Schedule of Classes

Electrical Engineering (EE)

• http://ee.usc.edu/
• D class assignments for undergraduates available in EEB102; phone (213) 740-4447.
• D class assignments for graduate students available in EEB100; phone (213) 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 (3.0 units)

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

• Note: Register for one lecture, one discussion and quiz.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30400D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	39 of 43	Mark Redekopp	RTH105	PDF (147786 KB)
30401D	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	36 of 42	Shahin Nazarian,Mary Eshaghian	OHE230	PDF (154846 KB)
30403D	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Tue, Thu	47 of 49	Mark Redekopp	OHE230	PDF (147786 KB)
30404D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 53	Mark Redekopp	OHE230	PDF (147786 KB)
30406R	Discussion	9:30-10:50am	Friday	37 of 41		VHE205
30407R	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	36 of 41		VHE205
30408R	Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Friday	39 of 43		VHE205
30409R	Quiz	2:00-4:00pm	Friday	161 of 200		TBA
30402R	Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Thursday	27 of 40		VHE205
30892R	Discussion	8:00-9:20am	Friday	31 of 40		VHE205

EE 105: Introduction to Electrical Engineering (3.0 units)

Gateway to the majors in Electrical Engineering. An overview of modern electrical engineering; communications, computers, circuits, components, controls, electromagnetics, microelectronics; principles of commercial products such as FAX, modem, CD-ROM, ATM networks.

• Corequisite: MATH 125

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30412R	Lecture-Lab	4:00-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	63 of 75	Armand Tanguay	OHE230	PDF (92725 KB)

EE 150L: Engineering Computational Methods (3.0 units)

Algorithms and computational methods for efficient solution of engineering problems. Introduction to engineering software tools.

• Note: Register for one lecture, one Lab .

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30414R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	84 of 85	Douglas Burke	SLH102
30415D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	79 of 83	Douglas Burke	ZHS252
30416D	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tuesday	18 of 35		SAL126
30417R	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Wednesday	40 of 40		SAL126
30418R	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Monday	36 of 39		SAL127
30419R	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	35 of 36		SAL126
30475R	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Monday	34 of 35		SAL109

EE 201L: Introduction to Digital Circuits (4.0 units)

Digital system design and implementation; synchronous design of datapath and control; schematic/Verilog-based design, simulation, and implementation in Field Programmable Gate Arrays; timing analysis; simple CPU design; semester-end project. Prerequisite: EE 101.

• Prerequisite: EE 101

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30421R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	41 of 41	Monte Ung, Gandhi Puvvada	KAP140
30422R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 40	Monte Ung, Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS163
30429R	Quiz	8:30-9:50am	Friday	61 of 140		TBA
30424R	Lab	7:00-9:40pm	Monday	19 of 20		OHE336
30425D	Lab	5:00-7:40pm	Thursday	17 of 20		OHE336
30426R	Lab	4:00-6:40pm	Monday	20 of 21		OHE336
30427R	Lab	5:00-7:40pm	Wednesday	19 of 20		OHE336

EE 202L: Linear Circuits (4.0 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
• Corequisite: MATH 245
• Note: Register for one lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30432R	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	46 of 50	Satsuki Takahashi	OHE230
30433R	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 45	Satsuki Takahashi	OHE230
30434R	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	43 of 45		OHE230
30435R	Lab	6:00-8:00pm	Monday	32 of 35		OHE230

EE 241: Applied Linear Algebra for Engineering (3.0 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	27 of 40	Daniel Lidar	MHPB7B
30443R	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	27 of 30		KAP166

EE 301L: Linear Systems (4.0 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 one lecture, one discussion and quiz

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30444R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	32 of 40	Andreas Molisch	VKC260
30459R	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	23 of 30		OHE230
30541R	Lab	6:00-8:00pm	Wednesday	9 of 20		OHE230

EE 328Lx: Circuits and Electronics for Computer Engineers (3.0 units)

Introduction to the physical principles governing analog circuits for data conversions and data communications. Elementary device behavior for digital systems. Not available for credit to electrical engineering majors.

• Prerequisite: PHYS 152
• Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30460R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 30	Satsuki Takahashi	KAP167
30461R	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	28 of 30		OHE336

EE 330: Electromagnetics I (3.0 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	Syllabus	Info
30463R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 40	Aluizio Prata	KAP163	PDF (29611 KB)
30464R	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	12 of 14		GFS111
30465R	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	9 of 14		GFS111
30466R	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	13 of 14		GFS111

EE 337L: Engineering Nano-Systems (3.0 units)

Methods to control and exploit the phenomena of nano-science, and the integration of nano-technology into systems. Development of fundamental concepts through a series of experimental modules. Duplicates credit in the former EE 238.

