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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.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 155 or CSCI 102)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30999D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	33 of 40	Gandhi Puvvada	VHE205
31019D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	40 of 40	Mark Redekopp	VHE205
31291D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 60	Allan Weber	THH116
31395D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	51 of 51	Mark Redekopp	GFS106
30530R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	171 of 190		OFFICE
30784R	001	Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Friday	35 of 38		VHE205
30799R	001	Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 38		VHE205
31018R	001	Lab	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	36 of 38		VHE205
31292R	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 38		VHE205
31396R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Wednesday	36 of 38		VHE205

EE 202L: Linear Circuits (4.0 units)

Lumped circuit elements; network equations; zero-input and zerostate responses; sinusoidal steady-state analysis; impedance; resonance; network functions; power concepts; transformers; Laplace transforms.

Corequisite: MATH 245
Note: Register for one lecture, one lab, and one discussion.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30426D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	48 of 56	Susan Schober	OHE230
30430R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	48 of 56		OFFICE
30425R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	21 of 55		OHE230
30429R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Monday	27 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 1 from (EE 155 or CSCI 103)
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	72 of 73	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	THH212
30416R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	35 of 38		VHE205
30923R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	37 of 38		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 141 and EE 202

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30811R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 40	Chris Kyriakakis	KDC236
30555R	001	Lab	4:00-6:00pm	Friday	18 of 40	Chris Kyriakakis	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	16 of 49	Rehan Kapadia	WPHB28
30468R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	12 of 25		VHE206
30469R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Monday	4 of 20		DMC105

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	5:00-7:50pm	Friday	58 of 61		OFFICE
30978D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	58 of 66	Gandhi Puvvada	THH212
30436R	001	Lab	4:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	19 of 22		OHE336
30483R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	21 of 22		OHE336
30699R	001	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Thursday	18 of 22		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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30577D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	55 of 50	Shahin Nazarian	THH114
31119R	001	Quiz	7:30-9:30pm	Wednesday	54 of 60		TBA
30473R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Monday	55 of 60		THH116

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	6:00-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 41	Olaoluwa Adigun	VHE217	PDF (90222 KB)
30889D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 47	Olaoluwa Adigun	WPHB28	PDF (90262 KB)
30543D	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Monday	49 of 50		KAP144
30715R	001	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Monday	31 of 49		ZHS163

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	10:00-11:20am	Mon, Wed	37 of 40	Hangbo Zhao	SLH102	PDF (227008 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	Syllabus	Info
30544R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Monday	7 of 15	Brandon Franzke	EEBB18
30548R	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Wednesday	7 of 15		EEBB18

Crosslist EE 436: Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics (4.0 units)

Crystal structures, x-ray diffraction, thermal properties of solids, diamagnetism and paramagnetism, free-electron model of metals, semiconductors, ferromagnetism, super-conductivity, imperfections in crystals.

Corequisite: PHYS 438a
Crosslist: This course is offered by the PHYS department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in PHYS 440.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
50514R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Wed, Fri	6 of 12	Christoph Haselwandter	KAP150

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	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	4 of 42	Mohammed Beshir	OHE100C
30527D	014	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	3 of 42	Mohammed Beshir	DEN@Viterbi

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
30525R	001	Lecture-Lab	TBA	TBA	8 of 22	Susan Schober	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	Syllabus
30562R	001	Discussion	TBA	Friday	17 of 20	Ali Zahid	OFFICE
31189R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	141 of 200	Ali Zahid	OFFICE
31228R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	39 of 50	Cauligi Raghavendra	OFFICE
30568D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	20 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30570R	014	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	23 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
31190R	014	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	21 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30560R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 50	Cauligi Raghavendra	THH210	PDF (215087 KB)
30719R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	44 of 50	Cauligi Raghavendra	SOSB46
30564R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 37	Ali Zahid	VHE217
30828R	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	105 of 110	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	34 of 37	Ali Zahid	KAP147
30829R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	83 of 85	Ali Zahid	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
30661R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 60	Viktor Prasanna	THH116	PDF (245999 KB)
30466R	001	Lab	4:30-5:50pm	Friday	31 of 60		ZHS252

