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EE 109L: Introduction to Embedded Systems (4.0 units)

Information representations, embedded programming, digital and serial I/O, analog-to-digital conversion, and interrupt mechanisms. Elementary analog, logic, and state-machine design.

Corequisite: 1 from (EE 155 or CSCI 103)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30999R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 40	Feifei Qian	VHE205
31019R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 49	Mark Redekopp	ZHS163
31291R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 60	Murali Annavaram	LVL17
31395D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 49	Mark Redekopp	ZHS163
30530R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	172 of 181		OFFICE
30784R	001	Lab	5:00-6:20pm	Wednesday	32 of 40	Allan Weber	VHE205
30799R	001	Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Wednesday	38 of 40	Allan Weber	VHE205
31018R	001	Lab	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	37 of 40	Allan Weber	VHE205
31292R	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 40	Allan Weber	VHE205
31396R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Wednesday	40 of 42	Allan Weber	VHE205

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
30522R	001	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	14 of 30	Sandeep Gupta	RTH115
30529R	001	Lab	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	14 of 30		KAP140

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
30426R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	36 of 50	Edward Maby	OHE230
30427R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	28 of 50	Edward Maby	OHE230
30425R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	41 of 55		OHE230
30429R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Monday	23 of 52		OHE230

EE 250L: Distributed Systems for the Internet of Things (4.0 units)

Introduction to hardware, operating systems, signal processing and control, network protocols, mobile applications, databases, cloud computing, machine learning, and security for the Internet of Things.

Prerequisite: EE 109 and EE 155
Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30441D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	49 of 60	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	ZHS352
30416R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	32 of 35	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	VHE205
30923R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	17 of 35	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30811R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	24 of 40	Fariba Ariaei	WPH207
30555R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 40		OHE230

EE 322: Introduction to Digital Audio (3.0 units)

Fundamentals of sound, acoustics and digital audio signal processing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30885R	001	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Friday	21 of 28	Chris Kyriakakis	RTH217

EE 326Lx: Essentials of Electrical Engineering (4.0 units)

Network analysis and theorems; transient analysis; transformers; semiconductor physics and circuits; power amplifiers, modulation and demodulation, and pulse, digital, and switching circuits. Introduction to instrumentation. Not available for credit to electrical engineering majors.

Prerequisite: (PHYS 152 and MATH 126)
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30452R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 40	Douglas Burke	GFS207
30453R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	12 of 20		OHE230

EE 338: Physical Electronics (4.0 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.

Prerequisite: EE 202 and PHYS 152
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30467R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 49	Stephen Cronin	VHE206
30468R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Thursday	2 of 25		VKC252
30469R	001	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 20		GFS112

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
30474R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wed, Fri	13 of 35	Manuel Monge	VHE214
			10:00-11:50am	Monday			VHE205

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 109

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30725R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	61 of 80		OFFICE
30978D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	29 of 40	Gandhi Puvvada	RTH105
31299D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	32 of 40	Gandhi Puvvada	RTH105
30436R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	8 of 16		OHE336
30483R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	18 of 18		OHE336
30699R	001	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Thursday	18 of 18		OHE336
31298R	001	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Monday	17 of 18		OHE336

EE 355x: Software Design for Electrical Engineers (4.0 units)

Object-oriented programming techniques, basic data structures, and elementary complexity analysis for the modeling, simulation, and solution of engineering problems.

Prerequisite: EE 155
Note: Register for one lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30576R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 40	Shahin Nazarian	KAP156
30577D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	47 of 47	Shahin Nazarian	SLH102
31119R	001	Quiz	7:00-9:00pm	Wednesday	64 of 100		TBA
30473R	001	Lab	6:30-8:30pm	Monday	65 of 100		GFS106

EE 364: Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (4.0 units)

Introduction to concepts of randomness and uncertainty: probability, random variables, statistics. Applications to digital communications, 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	Syllabus
30713R	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 49	Michael Neely	SLH200
30543R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Monday	44 of 49	Michael Neely	MHPB7B
30889D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 43	Brandon Franzke	KAP163	PDF (151144 KB)
30715R	001	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Monday	44 of 46	Brandon Franzke	THH212

EE 370L: Electromagnetics for Engineering Systems (4.0 units)

Electromagnetic plane-wave propagation and interactions with simple media, transmission/reception of wireless signals in complex environments. Optimization design methods for system applications.

