Graduate Program

Term Schedule

Fall 2021

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ECE 410-1 Introduction to Augmented and Virtual Reality Mujdat Cetin MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
This course provides a broad introduction to augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) systems. The course involves lectures covering an overview of all aspects of the AR/VR domain, as well as individual work performed by each student aimed at providing more intensive training on various aspects of AR/VR. Topics covered in the lectures include history, conceptual origins, and design/evaluation principles of AR/VR technologies; overview of visual/auditory/haptic AR/VR interfaces and applications; visual perception; optics/platforms/sensors/displays; auditory perception and spatial audio; silicon hardware architecture and materials; graphics and computation; interfaces and user experience design; data processing and machine intelligence for AR/VR; introduction to AR/VR programming tools; societal implications and ethical aspects. At the end of the course, students will have gained familiarity with the techniques, languages, and cultures of fields integral to the convergent research theme of AR/VR. This course is co-instructed by Mujdat Cetin, Michele Rucci, Ross Maddox, Jannick Rolland, Yuhao Zhu, Andrew White, Chenliang Xu, and Zhen Bai. Location Gavett Hall Room 312 (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECE 413-1 Introduction to Hardware Security Selcuk Kose MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
The focus will be to provide background and insight into some of the most active security related research areas in the field of VLSI design methodologies, side-channel attacks and countermeasures, covert communication attacks and countermeasures, physical unclonnable functions, hardware Trojans, security versus power/performance/noise/area/cost tradeoffs for corresponding countermeasures, etc Prerequisites: Basic Undergraduate Math and Physics Location Computer Studies Room 523 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
ECE 423-1 Semiconductor Devices Roman Sobolewski TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Modern solid state devices, their physics and principles of operation. Solid state physics fundamentals, free electrons, band theory, transport properties of semiconductors, tunneling. Semiconductor junctions and transistors. Compound and semi-magnetic semiconductors. Optoelectronic and ultrafast devices. Prerequisites: ECE 221, ECE 230, PHY 123 or Instructor's approval Location Gavett Hall Room 310 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECE 426-1 Intergrated Photonics Jaime Cardenas TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
The course will cover the behavior of light in integrated waveguide devices. The course will feature in-class demonstrations, integrated photonic device design, and device testing in a laboratory setting. We will review Maxwell’s Equations and cover topics such as optical modes, planar waveguides, optical fibers, rectangular waveguides, coupled-mode theory, mode coupling, resonators, modulators, and numerical methods for integrated photonic device design. During this class you will learn the fundamentals of integrated photonics, design an integrated photonic device, and test and analyze its performance. Location Wilmot Room 116 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
ECE 429-1 Audio Electronics Zeljko Ignjatovic MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM
The devices, circuits, and techniques of audio electronics are covered in this course. Included is a survey of small signal amplifier designs and small-signal analysis and characterization, operational amplifiers and audio applications of opamps, large-signal design and analysis methods including an overview of linear and switching power amplifiers. The course also covers the design of vacuum tube circuits, nonlinearity and distortion. Other important audio devices are also covered including microphones, loudspeakers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and low-noise audio equipment design principles. Location Computer Studies Room 601 (MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECE 429-2 Audio Electronics LAB Zeljko Ignjatovic W 9:00AM - 12:00PM
The devices, circuits, and techniques of audio electronics are covered in this course. Included is a survey of small signal amplifier designs and small-signal analysis and characterization, operational amplifiers and audio applications of opamps, large-signal design and analysis methods including an overview of linear and switching power amplifiers. The course also covers the design of vacuum tube circuits, nonlinearity and distortion. Other important audio devices are also covered including microphones, loudspeakers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and low-noise audio equipment design principles. Location Hopeman Hall Room 202 (W 9:00AM - 12:00PM)