• Prerequisite: PHYS 152
• Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31186R	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
31189R	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 12

EE 338: Physical Electronics (3.0 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	Syllabus	Info
30467R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	41 of 42	Michelle Povinelli	ZHS163
30468R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Monday	27 of 27		VHE217
30469R	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	12 of 15		KAP137
31187R	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled

EE 348L: Electronic Circuits (4.0 units)

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

• Corequisite: EE 338

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30470R	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	MWF	19 of 30	Edward Maby	OHE230

Crosslist EE 351: Programming and Multimedia on the World Wide Web (3.0 units)

HTML progrmming for creating home pages, installation and modification of Web server, writing progrms that offer enhanced services, manipulation of graphics, video and sound.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 102
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 351.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30383R	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 50	Massoud Ghyam	ZHS352	Word (21964 KB)

EE 357: Basic Organization of Computer Systems (3.0 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)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30476R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 47	Murali Annavaram	RTH105
30477R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	43 of 45		RTH109

EE 364: Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Electrical En (3.0 units)

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

• Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 225 or MATH 245)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30480R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	70 of 90	Petros Ioannou	MHP101
30481R	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Monday	69 of 90		GFS116

EE 401: Transform Theory for Engineers (3.0 units)

Complex variables, Cauchy Riemann conditions, contour integration and residue theory; Fourier transform; Laplace transform; sampling theory. Discrete time filters, discrete and fast Fourier transform.

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

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30482R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 20	Keith Jenkins	OHE120	PDF (107053 KB)
30483R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	8 of 40		OHE120
30484D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 20	Keith Jenkins	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (107053 KB)
30485R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	0 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 441: Applied Linear Algebra for Engineering (3.0 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	Syllabus	Info
30487R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 44	Sol Golomb	OHE100C	PDF (70879 KB)
30488R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	32 of 40	Sol Golomb	OHE100D
30492D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 40	Sol Golomb	OFF CAMPUS
30494D	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	3 of 40	Sol Golomb	OFF CAMPUS
30997R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	20 of 40	Michael Neely	KAP158
30998R	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	20 of 40	Michael Neely	KAP163

EE 443: Introduction to Power Systems (3.0 units)

Components of power systems. Analysis techniques in electrical power generation transmission and utilization. Environmental and economic considerations in system operations and planning. Recommended preparation: 370.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30496R	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	39 of 46	Robert Castro	RTH105
30497D	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	3 of 30	Robert Castro	OFF CAMPUS

EE 444: Power Systems Technology (3.0 units)

Comprehensive assessment of the technical, environmental, and regulatory challenges that affect the future delivery and utilization of electric power. Case-study analysis.

• Prerequisite: EE 202
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion. Lecture will be webcast and students will be sent the url upon registration. Discussion will be held in room assigned.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30964R	Lecture	TBA	TBA	37 of 40	Robert Castro	OFFICE
30965D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	4 of 40	Robert Castro	OFF CAMPUS
30962R	Discussion	5:00-6:20pm	Monday	36 of 40	Robert Castro	OHE100C
30963R	Discussion	5:00-6:20pm	Monday	4 of 40	Robert Castro	OFF CAMPUS

Crosslist EE 445: Introduction to Robotics (4.0 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	Syllabus	Info
29955D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	26 of 30	Amin Atrash	GFS222
29956R	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	13 of 15		VHE205
29958R	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Monday	13 of 15		VHE205

EE 448L: Communication Electronics (4.0 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
30498R	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	21 of 35	Hossein Hashemi	OHE230	PDF (32741 KB)
30499R	Lab	10:00-12:50pm	Friday	21 of 35		OHE230

EE 450: Introduction to Computer Networks (3.0 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

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30452R	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	86 of 120	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30500R	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	66 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE136
30501R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 60	Ali Zahid	MHP105
30502R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 60	Ali Zahid	MHP105
30506D	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	6 of 40	Ali Zahid	OFF CAMPUS
30450R	Discussion	TBA	TBA	71 of 90	Ali Zahid	OFFICE
30503R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	55 of 60		GFS101
30504R	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	69 of 70		OHE132
30505R	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	59 of 60		GFS118
30507D	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	6 of 40		OFF CAMPUS
30684R	Quiz	4:00-8:00pm	Friday	235 of 250		TBA

EE 454L: Introduction to System Design Using Microprocessors (4.0 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 357 and EE 201)
• Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30509R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 36	Gandhi Puvvada	KAP145
30562R	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Thursday	11 of 17		VHE205
30600R	Lab	TBA	Friday	0 of 1		OFFICE
30602R	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Wednesday	0 of 1		VHE205

Crosslist EE 455xx: Introduction to Programming Systems Design (4.0 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	Syllabus	Info
29963D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 20	Claire Bono	OFF CAMPUS
29962D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	72 of 73	Claire Bono	OHE136	PDF (120744 KB)
30260R	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	24 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	24 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL126
30262R	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	24 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL109

EE 457: Computer Systems Organization (3.0 units)

Register Transfer level machine organization; performance; arithmetic; pipelined processors; exceptions, out-of-order and speculative execution, cache, virtual memory, multi-core multi-threaded processors, cache coherence.

