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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 former EE 154.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30401D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	47 of 48	Brandon Franzke	GFS116	PDF (96051 KB)
30404R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 41	Brandon Franzke	VHE217	PDF (96051 KB)
30402R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:20pm	Friday	44 of 44		VHE205
31333D	001	Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Friday	38 of 41		VHE205
30409R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	78 of 80		TBA

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	31 of 45	Armand Tanguay	OHE230	PDF (87805 KB)
30412R	001	Lecture-Lab	4:00-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 45	Armand Tanguay	OHE230	PDF (87849 KB)

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
31009D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 38	Allan Weber, Mark Redekopp	VHE205
31291D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 41	Mark Redekopp	VHE205
31395D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	39 of 39	Allan Weber	VHE205
30997R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	116 of 150		OFFICE
31007R	001	Lab	4:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	40 of 40		VHE205
31292R	001	Lab	2:30-3:50pm	Wednesday	38 of 38		VHE205
31396R	001	Lab	1:00-2:20pm	Wednesday	38 of 38		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 1Lec, 1Lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30415R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled

EE 155L: Introduction to Computer Programming for Electrical Engineers (4.0 units)

Introduction to solving engineering problems using computational methods. Survey of various programming languages and their strengths and weaknesses. Program structure, input/output, conditionals, loops, functions, arrays.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30898R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	42 of 50	Sandeep Gupta	KDC240
30899R	001	Lab	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	42 of 50		ZHS163

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
30432R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	44 of 52	Edward Maby, Douglas Burke	OHE230
30433R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	33 of 50	Douglas Burke, Edward Maby	OHE230
30434R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	48 of 52		OHE230
30435R	001	Lab	6:00-8:00pm	Monday	29 of 50		OHE230

EE 209: Foundations of Digital System Design (4.0 units)

Logic-function synthesis, state machines, combinational and sequential data-path components. Physical principles used to analyze and design digital integrated circuits. Prerequisite: EE 109.

Prerequisite: EE 109

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30773D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	41 of 42	Mark Redekopp	GFS207
30777D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 40	Mark Redekopp	WPH102
30770R	001	Discussion	9:30-10:50am	Friday	31 of 31		VHE205
30774D	001	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	31 of 31		VHE205
30877R	001	Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Friday	10 of 30		VHE205
30881R	001	Quiz	7:00-9:00pm	Thursday	72 of 80		OFFICE

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
30442R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 50	Federico Spedalieri	VKC102
30443R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	38 of 50		VKC102

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	76 of 76	Edmond Jonckheere	ZHS252	PDF (109764 KB)
30459R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	32 of 45		OHE230
30541R	001	Lab	6:00-8:00pm	Wednesday	22 of 45		OHE230
31169R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	22 of 26		OHE230

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	33 of 40	Alireza Tabatabaeenejad	SGM601	PDF (232357 KB)
30464R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	21 of 21		GFS221
30465R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30466R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	12 of 20		GFS108

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	32 of 55	Rehan Kapadia	LVL17
30468R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Monday	25 of 28		GFS207
30469R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	7 of 27		VHE217

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	35 of 41	Susan Schober	OHE230

EE 352L: Computer Organization and Architecture (3.0 units)

Computer organization and architecture. Concepts include: computer evolution and performance, system busses, cache memory, internal and external memory, input/output, operating system support, computer arithmetic. Prerequisite: CSCI 104.

Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30406R	001	Lecture	8:00-8:50am	MWF	23 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	KDC236
30407D	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	37 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	KDC236
30411R	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	40 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	KDC236
30461R	001	Lab	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	40 of 40		KDC236
30462R	001	Lab	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	38 of 40		KDC236
31226R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	22 of 40		KDC236

EE 354L: 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; semester-end project. Prerequisite: EE 101 or EE 154L. (Duplicates credit in EE 254 and in former EE 201L)

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 101 or EE 209)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31307R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	43 of 49	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS163
31308R	001	Lab	6:10-9:00pm	Tuesday	21 of 25		OHE336
31309R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	22 of 25		OHE336

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
30480D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 60	Rahul Jain	GFS101
30481R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Monday	53 of 60		THH212
30778D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	61 of 61	Jerry Mendel	GFS118
30779D	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	61 of 61		THH212

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 or graduate standing.