ECE 436-1 Nanophot/Nanomech Devices Qiang Lin TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Various types of typical nanophotonic structures and nanomechanical structures, fundamental optical and mechanical properties: micro/nano-resonators, photonic crystals, plasmonic structures, metamaterials, nano-optomechanical structures. Cavity nonlinearoptics, cavity quantum optics, and cavity optomechanics. Fundamental physics and applications, state-of-art devices and current research trends. This class is designed primarily for graduate students. It may be suitable for senior undergraduates if they have required basic knowledge. This class is designed primarily for graduate students. It may be suitable for senior undergraduates if they have required basic knowledge Prerequisites: ECE 230 or 235,/435; OPT 262 or 462, or 468, or 223, or 412; PHY 237, or 407 Location Computer Studies Room 523 (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECE 439-1 Electroacoustics, Audio Reproduction, and Spatial Audio Mark Bocko MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM
This course covers the foundations of electroacoustics and acoustics relevant to sound capture and reproduction. Of special interest are topics in spatial sound field capture and reproduction, the creation of immersive audio environment, and applications to virtual and augmented reality. Topics covered include: acoustic radiation from vibrating surfaces, radiation impedance, electro-mechano-acoustic circuits, loudspeaker design and characterization; the description, design and performance of microphones; the foundations of spatial audio capture, reproduction, and perception including the Kirchhoff-Helmholtz integral theorem and wave-field synthesis, solutions of the acoustic wave equation in spherical coordinates and ambisonics, and plane wave decomposition of acoustic fields and vector-based amplitude panning; microphone arrays for the capture of spatial audio and loudspeaker arrays for spatial control of acoustic radiation patterns; an introduction to the acoustics relevant to spatial audio perception including simple models of the interaction of acoustic waves with a listener’s head and torso, diffraction of sound by a sphere, and the measurement, modeling, measurement, and application of head-related transfer functions, the interaction of spatial audio systems with acoustic spaces and the loss of spatial audio perceptual cues. Course work will include a set of simulation and measurement projects assigned throughout the term and a final project. Prerequisites: ECE433 (Musical Acoustics) & ECE429 (Audio Electronics) or permission of instructor. Location Computer Studies Room 601 (MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM)
ECE 440-1 Intro to Random Processes Gonzalo Mateos Buckstein MW 4:50PM - 6:05PM
The goal of this course is to learn how to model, analyze and simulate stochastic systems, found at the core of a number of disciplines in engineering, for example communication systems, stock options pricing and machine learning. This course is divided into five thematic blocks: Introduction, Probability review, Markov chains, Continuous-time Markov chains, and Gaussian, Markov and stationary random processes. Prerequisites: ECE 242 or equivalent Location Gavett Hall Room 202 (MW 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
ECE 443-1 Probabilistic Models for Inference and Estimation Gaurav Sharma TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM
Probability and stochastic processes, IID and Markov processes, basicsof inference and estimation, MAP and ML estimates, modeling withlatent variables, expectation maximization, hidden Markov Models,stochastic context free grammars, Markov and conditional randomfields, energy models. Select applications in computer vision, machinelearning, image processing, communications, and bioinformatics. Location Computer Studies Room 523 (TR 4:50PM - 6:05PM)
ECE 446-1 Digital Signal Processing Gaurav Sharma MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Analysis and design of discrete-time signals and systems, including: difference equations, discrete-time filtering, z-transforms, A/D and D/A conversions, mutli-rate signal processing, FIR and IIR filter design, the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), circular convolution, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithms, windowing, and classical spectral analysis. Prerequisites: ECE 241 and Matlab programming skills Location Gavett Hall Room 206 (MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ECE 446-2 Digital Signal Proc - Rec Gaurav Sharma F 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Analysis and design of discrete-time signals and systems, including: difference equations, discrete-time filtering, z-transforms, A/D and D/A conversions, mutli-rate signal processing, FIR and IIR filter design, the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), circular convolution, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithms, windowing, and classical spectral analysis. Location Gavett Hall Room 206 (F 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECE 447-1 Intro to Dip Using Python Marvin Doyley MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