• Prerequisite: (EE 201 and EE 357)
• Note: Register for one lecture, one discussion, and one quiz.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30567R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	109 of 120	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122
30568R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	66 of 72	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252
30572D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 30	Gandhi Puvvada	OFF CAMPUS
30604R	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	67 of 76	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252
30569R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	88 of 120		OHE122
30570R	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	75 of 85		SLH100
30573D	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	2 of 30		OFF CAMPUS
30605R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	76 of 80		GFS116
30571R	Quiz	10:00-11:50am	Friday	194 of 250		TBA

Crosslist EE 460: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3.0 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
29966D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	33 of 42	Sven Koenig	SLH102

EE 464: Probability Theory for Engineers (3.0 units)

Axiomatic foundations of probability, random variables, functions of several random variables, introduction to statistics, sequences of random variables.

• Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 301 or EE 301A) and MATH 445

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30576D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 30	Keith Chugg	OFF CAMPUS
30577D	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	9 of 30		OFF CAMPUS
30578R	Lecture	2:00-4:40pm	Friday	33 of 40	Bart Kosko	ZHS252	PDF (92489 KB)
30579R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	32 of 40	Bart Kosko	VHE217
30580R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	60 of 82	Keith Chugg	OHE132
30581R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	57 of 82		OHE132

EE 465: Probabilistic Methods in Computer Systems Modeling (3.0 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	Syllabus	Info
30583R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 58	Konstantinos Psounis	OHE100D
30584R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	75 of 80	Konstantinos Psounis	THH210
30587D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Konstantinos Psounis	OFF CAMPUS
30586R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	54 of 67		MHP105
30588R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		OFF CAMPUS
30589R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	68 of 70		OHE136

EE 470: Electromagnetics II (3.0 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
30550D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Bill Steier	OFF CAMPUS
30552R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 41	Bill Steier	OHE100D

EE 471: Applied Quantum Mechanics for Engineers (3.0 units)

Introductory quantum mechanics and applications. Schrodinger equation, atomic and molecular processes, time-dependent perturbation theory. Applications to lasers, solid state demos and gaseous devices. Prerequisite: 330 or graduate standing.

• Prerequisite: EE 330
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30554R	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	36 of 41	Martin Gundersen	VHE217

EE 475: Wireless Communication Technology (3.0 units)

Fundamentals of wireless communication from a device point of view. Lab experiments and design project. Recommended preparation: EE 241, EE 483

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30458R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 45	Dan Goebel	VKC102

EE 477L: MOS VLSI Circuit Design (4.0 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)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30551R	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Thursday	44 of 44	Shahin Nazarian	SSL150	PDF (17587 KB)
30591R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	52 of 53	Shahin Nazarian	OHE100D	PDF (17587 KB)
30592R	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Monday	44 of 44	Shahin Nazarian	KAP156	PDF (17587 KB)
30593R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	57 of 57	Alice Parker	OHE100D	PDF (67489 KB)
30599D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (17587 KB)
30449R	Quiz	6:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	136 of 160		OFFICE
30590R	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	29 of 30	Shahin Nazarian	RTH105
30594R	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	30 of 30	Alice Parker	RTH105
30595R	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	20 of 30	Shahin Nazarian	RTH109
30596R	Lab	5:00-6:20pm	Wednesday	37 of 37	Shahin Nazarian	RTH105
30597R	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30	Alice Parker	SAL127
30598R	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	32 of 36	Shahin Nazarian	SAL127
30601D	Lab	5:00-6:20pm	Wednesday	4 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	OFF CAMPUS
30991R	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	20 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	SAL126

EE 479: Analog and Non-Linear Integrated Circuit Design (3.0 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
30532R	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	45 of 76	Ali Zadeh	OHE136	PDF (220549 KB)
30534D	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	5 of 15	Ali Zadeh	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (220549 KB)
31191R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	44 of 76		OHE136
31192R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	5 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 480: Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (3.0 units)

Next-generation nanoscale materials and electronic devices: nanoscale fabrication and characterization, nanomaterials, nanoelectronics, and nanobiotechnology.

