, CD ROM and network delivery.

Corequisite: ITP 210

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30456R	Lecture	5:00-8:00pm	Monday	Canceled

EE 322: Introduction to Digital Audio (3 units)

Fundamentals of sound, acoustics and digital audio signal processing.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30851R	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	16 of 25	Sunil Bharitkar	KAP145

EE 326Lx: Essentials of Electrical Engineering (4 units)

Network analysis and theorems; transient analysis; transformers; semiconductor physics and circuits; power amplifiers, modulation and demodulation, and pulse, digital, and switching circuits. Introduction to instrumentation. Not available for credit to electrical engineering majors.

Prerequisite: (PHYS 152 and MATH 126)
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30452R	Lecture	6:00-8:40pm	Monday	47 of 52	Douglas Burke	GFS101
30453R	Lab	2:00-4:40pm	Tuesday	18 of 28		OHE336
30454R	Lab	6:00-8:40pm	Thursday	29 of 30		OHE230

EE 330: Electromagnetics I (3 units)

Basic static and dynamic electromagnetic field theory and applications; electrostatics, magnetostatics, Maxwell's equations, energy flow, plane waves incident on planar boundaries, transmission lines.

Prerequisite: (EE 202 and MATH 445 and PHYS 152)
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30459R	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	33 of 58	T Cheng	MHP106
30460R	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	9 of 20		GFS217
30461R	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	15 of 20		GFS109
30462R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	9 of 20		GFS109

EE 338: Physical Electronics (3 units)

Semiconductor device characteristics and applications. Physical models of electronic conduction in solids, p-n junctions, bipolar and field effect transistors and other solid state devices. Not for credit to students who have taken 378L.

Prerequisite: (EE 202 and PHYS 152)
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30467R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	28 of 50	Stephen Cronin	ZHS352
30468R	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Thursday	9 of 25		GFS109
30469R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 25		KAP166

EE 348L: Electronic Circuits (4 units)

Basic analog and digital circuit design using Bipolar Junction Transistors, Field Effect Transistors, and integrated circuits.

Corequisite: EE 338
Note: Register For lecture, 1lab,1dis.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30474R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 30	Bindu Madhavan	KAP145
30475R	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Monday	11 of 17		GFS201
30476R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	14 of 17		GFS210
30477R	Lab	11:00-1:40pm	Monday	12 of 12		OHE336
30478R	Lab	2:00-4:40pm	Monday	11 of 17		OHE336
30479R	Lab	6:00-8:40pm	Tuesday	2 of 4		OHE336

EE 352L: Computer Organization and Architecture (3 units)

Computer organization and architecture. Concepts include: computer evolution and performance, system busses, cache memory, internal and external memory, input/output, operating system support, computer arithmetic.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30677D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	34 of 37	Mark Redekopp	RTH105
30678D	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	34 of 37		RTH105

EE 357: Basic Organization of Computer Systems (3 units)

Organization and operation of the processor, memory and I/O of a minicomputer at the machine language level; assembly language programming; data representation and computer arithmetic.

Prerequisite: (EE 101 and EE 201)
Note: Register for one lecture, and one discussion and quiz

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30528R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	27 of 40	Toyone Mayeda	RTH115
30530R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 40	Toyone Mayeda	RTH105
30532R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	29 of 40		RTH105
30534R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30540R	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	23 of 40		RTH105
30536R	Quiz	4:00-6:00pm	Friday	46 of 200		TBA

EE 364: Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Electrical Engineering (3 units)

Introduction to concepts of randomness and uncertainty: probability, random variables, statistics. Applications to digital communications, signal processing, automatic control, computer engineering and computer science.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 225 or MATH 245 or EE 241)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30541R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 60	Jerry Mendel	SSL150
30543R	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	34 of 60		KAP144

Crosslist EE 415: Introduction to MEMS (3 units)

Introduction to micro-electro-opto-mechanical systems; scaling effects on material properties, fluid flows, dynamical behavior; fabrication methods; design considerations for MEMS sensors and actuators. Recommended preparation: AME 301, AME 309 and AME 310

Crosslist: This course is offered by the AME department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in AME 455.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
28825D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	32 of 35	Yen-Lin Han	VKC260

EE 423L: Loudspeaker and Sound-System Design (3 units)

Project-based design of loudspeaker transducers, filters, and enclosures. Measurement of transfer functions, acoustical performance, distortion, Thiele-Small parameters, and power handling. Listening evaluations. Recommended preparation: EE 330

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 301 or AME 302) and PHYS 152

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30481D	Lecture-Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 35	George Augspurger	OHE230

EE 434L: Digital Signal Processing Design Laboratory (4 units)