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	85 of 120	Claire Bono	OHE122	PDF (120866 KB)
29919R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	15 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL126
29923R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	12 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL126
30029R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Thursday	22 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL109
30329R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	23 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL126
30384R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	13 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL127
29934D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (120866 KB)
30023R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	18 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
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30595D	014	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (421697 KB)
30594R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30478D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	29 of 52	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230	PDF (421697 KB)
30591D	001	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 64	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE136	PDF (421697 KB)
30497R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	11 of 52		GFS118
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	53 of 65		OHE122
30997R	001	Quiz	5:00-7:50pm	Friday	68 of 150		SGM101

EE 459Lx: Embedded Systems Design Laboratory (4.0 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	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	41 of 41	Allan Weber	KAP158
30598R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 30	Allan Weber	MHPB7B

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
30589R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 32	Alan Willner	THH112

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	5 of 20	Massoud Pedram	DEN@Viterbi
30618R	014	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30612R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	42 of 76	Massoud Pedram	OHE136
30613R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	32 of 38		OHE100C
30614R	001	Lab	6:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	10 of 38		GFS207

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	15 of 30	Inna Abramova	THH106
28820R	001	Lab	1:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	15 of 30	Inna Abramova	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	42 of 76	Eduardo Pavez Carvelli	OHE136
30623D	014	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	5 of 20	Eduardo Pavez Carvelli	DEN@Viterbi
30622R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	42 of 76		OHE132
30625R	014	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	5 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	5 of 50	Mark Redekopp	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	0 of 10	Bhaskar Krishnamachari,Michelle Povinelli	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	9 of 10	Michelle Povinelli,Bhaskar Krishnamachari	OFFICE

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

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Machine Learning for Electrical and Computer Engineers
30644R	001	4.0	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 40	Keith Chugg,	WPH102	PDF (92702 KB)
				2:00-3:50pm	Friday		Antonio Ortega	WPH102

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
32141R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 25	Anupam Madhukar	VHE217	PDF (128677 KB)

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
30475R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	112 of 121	George Papavassilopoulos	OHE122	Word (31353 KB)
30479R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	109 of 121		OHE122
30984R	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 60	Brandon Franzke	SOSB4	PDF (134675 KB)
30678R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	22 of 60	Brandon Franzke	THH210
30755D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 50	George Papavassilopoulos	DEN@Viterbi	Word (31353 KB)
30761R	034	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	10 of 50		DEN@Viterbi

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
30444R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	26 of 31	Paul Bogdan	GFS222
30556D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 20	Ben Reichardt	DEN@Viterbi
30446R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	30 of 32	Paul Bogdan	KAP140
30554R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	52 of 61	Ben Reichardt	OHE122
30558R	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	15 of 20	Ben Reichardt	DEN@Viterbi
30552R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 60	Ben Reichardt	OHE122

EE 512: Stochastic Processes for Financial Engineering (4.0 units)

Theory and applications of stochastic processes relevant to financial engineering. Stochastic processes, Brownian motion, martingales, stochastic calculus, Monte Carlo Simulations with financial application examples.

Prerequisite: EE 503 and 1 from (EE 441 or EE 510 or EE 518)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30893R	048	Lecture	12:30-2:20pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 82	George Papavassilopoulos	OHE132	Word (33984 KB)
30769D	034	Lecture	12:30-2:20pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	George Papavassilopoulos	DEN@Viterbi	Word (33984 KB)
30873R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30894R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	37 of 82		OHE132

EE 513: Solid State Energy Devices (4.0 units)

Design and operation of solar photovoltaic energy converters, thermovoltoic energy converters, thermoelectric energy converters, and solid state light emitters; their roles in renewal and conservation of energy.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30899R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 20	Stephen Cronin	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
30518D	034	Lecture	1:30-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Petros Ioannou	DEN@Viterbi
30517R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	7 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30969R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	16 of 57		OHE136
30970D	048	Lecture	1:30-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 57	Petros Ioannou	OHE100D

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	8 of 60	Mohammed Beshir	RTH109
30650D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	10 of 20	Mohammed Beshir	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist EE 523: Advanced Biomedical Imaging (4.0 units)

Advanced scientific and engineering principles of biomedical imaging including magnetic resonance, X-ray computed tomography, ultrasound and single photon and positron emission tomography.

