Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Graduate Course Announcement
- Fall Term 2008-2009 (2091)
(updated
July 10, 2008)
ECE
2120 HARDWARE DESIGN METHODOLOGIES
– Professor Jones
(34657) 3 credits, Tuesday,
5:20-7:50 pm, 367 Benedum Hall
This course teaches hardware design processes
through use of industry tools. Students
use graphical tools to design, simulate and synthesize designs using hardware
description languages (e.g. VHDL/Verilog).
High-level design and problem decomposition are also taught. Optimization, simulation and synthesis of
combinatorial functions, data paths, and finite state machines are covered in
depth. Architecture encapsulation and
reuse through “Intellectual Property” (IP) modules is described and covered in
detail. Students will work individually
and as a part of a team to create, simulate, model,
document, and test IP models.
Prerequisites: ECE/CoE 0142 or
CoE 1502 or instructor permission.
ECE
2141 VALIDATION & VERIFICATION
TECHNIQUES OF DIGITAL SYSTEMS –
(34658) Professor Levitan
3 credits, Monday,
6:00-8:30 pm, 370 Benedum Hall
This course presents state of the art methodologies
and tools for simulation based validation and formal verification of complex
digital systems implemented as a system on a chip. Topics include testing strategies, test bench
design, coverage, and model checking.
Prerequisites: ECE 2140 or ECE
2121 or permission of instructor.
ECE
2160 EMBEDDED COMPUTER SYSTEM
DESIGN – Professor Cheng
(22380) 3 credits, Monday &
Wednesday, 4:30-5:45 pm, 525 Benedum Hall
(22382) 0 credits, Tuesday, 6:00-8:50
pm, 361 Benedum Hall
(22384) 0 credits, Wednesday,
6:00-8:50 pm, 361 Benedum Hall
Design and implementation of embedded microprocessor
systems. Topics include “C” language,
top down iteration for assembly language programming, data structures,
co-routines, I/O software structures and real time operating systems. Prerequisite:
ECE/CoE 0142
ECE 2162 COMPUTER
ARCHITECTURE – Professor Yang
(29871) 3
credits, Thursday, 5:20-7:50 pm, 360 Benedum Hall
Review of basic architecture concepts, data
representation, microprocessor and minicomputer architectures, memory, I/O
subsystems, stack computers, parallel and pipelined
computers. Prerequisite: ECE/CoE 0142
ECE
2192 INTRODUCTION TO VLSI DESIGN –
Professor Levitan
(22376) 4 credits, Tuesday &
Thursday, 4:00-5:15 pm, 370 Benedum Hall
(22378) 0 credits, Friday, 12:00-1:50 pm,
370 Benedum Hall
Introduction to the
concepts and techniques of modern integrated circuit design. Use of Computer Aided
Design (CAD) tools for circuit design and simulation. Prerequisite:
ECE/CoE 0142, ECE 0257
ECE
2231 FUNDAMENTALS OF SEMICONDUCTOR
(22432) DEVICES – Professor Chen
3 credits, Tuesday, 5:20-7:50
pm, 426 Benedum Hall
Fundamental quantum theory,
electron in potential well, harmonic oscillator, band theory of solids,
Kronig-Penney model. Prerequisite: ECE 1247
ECE
2235 MONOLITCHIC INTEGRATED
CIRCUITS – Professor Yun
(29870) 3 credits, Monday,
5:20-7:50 pm, 360 Benedum Hall
Fabrication of integrated silicon monolithic
circuits, thermal oxidation, solid state diffusion, epitaxial growth, ion
implantation, photo and electron lithography, design considerations, active and
passive elements in monolithic blocks, surface effects. Prerequisite:
ECE 1247
ECE
2373 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS –
Professor Li
(29872) 3 credits, Tuesday &
Thursday, 2:30-3:45 pm, 329 Cathedral of Learnin
This course discusses models and theories of
artificial neural networks as applied to neural computing and adaptive
systems. Topics cover modeling of
artificial neurons and their interconnections, various learning and
self-organizing processes. These include
multi-layered feedforward networks, back propagation training, radial basis
function networks, recurrent neural networks, associate memory and Hopfield
networks, self-organizing, feature mapping, reinforcement learning and
competitive learning, global search methods in artificial neural networks.
ECE
2422 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION
THEORY – Professor Lee
(34656) 3 credits, Tuesday,
5:20-7:50 pm, 522 Benedum Hall
Topics include entropy, mutual information, data
compression, channel capacity, rate distortion theorem and channel coding
theorem. Co-requisite: ECE 2521
ECE
2430 QUEUEING THEORY – Professor
Krishnamurthy
(29874) 3 credits, Tuessday, 3:00-6:00
pm,
Development and application of the mathematical
techniques used for analyzing the performance of communications networks. Topics include Markovian queues, Non-Markovian
queues, products form networks, approximation
techniques, nonstationary queues.