• Prerequisite: EE 338

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31226R	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 25	Chongwu Zhou	GFS104

EE 482: Linear Control Systems (3.0 units)

Analysis of linear control systems; continuous and sampled-data systems, various stability criteria; frequency response and root locus compensation techniques.

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

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30603R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 40	Michael Safonov	OHE100D	PDF (64562 KB)
30608D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 30	Michael Safonov	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (64562 KB)
30607R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	20 of 40		OHE132
30701R	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	4 of 30		OFF CAMPUS

EE 483: Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (3.0 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 one discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30609R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	62 of 80	Richard Leahy	OHE122	PDF (17443 KB)
30613D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 30	Richard Leahy	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (17443 KB)
30612R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	60 of 80		OHE122
30614R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	2 of 30		OFF CAMPUS

EE 485: Telecommunications Technology (3.0 units)

Technical development of the telecommunications industry and the accompanying regulatory environment. Case-study analysis.

• Prerequisite: EE 301
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion. Lecture will be webcast. Students will be sent the url upon registration. Discussion will take place in the room assigned.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31182R	Lecture	TBA	TBA	10 of 30	John Silvester	TBA	PDF (167371 KB)
31184D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 20	John Silvester	OFF CAMPUS
31183R	Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 30	John Silvester	OHE100B
31185R	Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	John Silvester	OFF CAMPUS

EE 490x: Directed Research (2.0-8.0 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
30611D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 15	Alexander Sawchuk, Edward Maby	OFFICE

Crosslist EE 502: Advanced Solid State (3.0 units)

Semiconductors, dielectrics and metals, thermoelectric effects, magnetism, magnetic resonance and superconductivity. Prereq: 501

• Prerequisite: MASC 501
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the MASC department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in MASC 502.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32120R	Lecture	4:00-5:15pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Anupam Madhukar

EE 504L: Solid State Processing and Integrated Circuits Laboratory (3.0 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	Info
30518D	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Friday	29 of 32	Kian Kaviani	VHE206
30520D	Lab	9:00-12:00pm	Thursday	5 of 6		OFFICE
30521D	Lab	1:00-4:00pm	Monday	4 of 5		OFFICE
30522D	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Monday	4 of 5		OFFICE
30523D	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Tuesday	5 of 5		OFFICE
30525D	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	6 of 7
30526D	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Thursday	5 of 5		OFFICE

EE 506: Semiconductor Physics (3.0 units)

Semiconductor bonds, crystallography, band structure assumptions, group theory, band structure results, k.p method, quantum wells, wires and dots, superlattices, amorphous, organic semiconductors, defects, statistics, surfaces.

• Prerequisite: MASC 501

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30530R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	9 of 30	Dan Dapkus	VHE206	PDF (286163 KB)

EE 512: Evolution Theory of Stochastic Processes (3.0 units)

Probability theory and stochastic processes, including renewal theory, Markov chains, Brownian motion, martingales, and stochastic calculus. Applications in communication networks, queuing theory, and financial systems.

• Prerequisite: EE 441 and 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465)
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31190D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 42	Petros Ioannou	OHE100C
31298D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Petros Ioannou	OFF CAMPUS
31193D	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	30 of 40		OHE100C
31299D	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	2 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 513: Solid State Energy Devices (3.0 units)

Design and operation of solar photovoltaic energy converters, thermovoltoic energy converters, thermoelectric energy converters, and solid state light emitters; their roles in renewal and conservation of energy. Recommended Preparation EE 338.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30981R	Lecture	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	26 of 30	Randolph Krager	KAP166

EE 515: High Voltage Technology (3.0 units)

High voltage engineering basic concepts; theoretical, design, and practical aspects of overvoltages, travelling-waves, insulation, and aging; breakdown mechanisms; insulation coordination.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30875D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Martin Gundersen

EE 519: Speech Recognition and Processing for Multimedia (3.0 units)

Speech production, acoustics, perception, synthesis, compression, recognition, transmission. Coding for speech, music, and CD-quality. Feature extraction. Echo cancellation. Audio, visual synchronization. Multimedia, Internet use.