Prerequisite: MATH 445

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Location
30492D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 20	DEN@Viterbi
30544R	014	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	12 of 20	DEN@Viterbi
30487R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	43 of 56	OHE100D
30488R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	43 of 56	OHE100D

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
30496R	001	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	31 of 80	Robert Castro	OHE132
30497D	014	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	8 of 20		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
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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30964R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	50 of 54	Mohammed Beshir	OHE100D
31282D	014	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	4 of 20	Mohammed Beshir	DEN@Viterbi
30962R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	48 of 54
30963R	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	4 of 20

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	Syllabus
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30546R	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	8 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30782R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 40	Joe Touch	VHE217	PDF (238388 KB)
30783R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	19 of 40	Joe Touch	WPH102
30454D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 48	Ali Zahid	GFS101
30500D	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	56 of 60	Ali Zahid	OHE136
30501D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	61 of 75	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30502D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 75	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30450R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	57 of 60	Ali Zahid	THH210
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	47 of 50	Ali Zahid	THH212
30504R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	22 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	49 of 50	Ali Zahid	ZHS163
30555R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	46 of 50	Ali Zahid	THH212
30684R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	191 of 250	Ali Zahid	TBA

EE 454L: Introduction to System-on-Chip (4.0 units)

Design flow, tools, and issues related to System/Network-on-Chip (S/Noc) design for real-time embedded systems with applications in mobile, cloud, aerospace, and medical electronics. Prerequisite: EE 354.

Prerequisite: EE 354

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30911D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	19 of 30		VHE205
30559R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	19 of 30	Paul Bogdan	OHE336

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	198 of 200	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (127606 KB)
29950R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30192R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL127
30205R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30206R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30207R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	20 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30262R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
29963D	014	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	27 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (127606 KB)
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	27 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

EE 457: Computer Systems Organization (4.0 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 354

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30567D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	42 of 45	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230
31284D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	59 of 63	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252
31305D	014	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
31338D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 100	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122
30569R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	73 of 75		OHE122
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	52 of 70		GFS116
31285D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31306R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	24 of 60		THH212
31337R	001	Quiz	5:30-8:30pm	Thursday	153 of 250		OFFICE

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	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	Aluizio Prata	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (28811 KB)
30552R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	12 of 30	Aluizio Prata	OHE100C	PDF (28811 KB)

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	37 of 45	Martin Gundersen	SSL150	PDF (121246 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	15 of 60	Dan Goebel

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: EE 277L, or EE 338 or graduate standing.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 277 or EE 338)
Note: Register for one lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30593D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	61 of 70	Alice Parker	OHE136
30599D	014	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 20	Alice Parker	DEN@Viterbi
30577R	014	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	7 of 20	Alice Parker	DEN@Viterbi
30595R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	29 of 35	Alice Parker	RTH109
30991R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	31 of 35	Alice Parker	KAP145
30781D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	41 of 58	Massoud Pedram	VKC100
30596R	001	Lab	5:00-6:20pm	Wednesday	22 of 50	Massoud Pedram	RTH115
31201R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	19 of 40	Massoud Pedram	RTH105

EE 479: Analog Integrated Circuit Design (4.0 units)

MOSFET and BJT operation and models; elementary amplifier configurations; biasing and references; frequency response; feedback; operational amplifiers. Prerequisite: EE 348.

Prerequisite: EE 348
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30532R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 56	Sungwon Chung	OHE100D	PDF (481164 KB)
31191R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	26 of 56		OHE100D
30534D	014	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Sungwon Chung	DEN@Viterbi
31283D	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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. (Duplicates credit in AME 451)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30603R	001	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	27 of 40	Fariba Ariaei	OHE136
31377D	014	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	7 of 20	Fariba Ariaei	DEN@Viterbi
30607R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	27 of 40		OHE100D
30615R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	7 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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
30613D	014	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Richard Leahy	DEN@Viterbi
30561D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30609R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	76 of 90	Richard Leahy	OHE122
30612R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	76 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	Sandeep Gupta, Eun Kim, Edward Maby	OFFICE

EE 494a: Undergraduate Thesis (2.0 units)

For the undergraduate degree. Credit on acceptance of thesis. IP (EE 494a) or letter grade (EE 494b).

