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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 450: Introduction to Computer Networks (3.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30506D	917	Lecture	10:00-12:05pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	DEN@Viterbi
30508R	917	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Monday	18 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30472R	917	Quiz	TBA	TBA	17 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30502R	056	Lecture	10:00-12:05pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 50	Shahin Nazarian	OHE136
30504R	056	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Monday	26 of 50		OHE136
30470R	056	Quiz	TBA	TBA	27 of 50		OFFICE

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29919D	050	Lecture	1:10-3:15pm	MTuWTh	48 of 80	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	OHE122
29920R	050	Lab	TBA	TBA	48 of 80		OFFICE
29921D	162	Lecture	1:10-3:15pm	MTuWTh	13 of 20	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
29922R	162	Lab	TBA	TBA	13 of 20		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
30422D	925	Lecture	1:30-4:40pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 20	Mark Redekopp	DEN@Viterbi
30425R	925	Discussion	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30592R	925	Quiz	TBA	TBA	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30420R	055	Lecture	1:30-4:40pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 40	Mark Redekopp	OHE100D
30421R	055	Discussion	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	14 of 40		OHE136
30423R	055	Quiz	TBA	TBA	14 of 40		OFFICE

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	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30445R	014	1.0-4.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 10	Eun Kim, Sandeep Gupta, Edward Maby, Keith Chugg	OFFICE

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
30435D	906	Lecture	6:30-8:25pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 18	Kian Kaviani	KAP134
30429R	906	Lab	2:00-5:00pm	Monday	6 of 6		VHE102
30436R	906	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Tuesday	5 of 6		VHE102
30437R	906	Lab	2:00-5:00pm	Friday	3 of 6		VHE102

EE 559: Mathematical Pattern Recognition (3.0 units)

Distribution free classification, discriminant functions, training algorithms; statistical classification, parametric and nonparametric techniques; artificial neural networks. Corequisites: EE 441 and EE 503.

Corequisite: (EE 441 and EE 503)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30589D	911	Lecture	9:00-10:55am	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Mohammad Reza Rajati	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (176203 KB)
30590R	911	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30585R	906	Lecture	9:00-10:55am	Mon, Wed	44 of 50	Mohammad Reza Rajati	OHE132	PDF (176203 KB)
30587R	906	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	44 of 50		OHE132

EE 560L: Digital System Design (4.0 units)

Hardware System Design and implementation, FPGAs, HDL design, timing, FIFOs, Cache, CAMs, SSRAMs, OoO/multi-threaded CPU design, cache coherency, clock-domain crossing, bus protocols. Prerequisite: EE 457.

Prerequisite: EE 457
Note: Register for one lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30460D	906	Lecture	2:00-4:30pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 40	Gandhi Puvvada	VHE217
30462D	906	Lecture	2:00-4:30pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 40	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE100B
30464R	906	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	68 of 80		KAP160

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
30157D	527	Lecture	6:00-7:55pm	TuWTh	80 of 90	Sheila Tejada	OHE122
30158R	527	Discussion	TBA	TBA	80 of 90		OFFICE
30159R	527	Quiz	TBA	TBA	80 of 90		OFFICE
30160D	952	Lecture	6:00-7:55pm	TuWTh	12 of 15	Sheila Tejada	DEN@Viterbi
30161R	952	Discussion	TBA	TBA	12 of 16		OFFICE
30162R	952	Quiz	TBA	TBA	12 of 16		OFFICE

EE 580: System Verification (4.0 units)

Functional/timing/power verification of complex systems. Simulation-based, formal/semi-formal/assertion languages and tools (SystemVerilog, UVM, UPF, etc.) FPGA prototyping, hardware acceleration, statistical modeling and machine learning. Instructor permission required.

Note: Register for one lecture, discussion and quiz

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30578D	906	Lecture	2:00-4:30pm	Mon, Wed	22 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	KAP134	PDF (123816 KB)
30579R	906	Discussion	5:30-8:00pm	Tuesday	22 of 20		GFS118
30580R	906	Quiz	TBA	TBA	22 of 20		OFFICE

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	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30474D	908	1.0-6.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	26 of 50	Sandeep Gupta, Eun Kim, Edward Maby, Keith Chugg	OFFICE

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
30451D	908	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 20		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
30452R	908	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 20		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
30779R	908	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 10		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	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30454D	908	1.0-6.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	61 of 100	Sandeep Gupta, Eun Kim, Edward Maby	OFFICE