• Prerequisite: EE 483

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30659D	Lecture	12:00-2:50pm	Friday	1 of 20	Shrikanth Narayanan, Joseph Tepperman	OFF CAMPUS
30661D	Lecture	12:00-2:50pm	Friday	24 of 80	Shrikanth Narayanan, Joseph Tepperman	OHE100D

EE 520: Introduction to Quantum Information Processing (3.0 units)

Introduces the basics of quantum computation and quantum information theory: quantum bits and registers, unitary gates, algorithms, error correction, and quantum cryptography. Recommended preparation: EE 441, EE 464.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30891R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 30	Todd Brun	KAP147	PDF (61687 KB)

EE 522: Immersive Audio Signal Processing (3.0 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
30616D	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Friday	18 of 20	Chris Kyriakakis	RTH217

EE 525: Power System Protection (3.0 units)

Theory of system and equipment protection, characteristics of relays, relay coordination, and system considerations.

• Prerequisite: EE 510

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30624D	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	18 of 40	Vibhor Trehan	OHE100C
30625D	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	6 of 20	Vibhor Trehan	OFF CAMPUS

EE 527: Net-Centric Power-System Control (3.0 units)

Control and stability of large-scale systems such as the electric power grid. Integration with information networks. Recommended preparation: EE 484.

• Corequisite: EE 521

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30453D	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 20	Edmond Jonckheere	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (34253 KB)
30558D	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 35	Edmond Jonckheere	OHE100D	PDF (34253 KB)

EE 529: Optics (3.0 units)

Basic graduate level optics including wave optics, foundations of geometric optics, optical elements, aberration theory, Hermite-Gaussian beams, multilayer structures, and matrix techniques. Recommended preparation: 470 or graduate standing.

• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30686R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 30	Armand Tanguay	OHE100B	PDF (90213 KB)
30985D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Armand Tanguay	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (90213 KB)
30682R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	13 of 30		RTH105
30986D	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	2 of 30		OFF CAMPUS

EE 530: Optical Materials, Instruments and Devices (3.0 units)

Anisotropic materials and devices; properties of metals; design and theory of selected optical instruments; properties of electrooptic, acoustooptic, and spatial light modulators; optical detectors. Prerequisite: 529.

• Prerequisite: EE 529

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30687R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Robert Hellwarth		PDF (117500 KB)
30688R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Robert Hellwarth		PDF (117500 KB)

EE 532: Wireless Internet and Pervasive Computing (3.0 units)

Wireless Internet access and security technologies, 3G cellular and WAP systems, mobile device architecture, firewalls and intrusion detection, and public key infrastructure for pervasive, cluster, grid, and Internet computing. Recommended preparation: EE 457

• Prerequisite: EE 450

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30622D	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled

Crosslist EE 534: Materials Characterization (3.0 units)

Characterization of solids by optical microscopy, electron microscopy, (TEM, SEM) and elemental and structural analysis (EPMA, ESCA, AES, SIMS, HEED, LEED, SED, etc.).

• Crosslist: This course is offered by the MASC department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in MASC 534.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32177R	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 25	Anupam Madhukar	VHE217

EE 536a: Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design (3.0 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.

• Prerequisite: EE 479
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30695D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	1 of 15	John Choma	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (146696 KB)
30696D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	16 of 30	John Choma	OHE100B	PDF (146696 KB)
30697D	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	1 of 15		OFF CAMPUS
30698D	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	16 of 30		OHE120

EE 536b: Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design (3.0 units)

b: Non-linear integrated circuits, data-converter architectures and implementations, comprehensive design project.

• Prerequisite: EE 536a

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30493R	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 30	Shuo-Wei Chen	GFS222

EE 539: Engineering Quantum Mechanics (3.0 units)

Quantum mechanics for engineering majors who work with solid state devices, quantum electronics, and photonics. Schroedinger equation, perturbation theory, electronic and optical processes.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30702R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Tony Levi	VHE206	PDF (96030 KB)

EE 541: Radio Frequency Filter Design (3.0 units)

Theory and realization of passive and transconductance-based active filters for radio frequency communications. Distributed and quasi-distributed passive filters. Circuit testing via scattering parameters.

• Prerequisite: EE 348
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30704D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 28	John Choma	OHE120	PDF (112487 KB)
30705D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	John Choma	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (112487 KB)
30706R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 40		OHE120
30707R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	5 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

Crosslist EE 547: Sensing and Planning in Robotics (3.0 units)

Introduction to software methods in robotics including sensing, sensor fusion, estimation, fault tolerance, sensor planning, robot control architectures, planning and learning.

• Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 547.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30391D	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	Canceled	Gaurav Sukhatme

EE 550: Design and Analysis of Computer Communication Networks (3.0 units)

Applications of stochastic modeling and optimization techniques to communication network design and analysis. Data link control; performance models; multi-access channels; routing and flowcontrol. Recommended preparation: EE 549.