Experiments and design project in digital signal processing (e.g. real-time DSP, acoustics, video) including: system specification, preliminary analysis, trade-off studies, implementation, presentation. Recommended preparation: EE 469

Prerequisite: EE 483
Note: Register for lecture and labs

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30544D	Lecture	3:30-4:20pm	Monday	10 of 11	Krishna Nayak	EEBB18
30546D	Lab	3:30-5:00pm	Friday	0 of 10		EEBB18
30548D	Lab	4:00-5:30pm	Wednesday	6 of 10		EEBB18
30550D	Lab	4:30-5:30pm	Monday	4 of 10		EEBB18

EE 438L: Processing for Microelectronics (3 units)

Applications and electrical evaluation of selected processes used in electronic microfabrication.

Prerequisite: EE 338
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30510D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 12	Kian Kaviani	SGM601	Word (34816 KB)
30511D	Lab	9:00-12:00pm	Wednesday	1 of 5		OFFICE
30512D	Lab	6:00-9:00pm	Tuesday	5 of 5		OFFICE
30513D	Lab	6:00-9:00pm	Monday	3 of 5		OFFICE
30514D	Lab	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	2 of 5		OFFICE
30515R	Lab	9:00-12:00pm	Monday	1 of 5		OFFICE

EE 441: Applied Linear Algebra for Engineering (3 units)

Introduction to linear algebra and matrix theory and their underlying concepts. Applications to engineering problems.

Prerequisite: MATH 445
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30556R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 40	Daniel Lidar	OFF CAMPUS
30558R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	20 of 40		OFF CAMPUS
30552R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	50 of 52	Daniel Lidar	OHE136
30554R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	46 of 50		OHE100B

Crosslist EE 445: Introduction to Robotics (4 units)

Designing, building and programming mobile robots; sensors, effectors, basic control theory, control architectures, some advanced topics, illustrations of state-of-the-art. Teamwork; final project tested in a robot contest. Junior standing or higher.

Prerequisite: CSCI 101
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 445.
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29955R	Lecture	4:30-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 30	Laurent Itti	RTH105
29956R	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Thursday	5 of 15		VHE205
29957R	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	14 of 15		VHE205
29958R	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	2 of 15		VHE205

EE 447L: Mixed Signal Electronic Circuits (4 units)

Application of solid-state electronic devices to the design of linear and mixed-signal systems. Laboratory experiments and projects involving the design of electronic hardware.

Prerequisite: EE 348

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30525R	Lecture-Lab	6:00-9:10pm	Wednesday	7 of 8	Vincent Ng	OHE230

EE 448L: Communication Electronics (4 units)

Analysis, design, and experimental evaluation of transistor-level communication circuits and micro-systems. Transmission lines, impedance matching, noise, distortion, tuned amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, phase-locked loops.

Prerequisite: EE 348
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30527R	Lecture-Lab	10:00-12:00pm	MWF	13 of 30	Edward Maby	OHE230

EE 450: Introduction to Computer Networks (3 units)

Network architectures; layered protocols, network service interface; local networks; long-haul networks; internal protocols; link protocols; addressing; routing; flow control; higher level protocols.

Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore
Note: Register for one lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30560D	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	45 of 52	Ali Zahid	OHE100B
30564R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	85 of 90	Ali Zahid	MRF340
30568R	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 30	Ali Zahid	OFF CAMPUS
30562R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	78 of 80		OHE100C
30566R	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Monday	43 of 80		THH210
30570R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	17 of 30		OFF CAMPUS

EE 452L: Game Hardware Architectures (3 units)

Architectural principles underlying modern game console hardware design; introduction to the programming techniques, optimization strategies, and hardware insights to create powerful games.

Prerequisite: EE 352

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30661R	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 40	David Harr	KAP163
30557R	Lab	TBA	TBA	16 of 40		OFFICE

EE 454L: Introduction to System Design Using Microprocessors (4 units)

Operation and timing of 8/16/32-bit microprocessors; asynchronous and synchronous SRAM interface; burst and pipelined bus cycles, parallel and serial I/O, interrupt controller, DMA controller, bus protocols; hardware/simulation labs. Recommended preparation: EE 457

Prerequisite: (EE 102 and EE 357)
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30572R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 40	Gandhi Puvvada	RTH105
30576R	Lab	4:00-7:00pm	Thursday	10 of 14		VHE205
30578R	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Tuesday	11 of 15		VHE205
30580R	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Wednesday	7 of 15		VHE205
30582R	Lab	TBA	TBA	0 of 15		OFFICE

Crosslist EE 455xx: Introduction to Programming Systems Design (4 units)

Intensive introduction to programming principles, discrete mathematics for computing, software design and software engineering concepts. Not available for credit to computer science majors, graduate or undergraduate.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 455.
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29962R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 50	Claire Bono	OHE100B
29963D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 30	Claire Bono	OFF CAMPUS
29990R	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	6 of 30		SAL128
29991R	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	8 of 30		SAL128

EE 457x: Computer Systems Organization (3 units)

Register transfer level machine organization; MIPS instruction setarchitecture; performance; computer arithmetic; organization and detailed implementation of non-pipelined and pipelined processors; cache and virtual memory. Not available for graduate credit to computer science majors.