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	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 20	Brent Liu	DEN@Viterbi
29300D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 30	Brent Liu	OHE100D

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
30854R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	43 of 100	Mohammed Beshir	OHE122
31221D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	10 of 35	Mohammed Beshir	DEN@Viterbi

EE 533: Network Processor Design and Programming (4.0 units)

Design, implementation, and programming of a custom multi-core RISC-V-based network processor and hardware accelerators using reconfigurable hardware in a SmartNIC in a realistic network testbed.

Prerequisite: EE 457

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30964R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 61	Young Cho	THH114	PDF (943767 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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered
30688D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30664R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30686R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30684R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled

EE 538: Computing Principles for Electrical Engineers (2.0 units)

Survey of computing principles and practice of software design: object-oriented and non object-oriented, testing, template libraries, time-space complexity, data structures, algorithms, and dynamic programming.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31245R	048	Lecture	2:30-4:20pm	Friday	43 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	GFS116
31246R	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Friday	43 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	GFS116
31247R	048	Discussion	4:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	42 of 50		SOSB44
31248R	048	Discussion	4:00-5:20pm	Thursday	44 of 50		ZHS252

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 572

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30959R	048	Lecture	1:00-2:50pm	Wed, Fri	18 of 21	Mercedeh Khajavikhan	VHE210

EE 541: A Computational Introduction to Deep Learning (2.0 units)

Deep learning frameworks for training multilayer perceptrons, convolutional and recurrent neural networks; Python, virtual environments, linux and shell scripting, cloud computing, including GPUs and datasets.

Corequisite: EE 503 and EE 510

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31249R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	57 of 120	Brandon Franzke	SAL101	PDF (110767 KB)

EE 547: Applied and Cloud Computing for Electrical Engineers (2.0 units)

Introduction to cloud applications; software development and deployment within cloud platforms; interactive user-facing interfaces; API development; databases, virtualization, asynchronous execution, testing and scalability.

Prerequisite: EE 538

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31250R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tuesday	37 of 60	Brandon Franzke	SLH100	PDF (114972 KB)
30404R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	37 of 60		THH116

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	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 31	Chongwu Zhou	VHE206

EE 550: Data Networks: Design and Analysis (4.0 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 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30948R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 34	Michael Neely	WPHB36
30949R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	15 of 34		DMC207

EE 552: Asynchronous VLSI Design (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30702R	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	53 of 82	Peter Beerel	OHE132	PDF (483600 KB)
30703R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	53 of 82		OHE122
30700D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Peter Beerel	DEN@Viterbi
30701R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	4 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	2:30-4:20pm	Tue, Thu	78 of 82	Christopher Torng	OHE132
30722R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	78 of 82		OHE132
30716D	034	Lecture	2:30-4:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Christopher Torng	DEN@Viterbi
30718R	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

EE 559: Machine Learning I: Supervised Methods (4.0 units)

Distribution-free and probabilistic methods for supervised classification and regression; learning algorithms; optimization techniques; feature-space transformations; parametric and nonparametric methods; Bayes decision theory; artificial neural networks.

Corequisite: EE 503 and EE 510

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30490R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	42 of 60	Keith Chugg	DMC156
30727R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	43 of 60	Keith Chugg	GFS116
30561D	034	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 60	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi
30489R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	3 of 60	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi
30728R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	60 of 60	Keith Jenkins	OHE122
30565R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	59 of 60	Keith Jenkins	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	9:00-12:20pm	Tuesday	207 of 850	Laurent Itti	BOVARD	PDF (80778 KB)
30070R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	207 of 850		OFFICE
30034R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	207 of 850		OFFICE
29936D	034	Lecture	9:00-12:20pm	Tuesday	14 of 30	Laurent Itti	DEN@Viterbi
30030R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	14 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30035R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	14 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

EE 562: Random Processes in Engineering (4.0 units)