This course will introduce the students to the basic concepts of digital image processing, and establish a good foundation for further study and research in this field. The theoretical components of this course will be presented at a level that seniors and first year graduate students who have taken introductory courses in vectors, matrices, probability, statistics, linear systems, and computer programming should be comfortable with. Topics cover in this course will include intensity transformation and spatial filtering, filtering in the frequency domain, image restoration, morphological image processing, image segmentation, image registration, and image compression. The course will also provide a brief introduction to python (ipython), the primary programming language that will be used for solving problems in class as well as take-home assignments. prerequisites: ECE 242 and ECE 440 & 446 are recommended or permission of instructor Location Harkness Room 114 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
ECE 452-1 Med Imaging-Theory&Implemt Kevin Parker MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Physics and implementation of X-ray, ultrasonic, and MR imaging systems. Fourier transform relations and reconstruction algorithms of X-ray and ultrasonic-computed tomography, and MRI. Prerequisities: ECE 242 or equivalent experience with Fourier transformer operations Location Computer Studies Room 601 (MW 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ECE 453-1 Ultrasound Imaging Stephen McAleavey TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Introduction to the principles and implementation of diagnostic ultrasound imaging. Topics include linear wave propagation and reflection, fields from pistons and arrays, beamforming, B-mode image formation, Doppler, and elastography. Project and final report. Prerequisits: BME 230 or ECE 241 or equivalent Location Goergen Hall Room 109 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECE 461-1 Intro to Vlsi Eby Friedman TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Introduction to high performance integrated circuit design. Semiconductor technologies. CMOS inverter. General background on CMOS circuits, ranging from the inverter to more complex logical and sequential circuits. The focus is to provide background and insight into some of the most active high performance related issues in the field of high performance integrated circuit design methodologies, such as CMOS delay and modeling, timing and signal delay analysis, low power CMOS design and analysis, optimal transistor sizing and buffer tapering, pipelining and register allocation, synchronization and clock distribution, retiming, interconnect delay, dynamic CMOS design techniques, power delivery, on-chip regulators, 3-D technology and circuit design, asynchronous vs. synchronous tradeoffs, clock distribution networks, low power design, and CMOS power dissipation. Prerequisites: ECE 112 and ECE 221 Location Computer Studies Room 523 (TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ECE 461-2 Intro to Vlsi - Rec – W 3:25PM - 4:40PM
Introduction to high performance integrated circuit design. Semiconductor technologies. CMOS inverter. General background on CMOS circuits, ranging from the inverter to more complex logical and sequential circuits. The focus is to provide background and insight into some of the most active high performance related issues in the field of high performance integrated circuit design methodologies, such as CMOS delay and modeling, timing and signal delay analysis, low power CMOS design and analysis, optimal transistor sizing and buffer tapering, pipelining and register allocation, synchronization and clock distribution, retiming, interconnect delay, dynamic CMOS design techniques, power delivery, on-chip regulators, 3-D technology and circuit design, asynchronous vs. synchronous tradeoffs, clock distribution networks, low power design, and CMOS power dissipation. Location Computer Studies Room 523 (W 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
ECE 461-3 Intro to Vsli - Lab – W 10:25AM - 12:40PM
Introduction to high performance integrated circuit design. Semiconductor technologies. CMOS inverter. General background on CMOS circuits, ranging from the inverter to more complex logical and sequential circuits. The focus is to provide background and insight into some of the most active high performance related issues in the field of high performance integrated circuit design methodologies, such as CMOS delay and modeling, timing and signal delay analysis, low power CMOS design and analysis, optimal transistor sizing and buffer tapering, pipelining and register allocation, synchronization and clock distribution, retiming, interconnect delay, dynamic CMOS design techniques, power delivery, on-chip regulators, 3-D technology and circuit design, asynchronous vs. synchronous tradeoffs, clock distribution networks, low power design, and CMOS power dissipation. Location Computer Studies Room 527 (W 10:25AM - 12:40PM)
ECE 468-1 Advanced Anlog Cmos Eric Bohannon TR 6:15PM - 7:30PM
Circuitry, algorithms, and architectures used in analog and mixed-mode CMOS integrated circuits. Switched-capacitor (SC) elements, amplifier stages, and filters. Other SC circuits: S/H stages, comparators, PGAs, oscillators, modulators, voltage boosters, and dividers, Non-ideal effects in SC circuits, and correction techniques. Low-voltage SC design. Nyquist-rate data converter fundamentals; SC implementations of DACs and ADCs. Oversampling (delta-sigma) data converters: fundamentals and implementations. Prerequisites: ECE 113, ECE 221, ECE 222, ECE 246/446,ECE 467 Location Computer Studies Room 601 (TR 6:15PM - 7:30PM)