Prerequisite: EE 357
Note: Register for one lecture and one discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30587R	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	27 of 45	Viktor Prasanna	WPH102
30591R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 50	Viktor Prasanna	OHE136
30595R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 20	Viktor Prasanna	OFF CAMPUS
30589R	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	30 of 50		THH210
30593R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	31 of 50		OHE136
30594R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	6 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 459L: Embedded Systems Design Laboratory (3 units)

Specification, design, implementation, testing and documentation of a digital system project using embedded processors, programmable logic, analog I/O interfaces and application specific hardware.

Prerequisite: EE 454

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30598D	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 31	Allan Weber	GFS222

Crosslist EE 460: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3 units)

Concepts and algorithms underlying the understanding and construction of intelligent systems. Agents, problem solving, search, representation, reasoning, planning, communication, perception, robotics, neural networks.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 102 or CSCI 455)
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 460.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29966R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	19 of 28	Paul Rosenbloom	VKC201

EE 464: Probability Theory for Engineers (3 units)

Axiomatic foundations of probability, random variables, Gaussian and Poisson distributions, functions of a random variable. Gaussian random vector, functions of several random variables; sequences of random variables.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 301 or EE 301A) and MATH 445
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30599R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 45	Panagiotis Tsakalides	OHE100B
30603R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	33 of 45		OHE132
30605R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 50	Panagiotis Tsakalides	OFF CAMPUS
30606R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	26 of 50		OFF CAMPUS

EE 465: Probabilistic Methods in Computer Systems Modeling (3 units)

Review of probability; random variables; stochastic processes; Markov chains and simple queuing theory. Applications to program and algorithm analysis; computer systems performance and reliability modeling.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 407 or EE 364)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30604R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 50	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	OHE100D
30607R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	OFF CAMPUS
30608R	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Monday	24 of 50		OHE100C
30610R	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Monday	2 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 470: Electromagnetics II (3 units)

Dynamic field theory and elementary solutions to Maxwell's equations. Introduction to propagation and radiation of electromagnetic fields. Prerequisite: 330.

Prerequisite: EE 330

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30619R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Dan Goebel

EE 472: Introduction to Lasers and Laser Systems (3 units)

Electric dipole transitions; traveling wave and resonant amplifiers; laser pumping and rate equations; threshold, frequency, and power output of lasers; holography; laser communication systems.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30626R	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	3 of 15	Dan Dapkus	KAP166

EE 474: Introduction to Photonics (3 units)

Photonic system requirements; waveguide modes and dispersion; principles of operation of lasers, optical amplifiers, detectors and modulators; noise.

Prerequisite: (EE 330 and EE 338)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30586R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	7 of 15	Dan Dapkus	ZHS360

Crosslist EE 476: Chemical Engineering Materials (3 units)

Chemical and physical properties of solid materials used by chemical engineers, including polymers, metals, and ceramics. Materials design for industrial applications.

Prerequisite: CHEM 322A
Crosslist: This course is offered by the CHE department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CHE 476.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29430D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 25	Victor Chang	VHE206

EE 477L: MOS VLSI Circuit Design (4 units)

Analysis and design of digital MOS VLSI circuits including area, delay and power minimization. Laboratory assignments including design, layout, extraction, simulation and automatic synthesis.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 327 or EE 338)
Note: Register for one lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30612R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 60	Alice Parker	OHE136
30613R	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	16 of 25		MRF229
30614R	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	28 of 28		OHE132
30615R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Sandeep Gupta
30616R	Lab	2:00-4:00pm	Wednesday	0 of 25		OFFICE
30617R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 25	Alice Parker	OFF CAMPUS
30618R	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	12 of 25		OFF CAMPUS

EE 479: Analog and Non-Linear Integrated Circuit Design (3 units)

Analysis and design techniques for CMOS analog and non-linear integrated circuits. Frequency and noise characteristics of broadband amplifiers. Feedback, oscillators, and phase-locked loops.

Prerequisite: EE 348

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30629R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 30	Eun Kim	GFS222

Crosslist EE 481l: Control Systems Laboratory (3 units)

Analysis, stimulation, design, and experimental verification of mechanical control systems; identification of system parameters, implementation of controllers, verification of closed-loop performance via experimentation and stimulation. Duplicates credit in former AME 442bL.