Probability Axioms. Random vectors and processes, their convergence and limit theorems. Stationary processes, Markov chains, Martingales, Gaussian processes. Basic calculus of random processes. Wiener filtering.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30867D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	3 of 20	Ashutosh Nayyar	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (128585 KB)
30991R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	24 of 55	Ashutosh Nayyar	OHE136	PDF (128585 KB)
30865R	034	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30891R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	23 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
Note: Please register for EE 690 (1 unit) with Prof. Shanechi to accompany EE 563, for a total of 4 units for this course.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30587R	048	Lecture	9:30-11:20am	Tue, Thu	15 of 45	Maryam Shanechi	WPH207
31122R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	15 of 45		GFS118

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	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30729R	048	Lecture	11:00-1:50pm	Friday	6 of 20	Andreas Polydoros	KAP138	PDF (369599 KB)
			3:00-4:50pm	Friday			KAP138
30932R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	6 of 20		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	Syllabus
30866D	034	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Urbashi Mitra		PDF (96092 KB)
30890R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	6 of 44	Urbashi Mitra	KAP141	PDF (96092 KB)
30951R	034	Discussion	9:00-9:40am	Friday	Canceled
31130R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	6 of 44		KAP141

EE 566: Optical Information Processing (4.0 units)

Coherent and incoherent optical transforming; diffraction and imaging; space-time duality; temporal- and spatial-frequency response and filtering; optical modulation, nonlinear and ultrafast techniques; holography; emerging directions.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30751R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 25	Keith Jenkins,Mengjie Yu	VHE210
30752R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	11 of 25		GFS105

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	8 of 20	Jay Kuo	DEN@Viterbi
30903R	034	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	7 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30499R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	76 of 121	Jay Kuo	OHE122
30981R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	77 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	9 of 28	Aluizio Prata	VHE210	PDF (220438 KB)
30958R	048	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 28		OHE230

EE 573a: Antenna Systems Engineering (4.0 units)

Analysis and design of modern antennas, including wire and aperture radiation, method of moments, geometrical and physical optics, reflectors, and arrays.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 470 or EE 572)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31227R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Aluizio Prata
31226R	048	Discussion	2:30-3:50pm	Thursday	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
30963R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 31	Anand Joshi	THH110	PDF (207635 KB)

EE 576: Integrated Memory Devices and Technologies (4.0 units)

Fundamental device physics, integration technology and cutting-edge innovations in integrated microelectronic memory devices and systems, and their applications in data storage and emerging beyond-von-Neumann computing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30557R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	46 of 50	Joshua Yang	DMC102
31008R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	23 of 28	Joshua Yang	OHE120
31010D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 30	Joshua Yang	DEN@Viterbi
31009R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	17 of 28		OFFICE
31012R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	27 of 30		OFFICE
31055R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	40 of 50		OFFICE

EE 577a: VLSI System Design (4.0 units)

MOS logic; system design; memory design; datapath subsystem design; circuit simulation; basic device physics; simple device layout: structured chip design; timing; project chip; silicon compilers.

Prerequisite: EE 477

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30759R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Friday	45 of 62	Sandeep Gupta,	KDC235
			4:00-5:50pm	Friday		Sridhar Narayanan	KDC235
30760D	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 61	Akhilesh Jaiswal	OHE132
30679R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	60 of 62	Akhilesh Jaiswal	OHE132
30680R	034	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	1 of 20	Akhilesh Jaiswal	DEN@Viterbi
30401R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	104 of 150		OFFICE
30758D	034	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 20	Akhilesh Jaiswal	DEN@Viterbi
30881R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Monday	43 of 62	Sandeep Gupta, Sridhar Narayanan	KDC235

EE 577b: VLSI System Design (4.0 units)

Semi-custom ASIC VLSI design flow; RTL coding, logic synthesis, automatic placement & routing, memory and interface design, signal integrity solutions, hardware acceleration and approximation

Prerequisite: EE 577A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30911D	048	Lecture	8:00-10:50am	Saturday	37 of 41	Moe Tabar	GFS101
30673R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	37 of 41		GFS118

EE 578: Computational Electromagnetics for Engineers (4.0 units)

Computational electromagnetics: numerical methods; partial differential equations, integral equations; finite difference and finite element methods; electromagnetic scattering, nanophotonics, waveguides, antennas; Maxwell, acoustic, and quantum simulation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30781R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 25	Constantine Sideris	VHE214

EE 587: Nonlinear Control Systems (4.0 units)

State-space Models. Equilibrium points. Limit Cycles. Linearization. Nonlinear Phenomena. Lyapunov Stability. Analysis and Design of Nonlinear Systems. Passivity. Backstepping. Feedback and Input-Output Linearization.