ECE 469-1 High Speed Integrated Elect Hui Wu TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
This is an introduction course for state-of-the-art integrated electronics and photonics for high-speed applications in the fields of wireless, wireline and fiber optical communications, computing, as well as instrumentation. We begin with an overview of high-speed semiconductor technologies and devices, followed by a discussion of device characterization. In the second part of the course, we focus on the design of wideband amplifiers, which includes discussions on compensated matching, shunt/series peaking, feedback, distributed amplifiers, and power combining techniques. The third part of the course covers high-performance timing circuits, including clock generation using frequency synthesizers, clock distribution, clock recovery, and injection locking. Finally, we study ultrafast electrical and optical interconnect systems for high-performance computing. Each part of the course also includes discussions on related design methods and measurement techniques. The course emphasizes the understanding of basic circuit operation, and the development of circuit design intuition. PREREQUISITES: ECE 222 AND ECE 230 Location Computer Studies Room 523 (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
ECE 470-2 Digital Audio Effects LAB Michael Heilemann W 1:15PM - 2:00PM
This is a hands-on course that teaches how signal-processing may be used to alter the temporal and tonal characteristics of audio signals. Topics may include sampling, quantization, modulation effects, filters, delay-line-based effects, audio synthesis, non-linear effects, and spectral processing. An emphasis will be placed on developing algorithms that are optimized for real-time processing on embedded hardware. Students will develop and visualize algorithms in MATLAB, and implement them on the SHARC Audio Module DSP platform. Prerequisites: FAMILIARITY WITH C/C++ Location Computer Studies Room 616 (W 1:15PM - 2:00PM)
ECE 470-3 Digital Audio Effects LAB Michael Heilemann M 1:15PM - 2:00PM
This is a hands-on course that teaches how signal-processing may be used to alter the temporal and tonal characteristics of audio signals. Topics may include sampling, quantization, modulation effects, filters, delay-line-based effects, audio synthesis, non-linear effects, and spectral processing. An emphasis will be placed on developing algorithms that are optimized for real-time processing on embedded hardware. Students will develop and visualize algorithms in MATLAB, and implement them on the SHARC Audio Module DSP platform. Prerequisites: FAMILIARITY WITH C/C++ Location Computer Studies Room 616 (M 1:15PM - 2:00PM)
ECE 470-4 Digital Audio Effects Michael Heilemann MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
This is a hands-on course that teaches how signal-processing may be used to alter the temporal and tonal characteristics of audio signals. Topics may include sampling, quantization, modulation effects, filters, delay-line-based effects, audio synthesis, non-linear effects, and spectral processing. An emphasis will be placed on developing algorithms that are optimized for real-time processing on embedded hardware. Students will develop and visualize algorithms in MATLAB, and implement them on the SHARC Audio Module DSP platform. Prerequisites: FAMILIARITY WITH C/C++ Location Computer Studies Room 616 (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
ECE 477-1 Computer Audition Andrea Cogliati TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Computer audition is the study of how to design a computational system that can analyze and process auditory scenes. Problems in this field include source separation (splitting audio mixtures into individual source tracks), pitch estimation (estimating the pitches played by each instrument), streaming (finding which sounds belong to a single event/source), source localization (finding where the sound comes from) and source identification (labeling a sound source). Prerequisites: ECE 246/446 or ECE 272/472 or other equivalent signal processing courses, and Matlab programming. Knowledge of machine learning techniques such as Markov models, support vector machines is also helpful, but not required. Location Computer Studies Room 601 (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
ECE 478-2 Revolutions in Sound Ming Lun Lee MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
This course will provide a multifaceted account of the evolution of sound technologies, starting with Edisons invention of the phonograph in 1877 through the development of microphones, radio, magnetic tape recording, vinyl records, multitrack recording, digital audio, compact discs, the MP3 format, and online music streaming. We will discuss how technology has shaped the musical experience, and, conversely, how the performance of various genres of music, including classical, rock, jazz, hip-hop, and country, has influenced the development of audio technologies. We will also investigate, drawing from a variety of primary and secondary sources, how certain legendary recordings were produced, including those of Enrico Caruso, Bessie Smith, Les Paul, Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and Madonna. A special topic will focus on the digital preservation and restoration of historic audio recordings. All students, including technology and music majors, are welcome. Location Computer Studies Room 616 (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