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31188D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	5 of 10	Edward Maby, Martin Gundersen	OFFICE

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 former EE 464 and EE 465.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30788D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	64 of 65	Konstantinos Psounis	KDC240
31112R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	64 of 65	Konstantinos Psounis	GFS118
30789D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	18 of 22	Alexander Sawchuk	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (78954 KB)
31399R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	18 of 22	Alexander Sawchuk	DEN@Viterbi
30587D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	49 of 50	Bart Kosko	ZHS252	PDF (245198 KB)
30588R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	49 of 50	Bart Kosko	ZHS252
31113D	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	46 of 50	Konstantinos Psounis	LVL16
30785R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	46 of 50	Konstantinos Psounis	GFS118
30580D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	85 of 85	Alexander Sawchuk	OHE132	PDF (78954 KB)
30581R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	85 of 85	Alexander Sawchuk	OHE132

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	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 40	Kian Kaviani	VPD106
30520R	048	Lab	9:00-12:00pm	Thursday	4 of 5		OFFICE
30521R	048	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Tuesday	5 of 5		OFFICE
30522R	048	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Monday	4 of 5		OFFICE
30523R	048	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Tuesday	3 of 5		OFFICE
30525R	048	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 5		OFFICE
30526R	048	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Thursday	3 of 5		OFFICE
30448R	048	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Wednesday	3 of 5		OFFICE
30451R	048	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Friday	2 of 5		OFFICE

EE 505: Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF Integrated-Circuit Tape-Out (3.0 units)

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
31221R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 25	Sungwon Chung	VKC109	PDF (176337 KB)

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
30530R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 30	Tony Levi	KAP140	PDF (287347 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
30772R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 57	Wei Wu	SGM601

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
31117R	048	Lecture	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	33 of 50	Osonde Osoba	GFS101	PDF (236885 KB)
31222R	048	Lecture	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	25 of 50	Osonde Osoba	GFS101	PDF (236885 KB)
31229R	048	Lecture	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	49 of 50	John Silvester	VKC102	PDF (181107 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. Prerequisite: EE 441 and EE 503.

Prerequisite: (EE 441 and EE 503)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31190R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	43 of 70	Ashutosh Nayyar	OHE132
31298D	034	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Ashutosh Nayyar	DEN@Viterbi
31193R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	42 of 82		OHE132
31299R	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	3 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	33 of 40	Mohammed Beshir	KAP140

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	40 of 47	Petros Ioannou	OHE100B
31302R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	40 of 47		OHE132
31303D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 10	Petros Ioannou	DEN@Viterbi
31304R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	3 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	Canceled
30661R	048	Lecture	12:00-2:50pm	Friday	Canceled

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 and EE 503.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30556R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 30	Benjamin Reichardt	GFS105

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	10:00-12:50pm	Friday	17 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	20 of 40	Vibhor Trehan	OHE100C
30625D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	0 of 20	Vibhor Trehan	DEN@Viterbi

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
30771R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	22 of 33	Andras Kuthi	OHE100B
30887D	034	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Andras Kuthi	DEN@Viterbi

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	13 of 30	Armand Tanguay	OHE100B	PDF (91902 KB)
30985D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Armand Tanguay	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (91902 KB)
30682R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	12 of 30		OHE100B
30986R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	1 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

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	21 of 41	Anupam Madhukar	VHE217

EE 536a: Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design (4.0 units)

a: MOSFET operation and models; elementary amplifier configurations; biasing and references; frequency response; noise; feedback; operational amplifiers; frequency compensation; non-linearity and mismatch; passive and active filters. Prerequisite: EE 448L or EE 479.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 448 or EE 479)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30695D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	8 of 20	Shuo-Wei Chen	DEN@Viterbi
30696R	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	23 of 40	Shuo-Wei Chen	OHE100B
30697R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	8 of 15		DEN@Viterbi
30698R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	23 of 30		OHE100B

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
31394R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 60	Chongwu Zhou	GFS118

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	VHE210	PDF (289656 KB)

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	Info
30533R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 50	Kai Hwang	SOSB4	PDF (56507 KB)
31119R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	38 of 50	Kai Hwang	SOSB4	PDF (56507 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. Prerequisite: EE 450 and EE 503.

