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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. Duplicates credit in EE 154.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30896R	001	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	Canceled
30400D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	51 of 51	Mark Redekopp	OHE230
30403D	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Tue, Thu	46 of 47	Mark Redekopp	OHE230
30404R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 45	Michael Castle	SGM601
30406R	001	Discussion	9:30-10:50am	Friday	36 of 36		VHE205
30407D	001	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	36 of 37		VHE205
30408R	001	Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Friday	37 of 37		VHE205
30892R	001	Discussion	8:00-9:20am	Friday	22 of 36		VHE205
30409R	001	Quiz	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	119 of 200		TBA
30401R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	31 of 45	Monte Ung	RTH105
30402R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Thursday	33 of 45		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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30410R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:20am	Mon, Wed	33 of 40	Patrick Nasiatka	OHE230
30412R	001	Lecture-Lab	4:00-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	42 of 45	Armand Tanguay	OHE230

EE 109L: Introduction to Embedded Systems (3.0 units)

Information representations, embedded C language constructs, assembly programming, state machines, and fundamental circuit analysis. Embedded topics will include digital I/O, serial I/O protocols, analog-to-digital conversion and interrupt mechanisms. Recommended preparation: Knowledge of C or C++.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31291D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 38	Mark Redekopp,Allan Weber	VHE205
31292D	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Tuesday	37 of 40		VHE205
31395D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	33 of 38	Allan Weber	VHE205
31396D	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Wednesday	33 of 40		VHE205

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30414R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 68	Douglas Burke	MHP105
30415R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	77 of 77	Douglas Burke	ZHS352
30844R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 1		OFFICE
30416R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tuesday	14 of 30		SAL109
30417R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Wednesday	39 of 40		SAL126
30418R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Monday	20 of 36		SAL127
30419D	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	39 of 40		SAL126
30475R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Monday	12 of 30		SAL109
30855R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Thursday	Canceled

EE 154: Fundamentals of Digital Logic (2.0 units)

Logic function synthesis, Boolean algebra, sequential devices, state-machine synthesis, combinational and sequential data-path components. Prerequisites: EE 109L. Duplicates credit in EE 101. Open only to Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Electrical Engineering majors.

Prerequisite: EE 109
Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Engineering & Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30693R	595	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	26 of 40	Mark Redekopp	VHE205
30411R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	10 of 80		OFFICE

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered
30421R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30422R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30429R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30424R	001	Lab	7:00-9:40pm	Monday	Canceled
30425R	001	Lab	5:00-7:40pm	Thursday	Canceled
30426R	001	Lab	6:20-9:00pm	Tuesday	Canceled
30427R	001	Lab	5:00-7:40pm	Wednesday	Canceled

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30432D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	52 of 52	Satsuki Takahashi	OHE230
30433R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 50	Satsuki Takahashi	OHE230
30434R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	49 of 50		OHE230
30435R	001	Lab	6:00-8:00pm	Monday	44 of 50		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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30442D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 46	Daniel Lidar	VKC102
30443D	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	45 of 46		KAP156

EE 254L: Introduction to Digital Circuits (4.0 units)

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 101 or EE 154)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31295R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 60	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252
31297R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	43 of 60	Gandhi Puvvada	GFS116
31286R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	68 of 200
31280R	001	Lab	6:10-9:00pm	Tuesday	17 of 20		OHE336
31281R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	15 of 20		OHE336
31288R	001	Lab	12:00-2:50pm	Friday	3 of 20		OHE336
31290R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Thursday	19 of 20		OHE336
31294R	001	Lab	7:00-9:50pm	Monday	15 of 20		OHE336

EE 277L: Introduction to Digital Integrated Circuits (2.0 units)

Physical principles and circuit theory used to analyze and design digital integrated circuits. Introduction to digital abstractions that bridge the gap between basic circuit theory and VLSI. Prerequisite: EE 109. Duplicates credit in EE 328.

Prerequisite: EE 109
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30691R	596	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tuesday	35 of 40	Edward Maby	VHE205
30690R	596	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	35 of 40		VHE205

EE 301: 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
Note: Register for one lecture, one discussion and quiz

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30444D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	80 of 80	Todd Brun	ZHS352	PDF (73482 KB)
30459R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	45 of 45		OHE230
30541R	001	Lab	6:00-8:00pm	Wednesday	35 of 45		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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30461R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 35	Douglas Burke	VHE205
30462R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Thursday	31 of 35		VHE205

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30463R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	43 of 45	Aluizio Prata	SGM601	PDF (30203 KB)
30464R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	18 of 20		VHE210
30465R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	8 of 20		VHE210
30466R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	17 of 20		VHE210

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30467R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	49 of 49	Stephen Cronin	ZHS163
30468R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Monday	28 of 28		GFS223
30469R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	21 of 25		VHE214

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30470R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	MWF	30 of 40	Edward Maby	OHE230

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 254. Recommended preparation: a high level programming language.