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ECE 470-3 Digital Audio Effects LAB Michael Heilemann
This is a hands-on course that teaches how signal-processing may be used to alter the temporal and tonal characteristics of audio signals. Topics may include sampling, quantization, modulation effects, filters, delay-line-based effects, audio synthesis, non-linear effects, and spectral processing. An emphasis will be placed on developing algorithms that are optimized for real-time processing on embedded hardware. Students will develop and visualize algorithms in MATLAB, and implement them on the SHARC Audio Module DSP platform. Prerequisites: FAMILIARITY WITH C/C++
Monday and Wednesday
ECE 439-1 Electroacoustics, Audio Reproduction, and Spatial Audio Mark Bocko
This course covers the foundations of electroacoustics and acoustics relevant to sound capture and reproduction. Of special interest are topics in spatial sound field capture and reproduction, the creation of immersive audio environment, and applications to virtual and augmented reality. Topics covered include: acoustic radiation from vibrating surfaces, radiation impedance, electro-mechano-acoustic circuits, loudspeaker design and characterization; the description, design and performance of microphones; the foundations of spatial audio capture, reproduction, and perception including the Kirchhoff-Helmholtz integral theorem and wave-field synthesis, solutions of the acoustic wave equation in spherical coordinates and ambisonics, and plane wave decomposition of acoustic fields and vector-based amplitude panning; microphone arrays for the capture of spatial audio and loudspeaker arrays for spatial control of acoustic radiation patterns; an introduction to the acoustics relevant to spatial audio perception including simple models of the interaction of acoustic waves with a listener’s head and torso, diffraction of sound by a sphere, and the measurement, modeling, measurement, and application of head-related transfer functions, the interaction of spatial audio systems with acoustic spaces and the loss of spatial audio perceptual cues. Course work will include a set of simulation and measurement projects assigned throughout the term and a final project. Prerequisites: ECE433 (Musical Acoustics) & ECE429 (Audio Electronics) or permission of instructor.
ECE 413-1 Introduction to Hardware Security Selcuk Kose
The focus will be to provide background and insight into some of the most active security related research areas in the field of VLSI design methodologies, side-channel attacks and countermeasures, covert communication attacks and countermeasures, physical unclonnable functions, hardware Trojans, security versus power/performance/noise/area/cost tradeoffs for corresponding countermeasures, etc Prerequisites: Basic Undergraduate Math and Physics
ECE 447-1 Intro to Dip Using Python Marvin Doyley
This course will introduce the students to the basic concepts of digital image processing, and establish a good foundation for further study and research in this field. The theoretical components of this course will be presented at a level that seniors and first year graduate students who have taken introductory courses in vectors, matrices, probability, statistics, linear systems, and computer programming should be comfortable with. Topics cover in this course will include intensity transformation and spatial filtering, filtering in the frequency domain, image restoration, morphological image processing, image segmentation, image registration, and image compression. The course will also provide a brief introduction to python (ipython), the primary programming language that will be used for solving problems in class as well as take-home assignments. prerequisites: ECE 242 and ECE 440 & 446 are recommended or permission of instructor
ECE 478-2 Revolutions in Sound Ming Lun Lee
This course will provide a multifaceted account of the evolution of sound technologies, starting with Edisons invention of the phonograph in 1877 through the development of microphones, radio, magnetic tape recording, vinyl records, multitrack recording, digital audio, compact discs, the MP3 format, and online music streaming. We will discuss how technology has shaped the musical experience, and, conversely, how the performance of various genres of music, including classical, rock, jazz, hip-hop, and country, has influenced the development of audio technologies. We will also investigate, drawing from a variety of primary and secondary sources, how certain legendary recordings were produced, including those of Enrico Caruso, Bessie Smith, Les Paul, Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and Madonna. A special topic will focus on the digital preservation and restoration of historic audio recordings. All students, including technology and music majors, are welcome.