Prerequisite: EE 450 and EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30621R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	12 of 60	Michael Neely	OHE122
31366D	034	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Michael Neely	DEN@Viterbi

EE 553: Computational Solution of Optimization Problems (3.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: EE 441

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30996D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	36 of 41	Mahdi Soltanolkotabi	WPH207	PDF ()

EE 555: Broadband Network Architectures (3.0 units)

Broadband network architectures and services, technologies for high-speed access and core networks, optical infrastructure for layered network architectures, high performance switch and router architectures. Prerequisites: EE 450 and EE 503.

Prerequisite: EE 450 and EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30558R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 50	John Silvester	SOSB44	PDF (167185 KB)
30560R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	35 of 50	John Silvester	VKC102

EE 556: Stochastic Systems (3.0 units)

Stochastic system models, Dynamic programming, Linear quadratic control, Kalman filtering and estimation, System identification, approximate dynamic programming methods, adaptive control and online learning. Prerequisite: EE 503. Recommended preparation: EE 512 or EE 562 or ISE 538.

Prerequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31008R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30944R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA

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	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (33709 KB)
30630R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 50	Michel Dubois	OHE100D	PDF (33709 KB)
30629R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	27 of 50		OHE100D

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	12 of 20	Alan Willner	DEN@Viterbi
30633D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	22 of 30	Alan Willner	OHE120

Crosslist EE 561: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

Foundations of symbolic intelligent systems, search, logic, knowledge representation, planning, learning.

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
30195D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	280 of 250	Laurent Itti	SGM123
30202D	048	Lecture	7:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	227 of 330	Sheila Tejada,Wei-Min Shen	SGM123
30034R	048	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	35 of 36	Sheila Tejada	KAP145
30035R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	35 of 35	Wei-Min Shen	KAP147
30036R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	28 of 36	Sheila Tejada	VKC205
30037R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	30 of 36	Sheila Tejada	KAP145
30039R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	40 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	KAP140
30040R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	29 of 40	Sheila Tejada	KAP140
30041R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Thursday	35 of 44	Sheila Tejada	GFS207
30042R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	28 of 48	Sheila Tejada	KAP144
30050R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	36 of 48	Sheila Tejada	OHE136
30159R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	33 of 36	Sheila Tejada	KAP145
30295R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	17 of 48	Ning Wang	KAP156
30296R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	27 of 40	Ning Wang	KAP163
30297R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	31 of 36	Ning Wang	KAP145
30298R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	34 of 40	Ning Wang	KAP158
30299R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Thursday	29 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	KAP163
30301R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	40 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	THH118
29981R	048	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	507 of 660		OFFICE
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 21		DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	21 of 21		DEN@Viterbi
29982R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	21 of 21		DEN@Viterbi

EE 562: Random Processes in Engineering (3.0 units)

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 503. (Duplicates credit in former EE 562a.)

Prerequisite: (EE 441 and EE 503)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31312D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Bob Scholtz	DEN@Viterbi	Word (110704 KB)
31344R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31311R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 40	Bob Scholtz	OHE100B	Word (110704 KB)
31321R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	14 of 40		OHE100C

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. Corequisite: EE 503. Recommended preparation: EE 441.

Corequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31392R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	19 of 40	Christopher Walker	OHE100B
31397D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	7 of 10	Christopher Walker	DEN@Viterbi

EE 569: Introduction to Digital Image Processing (4.0 units)

Image sampling, 2-D image transform, image enhancement, geometric image modification, morphologic processing, edge detection, texture analysis, image filtering and restoration.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30651D	034	Lecture	8:00-11:50am	Friday	1 of 20	Jay Kuo	DEN@Viterbi
30902R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	3 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30652D	048	Lecture	8:00-11:50am	Friday	44 of 55	Jay Kuo	OHE132
30901R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	42 of 54		OHE132

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	Syllabus
31111R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Aluizio Prata	PDF (30815 KB)
31288D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled		PDF (30815 KB)
31289D	034	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	Canceled
31339R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	Canceled

EE 575: Computational Differential Geometry for Engineers (3.0 units)