Prerequisite: EE 254

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30476R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	50 of 50	Mary Eshaghian	SGM601
30777R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 49	Mary Eshaghian	SGM601
30477R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	48 of 50		RTH109
30776R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	38 of 50		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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30778R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 60	Fariba Ariaei	GFS116
30779R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Monday	56 of 58		SSL150
30480R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	60 of 60	Panayiotis Georgiou	GFS101
30481R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Monday	57 of 60		KAP160

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30492D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 20	Sol Golomb	DEN@Viterbi
30544R	014	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	12 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30487D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	52 of 70	Sol Golomb	OHE132
30488R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	51 of 70		OHE122
30998R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	Canceled

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30496D	001	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	41 of 46	Robert Castro	RTH105
30497D	014	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	4 of 20	Robert Castro	DEN@Viterbi

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31282D	014	Lecture	TBA	TBA	3 of 20		OFFICE
30964D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	47 of 50		OFFICE
30962R	001	Discussion	5:00-6:20pm	Monday	50 of 50	Mohammed Beshir	OHE100D

Crosslist EE 445L: 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. Prerequisites: CSCI 103.

Prerequisite: CSCI 103
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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29955R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	29 of 30	Nora Ayanian	KAP145
29956R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 15	Nora Ayanian	VHE205
29958R	001	Lab	7:00-9:50pm	Monday	14 of 15	Nora Ayanian	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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30498D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Hossein Hashemi
30499D	001	Lab	10:00-12:50pm	Friday	Canceled

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. Duplicates credit in CSCI 353.

Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30452D	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 40	Ali Zahid	KAP140
30454D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 46	Ali Zahid	KAP144
30500D	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	44 of 50	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30501D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	49 of 55	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30502D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 50	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30782R	001	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	Canceled
30450R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	Canceled
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	60 of 60		THH116
30504R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	62 of 70		OHE132
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	60 of 60		THH114
30555R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	37 of 60
30783R	001	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Thursday	Canceled
30684R	001	Quiz	4:00-8:00pm	Friday	144 of 250	Ali Zahid	TBA
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30546R	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist EE 455x: 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 sciencemajors, 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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30100D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	108 of 120	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (128652 KB)
29936D	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
29950R	001	Lab	4:30-6:20pm	Thursday	18 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL127
29951D	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled	Claire Bono
29952D	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	Canceled
30260R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	20 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	14 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL127
30262R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	20 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL109
30360R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	16 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL109
30382R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	19 of 20	Claire Bono	WPHB36
29963D	014	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	11 of 20	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	11 of 20	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi

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. Prerequisites: EE 254L.

Prerequisite: EE 254

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31284D	014	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (308712 KB)
31285R	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30775D	001	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Tuesday	21 of 32	Mary Eshaghian	SGM226
30780R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	20 of 50	Mary Eshaghian	ZHS352
31126D	001	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Thursday	20 of 32	Mary Eshaghian	SGM226
30570R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	20 of 50	Mary Eshaghian	SLH100
30567D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	83 of 91	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122	PDF (308712 KB)
30568D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 70	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252	PDF (308712 KB)
30604R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Gandhi Puvvada		PDF (308712 KB)
30569R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	80 of 121		OHE122
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	62 of 80		SLH102
30571R	001	Quiz	10:00-11:50am	Friday	92 of 252		TBA

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30550D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Satsuki Takahashi	DEN@Viterbi
30552D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 28	Satsuki Takahashi	OHE120

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30554D	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	16 of 45	Martin Gundersen	SSL150	PDF (118900 KB)

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30458R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 60	Dan Goebel	MHP106

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. Prerequisites: EE 277L or EE 338.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 277 or EE 338)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30449R	001	Quiz	6:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	67 of 245		OFFICE
30551D	001	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Wednesday	Canceled
30598R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30591D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	27 of 50	Maryam Soltan	THH116
30594R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	23 of 50	Maryam Soltan	OHE230
30592D	001	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Monday	31 of 36	Ali Zadeh	GFS101
30597R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	31 of 36	Ali Zadeh	SAL127
30781D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	36 of 40	Maryam Soltan	THH114
30596R	001	Lab	5:00-6:20pm	Wednesday	40 of 41	Maryam Soltan	RTH115
30599D	014	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Alice Parker	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (65403 KB)
30577R	014	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30593D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 53	Alice Parker	OHE136	PDF (65403 KB)
30595D	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	26 of 26	Alice Parker	RTH109
30991R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	27 of 27	Alice Parker	SAL109
31200D	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 1
31201D	001	Lab	7:30-9:20am	Wednesday	0 of 1
30590R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30786R	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	0 of 1		OFFICE