ECE 429-1 Audio Electronics Zeljko Ignjatovic
The devices, circuits, and techniques of audio electronics are covered in this course. Included is a survey of small signal amplifier designs and small-signal analysis and characterization, operational amplifiers and audio applications of opamps, large-signal design and analysis methods including an overview of linear and switching power amplifiers. The course also covers the design of vacuum tube circuits, nonlinearity and distortion. Other important audio devices are also covered including microphones, loudspeakers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and low-noise audio equipment design principles.
ECE 410-1 Introduction to Augmented and Virtual Reality Mujdat Cetin
This course provides a broad introduction to augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) systems. The course involves lectures covering an overview of all aspects of the AR/VR domain, as well as individual work performed by each student aimed at providing more intensive training on various aspects of AR/VR. Topics covered in the lectures include history, conceptual origins, and design/evaluation principles of AR/VR technologies; overview of visual/auditory/haptic AR/VR interfaces and applications; visual perception; optics/platforms/sensors/displays; auditory perception and spatial audio; silicon hardware architecture and materials; graphics and computation; interfaces and user experience design; data processing and machine intelligence for AR/VR; introduction to AR/VR programming tools; societal implications and ethical aspects. At the end of the course, students will have gained familiarity with the techniques, languages, and cultures of fields integral to the convergent research theme of AR/VR. This course is co-instructed by Mujdat Cetin, Michele Rucci, Ross Maddox, Jannick Rolland, Yuhao Zhu, Andrew White, Chenliang Xu, and Zhen Bai.
ECE 470-4 Digital Audio Effects Michael Heilemann
This is a hands-on course that teaches how signal-processing may be used to alter the temporal and tonal characteristics of audio signals. Topics may include sampling, quantization, modulation effects, filters, delay-line-based effects, audio synthesis, non-linear effects, and spectral processing. An emphasis will be placed on developing algorithms that are optimized for real-time processing on embedded hardware. Students will develop and visualize algorithms in MATLAB, and implement them on the SHARC Audio Module DSP platform. Prerequisites: FAMILIARITY WITH C/C++
ECE 446-1 Digital Signal Processing Gaurav Sharma
Analysis and design of discrete-time signals and systems, including: difference equations, discrete-time filtering, z-transforms, A/D and D/A conversions, mutli-rate signal processing, FIR and IIR filter design, the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), circular convolution, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithms, windowing, and classical spectral analysis. Prerequisites: ECE 241 and Matlab programming skills
ECE 452-1 Med Imaging-Theory&Implemt Kevin Parker
Physics and implementation of X-ray, ultrasonic, and MR imaging systems. Fourier transform relations and reconstruction algorithms of X-ray and ultrasonic-computed tomography, and MRI. Prerequisities: ECE 242 or equivalent experience with Fourier transformer operations
ECE 440-1 Intro to Random Processes Gonzalo Mateos Buckstein
The goal of this course is to learn how to model, analyze and simulate stochastic systems, found at the core of a number of disciplines in engineering, for example communication systems, stock options pricing and machine learning. This course is divided into five thematic blocks: Introduction, Probability review, Markov chains, Continuous-time Markov chains, and Gaussian, Markov and stationary random processes. Prerequisites: ECE 242 or equivalent
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Tuesday
Tuesday and Thursday
ECE 469-1 High Speed Integrated Elect Hui Wu
This is an introduction course for state-of-the-art integrated electronics and photonics for high-speed applications in the fields of wireless, wireline and fiber optical communications, computing, as well as instrumentation. We begin with an overview of high-speed semiconductor technologies and devices, followed by a discussion of device characterization. In the second part of the course, we focus on the design of wideband amplifiers, which includes discussions on compensated matching, shunt/series peaking, feedback, distributed amplifiers, and power combining techniques. The third part of the course covers high-performance timing circuits, including clock generation using frequency synthesizers, clock distribution, clock recovery, and injection locking. Finally, we study ultrafast electrical and optical interconnect systems for high-performance computing. Each part of the course also includes discussions on related design methods and measurement techniques. The course emphasizes the understanding of basic circuit operation, and the development of circuit design intuition. PREREQUISITES: ECE 222 AND ECE 230
ECE 426-1 Intergrated Photonics Jaime Cardenas
The course will cover the behavior of light in integrated waveguide devices. The course will feature in-class demonstrations, integrated photonic device design, and device testing in a laboratory setting. We will review Maxwell’s Equations and cover topics such as optical modes, planar waveguides, optical fibers, rectangular waveguides, coupled-mode theory, mode coupling, resonators, modulators, and numerical methods for integrated photonic device design. During this class you will learn the fundamentals of integrated photonics, design an integrated photonic device, and test and analyze its performance.