• Prerequisite: EE 450 and 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30620D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	Canceled	John Silvester
30621R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	20 of 40	John Silvester	VHE217	PDF (167380 KB)

EE 551: Principles of Radar (3.0 units)

Signal propagation, reflections from targets; radar equation; detection of scintillating targets; resolution; ambiguity functions; clutter rejection; tracking radars. Recommended preparation: EE 470.

• Prerequisite: EE 562a

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30446D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 30	Mahta Moghaddam	OHE120
31306D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Mahta Moghaddam	OFF CAMPUS

EE 557: Computer Systems Architecture (3.0 units)

Computer architecture from a design perspective: Pipelined processors, speculative execution, VLIW, vector processors, memory systems, interconnection networks, shared-memory and message-passing multiprocessors, chip multiprocessors.

• Prerequisite: EE 457
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30628D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 20	Michel Dubois	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (16111 KB)
30630D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	46 of 50	Michel Dubois	OHE100D	PDF (16111 KB)
30629D	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	7 of 20		OFF CAMPUS
30631D	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	35 of 50		OHE120

EE 558: Optical Fiber Communication Systems (3.0 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
30632D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Scott Nuccio	OFF CAMPUS
30633R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	32 of 40	Scott Nuccio	OHE100C

Crosslist EE 561: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (3.0 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	Syllabus	Info
30079D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	12 of 24	Gerard Medioni	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (238008 KB)
30080D	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Tuesday	58 of 60	Krishnamurthy Narayanaswamy	GFS101
30219D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	77 of 80	Gerard Medioni	OHE136	PDF (238008 KB)
30304D	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Monday	88 of 90	Krishnamurthy Narayanaswamy	SLH100

EE 562a: Random Processes in Engineering (3.0 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)
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30636D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 45	Bob Scholtz	OHE100B	Word (106251 KB)
30637D	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	23 of 45		OHE100C
30634D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 30	Bob Scholtz	OFF CAMPUS	Word (106251 KB)
30635D	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	8 of 40		OFF CAMPUS

EE 563: Estimation Theory (3.0 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	Syllabus	Info
30478R	Lecture	11:00-12:30pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 40	Jerry Mendel	OHE100B	Word (28672 KB)
30486R	Lecture	9:30-10:20am	Monday	Canceled
30491R	Lecture	11:00-12:30pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Jerry Mendel	OFF CAMPUS	Word (28672 KB)
31395R	Discussion	9:30-10:20am	Monday	6 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 564: Communication Theory (3.0 units)

Elementary statistical design theory with applications to thedesign of digital communications receivers and radar receivers;signal design in digital communications. Recommended preparation: EE 401.

• Prerequisite: (EE 441 and EE 464)
• Corequisite: EE 562a
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30643D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	5 of 40	Keith Chugg	OFF CAMPUS
30645R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 30	Keith Chugg	OHE120
30644R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	5 of 40		OFF CAMPUS
30690R	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	2 of 30		OHE100B

EE 565a: Information Theory (3.0 units)

Information measures; asymptotic equipartition property; source coding theorem; noiseless coding; cryptography, channel coding theorem; rate distortion theory; Gaussian channels; multiple user source and channel theory.

• Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30647D	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Giuseppe Caire	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (70232 KB)
30648R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 30	Giuseppe Caire	OHE100B	PDF (70232 KB)

EE 567: Communication Systems (3.0 units)

Analysis of communication systems operating from very low to optical frequencies. Comparison of modulation and detection methods. System components description. Optimum design of communication systems. Recommended preparation: EE 441.

• Corequisite: 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465)
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31119D	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	19 of 40	Christopher Walker	OHE122
31120D	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	4 of 30	Christopher Walker	OFF CAMPUS
31200R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	16 of 30		OHE136
31201R	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	4 of 30		OFF CAMPUS

EE 569: Introduction to Digital Image Processing (3.0 units)

Image sampling, 2-D image transform, image enhancement, geometric image modification, mophologic processing, edge detection, texture analysis, image filtering and restoration. Graduate standing. Recommended preparation: 401, 464

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

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30651D	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	8 of 30	Jay Kuo	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (21839 KB)
30652D	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	83 of 122	Jay Kuo	OHE132	PDF (21839 KB)
		9:00-11:50am	Friday			OHE100B
30901R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	77 of 122		OHE136
		5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday			RTH109
30902R	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	8 of 30		OFF CAMPUS

EE 570a: Advanced Electromagnetic Theory (3.0 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: 470.