Prerequisite: 1 from (AME 451 or EE 482)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the AME department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in AME 443.
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
28819D	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	65 of 70	Cheng-Yuan Chen	MHP105
28820R	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Wednesday	33 of 33		BHE310
28821R	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Thursday	31 of 33		BHE310

EE 483: Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (3 units)

Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing covering: discrete time linear systems, quantization, sampling, Z-transforms, Fourier transforms, FFTs and filter design.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 301A or EE 301)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30620R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 45	Sanjit Mitra	RTH115
30622R	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	19 of 45		OHE132
30623R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 40	Sanjit Mitra	OFF CAMPUS
30625R	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	8 of 30		OFF CAMPUS

EE 484: Communication System Design (3 units)

Design and analysis of analog and digital communication systems. System models, requirements, development, performance analysis and component selection techniques. Comprehensive system design project. Recommended preparation: EE 467

Prerequisite: (EE 364 and EE 475)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30628R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	20 of 25	Michael Enright	OHE230

EE 490x: Directed Research (2-8 units, max 8)

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30624R	Lecture	TBA	TBA	3 of 20	Alexander Sawchuk, Dan Dapkus	OFFICE

EE 499: Special Topics (2-4 units, max 8)

Course content will be selected each semester from current developments in the field of electrical engineering.

Section	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Current Issues in Modern Networks and Information Technology
30671R	3	Lecture	12:00-2:00pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled

Crosslist EE 501: Solid State (3 units)

Atomic structure, bonding in covalent, ionic and Van der Waals crystals, Brillouin zones, lattices, diffraction, electronic states, lattice vibrations, specific heat, electrical conductivity, and magnetism.

Prerequisite: EE 471
Crosslist: This course is offered by the MASC department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in MASC 501.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32130D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 36	Anupam Madhukar	VHE217

EE 504L: Solid State Processing and Integrated Circuits Laboratory (3 units)

Laboratory oriented with lectures keyed to practical procedures and processes. Solid-state fabrication and analysis fundamentals; basic device construction techniques. Prerequisite: BSEE

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30635D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 48	Kian Kaviani	SGM601	Word (35328 KB)
30637D	Lab	9:00-12:00pm	Tuesday	6 of 7		OFFICE
30638D	Lab	9:00-12:00pm	Thursday	7 of 7		OFFICE
30639D	Lab	1:00-4:00pm	Monday	4 of 7		OFFICE
30640D	Lab	9:00-12:00pm	Friday	6 of 7		OFFICE
30641D	Lab	1:00-4:00pm	Wednesday	5 of 7		OFFICE
30642D	Lab	6:00-9:00pm	Wednesday	8 of 8		OFFICE
30643D	Lab	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	5 of 7		OFFICE

EE 509: Electromagnetics for Semiconductor Photonics (3 units)

Overview of electromagnetics needed to understand and design photonic devices. Includes discussion of waveguides and resonant cavities and an introduction to photonic crystals.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30645R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 20	John O'Brien	HED103

EE 517: Statistics for Engineers (3 units)

Presents statistics with engineering emphasis. Topics include confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, estimation, regression, nonparametric tests, analysis of variance, quality control, and experimental design. Recommended preparation: EE 464 or other probability course

Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30680D	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	6 of 12	Bart Kosko	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (118070 KB)
30686D	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	24 of 30	Bart Kosko	OHE100C	PDF (118070 KB)
30682D	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Wednesday	6 of 12		OFF CAMPUS
30688D	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Wednesday	24 of 30		OHE100B

EE 521: Power Systems (3 units)

Transmission lines; transients in power systems; control; stability. Special topics.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30689R	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Thursday	Canceled

EE 522: Immersive Audio Signal Processing (3 units)

Fundamentals of digital audio signal processing, room acoustics, and psychoacoustics. Algorithms for real-time implementation of immersive audio systems for integrated media applications.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 301B or EE 483)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30690D	Lecture	3:00-5:50pm	Friday	16 of 20	Chris Kyriakakis	VHE214

EE 524: Transients in Power Systems (3 units)

Overvoltages during faults, voltage recovery, arcing faults, restrikes, theory of switching surges. Systems grounding, traveling waves, lightning and surge protection, insulation coordination.

Prerequisite: EE 510

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30691R	Lecture	6:30-9:00pm	Thursday	20 of 20	Robert Castro	VHE214

EE 531: Nonlinear Optics (3 units)

Theory of nonlinear optical susceptibility and application to self-focusing, harmonic generation, and parametric interactions. Raman and Brillouin scattering. Coherent spectroscopy.