ECE 453-1 Ultrasound Imaging Stephen McAleavey
Introduction to the principles and implementation of diagnostic ultrasound imaging. Topics include linear wave propagation and reflection, fields from pistons and arrays, beamforming, B-mode image formation, Doppler, and elastography. Project and final report. Prerequisits: BME 230 or ECE 241 or equivalent
ECE 477-1 Computer Audition Andrea Cogliati
Computer audition is the study of how to design a computational system that can analyze and process auditory scenes. Problems in this field include source separation (splitting audio mixtures into individual source tracks), pitch estimation (estimating the pitches played by each instrument), streaming (finding which sounds belong to a single event/source), source localization (finding where the sound comes from) and source identification (labeling a sound source). Prerequisites: ECE 246/446 or ECE 272/472 or other equivalent signal processing courses, and Matlab programming. Knowledge of machine learning techniques such as Markov models, support vector machines is also helpful, but not required.
ECE 436-1 Nanophot/Nanomech Devices Qiang Lin
Various types of typical nanophotonic structures and nanomechanical structures, fundamental optical and mechanical properties: micro/nano-resonators, photonic crystals, plasmonic structures, metamaterials, nano-optomechanical structures. Cavity nonlinearoptics, cavity quantum optics, and cavity optomechanics. Fundamental physics and applications, state-of-art devices and current research trends. This class is designed primarily for graduate students. It may be suitable for senior undergraduates if they have required basic knowledge. This class is designed primarily for graduate students. It may be suitable for senior undergraduates if they have required basic knowledge Prerequisites: ECE 230 or 235,/435; OPT 262 or 462, or 468, or 223, or 412; PHY 237, or 407
ECE 423-1 Semiconductor Devices Roman Sobolewski
Modern solid state devices, their physics and principles of operation. Solid state physics fundamentals, free electrons, band theory, transport properties of semiconductors, tunneling. Semiconductor junctions and transistors. Compound and semi-magnetic semiconductors. Optoelectronic and ultrafast devices. Prerequisites: ECE 221, ECE 230, PHY 123 or Instructor's approval
ECE 461-1 Intro to Vlsi Eby Friedman
Introduction to high performance integrated circuit design. Semiconductor technologies. CMOS inverter. General background on CMOS circuits, ranging from the inverter to more complex logical and sequential circuits. The focus is to provide background and insight into some of the most active high performance related issues in the field of high performance integrated circuit design methodologies, such as CMOS delay and modeling, timing and signal delay analysis, low power CMOS design and analysis, optimal transistor sizing and buffer tapering, pipelining and register allocation, synchronization and clock distribution, retiming, interconnect delay, dynamic CMOS design techniques, power delivery, on-chip regulators, 3-D technology and circuit design, asynchronous vs. synchronous tradeoffs, clock distribution networks, low power design, and CMOS power dissipation. Prerequisites: ECE 112 and ECE 221
ECE 443-1 Probabilistic Models for Inference and Estimation Gaurav Sharma
Probability and stochastic processes, IID and Markov processes, basicsof inference and estimation, MAP and ML estimates, modeling withlatent variables, expectation maximization, hidden Markov Models,stochastic context free grammars, Markov and conditional randomfields, energy models. Select applications in computer vision, machinelearning, image processing, communications, and bioinformatics.