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Location
30845D	001	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Tuesday	Canceled
30846D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	Canceled
30532D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 80	OHE132
31191R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	48 of 80	OHE136
30534D	014	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 20	DEN@Viterbi
31283D	014	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	11 of 20	DEN@Viterbi

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31226R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled

EE 482: Linear Control Systems (3.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 301 or EE 301a)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30494D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	Canceled	Farooq Ahmad
30603D	001	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Tuesday	13 of 40	Farooq Ahmad	KAP158
30607R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	13 of 40		KAP158
31289D	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	Canceled

EE 483: Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (3.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 301 or EE 301a)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30608D	014	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA
30613D	014	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Richard Leahy	DEN@Viterbi
30561D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30609D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	69 of 90	Richard Leahy	OHE122	PDF (17836 KB)
30612R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	67 of 90		OHE132

EE 490x: Directed Research (1.0-8.0 units, max 12)

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30611D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	8 of 15		OFFICE

EE 499: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Introduction to System-on-Chip
30699R	001	4.0	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 20	Shahin Nazarian,Paul Bogdan	KAP165	PDF (86249 KB)

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32120R	048	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Anupam Madhukar

EE 503: Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers (4.0 units)

Rigorous coverage of probability, discrete and continuous random variables, functions of multiple random variables, covariance, correlation, random sequences, Markov chains, estimation, and introduction to statistics. Duplicates credit in EE 464 and EE 465.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30789D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	14 of 20	Alexander Sawchuk	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (88823 KB)
30580D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	60 of 50	Alexander Sawchuk	OHE100D	PDF (88823 KB)
30581D	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	60 of 50		OHE100D
30587D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:00pm	Friday	36 of 40	Bart Kosko	ZHS252	PDF (160897 KB)
30588R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 40		KAP158
30784D	048	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	51 of 55	Osonde Osoba	VPD105	PDF (507396 KB)
30785R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	51 of 55		GFS116
30689D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30670R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30788D	048	Lecture	5:00-8:30pm	Thursday	Canceled
30791D	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30583D	048	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Mon, Wed	41 of 40	Bob Scholtz	OHE136	PDF (98501 KB)
30589R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	41 of 50		KAP156
31113R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 30	Michael Neely	KAP156
31112R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	10 of 30		OFFICE
31399D	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	14 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30518D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	39 of 40	Kian Kaviani	SGM601
30520R	048	Lab	9:00-12:00pm	Thursday	5 of 5		OFFICE
30521R	048	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Tuesday	6 of 7		OFFICE
30522D	048	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Monday	7 of 8		OFFICE
30523R	048	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Tuesday	6 of 6		OFFICE
30525D	048	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	8 of 8
30526R	048	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Thursday	5 of 5		OFFICE
30448R	048	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Wednesday	0 of 5		OFFICE
30451R	048	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Friday	2 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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30530D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Dan Dapkus	VHE210	Word (16702 KB)

EE 508: Nano-Fabrication Lithography (3.0 units)

Physical basis of lithography methods for nano-scale devices. Photon-, electron-, and ion-based systems, advanced processes; resolution enhancement techniques; directed self assembly.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30772D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	51 of 57	Wei Wu	VPD116

EE 511: Simulation Methods for Stochastic Systems (1.0 unit)

Project-oriented investigation of simulation methods used for the analysis and design of complex stochastic systems whose operation and performance are affected by random events. Corequisite: EE 503. Recommended preparation: MatLab programming experience.

Corequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31222R	048	Lecture	8:00-8:50pm	Thursday	19 of 30	Osonde Osoba	VPD105	PDF (229292 KB)

EE 512: 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. Prerequisites: EE 441 and EE 464, EE 465, or EE 503

Prerequisite: EE 441 and 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465 or EE 503)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31190R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	77 of 82	Benjamin Reichardt	OHE132
31298D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:30pm	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	Benjamin Reichardt	DEN@Viterbi
31193R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	77 of 82		OHE132
31299R	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

EE 516: High-Voltage DC Transmission Systems (3.0 units)

AC/DC conversion processes, converter technologies, and design; harmonics, controls, and protection; AC/DC interactions and system performance; modeling, application, and installation; current-source versus voltage-source converters. Prerequisite: EE 443.