Prerequisite: EE 470

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30665R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 20	Bill Steier	VHE214

EE 536a: Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design (3 units)

a: MOSFET operation and models; voltage references and biasing; elementary amplifier configurations; design techniques for high-speed operational amplifiers, comparators and transconductors; compensation methods. (Duplicates credit in former EE 533ab.)

Prerequisite: EE 479

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30666D	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Thursday	37 of 48	Rabih Makarem	GFS116

EE 536b: Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design (3 units)

b: Non-linear integrated circuits, data-converter architectures and implementations, comprehensive design project. (Duplicates credit in former EE 533ab.)

Prerequisite: EE 536A
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30667R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 20	Jack Wills	OFF CAMPUS
30668R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 60	Jack Wills	OHE132
30669R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	9 of 60		OHE100B
30670R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	7 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 538: Spread Spectrum Systems (3 units)

Description analysis and design of Spread Spectrum Systems in military, navigation and wireless communication applications: portable, mobile, cellular and micro-cellular (PCS), including the industry standard IS-95. Recommended preparation: EE 568.

Prerequisite: EE 564

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30663R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	4 of 40	Urbashi Mitra
30664R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	3 of 30	Urbashi Mitra	OFF CAMPUS

EE 540: Introduction to Quantum Electronics (3 units)

Fundamentals of light amplification; laser amplifiers and oscillators; atomic pumping; maser and laser systems; definitions of coherence; measurements in quantum electronics.

Prerequisite: EE 470

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30684R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	5 of 10	Robert Hellwarth	OFF CAMPUS
30685R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 30	Robert Hellwarth	RTH115

EE 543a: Digital Control Systems (3 units)

Design, analysis and implementation of digital control systems using microcomputers; Z-transform methods; frequency domain and state space approach; computational aspects; sampling and quantization.

Prerequisite: EE 482

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30692R	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	9 of 20	Petros Ioannou	OFF CAMPUS	Word (29184 KB)
30694R	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	15 of 40	Petros Ioannou	OHE136	Word (29184 KB)

EE 544: Radio Frequency Systems and Hardware (3 units)

Elements of radio frequency communication systems: modulation/demodulation strategies, transmission-channel impairments, performance criteria, hardware (low-noise amplifiers, mixers, oscillators), digital back-end, contemporary case studies.

Prerequisite: (EE 301 and EE 348 and EE 364)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30654D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	22 of 27	Ali Zahid	OFF CAMPUS
30655D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 65	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30656R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	45 of 60		TBA
30657R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 23		OFF CAMPUS

Crosslist EE 545: Robotics (3 units)

Fundamental skills for modeling and controlling of dynamic systems for robotic applications and graphics animations; control theory; kinematics; dynamics; sensor processing; real-time operating systems; robot labs.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 545.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30033D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	63 of 64	Stefan Schaal	SSL150	Word (92160 KB)

EE 549: Queueing Theory for Performance Modeling (3 units)

Review of Poisson and Markov processes; Markovian and non-Markovian queueing systems; networks of queues; priority queueing; applications of the theory to computer systems and communication networks.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30696D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	4 of 20	Michael Neely	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (51797 KB)
30698D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	16 of 40	Michael Neely	OHE100C	PDF (51797 KB)

EE 552: Asynchronous VLSI Design (3 units)

Asynchronous channels and architectures; implementation design styles; controller synthesis; hazards, and races; Petri-nets; performance analysis, and optimization; globally asynchronous locally synchronous design. Open only to graduate students.

Prerequisite: EE 477
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30702R	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Monday	16 of 54	Peter Beerel	OHE132
30703R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	15 of 57		OHE100B
30700R	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Monday	4 of 20	Peter Beerel	OFF CAMPUS
30701R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	4 of 30		OFF CAMPUS

EE 553: Computational Solution of Optimization Problems (3 units)

Computer algorithms for system optimization. Search techniques, gradient methods, parameter optimization in control systems. Optimization with constraints; linear and nonlinear programming. Random search techniques.

Prerequisite: EE 441

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30708D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 40	Michael Safonov	OHE100C	PDF (67160 KB)
30710D	Lecture	2:00-3:30pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 30	Michael Safonov	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (67160 KB)

EE 554: Real Time Computer Systems (3 units)

Structure of real-time computer systems; analog signals and devices; scheduling, synchronization of multiprocessors; reliability, availability; serial/parallel computations; real-time operating systems and languages; design examples.

Prerequisite: EE 457

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30704D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 25	Monte Ung	OFF CAMPUS
30706D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 53	Monte Ung	RTH105

EE 555: Broadband Network Architectures (3 units)

ATM and BISDN, switch designs, high speed local, campus and metropolitan area networks, lightwave and photonic networks, network management techniques, applications and gigabit testbeds.