Prerequisite: EE 585

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30960R	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	5 of 30	Mihailo Jovanovic

EE 589: Quantum Information Theory (4.0 units)

Quantum Shannon theory: quantum channels and entanglement; dense coding, teleportation, quantum compression, and quantum capacity theorems. Open problems in quantum communication.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30962R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 25	Todd Brun	GFS223	PDF (357710 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
30783D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	117 of 300	Richard Leahy,Tony Levi	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	9 of 30	Krishna Nayak	KAP158	PDF (105283 KB)

EE 592: Computational Methods for Inverse Problems (4.0 units)

A rigorous description of vector space and functional analysis concepts and tools that are useful for solving inverse problems in real-world applications.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31300R	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 50	Justin Haldar	THH118	PDF (319161 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	1 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	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 27	Shahin Nazarian	THH110
30896R	048	Discussion	7:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	27 of 32		KAP158
30897R	048	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 32		KAP163

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30516R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	34 of 52	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	DMC258
30933R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	34 of 36		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	43 of 100	Somil Bansal	EEB132

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
Learning and Control for Safety-Critical Robotic Systems
30642R	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 30	Somil Bansal	WPH103	PDF (286480 KB)
Acoustics of Real and Virtual Spaces
30643R	048	3.0	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	21 of 25	Chris Kyriakakis, Karen Kensek	RTH217	PDF (1728968 MB)
Introduction to Quantum Sensing: Inference and Information
31233R	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	4 of 25	Quntao Zhuang	DMC256	PDF (361379 KB)
Review of Recent Developments in Photonics
31254R	048	4.0	Lecture	3:00-4:50pm	Wed, Fri	8 of 30	Mercedeh Khajavikhan

EE 607: Microelectromechanical Systems (4.0 units)

Exploration of the technology methods and physical principles of MEMS, and survey various MEMS of current interest.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30694R	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	9 of 25	Eun Kim	GFS221	PDF (1725198 MB)
			5:00-5:50pm	Monday			GFS221

Crosslist EE 626: Survey of Energy and Power for a Sustainable Future (4.0 units)

Power production includes conventional fossil fuels, synthetic fuels, hydroelectric, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and nuclear. The environmental consequences of various energy sources are discussed.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the AME department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in AME 577.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
28920D	034	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 45	Wei Wu	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (291934 KB)
29084R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	26 of 30	Wei Wu	OHE100C	PDF (291934 KB)

EE 631: Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits (4.0 units)

Fundamentals of sampling and discrete-time signals; analog to digital converters; digital to analog converters; switched-capacitor circuits.

Prerequisite: EE 536A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30697R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 32	Shuo-Wei Chen	VHE217

EE 632a: Integrated Communication Systems (4.0 units)

System- and transistor-level analysis and design of integrated circuits for wireless communications. Wireless communication concepts; radiofrequency transceiver architectures; low-noise amplifiers; mixers; oscillators; power amplifiers.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30667R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	17 of 30	Hossein Hashemi	VHE206

EE 638: Applications of Machine Learning for Medical Data (4.0 units)

Application of machine learning models and algorithms to medical applications, learning from data and classification of disorders. Overview of health data, collection with sensors, body area networks, brain image data and other publicly available medical applications data.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 660 or CSCI 561 or DSCI 552)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31184R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	23 of 36	Ajitesh Srivastava	KAP163	PDF (308070 KB)

EE 641: Deep Learning Systems (2.0 units)

Neural networks for nonlinear regression, classification, reinforcement learning; back-propagation learning for multilayer perceptrons, convolutional and recurrent networks; applications in audio processing vision and autonomy.

Prerequisite: EE 541 and EE 559

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31225R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	12 of 50	Brandon Franzke	KDC240	PDF (108682 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
30883D	048	Lecture	11:00-2:50pm	Saturday	20 of 30	Moe Tabar	GFS207

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	25 of 60	Richard Leahy,Tony Levi	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	194 of 200	Richard Leahy,Tony Levi	OFFICE