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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.
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 | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30502R | 680 | Lecture | 4:00-6:45pm | Tue, Thu | 21 of 40 | Shahin Nazarian | OHE132 |   | |
| 30504R | 680 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Tuesday | 21 of 40 | OHE136 | | ||
| 30506D | 527 | Lecture | 4:00-6:45pm | Tue, Thu | 6 of 20 | Shahin Nazarian | DEN@Viterbi | | |
| 30508R | 527 | Discussion | 12:00-12:50pm | Tuesday | 6 of 20 | DEN@Viterbi | |
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.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30023D | 050 | Lecture | 1:00-3:05pm | MTuW | 39 of 45 | Sathyanaraya Raghavachary | OHE136 | | |
| 30040R | 050 | Lab | 1:00-3:05pm | Thursday | 39 of 45 | OHE136 | | ||
| 30080D | 162 | Lecture | 1:00-3:05pm | MTuW | 18 of 20 | Sathyanaraya Raghavachary | DEN@Viterbi | | |
| 30041R | 162 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 18 of 20 | DEN@Viterbi | |
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 | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30420R | 057 | Lecture | 8:30-10:25am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 28 | Mark Redekopp | OHE132 |  | |
| 30422D | 917 | Lecture | 8:30-10:25am | Tue, Thu | 7 of 10 | Mark Redekopp | DEN@Viterbi | | |
| 30425R | 917 | Discussion | 4:30-5:50pm | Thursday | 7 of 10 | DEN@Viterbi | | ||
| 30499R | 057 | Discussion | 4:30-5:50pm | Thursday | 15 of 28 | OHE120 | | ||
| 30518R | 634 | Lecture | 7:30-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 4 of 28 | Mark Redekopp | OHE120 | | |
| 30520R | 634 | Discussion | 4:30-5:50pm | Thursday | 4 of 28 | OHE120 | | ||
| 30522D | 586 | Lecture | 7:30-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 10 | Mark Redekopp | DEN@Viterbi | | |
| 30524R | 586 | Discussion | 4:30-5:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 10 | DEN@Viterbi | |
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.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30510R | 680 | Lecture | 8:00-10:45am | Tue, Thu | 4 of 28 | Shahin Nazarian | OHE120 | | |
| 30512R | 680 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 4 of 28 | OFFICE | | ||
| 30514D | 527 | Lecture | 8:00-10:45am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 20 | Shahin Nazarian | DEN@Viterbi | | |
| 30516R | 527 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | DEN@Viterbi | |
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
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30435R | 906 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 20 | Kian Kaviani | KAP159 | | |
| 30429R | 906 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 6 of 6 | TBA | | ||
| 30436R | 906 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 4 of 5 | TBA | | ||
| 30437R | 906 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 4 of 5 | TBA | | ||
| 30438R | 906 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 4 of 5 | TBA | |
Complete systematic tape-out flow including schematic design, simulation, layout, and post-layout verification of analog, mixed-signal, or radio-frequency integrated circuits. Prerequisite: EE 536a.
- Prerequisite: EE 536a
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30530R | 908 | Lecture | 9:30-12:20pm | Wednesday | 12 of 30 | Sungwon Chung | MHPB7B | PDF (290858 KB) | |
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 | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30554R | 179 | Lecture | 8:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 14 of 50 | Kai Hwang | OHE122 | Word (40787 KB) | |
| 30556D | 292 | Lecture | 8:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 6 of 20 | Kai Hwang | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (33846 KB) | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30470R | 906 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 10 of 35 | Kian Kaviani | OHE122 | | |
| 30471D | 911 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 8 of 25 | Kian Kaviani | DEN@Viterbi | |
ASIC design, FPGAs, VHDL, verilog, test benches, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, post-synthesis simulation, FIFOs, handshaking, memory interface, PCI bus protocol, CAD tools, design lab exercises. Recommended preparation: familiarity with CAD tools
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30460D | 907 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 30 | Gandhi Puvvada | | ||
| 30464D | 907 | Discussion | 6:00-8:30pm | Wednesday | 18 of 48 | | |||
| 30462D | 907 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 29 of 48 | Gandhi Puvvada | | ||
| 30466D | 907 | Discussion | 6:00-8:30pm | Thursday | 29 of 48 | |
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 | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30047D | 907 | Lecture | 4:00-6:00pm | Tue, Thu | 35 of 70 | Sheila Tejada | OHE136 | PDF (355970 KB) | |
| 30051R | 907 | Discussion | TBA | TBA | 35 of 70 | OFFICE | | ||
| 30048D | 912 | Lecture | 4:00-6:00pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 20 | Sheila Tejada | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (355970 KB) | |
| 30052R | 912 | Discussion | TBA | TBA | 14 of 20 | DEN@Viterbi | |
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 | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30474D | 908 | 1.0-6.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 30 of 50 | TBA | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30451D | 908 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | OFFICE | |
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
- Note: Co-req. with EE 560
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30468D | 907 | Lecture | 4:00-4:35pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 30 | Gandhi Puvvada |  | ||
| 30472D | 907 | Lecture | 4:00-4:35pm | Tue, Thu | 27 of 48 | Gandhi Puvvada | | ||
| 30600D | 558 | Lecture | 1:00-2:50pm | Monday | 11 of 40 | Sandeep Gupta, Bhaskar Krishnamachari | OHE136 | |
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 | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verification of VLSI Systems | ||||||||||
| 30445D | 057 | 4.0 | Lecture | 1:00-3:30pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 20 | Shahin Nazarian | GFS104 | PDF (208606 KB) | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30453D | 908 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 20 | OFFICE | |
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 | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30454D | 908 | 1.0-6.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 44 of 100 | OFFICE | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30455D | 908 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 5 of 30 | OFFICE | |