Prerequisite: (EE 450 and EE 465)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30712D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 20	John Silvester	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (13631 KB)
30714D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	82 of 86	John Silvester	OHE136	PDF (13631 KB)

EE 557: Computer Systems Architecture (3 units)

Comparative studies of computer system components: the CPU, memory, and I/O; analytical modeling techniques to allow comparative evaluation of architectures; parallelism and supercomputers.

Prerequisite: EE 457

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30771D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 33	Murali Annavaram	WPHB26
30994D	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	35 of 37	Michel Dubois	VKC201
30773D	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	18 of 26		VKC259
30995D	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	25 of 50		KAP156
30996D	Quiz	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	43 of 150		THH202
30820D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	42 of 46	Michel Dubois	OHE136
30722D	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Wednesday	45 of 65		OHE136
30716D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 20	Michel Dubois	OFF CAMPUS
30718D	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Wednesday	11 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 558: Optical Fiber Communication Systems (3 units)

State-of-the-art optical fiber communication system. Emphasis on optoelectronic-device and communication-systems issues necessary to provide high-speed and/or networked optical communications. Recommended preparation: EE 338; basic knowledge of optics, semiconductor, and communications concepts.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30724D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	11 of 11	Alan Willner	OFF CAMPUS
30726D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	28 of 29	Alan Willner	OHE100C

EE 559: Mathematical Pattern Recognition (3 units)

Distribution free classification, discriminant functions, training algorithms; statistical classification, parametric and nonparametric techniques, potential functions; non-supervised learning.

Prerequisite: EE 464
Corequisite: EE 441

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30728R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 30	Keith Jenkins	OFF CAMPUS
30730R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	42 of 45	Keith Jenkins	OHE100C

Crosslist EE 561: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (3 units)

Foundations of symbolic intelligent systems, search, logic, knowledge representation, planning, learning. Recommended preparation: good programming and algorithm analysis skills

Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 561.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30079D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	22 of 30	Sven Koenig	OFF CAMPUS
30080D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	92 of 95	Sven Koenig	OHE122
30081D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 80	Paul Rosenbloom	MHP106

EE 562a: Random Processes in Engineering (3 units)

a: Random vectors, sequences, and functions. Linear transformations, second moment theory, spectral densities, narrowband processes, Gaussian processes, correlation detection, linear minimum mean square error estimation.

Prerequisite: (EE 441 and EE 464)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30734D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 40	Zhen Zhang	KAP158
30735D	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	9 of 40		KAP158
30736D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 50	Zhen Zhang	OHE100D
30737D	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	51 of 53		OHE136
30732D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 30	Zhen Zhang	OFF CAMPUS
30733D	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	11 of 30		OFF CAMPUS

EE 563: Estimation Theory (3 units)

Parameter estimation and state estimation techniques including: least squares, BLUE, maximum-likelihood, maximum a posteriori, Kalman-prediction, Kalman-filtering and Kalman smoothing, and extended Kalman filtering.

Prerequisite: EE 562A
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30412D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled	Jay Kuo	TBA
30738R	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled	Jay Kuo	TBA
30413R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	Canceled
30740D	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	Canceled

EE 564: Communication Theory (3 units)

Elementary statistical design theory with applications to the design of digital communications receivers and radar receivers; signal design in digital communications.

Prerequisite: EE 562A
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30742R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 20	Giuseppe Caire	OFF CAMPUS
30747R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 40	Giuseppe Caire	OHE132
30746R	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Thursday	11 of 20		OFF CAMPUS
30748R	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Thursday	10 of 40		OHE100C

EE 566: Optical Information Processing (3 units)

Coherent and incoherent optical transforming, imaging and two-dimensional information processing systems; optical image processing, spatial frequency response and filtering; optical and digital holography. Prerequisite: Knowledge of Fourier transform analysis. Recommended preparation: EE 401 and EE 464.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30750R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 20	Keith Jenkins	OFF CAMPUS
30751R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 50	Keith Jenkins	OHE100B

EE 568: Error Correcting Codes (3 units)

Linear block codes. Combinatorial decoding of block codes; convolution codes; probabilistic formulation of decoding methods; decoding methods; examples.

Prerequisite: (EE 441 and EE 464)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30754R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 40	Keith Chugg	OFF CAMPUS
30756R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	43 of 50	Keith Chugg	OHE100D
30755R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	21 of 50		OFF CAMPUS
30757R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	42 of 50		OHE100C

EE 570b: Advanced Electromagnetic Theory (3 units)

Static and dynamic electromagnetic field theory; solution of scalar and vector boundary value problems; Kirchhoff radiation theory; geometrical optics and geometrical diffraction theory.