Prerequisite: EE 443

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31287R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	23 of 40	Mohammed Beshir	KAP144

EE 518: Mathematics and Tools for Financial Engineering (4.0 units)

Students will build a mathematical background for studying Financial Engineering. Emphasis is on analysis, proofs and examples. Mathworks Financial toolbox will be introduced.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31301D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	38 of 40	Petros Ioannou	OHE100B
31302R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	38 of 40		OHE132
31303D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 10	Petros Ioannou	DEN@Viterbi
31304R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	1 of 10		DEN@Viterbi

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30659D	034	Lecture	12:00-2:50pm	Friday	3 of 20	Shrikanth Narayanan	DEN@Viterbi
30661D	048	Lecture	12:00-2:50pm	Friday	32 of 80	Shrikanth Narayanan	OHE136

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30616D	048	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	20 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 443.

Prerequisite: EE 443

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30624R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	33 of 40	Vibhor Trehan	OHE100C
30625D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	3 of 20	Vibhor Trehan	DEN@Viterbi

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. Corequisites: EE 521. Recommended preparation: EE 482.

Corequisite: EE 521

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30453D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30558R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled

EE 528: Power Electronics (3.0 units)

Fundamentals of switched-mode power converters operating under steady-state and transient conditions. Feedback control systems. Magnetic circuit design.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30771D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	25 of 33	Andras Kuthi	VHE217	PDF (80493 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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30686R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	22 of 30	Armand Tanguay	OHE100B	PDF (90012 KB)
30985D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 20	Armand Tanguay	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (90012 KB)
30682R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	20 of 30		OHE100B
30986R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	3 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30688R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 15	Robert Hellwarth	SSC505	PDF (93031 KB)

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32177R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 30	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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30695D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 20	Hossein Hashemi	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (28431 KB)
30696R	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	12 of 40	Hossein Hashemi	OHE100B	PDF (28431 KB)
30697R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30698R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	Canceled

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30493R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 40	Shuo-Wei Chen	RTH105
30559D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Shuo-Wei Chen	DEN@Viterbi
30447R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	28 of 40		OHE136
30669R	034	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

EE 537: Modern Solid-State Devices (3.0 units)

Integrated-circuit technologies for mixed-signal communication and data systems. Constituent device models and their limitations. Contemporary research topics.

Prerequisite: EE 338

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31394D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	56 of 60	Chongwu Zhou	THH114

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30702R	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	12 of 30	Tony Levi	KAP158

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered
30704R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30705D	034	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30706R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	Canceled
30707R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	Canceled

EE 542: Internet and Cloud Computing (3.0 units)

Principles and technologies of server clusters, virtualized datacenters, Grids/P2P, Internet clouds, social networks, Internet of Things (IoT), and their innovative applications. Recommended preparation: EE 450 or EE 457.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30413D	048	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	39 of 45	Kai Hwang	KAP158	PDF (37751 KB)
30533D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	40 of 45	Kai Hwang	VPD106	PDF (37751 KB)
30535D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	52 of 56	Kai Hwang	OHE100D	PDF (37751 KB)
30537D	034	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Kai Hwang		PDF (37023 KB)

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 flow control. Prerequisites: EE 450 and EE 464 or EE 465 or EE 503. Recommended preparation: EE 549.

Prerequisite: EE 450 and 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465 or EE 503)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30621D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	32 of 100	Michael Neely	ZHS159

EE 554: Real Time Computer Systems (3.0 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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31293D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Monte Ung	DEN@Viterbi
31296D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 41	Monte Ung	OHE100D

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30628D	034	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi
30630D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 57	Michel Dubois	OHE100D
30629R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	55 of 56		OHE122
31391D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Thursday	31 of 48	Heidi Ziegler	KAP156	PDF (378231 KB)
31390R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	28 of 48

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30632D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	6 of 20	Alan Willner	DEN@Viterbi
30633D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	29 of 30	Alan Willner	OHE120

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.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30195D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	315 of 330	Laurent Itti	SGM123
30034R	048	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	32 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP146
30035R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	33 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP147
30036R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	29 of 33	Sheila Tejada	VKC261
30037R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	32 of 33	Sheila Tejada	VHE217
30038R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	30 of 33	Sheila Tejada	VHE217
30039R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	33 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP147
30040R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	33 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP144
30041R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Thursday	30 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP147
30042R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	30 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP156
30050R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	33 of 33	Bill Swartout	OHE136
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 20	Laurent Itti	DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	14 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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. Prerequisites: EE 441 and EE 464 or EE 503.