Prerequisite: 1 from (PHYS 172 or PHYS 162)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30486R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	57 of 57		OFFICE
30484D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	57 of 57	Mahta Moghaddam, Gianluca Lazzi	OHE230
30876R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	30 of 30		OHE230
30879R	001	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Friday	27 of 28		OHE230

Crosslist EE 415: Introduction to MEMS (3.0 units)

Introduction to micro-electro-opto-mechanical systems; scaling effects on material properties, fluid flows, dynamical behavior; fabrication methods; design considerations for MEMS sensors and actuators. Recommended preparation: AME 301, AME 309 and AME 310

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
28861R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	24 of 30	Hangbo Zhao	VPDLL101	PDF (212485 KB)

EE 434Lx: Digital Signal Processing Design Laboratory (4.0 units)

Experiments and design project in digital signal processing (e.g. real-time DSP, acoustics, video) including: system specification, preliminary analysis, trade-off studies, implementation, presentation. Recommended preparation: EE 469. Capstone design experience.

Prerequisite: EE 483
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior
Note: This class involves designing a real time signal processing system and requires C programming. Students interested in this class are encouraged to talk to the instructor about typical projects, tools, hardware, etc.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30544D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Monday	5 of 15	Brandon Franzke	EEBB18
30546R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	0 of 15		EEBB18
30548R	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Wednesday	5 of 15		EEBB18

EE 443: Introduction to Power Systems (4.0 units)

Components of power systems; analysis techniques in electrical power generation transmission and utilization; and environmental and economic considerations in system operations and planning.

Prerequisite: EE 370

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30526R	001	Lecture	5:00-8:40pm	Thursday	19 of 42	Mohammed Beshir	GFS118

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30386D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 30	Heather Culbertson	THH119
29910R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 15		RTH419
29911R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Thursday	15 of 15		RTH419

EE 447Lx: Mixed Signal Electronic Circuits (4.0 units)

Application of solid-state electronic devices to the design of linear and mixed-signal systems. Laboratory experiments and projects involving the design of electronic hardware. Capstone design experience.

Prerequisite: EE 348
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30525D	001	Lecture-Lab	TBA	TBA	12 of 20	Douglas Burke	OFFICE

EE 450: Introduction to Computer Networks (4.0 units)

Network architectures; layered protocols, network service interface; local, wide area, wireless networks; Internet protocols; link protocols; addressing; routing; flow control; software defined network; multimedia networks.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30828D	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	83 of 110	Ali Zahid	OHE122
31189R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	148 of 200		OFFICE
30568D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Ali Zahid
30570R	014	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	9 of 25		DEN@Viterbi
30560D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 62	Ali Zahid	LVL17
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	35 of 40		VKC101
30719R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	42 of 42		GFS207
30829R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	62 of 80		OHE132

EE 451: Parallel and Distributed Computation (4.0 units)

Introduction to parallel programming techniques, models and optimization strategies; Application mapping to multi-core, accelerator, GPU and cloud platforms; High Performance Computing and Data Science applications.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 355 or CSCI 201)
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30661D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 72	Xuehai Qian	THH202
30466R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	38 of 72		GFS116

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 one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30327D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	130 of 150	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (97164 KB)
29919R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
29923R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	13 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30029R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Thursday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30329R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30384R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL127
29934D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	20 of 27	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30023R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	20 of 27		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
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30595D	014	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
30594R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30478D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 49	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230
30591D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 75	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE136
30497R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	46 of 76		GFS118
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	48 of 110		OHE122
30997R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	99 of 150		OFFICE

EE 459: Embedded Systems Design Laboratory (3.0 units)

Specification, design, implementation, testing and documentation of a digital system project using embedded processors, programmable logic, analog I/O interfaces and application specific hardware. Capstone design experience.

Prerequisite: EE 354
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30572D	001	Lecture-Lab	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	26 of 35	Allan Weber	KAP148
30598D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 20	Allan Weber	KAP145

EE 467: Introduction to Communication Systems (3.0 units)

Analog and digital communication systems. Modulation (AM, FM) Analog and digital communication systems. (De)modulation and (de)multiplexing of AM/FM/PM, noise, digital data formats, error rates, and spectral analysis. Review of wireless, networking, and optical systems.