Prerequisites: Telcom 2120,
Telcom 2310
ECE
2521 ANALYSIS OF STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
– Professor Chaparro
(22404) 3 credits, Thursday,
5:20-7:50 pm, 420 Benedum Hall
Probability theory, random variables, sums
and limits of random variable sequences, time and frequency domain, modeling of
continuous and discrete random signals, least-squares estimation.
ECE
2646 LINEAR SYSTEM THEORY –
Professor Mao
(22406) 3 credits, Wednesday, 5:20-7:50 pm, 423
Benedum Hall
Linear spaces and operators,
mathematical descriptions of linear systems, controllability and observability,
irreducible realization of rational transfer-function matrices, canonical
forms, state feedback and state estimators, stability.
ECE
2654 DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS –
Professor Cole
(33514) 3 credits, Wednesday,
4:00-6:30 pm, 115
Transform domain approach to analysis and design of
digital computer control systems, linear discrete dynamic systems analysis and
the z-transform, discrete equivalents to continuous transfer functions, sampled
data systems, design of digital control systems using transform techniques,
quantization effects, sample rate selection. Prerequisite:
ECE 1673
ECE
2695 SPECIAL TOPICS: CONTROL –
Adaptive Control – Professor Mao
(30393) 3 credits, Monday, 5:20-7:50 pm, 426
Benedum Hall
Adaptation and learning play an essential role
in biological systems, and these characteristics have been widely incorporated
in modern control systems. This course introduces the general principles of
adaptive control and learning. Topics to be covered include: real-time parameter
estimation, self-tuning regulators, model-reference adaptive systems, adaptive
control of nonlinear systems, practical aspects and implementation of adaptive
control systems, introduction to computational learning theory and learning in
neural systems, and an example of adaptive control by the cerebellum.
ECE
2777 POWER SYSTEM TRANSIENTS 1 –
Mr. Paserba
(35614) 3 credits, Tuesday,
6:00-8:30 pm, 720 Benedum Hall
Lumped parameter analysis, switching transients in
AC/DC systems, arc modeling, damping, current suppression, traveling wave
phenomena, line discontinuities, ferroresonance, transient recovery
voltage. Prerequisite: ECE 1769
ECE
3528 TIME-FREQUENCY SIGNAL ANALYSIS
– Professor Loughlin
(35468) 3 credits, Monday,
1:00-3:25 pm, 117
This course covers the theory and application of
time-varying spectral analysis. Topics
include why spectra change, the AM/FM model of signals, instantaneous frequency
and bandwidth, signal density functions, the short-time Fourier transform, the
Wigner distribution, Cohen’s class of time-frequency distributions,
signal-dependent and evolutionary spectrum.
Prerequisite: ECE 2523
ECE 3893 GRADUATE SEMINAR
(22416) 1 credit, Wednesday,
12:00-1:50 pm, 424 Benedum Hall
A weekly seminar series of
presentations by local industry engineers and scientists, visiting researchers,
faculty and graduate students.
|
Faculty |
2997 |
2998 |
2999 |
3997 |
3998 |
3999 |
|
|
|
|
|
22420 |
22424 |
22422 |
|
Chaparro |
22408 |
22410 |
22412 |
30207 |
30231 |
30413 |
|
Chen |
30014 |
30017 |
30088 |
30208 |
30232 |
30414 |
|
Cheng |
34518 |
30026 |
30089 |
30209 |
30252 |
30415 |
|
El-Jaroudi |
34568 |
30028 |
30090 |
30210 |
30233 |
30416 |
|
El Nokali |
34569 |
30032 |
30092 |
30211 |
30234 |
30417 |
|
Falk |
34570 |
30042 |
30093 |
30212 |
30235 |
30418 |
|
Jacobs |
34571 |
30044 |
30094 |
30213 |
30236 |
30419 |
|
Jones |
34572 |
30046 |
30095 |
30214 |
30237 |
30420 |
|
Kim |
34573 |
30047 |
30101 |
30215 |
30238 |
30421 |
|
Kusic |
34574 |
30050 |
30104 |
30216 |
30239 |
30422 |
|
Lee |
34575 |
30053 |
30105 |
30217 |
30240 |
30423 |
|
Levitan |
34576 |
30054 |
30107 |
30218 |
30241 |
30424 |
|
Li, C.C. |
34577 |
30060 |
30108 |
30219 |
30242 |
30425 |
|
Li, G. |
34578 |
30062 |
30109 |
30220 |
30243 |
30426 |
|
Loughlin |
34579 |
30065 |
30110 |
30221 |
30244 |
30428 |
|
Mao |
34580 |
30066 |
30111 |
30222 |
30245 |
30429 |
|
Mickle |
34581 |
30067 |
30112 |
30223 |
30246 |
30430 |
|
Stanchina |
34582 |
30068 |
30113 |
30224 |
30247 |
30432 |
|
Sun |
34583 |
30074 |
30114 |
30225 |
30248 |
30433 |
|
Yang |
34584 |
30076 |
30115 |
30226 |
30249 |
30434 |
|
Yun |
34585 |
30078 |
30116 |
30227 |
30250 |
30435 |
Please
contact Sandy Weisberg regarding ECE 3000 or ECE 3995.