Differential geometry of curves and surfaces, vectors, tensors, manifolds, curvature, Lie groups, Riemannian geometry, numerical PDEs, heat and Laplace equation, Applications to computer vision, machine learning, signal and imageprocessing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31099R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 30	Anand Joshi	VKC203	PDF (673149 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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30653D	034	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	DEN@Viterbi
30654D	048	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Mon, Wed	50 of 52	Shahin Nazarian	OHE136
30445R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	50 of 52		OHE122
30446R	034	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	2 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	1 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	DEN@Viterbi
30656D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	72 of 50	Shahin Nazarian	OHE122
30843D	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 26	Shahin Nazarian	KAP166
31184R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 35	Shahin Nazarian	KAP140
30662R	034	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30668R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	96 of 110		OHE122
31102R	048	Quiz	6:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	92 of 150		TBA

EE 585: Linear System Theory (3.0 units)

Analysis of linear dynamical systems by state-space techniques; controllability, observability, stability, passivity. Application of feedback control and network synthesis. (Duplicates credit in AME 541)

Prerequisite: EE 441

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30987R	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	10 of 30	Insoon Yang	VHE217	PDF (107618 KB)

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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30566R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 25	Edmond Jonckheere	OHE120	PDF (123123 KB)
31290D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	Edmond Jonckheere	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (123123 KB)

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	116 of 200	Sandeep Gupta, Eun Kim, Edward Maby	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 and EE 503. Familiarity with MATLAB is required.

Prerequisite: EE 483

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30995R	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	16 of 24	Justin Haldar	VPD107	PDF (73343 KB)

EE 593: Robust Multivariable Control (3.0 units)

Sensitivity and complementary sensitivity matrices; uncertainty representation; singular values; Bode plots. Parameterization of internally stabilizing controllers. Algebraic Riccati Equations. Modern Wiener-Hopf and H-infinity designs.

Prerequisite: EE 482 and EE 585

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31000R	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	8 of 20	Fariba Ariaei	OHE100D
31001D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	3 of 20	Fariba Ariaei	DEN@Viterbi

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	1 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
30666R	048	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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30667R	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 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 503. Recommended preparation: EE 467, familiarity with Matlab and C programming.

Prerequisite: (EE 450 and EE 503)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30897D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	30 of 48	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	WPHB28

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 Master???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
31176D	048	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Monday	29 of 32	Paul Bogdan	EEB248
31177R	048	Lecture	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	24 of 25	Xuehai Qian	OHE100D	PDF (86433 KB)
31202D	048	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 25	Rahul Jain, 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
Bio-inspired and Nanoscale Integrated Computing
30441D	048	2.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	41 of 42	Mary Eshaghian	KDC236	PDF (134158 KB)
Machine Learning for Medical Applications
30482R	048	3.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 25	Cauligi Raghavendra	KAP166	PDF (102770 KB)
Solid State Physics of Low Dimensional Systems
30484R	048	3.0	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Stephen Cronin	GFS107	PDF (190666 KB)
The Fokas Method-a hybrid analytical-numerical approach for solving PDEs
30660R	900	2.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	4 of 30	Athanassios Fokas	OHE100B	Word (27623 KB)
Systems Biology and Its Applications in the Real-World
30891R	048	3.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
Error-Correcting Codes for Distributed Storage
31175R	900	3.0	Lecture	8:00-11:20am	Mon, Wed	5 of 15	Vijay Kumar	EEB110	PDF (225314 KB)
Energy Harvesting Circuits and Systems
31179R	048	3.0	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	15 of 30	Dina El-Damak	KAP148	PDF (637669 KB)
Principles of Concurrency and Parallelism
31189R	048	3.0	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 35	Xuehai Qian	KAP166	PDF (102641 KB)
Introduction to Bioelectricity and Biomimetic Electronics
31228R	048	3.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 35	Han Wang	KAP147	PDF (355950 KB)
Mathematics of High-dimensional Data
31341D	048	3.0	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 30	Mahdi Soltanolkotabi	GFS223	PDF (68155 KB)

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
31334R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 25	Murali Annavaram	KAP167	PDF (99983 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	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30787D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	69 of 80	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	OHE132
31144D	034	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	3 of 20	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	DEN@Viterbi

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	37 of 55	Antonio Ortega	OHE132
30889D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 20	Antonio Ortega	DEN@Viterbi

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	17 of 100	Sandeep Gupta, Eun Kim, Edward Maby	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	133 of 200	Sandeep Gupta, Eun Kim, Edward Maby	OFFICE