Prerequisite: EE 570A
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30761R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	6 of 20	Aluizio Prata	TBA
30763R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Aluizio Prata	OFF CAMPUS
30765R	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	6 of 20		OHE120
30767R	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	5 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 572b: Plasma Dynamics (3 units)

Particle drifts, collision phenomena, Boltzmann and Vlasov equations, hydrodynamic equations, Coulomb interactions; waves in a cold and hot plasma, plasma oscillations, Landau damping, hydromagnetic waves.

Prerequisite: EE 572A

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30769R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Patric Muggli

EE 577a: VLSI System Design (3 units)

Integrated circuit fabrication; circuit simulation; basic device physics; simple device layout: structured chip design; timing; project chip; MOS logic; system design; silicon compilers.

Prerequisite: EE 477

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30758D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Massoud Pedram	OFF CAMPUS
30759D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	51 of 55	Massoud Pedram	THH116
30760D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	57 of 71	Massoud Pedram	OHE122

EE 577b: VLSI System Design (3 units)

VLSI design project; chip level design issues: power and clock distribution, packaging, I/O; design techniques; testability; chip fabrication and test.

Prerequisite: EE 577A

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30762D	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Rashed Bhatti	OFF CAMPUS
30764D	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 50	Rashed Bhatti	OHE100D

EE 579: Wireless and Mobile Networks Design and Laboratory (3 units)

Mobile ad hoc networks: ad hoc and geographic routing, resource discovery, medium access control, IP-mobility, mobility modeling, wired-wireless networks. Lab: wireless LAN measurement, mobile-IP, ad hoc routing. Recommended preparation: programming, network simulation

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 551 or EE 550 or EE 555)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30455D	Lecture-Lab	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	14 of 30	Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Murali Annavaram	GFS101
30852D	Lecture-Lab	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	18 of 30	Murali Annavaram	GFS101

EE 583: Adaptive Signal Processing (3 units)

Wiener filtering, linear prediction, method of steepest descent, stochastic gradient algorithms, recursive least-squares (RLS), fast RLS, RLS with systolic arrays, QRD-least squares methods, blind deconvolution.

Prerequisite: (EE 483 and EE 562A)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30768D	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	9 of 10	Bart Kosko	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (114646 KB)
30770D	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	12 of 30	Bart Kosko	OHE100B	PDF (114646 KB)

EE 585: Linear System Theory (3 units)

Analysis of linear dynamical systems by state-space techniques; controllability, observability, stability, passivity. Application of feedback control and network synthesis.

Prerequisite: EE 441

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30772R	Lecture	5:00-7:40pm	Friday	16 of 30	Petros Ioannou	OHE100D	Word (28160 KB)
30774R	Lecture	5:00-7:40pm	Friday	18 of 20	Petros Ioannou	OFF CAMPUS	Word (28160 KB)

EE 586L: Advanced DSP Design Laboratory (4 units)

Real-time adaptive signal processing design projects using special purpose DSP processors. Suitable project areas include acoustics, speech, arrays, image compression and biomedical signal processing.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 583 or EE 569)
Note: Register for lecture and both labs

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30776D	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	Friday	20 of 30	Krishna Nayak	EEBB18
30778D	Lab	10:00-12:00pm	Friday	20 of 30		EEBB18
30782D	Lab	1:00-3:00pm	Friday	0 of 30		EEBB18

EE 588: Linear Quadratic Control (3 units)

Linear systems with quadratic cost, Riccati equations, observers, Kanman-Bucy filters, separation principle, discrete linear optimal control systems. Recommended preparation: 482, 562a

Prerequisite: EE 585

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30791R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 30	Edmond Jonckheere	OHE100B
30793R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 30	Edmond Jonckheere	OFF CAMPUS

EE 590: Directed Research (1-12 units)

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30783D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	52 of 100	Alexander Sawchuk, Dan Dapkus	OFFICE

EE 592: Computational Methods for Biomedical Imaging (3 units)

Analytic tomographic reconstruction from projections in 2-D and 3-D; algorithms for model based reconstruction; maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods; applications to CT, PET and MRI.

Prerequisite: (EE 483 and EE 562A)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30499D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 30	Richard Leahy	GFS105

EE 594a: Master's Thesis (2 units)

Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30775D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 26		OFFICE

EE 594b: Master's Thesis (2 units)

For the Master's Degree. Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.

Prerequisite: EE 594A
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30777D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	3 of 25		OFFICE

EE 594z: Master's Thesis (0 units)

For the Master's Degree. Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.

Prerequisite: EE 594B
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30779D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 25		OFFICE

EE 599: Special Topics (2-4 units, max 9)

The course content will be selected each semester to reflect current trends and developments in the field of electrical engineering.