Prerequisite: EE 301

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30589D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 32	Alan Willner	VHE217

EE 477L: MOS VLSI Circuit Design (4.0 units)

Analysis and design of digital MOS VLSI circuits including area, delay and power minimization. Laboratory assignments including design, layout, extraction, simulation and automatic synthesis.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 338 or EE 354)
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30617D	014	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	4 of 20	Massoud Pedram	DEN@Viterbi
30618R	014	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30612R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	69 of 76	Massoud Pedram	OHE136
30613R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	42 of 47		OHE136
30614R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	27 of 32		KAP147

Crosslist EE 481l: Control Systems Laboratory (3.0 units)

Vibration measurement and analysis; simulation, design, and experimental verification of mechanical control systems; system identification; implementation of controllers; performance evaluation via experimentation and stimulation.

Prerequisite: 1 from (AME 420 or AME 451 or EE 482)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the AME department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in AME 443.
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
28819R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tuesday	14 of 80	Inna Abramova	VHE206
28820R	001	Lab	1:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	14 of 40		BHE310

EE 483: Introduction to Digital Signal Processing (4.0 units)

Fundamentals of digital signal processing covering: discrete time linear systems, quantization, sampling, Z-transforms, Fourier transforms, FFTs and filter design.

Prerequisite: EE 301
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30620R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	46 of 70	Robert Popoli	OHE136
30622R	001	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Monday	46 of 70		OHE122
30623D	014	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 20	Robert Popoli	DEN@Viterbi
30625R	014	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Monday	7 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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
30624D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	7 of 50	Richard Leahy	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
31188R	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 10	Edward Maby	OFFICE

EE 494b: Undergraduate Thesis (2.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: EE 494A
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31182R	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	2 of 10	Edward Maby	OFFICE

Crosslist EE 501: Solid State (4.0 units)

Atomic electronic states, molecular bonding, crystal structures, diffraction, reciprocal lattice, Brillouin zones, crystal binding, lattice vibrations, specific heat, anharmonic effects, energy bands, metals, conductivity.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 471 or EE 539)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the MASC department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in MASC 501.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32130R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 25	Anupam Madhukar	VHE217

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
30677D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	74 of 82	Rahul Jain	GFS116	PDF (118010 KB)
30983R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	72 of 82	Rahul Jain	GFS116
31311R	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 70	Brandon Franzke	LVL17	PDF (169454 KB)
31312R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	32 of 70	Brandon Franzke	OFFICE
30475D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	97 of 99	Vijay Kumar	OHE122
30479R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	98 of 99	Vijay Kumar	OHE122
30755D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 25	Vijay Kumar	DEN@Viterbi
30761R	034	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	10 of 25	Vijay Kumar	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
30635R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 30	Kian Kaviani	VHE206
30637R	048	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Tuesday	2 of 5		VHE102
30639R	048	Lab	12:30-3:20pm	Monday	1 of 5		VHE102
30640R	048	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 5		VHE102
30641R	048	Lab	12:30-3:20pm	Wednesday	3 of 5		VHE102
30642R	048	Lab	6:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	5 of 5		VHE102
30643R	048	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Thursday	1 of 5		VHE102

EE 507: Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Technology (3.0 units)

Physical basis of technologies for the fabrication of micro- and nano-scale devices. Thin-film deposition, etching, and material modification processes; patterntransfer methods.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30580R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 50	Wei Wu	VKC150

EE 510: Linear Algebra for Engineering (4.0 units)

Introduction to linear algebra and matrix theory and their underlying concepts; applications to engineering problems; mathematically rigorous and foundational to other classes in communication, control, and signal processing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30556D	034	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 20	George Papavassilopoulos	DEN@Viterbi
30558R	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30552R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	107 of 120	George Papavassilopoulos	OHE122
30554R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	108 of 120		OHE122
30444R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 48	George Papavassilopoulos	MHPB7B
30446R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	47 of 48		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	Info
30553R	048	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Monday	13 of 40	Brandon Franzke	SLH100	PDF (145590 KB)
30988R	048	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	26 of 40	Brandon Franzke	SLH100	PDF (145590 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 503 and 1 from (EE 441 or EE 510 or EE 518)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30769D	034	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	Ben Reichardt	DEN@Viterbi
30893D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	65 of 70	Ben Reichardt	OHE132
30873R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30894R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	65 of 70		OHE132

EE 514: Quantum Error Correction (4.0 units)

A comprehensive introduction to quantum error correction and decoherence control, from the basics to the cutting edge, enabling students to delve into current research topics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30666R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 25	Daniel Lidar	KAP166

EE 517: Statistics and Data Analysis for Engineers (4.0 units)

Statistics and data analysis emphasizing computation and problem solving: confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, bootstrap and Monte Carlo estimation, regression, Bayesian and statistical learning techniques.

Prerequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30449R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 35		WPH207
30707D	048	Lecture	3:00-6:50pm	Friday	19 of 35	Bart Kosko	ZHS163	PDF (128248 KB)

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
30518D	034	Lecture	1:30-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Petros Ioannou	DEN@Viterbi
30517R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Tuesday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30970D	048	Lecture	1:30-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 57	Petros Ioannou	OHE100D
30969R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Tuesday	55 of 57		OHE122

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
30790R	048	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	18 of 45	Shrikanth Narayanan	OHE100D
30886D	034	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	0 of 20	Shrikanth Narayanan	DEN@Viterbi

EE 521: Power Systems Analysis and Design (4.0 units)

Power system planning, studies, and design; time-domain modeling and analysis of power-system networks; power flow, stability, fault, and economic dispatch analysis; symmetrical components.

Prerequisite: EE 443

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30689R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	23 of 60	Mohammed Beshir	OHE132
30650D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	5 of 20	Mohammed Beshir	DEN@Viterbi

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: EE 483

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30730R	048	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	10 of 20	Chris Kyriakakis	RTH217

Crosslist EE 523: Advanced Biomedical Imaging (3.0 units)

Advanced scientific and engineering principles of biomedical imaging including magnetic resonance, X-ray computed tomography, ultrasound, and single photon and positron emission tomography. Prerequisites: BME 513 or EE 483. Open only to master and doctoral students.

Prerequisite: 1 from (BME 513 or EE 483)
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
Crosslist: This course is offered by the BME department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in BME 525.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29295D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Brent Liu	DEN@Viterbi
29300D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	22 of 30	Brent Liu	OHE120

EE 526: Renewable Energy in Power Systems (4.0 units)

Renewable energy sources and their integration in electrical networks. Power-flow control from highly variable resources. Cost analysis and planning.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30854D	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	84 of 100	Mohammed Beshir	OHE122
31221D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	18 of 35	Mohammed Beshir	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
30888R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 40	Edmond Jonckheere	OHE100D	PDF (221201 KB)
31222D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Edmond Jonckheere	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (221201 KB)

EE 531: Nonlinear Optics (3.0 units)

Theory of nonlinear optical susceptibility and application to self-focusing, harmonic generation, and parametric interactions. Raman and Brillouin scattering. Coherent spectroscopy.

Prerequisite: EE 470

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30860R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 20	Chia Wei Hsu	THH119	PDF (259744 KB)

EE 535: Wireless Communications (4.0 units)

The mobile communication channel; techniques used to combat the channel; cellular communications; multiple-access techniques; example mobile communication systems.

Prerequisite: EE 503
Corequisite: EE 511

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30688D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 20	Andreas Molisch	DEN@Viterbi
30664R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30686D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 60	Andreas Molisch	OHE136	PDF (218712 KB)
30684R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	18 of 60		OHE132

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

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

Prerequisite: EE 536A
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30668R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 20	Shuo-Wei Chen	WPHB30
30669R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	15 of 25		VHE214

EE 537: Modern Solid-State Devices (4.0 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
30670D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 35	Chongwu Zhou	WPH205

EE 540: Introduction to Quantum Electronics (4.0 units)

Fundamentals of light amplification; laser amplifiers and oscillators; atomic pumping; maser and laser systems; definitions of coherence; measurements in quantum electronics.

Prerequisite: EE 470

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30959D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled

EE 543a: Digital Control Systems (3.0 units)

Design, analysis and implementation of digital control systems using microcomputers; Z-transform methods; frequency domain and state space approach; computational aspects; sampling and quantization.

Prerequisite: EE 482

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30631R	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	9 of 30	Richard Chiang	OHE100B	PDF (85976 KB)
30632D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	8 of 20	Richard Chiang	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (85976 KB)

EE 544: Radio Frequency Systems and Hardware (3.0 units)

Elements of radio frequency communication systems: modulation/demodulation strategies, transmission-channel impairments, performance criteria, hardware (low-noise amplifiers, mixers, oscillators), digital back-end, contemporary case studies.