• Prerequisite: EE 470
• Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30692R	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	11 of 20	Aluizio Prata	OHE120	PDF (30615 KB)
31399D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Aluizio Prata	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (30615 KB)
30694R	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	9 of 20		OHE120
30923R	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	3 of 20		OFF CAMPUS

EE 572a: Plasma Dynamics (3.0 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.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30462R	Lecture	3:30-5:50pm	Wednesday	5 of 20	Joseph Wang	VHE214

Crosslist EE 574: Computer Vision (3.0 units)

Description and recognition of objects, shape analysis, edge and region segmentation, texture, knowledge based systems, image understanding.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 455
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 574.

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30117D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 10	Gerard Medioni	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (234801 KB)
30118D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	81 of 87	Gerard Medioni	OHE132	PDF (234801 KB)

EE 577a: VLSI System Design (3.0 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	Syllabus	Info
30653D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	OFF CAMPUS
30654D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	48 of 60	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	OHE100D

EE 577b: VLSI System Design (3.0 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
30655D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	OFF CAMPUS	PDF (17522 KB)
30656D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 50	Shahin Nazarian	OHE122	PDF (17522 KB)
31398D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 51	Shahin Nazarian	SSL150	PDF (17522 KB)
30662R	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	8 of 20		OFF CAMPUS
30668R	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	81 of 100		OHE122

EE 587: Nonlinear and Adaptive Control (3.0 units)

Nonlinear systems, Lyapunov stability, parameter identification, direct and indirect adaptive control for linear and nonlinear systems. Design analysis, stability, robustness and applications. bBacksteeping, feedback linearization.

• Prerequisite: (EE 482 and EE 585)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30903R	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Edmond Jonckheere

EE 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 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
30663D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	68 of 200	Alexander Sawchuk, Edward Maby	OFFICE

EE 593: Multivariable Control (3.0 units)

Feedback performance analysis; robustness and stability margins; sensitivity; disturbance attenuation; design tradeoffs; singular value, characteristic locus, and inverse Nyquist array design methods. Prerequisite: 482 and 585.

• Prerequisite: (EE 482 and EE 585)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30999D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Michael Safonov
31000D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 20	Michael Safonov	WPHB26	PDF (81619 KB)

EE 594a: Master's Thesis (2.0 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
30665D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	3 of 30		OFFICE

EE 594b: Master's Thesis (2.0 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
30666D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 30		OFFICE

EE 594z: Master's Thesis (0.0 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
30667D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 30		OFFICE

EE 595: Algebraic Coding Theory (3.0 units)

Finite field theory; Reed Solomon codes; algebraic codes; algebraic decoding methods; examples.

• Prerequisite: (EE 441 and EE 464)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30896D	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 25	Georgious Dimakis	GFS221

EE 596: Wavelets (3.0 units)

The theory and application of wavelet decomposition of signals. Includes subband coding, image compression, multiresolution signal processing, filter banks, and time-frequency tilings.

• Prerequisite: (EE 483 and EE 441)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30710D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Antonio Ortega
30712D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 30	Antonio Ortega	KAP147
30711D	Discussion	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA
30713D	Discussion	TBA	TBA	13 of 30		TBA
30895D	Discussion	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA

EE 597: Wireless Networks (3.0 units)

Introduction to wireless networking technologies; fundamental architectural and design principles used at all protocol layers; optimization and performance evaluation using mathematical analysis and simulations. Recommended preparation: EE 467, familiarity with Matlab and C programming.

• Prerequisite: EE 450 and 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30897D	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	27 of 49	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	ZHS163
30995R	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Bhaskar Krishnamachari

EE 598: Electrical Engineering Research Seminar (1.0 units, max 2)

Introduction to research in electrical engineering. Topics vary by semester. May be repeated for up to one unit of credit for MS students, two units of credit for PhD students. Open only to Masterâ??s and Doctoral Students.

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

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30471R	Lecture	2:00-2:55pm	Friday	125 of 140	Mary Eshaghian	GFS106
30889D	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	9 of 40	Georgious Dimakis, Rahul Jain	EEB248
30988D	Lecture	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	Canceled	Hossein Hashemi		PDF (20780 KB)
31274R	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 30	Krishna Nayak	EEB248	PDF (39675 KB)

EE 599: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 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	Syllabus	Info
Adiabatic Quantum Computation
30411D	3.0	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Sergio Boixo
Computer Aided Design of Digital Systems I
30456D	3.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled
Computer Aided Design of Digital Systems I
30457D	3.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	13 of 30	Mel Breuer	GFS222
High-Voltage DC Transmission Systems
30681D	3.0	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Monday	17 of 25	Mohammed Beshir	KAP165
Introduction to Nano-Fabrication
30921D	3.0	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 25	Wei Wu	WPH103	PDF (99274 KB)
Quantum Algorithms
31305R	3.0	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 25	Benjamin Reichardt	VKC256	PDF (49034 KB)
Sparse Approximation Methods in Electrical Engineering
31397D	3.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 24	Urbashi Mitra	KAP138	PDF (25226 KB)

EE 635: Advanced Wireless Communications (3.0 units)

Fundamentals of advanced wireless systems, including multi-antenna, cognitive, and cooperative systems as well as exploration of current standards in wireless networks in use today. Recommended preparation: Basic programming course.