Prerequisite: EE 441 and 1 from (EE 464 or EE 503)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30636R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 40	Salman Avestimehr	OHE100B
30637R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	14 of 45		OHE100C
30634D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 40	Salman Avestimehr	DEN@Viterbi
30635R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	6 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

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. Corequisites: EE 464 or EE 465 or EE 503. Recommended preparation: EE 441.

Corequisite: 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465 or EE 503)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31392D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	18 of 40	Christopher Walker	OHE100B	PDF (128546 KB)
31397D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	11 of 20	Christopher Walker	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (128546 KB)

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, textureanalysis, image filtering and restoration. Graduate standing. Recommended preparation: EE 401 and EE 464 or EE 503.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30651D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	7 of 30	Jay Kuo	DEN@Viterbi
30902R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	8 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30652D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	67 of 122	Jay Kuo	OHE122
30901R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	61 of 121		OHE122

EE 570b: 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: EE 570A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30692R	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	4 of 12	Aluizio Prata	KAP150	PDF (30545 KB)
30694R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	3 of 20

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30117D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 20	Ram Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi
30118D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 40	Ram Nevatia	OHE100C

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30653D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Yanzhi Wang	DEN@Viterbi
30654R	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	97 of 110	Yanzhi Wang	OHE122
30445R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	97 of 100		OHE122
30446R	034	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	8 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30655D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	DEN@Viterbi
30656D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	74 of 100	Shahin Nazarian	OHE122
30843D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 49	Shahin Nazarian	VKC152
31398D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	50 of 60	Shahin Nazarian	THH116
30662R	034	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	14 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30668R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	118 of 121		OHE122
31102R	048	Quiz	6:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	108 of 150		TBA

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30663D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	117 of 200		OFFICE

EE 591: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Reconstruction (3.0 units)

Principles of magnetic resonance imaging. Spin physics, Fourier-based acquisition and reconstruction, generation of tissue contrast, fast imaging, artifact correction, advanced image reconstruction. Prerequisite: EE 483. Recommended preparation: EE 441; EE 464, or EE 503. Familiarity with MATLAB is required.

Prerequisite: EE 483

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30995R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled			PDF (88159 KB)

EE 592: Computational Methods for Inverse Problems (3.0 units)

Vector-space methods for solving inverse problems. Existence and uniqueness of solutions; conditioning and regularization; iterative algorithms; constrained optimization; applications in signal and image processing. Prerequisites: EE 483 and EE 441. Recommended preparation: EE 503..

Prerequisite: (EE 441 and EE 483)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30441R	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 30	Justin Haldar	VKC260	PDF (229422 KB)

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31000R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 20	Edmond Jonckheere	OHE100C	PDF (162139 KB)
31001D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Edmond Jonckheere	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (162139 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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30665D	048	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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30666D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30667D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 30		OFFICE

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. Prerequisites: EE 450 and EE 464 or EE 465 or EE 503. Recommended preparation: EE 467, familiarity with Matlab and C programming.

Prerequisite: EE 450 and 1 from (EE 464 or EE 465 or EE 503)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30897D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	43 of 50	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	SOSB44

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31202R	048	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	20 of 25	Ashutosh Nayyar	EEB248

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	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Decision Making in Networked Systems
30556D	048	3.0	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 25	Ashutosh Nayyar	KAP167	PDF (160106 KB)
Electromagnetic Scattering
30557R	048	3.0	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Mahta Moghaddam	SOSB41
Social Network Systems
30773R	048	3.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 36	Keith Chugg	KAP144	PDF (109614 KB)
Advanced Transistor Physics and Technology
31366R	048	3.0	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Rehan Kapadia	KAP145	PDF (137218 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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30941R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 12	Andreas Molisch	KAP150

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30455D	048	Lecture	3:00-5:40pm	Wednesday	13 of 25	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	VKC207

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30438R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 46	Murali Annavaram	KAP144
30439D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Murali Annavaram

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30671D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	51 of 60	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	VKC156
30787D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	49 of 60	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	ZHS252
30911D	034	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled

EE 660: Machine Learning from Signals: Foundations and Methods (3.0 units)

Supervised, semi-supervised, and unsupervised machine learning; classification and regression. Model complexity, assessment, and selection; performance (error) on unseen data. Prerequisite: EE 441 and EE 503. Recommended preparation: EE 559 or CSCI 567.

Prerequisite: (EE 441 and EE 503)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30460R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 55	Keith Jenkins	OHE132	PDF (90087 KB)
30889D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30456R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	Canceled

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30674D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	20 of 100		OFFICE

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30675D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	148 of 200		OFFICE