Prerequisite: (EE 301 and EE 348 and EE 364)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Syllabus
30654D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Ali Zahid	PDF (197212 KB)
30657R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30655R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Ali Zahid	PDF (197212 KB)
30656R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled

EE 549: Nanotechnology for Materials, Electronics, and Circuits (4.0 units)

Nanotechnology for advanced nanomaterials, nanoelectronics devices, and circuits, including the rigorous treatment of electronic band structures of carbon nanotubes, graphene, and two-dimensional materials.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30955R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	28 of 30	Chongwu Zhou	VHE206

EE 552: Asynchronous VLSI Design (3.0 units)

Asynchronous channels and architectures; implementation design styles; controller synthesis; hazards, and races; Petri-nets; performance analysis, and optimization; globally asynchronous locally synchronous design. Open only to graduate students.

Prerequisite: EE 477
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30702D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	31 of 47	Dan Gunnar Mika Nystroem	OHE100B
30703R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	31 of 47		OHE100D
30700D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Dan Gunnar Mika Nystroem	DEN@Viterbi
30701R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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
30500R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE136
30501R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	18 of 70		OHE136
30712D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30767R	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

EE 557: Computer Systems Architecture (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: EE 457
Note: Prerequisite taken at USC or placement exam required. Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30820D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	34 of 82	Michel Dubois	OHE132
30722R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	34 of 82		OHE132
30716D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	12 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi
30718R	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	12 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

EE 559: Mathematical Pattern Recognition (3.0 units)

Distribution free classification, discriminant functions, training algorithms; statistical classification, parametric and nonparametric techniques; artificial neural networks.

Corequisite: EE 503 and 1 from (EE 441 or EE 510)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30561D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 20	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi
30728D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	134 of 160	Keith Jenkins	OHE122	PDF (158902 KB)
			3:30-4:20pm	Mon, Wed			RTH217
30489R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	8 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30565R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	133 of 160		OHE122

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	Syllabus
30071D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	298 of 331	Wei-Min Shen	SGM123	PDF (78611 KB)
30070R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	298 of 331	Wei-Min Shen	SGM123
30034R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	298 of 331		OFFICE
29936D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	39 of 42	Wei-Min Shen	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (78611 KB)
30030R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	39 of 42		DEN@Viterbi
30035R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	39 of 42		DEN@Viterbi

EE 562: Random Processes in Engineering (4.0 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 503 and 1 from (EE 441 or EE 510)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30867D	034	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Ashutosh Nayyar	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (117015 KB)
30991R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 55	Ashutosh Nayyar	OHE132	PDF (117015 KB)
30865R	034	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30891R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	28 of 55		OHE136

EE 563: Estimation Theory (3.0 units)

Parameter estimation and state estimation technique including: least squares, BLUE, maximum-likelihood, maximum a posteriori, Kalman-prediction, Kalman-filtering and Kalman smoothing and extended Kalman filtering.

Prerequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30587D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	23 of 45	Maryam Shanechi	THH114
31122R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	23 of 45		VKC102

EE 564: Digital Communication and Coding Systems (4.0 units)

Digital modulations. Optimal reception. Performance analysis. Classical and modern codes. Viterbi, forward-backward, and iterative decoding. Practical designs for channels with memory or nonlinearities. Example systems.

Prerequisite: EE 503 and 1 from (EE 441 or EE 510)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Location	Syllabus
30729D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled	TBA	PDF (124339 KB)
31115D	034	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled	TBA
30931R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	Canceled	TBA
30932R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	Canceled	TBA

EE 565: Information Theory and Its Application to (Big) Data Science (4.0 units)

Entropy and mutual information. Variable and fixed-length, lossless and lossy compression. Universal compression. Text and multimedia compression. Channel capacity. Error-correcting codes. Erasure and Gaussian channels.

Prerequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30866D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Urbashi Mitra	DEN@Viterbi
30890R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	9 of 44	Urbashi Mitra	OHE136
30951R	034	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31130R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	9 of 44		OHE100C

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
30744D	034	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	4 of 20	Jay Kuo	DEN@Viterbi
30903R	034	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30499D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	100 of 122	Jay Kuo	OHE122
30981R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	100 of 121		OHE122

EE 570a: Advanced Electromagnetic Theory (4.0 units)

Classical electromagnetic field theory and its usage in understanding and analytically modelling advanced applied electrical engineering devices.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30788R	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	14 of 28	Aluizio Prata	THH215	PDF (57740 KB)
30958R	048	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	14 of 28		VKC207

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
30963R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 31	Anand Joshi	KAP158	PDF (237117 KB)

EE 576: Integrated Memory Devices and Technologies (3.0 units)

Physical operation and implementation of modern solid-state memory structures. Emerging advanced memory technologies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30557R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	55 of 61	Han Wang	THH114
31055R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	55 of 61		OFFICE

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	Syllabus
30401R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	100 of 200		OFFICE
30758D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Pierluigi Nuzzo	DEN@Viterbi
30680R	034	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30448R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 31	Peter Beerel	VHE206	Word (35469 KB)
30450R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	31 of 31	Peter Beerel	VHE210
30760D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	67 of 82	Pierluigi Nuzzo	OHE132
30679R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	67 of 82		OHE132

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	Syllabus	Info
30911R	048	Lecture	5:30-8:20pm	Monday	22 of 40	Moe Tabar	WPH207
30673R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	21 of 40		GFS207

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
30960R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Tuesday	12 of 30	Mihailo Jovanovic	SOSB37

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
30783D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	188 of 300	Richard Leahy	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
31118R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 30	Krishna Nayak	WPHB30	PDF (107521 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.

Prerequisite: EE 483 and 1 from (EE 441 or EE 510)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31300R	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	14 of 30	Justin Haldar	KAP166	PDF (143371 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
30775D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 26		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
30777R	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 25		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	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 25		OFFICE

EE 595: Software Design and Optimization (4.0 units)

Software strategies for applications constrained by power consumption, memory space and verification time; assignments incorporate key elements of planning, modeling, design simulation and testing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30895D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	46 of 46	Shahin Nazarian	ZHS163
			7:00-8:50pm	Monday			ZHS163
30896R	048	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	46 of 46		GFS118
30897R	048	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Thursday	46 of 46		VPD105

EE 597: Wireless Networks (4.0 units)

Introduction to wireless networking technologies; fundamental architectural and design principles used at all protocol layers; optimization, performance evaluation and implementation using mathematical analysis, simulations, and experiments.

Prerequisite: EE 450 and EE 503
Note: Ab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30516D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	25 of 30	Konstantinos Psounis	VHE217
30933R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	25 of 30		OFFICE

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
Note: Cyber-Physical Systems Seminar

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30941D	048	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	79 of 83	Pierluigi Nuzzo	EBB132

EE 599: Special Topics (1.0-8.0 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
Solid State Physics of Low Dimensional Systems
30447R	048	3.0	Lecture	11:00-12:30pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 25	Stephen Cronin	THH217
Build Your Own Simulator: Computational Electromagnetics for Engineers
30559R	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 20	Constantine Sideris	VKC260	PDF (244985 KB)
Computing and Software for Systems Engineers
30586D	048	2.0	Lecture	6:30-8:30pm	Mon, Wed	38 of 41	Arash Saifhashemi	SOSB46	PDF (169175 KB)
Foundations of Secure and Private Computing: Machine Learning to Blockchains
30667D	048	3.0	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 50	Salman Avestimehr	SOSB44	PDF (180315 KB)
Accelerated Computing Using FPGAs
31097D	048	2.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Thursday	18 of 50	Viktor Prasanna	SOSB46	PDF (324665 KB)
				4:00-5:20pm	Friday			GFS101
Deep Learning for Engineers
31110D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	81 of 120	Keith Chugg	THH301	PDF (105581 KB)
				4:00-4:50pm 4:00-4:50pm 4:00-4:50pm	Thursday Thursday Thursday			SLH102 ZHS252 VKC151

EE 632: Integrated Communication Systems (4.0 units)

Analysis and design of integrated communication circuits at transistor and system levels. Communication concepts, transceiver architectures, low-noise amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, phase-locked loops, power amplifiers.

Prerequisite: EE 479

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30972R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	17 of 25	Hossein Hashemi	KAP165

EE 649: Stochastic Network Optimization (3.0 units)

Optimization of wireless and ad-hoc mobile networks; opportunistic scheduling, flow control; back-pressure routing; queue stability; energy-delay and utility-delay trade-offs. Prerequisite: EE 503.

Prerequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30823R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	5 of 20	Michael Neely	KAP145

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
30766R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	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
30830D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	3 of 20	Richard Leahy	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
30831D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	141 of 200	Richard Leahy	OFFICE