• Prerequisite: EE 535

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30941R	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 10	Andreas Molisch	SOSB43

EE 649: Stochastic Network Optimization (3.0 units)

Optimization of wireless and ad-hoc mobile networks; opportunistic scheduling, flow control; backpressure routing; queue stability; energy-delay and utility-delay tradeoffs.

• Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31221D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA

EE 650: Advanced Topics in Computer Networks (3.0 units)

Protocol modelling: flow and congestion control, dynamic routing,distributed implementation; broadcast communication media andmultiple access protocols; local networks, satellite networks,terrestrial radio networks. Recommended preparation: EE 550 or CSCI 551

• Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 450 or EE 465)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30890D	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	Canceled

EE 652: Low-Power Wireless Networks (3.0 units)

Implementation of low-power wireless protocols for medium access, scheduling, multi-hop routing, congestion control, localization, synchronization. IP stack for the Internet of Things. Wireless sensor network applications. Recommended preparation: CSCI 402, strong programming skills, and experience with Linux.

• Prerequisite: EE 450

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30774R	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	14 of 20	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	KAP137

EE 653: Advanced Topics in Microarchitecture (3.0 units)

Current research topics related to microprocessor architecture. Dynamically/statically scheduled processors, multithreading, chip multiprocessors, systems on a chip. Power, performance, complexity, dependability issues. Impact of technology.

• Prerequisite: EE 557

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30451D	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 30	Michel Dubois	VHE206	PDF (16315 KB)

EE 657: Parallel and Distributed Computing (3.0 units)

Scalable multiprocessor systems and clusters, virtual machine, service oriented architecture, network-based computing, Peer-to-Peer, Grid and Cloud based storage and computing, case studies. Prerequisite: EE 457. Recommended preparation: EE 450.

• Prerequisite: EE 457

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30431D	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	13 of 30	Kai Hwang	KAP138	PDF (31309 KB)

EE 658: Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems (3.0 units)

Fault models; test generation; fault simulation; self-checking and self-testing circuits; design for testability; fault tolerant design techniques; case studies.

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

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30671D	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	49 of 90	Sandeep Gupta	OHE132
30911D	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Sandeep Gupta	OFF CAMPUS

EE 667: Array Signal Processing (3.0 units)

Beamforming principles, monopulse and conical-scan concepts, phased arrays, synthetic multiple beam arrays; signal processing techniques for synthetic aperture formation, adaptivity, and retro-directing.

• Prerequisite: EE 562A

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30445D	Lecture	5:10-7:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30448D	Lecture	5:10-7:50pm	Friday	Canceled

EE 677: VLSI Architectures and Algorithms (3.0 units)

VLSI models; measures of area, volume and time; mapping algorithms; systolic arrays; area time tradeoffs; application to signal and image processing problems.

• Prerequisite: EE 557

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30413D	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 35	Viktor Prasanna	VKC258	PDF (32250 KB)

EE 681: Computer Aided Design of Digital Systems II (3.0 units)

Theory and techniques for design and analysis of digital logic; specification, formal models; hardware-descriptive languages; formal verification, high level synthesis; logic synthesis.

• Prerequisite: (EE 557 and EE 680)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30441D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA

EE 690: Directed Research (1.0-4.0 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
30674D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 100	Alexander Sawchuk, Edward Maby	OFFICE

EE 691: Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (3.0 units)

Advanced clinical and research applications, sparse sampling, RF pulse design, analysis of free precession sequences, NMR relaxation, in-vivo spectroscopy and other advanced topics.

• Prerequisite: (EE 441 and EE 562A and EE 591)

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30557D	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	11 of 16	Krishna Nayak	VKC155	PDF (47412 KB)

EE 790: Research (1.0-12.0 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
30675D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	157 of 200	Alexander Sawchuk, Edward Maby	OFFICE

EE 794a: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

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

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30676D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	23 of 50		OFFICE

EE 794b: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: EE 794A
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30677D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	9 of 50		OFFICE

EE 794c: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: EE 794B
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30678D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	16 of 50		OFFICE

EE 794d: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: EE 794C
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30679D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	11 of 50		OFFICE

EE 794z: Doctoral Dissertation (0.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: EE 794D
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30680D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	7 of 50		OFFICE