Section	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
Innovation in Nanotechnology
30786R	3	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	9 of 33	Stephen Cronin	VHE206
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
30787R	3	Lecture	3:30-5:00pm	Mon, Wed	24 of 27	Chongwu Zhou	VHE206

EE 606: Nonequilibrium Processes in Semiconductors (3 units)

Photoconductivity, photovoltaic, and photomagnetic effects. Carriers lifetime and trapping; luminescence; hot carrier and high field effects.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 501 or MASC 501)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30781D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 20	Tony Levi	GFS108

EE 607: Microelectromechanical Systems (3 units)

Exploration of the technology methods and physical principles of MEMS, and survey various MEMS of current interest.

Prerequisite: EE 504

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30780D	Lecture	5:00-6:30pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 30	Eun Kim	ZHS163

EE 608L: Microelectromechanical Systems Laboratory (3 units)

Lab fabrication and analysis of several MEMS applications, including diaphragm-based sensors and actuators, microfluidic components, and deformable mirror array.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30785R	Lecture-Lab	TBA	TBA	Canceled	Eun Kim	TBA

EE 619: Advanced Topics in Automatic Speech Recognition (3 units)

Advanced topics in automatic speech recognition, speaker recognition, spoken dialogue, coversational multimedia interfaces.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30790D	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	Canceled	Shrikanth Narayanan
30792D	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	Canceled	Shrikanth Narayanan

EE 631: MMIC Design and Technology (3 units)

Design, technology and manufacturing of microwave monolithic integrated cicuits (MMICs) of FaAs substrates. Comprehensive tranceiver design project.

Prerequisite: (EE 470 and EE 544)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30800R	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA

EE 632: Integrated Communication Systems (3 units)

Analysis and design of high-speed integrated communication systems at circuit and system levels. Emphsis on broadband wireless applications. Transceiver architectures, amplifiers, oscillators, frequency synthesizers.

Prerequisite: EE 536A

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30802R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 25	Hossein Hashemi	GFS109

EE 642: Advanced Geometrical Optics (3 units)

First order design of optical systems; origin of aberrations and their effects on wave propagation and imaging based on geometrical and physical optics.

Prerequisite: EE 529

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30795R	Lecture	6:00-9:00pm	Wednesday	7 of 20	Armand Tanguay	OFFICE

EE 650: Advanced Topics in Computer Networks (3 units)

Protocol modelling: flow and congestion control, dynamic routing, distributed implementation; broadcast communication media and multiple access protocols; local networks, satellite networks, terrestrial radio networks.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 550 or EE 555 or CSCI 551)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30797R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 25	Konstantinos Psounis	OHE100C
30799D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	Konstantinos Psounis	OFF CAMPUS

EE 664: Advanced Topics in Communication Theory (3 units)

Synchronization in digital communication systems, tracking loop theory, acquisition and tracking, carrier and suppressed carrier waveforms, other advanced topics in communication theory.

Prerequisite: EE 564

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30812D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	5 of 20	Charles Weber	OFF CAMPUS
30814D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 30	Charles Weber	OHE136

EE 666: Data Communication (3 units)

Receiver design for modulations and channels with memory. Iterative and adaptive detection and decoding algorithms. Application to fading, intersymbol interference, and interference limited channels. Recommended preparation: EE 568, and EE 563 or EE 583

Prerequisite: EE 564

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30590D	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Monday	5 of 40	Keith Chugg	OHE136
30804D	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Monday	3 of 20	Keith Chugg	OFF CAMPUS

EE 669: Multimedia Data Compression (3 units)

Lossless compression, audio/speech coding, vector quantization, fractal compression, JPEG and JPEG-2000, video compression techniques and MPEG standards, video transmission over wired and wireless networks. Recommended preparation: EE 464

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30808R	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	12 of 20	Jay Kuo	OFF CAMPUS
30810R	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	25 of 50	Jay Kuo	OHE100C

EE 680: Computer Aided Design of Digital Systems I (3 units)

Synthesis; partitioning; placement; routing of digital circuits; integrated circuit design methods; simulation at the switch, gate, register transfer and system levels. Recommended preparation: EE 577a.

Prerequisite: EE 581

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30818R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30819R	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Thursday	13 of 40	Ramin Roosta, Mel Breuer	ZHS163

EE 690: Directed Research (1-4 units)

Laboratory study of specific problems by candidates for the degree Engineer in Electrical Engineering. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30830D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	3 of 20	Alexander Sawchuk, Dan Dapkus	OFFICE

EE 790: Research (1-12 units)

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30831D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	129 of 200	Alexander Sawchuk, Dan Dapkus	OFFICE