ECE 468-1 Advanced Anlog Cmos Eric Bohannon
Circuitry, algorithms, and architectures used in analog and mixed-mode CMOS integrated circuits. Switched-capacitor (SC) elements, amplifier stages, and filters. Other SC circuits: S/H stages, comparators, PGAs, oscillators, modulators, voltage boosters, and dividers, Non-ideal effects in SC circuits, and correction techniques. Low-voltage SC design. Nyquist-rate data converter fundamentals; SC implementations of DACs and ADCs. Oversampling (delta-sigma) data converters: fundamentals and implementations. Prerequisites: ECE 113, ECE 221, ECE 222, ECE 246/446,ECE 467
Wednesday
ECE 429-2 Audio Electronics LAB Zeljko Ignjatovic
The devices, circuits, and techniques of audio electronics are covered in this course. Included is a survey of small signal amplifier designs and small-signal analysis and characterization, operational amplifiers and audio applications of opamps, large-signal design and analysis methods including an overview of linear and switching power amplifiers. The course also covers the design of vacuum tube circuits, nonlinearity and distortion. Other important audio devices are also covered including microphones, loudspeakers, analog to digital and digital to analog converters, and low-noise audio equipment design principles.
ECE 461-3 Intro to Vsli - Lab –
Introduction to high performance integrated circuit design. Semiconductor technologies. CMOS inverter. General background on CMOS circuits, ranging from the inverter to more complex logical and sequential circuits. The focus is to provide background and insight into some of the most active high performance related issues in the field of high performance integrated circuit design methodologies, such as CMOS delay and modeling, timing and signal delay analysis, low power CMOS design and analysis, optimal transistor sizing and buffer tapering, pipelining and register allocation, synchronization and clock distribution, retiming, interconnect delay, dynamic CMOS design techniques, power delivery, on-chip regulators, 3-D technology and circuit design, asynchronous vs. synchronous tradeoffs, clock distribution networks, low power design, and CMOS power dissipation.
ECE 597-1 ECE Colloquium –
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ECE 470-2 Digital Audio Effects LAB Michael Heilemann
This is a hands-on course that teaches how signal-processing may be used to alter the temporal and tonal characteristics of audio signals. Topics may include sampling, quantization, modulation effects, filters, delay-line-based effects, audio synthesis, non-linear effects, and spectral processing. An emphasis will be placed on developing algorithms that are optimized for real-time processing on embedded hardware. Students will develop and visualize algorithms in MATLAB, and implement them on the SHARC Audio Module DSP platform. Prerequisites: FAMILIARITY WITH C/C++
ECE 461-2 Intro to Vlsi - Rec –
Introduction to high performance integrated circuit design. Semiconductor technologies. CMOS inverter. General background on CMOS circuits, ranging from the inverter to more complex logical and sequential circuits. The focus is to provide background and insight into some of the most active high performance related issues in the field of high performance integrated circuit design methodologies, such as CMOS delay and modeling, timing and signal delay analysis, low power CMOS design and analysis, optimal transistor sizing and buffer tapering, pipelining and register allocation, synchronization and clock distribution, retiming, interconnect delay, dynamic CMOS design techniques, power delivery, on-chip regulators, 3-D technology and circuit design, asynchronous vs. synchronous tradeoffs, clock distribution networks, low power design, and CMOS power dissipation.
Thursday
Friday
ECE 446-2 Digital Signal Proc - Rec Gaurav Sharma
Analysis and design of discrete-time signals and systems, including: difference equations, discrete-time filtering, z-transforms, A/D and D/A conversions, mutli-rate signal processing, FIR and IIR filter design, the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), circular convolution, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithms, windowing, and classical spectral analysis.