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Electrical and Computer Engineering (EE)

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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	61 of 80	Susan Schober	GFS116
30430R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	61 of 80		OFFICE
30425R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	41 of 55		OHE230
30429R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Monday	20 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	53 of 60	Shahin Nazarian	THH210
30416R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	26 of 30		VHE205
30923R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	27 of 30		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	19 of 40	Chris Kyriakakis	GFS207
30555R	001	Lab	4:00-6:00pm	Friday	19 of 40		OHE230

EE 322: Introduction to Digital Audio and Acoustics (4.0 units)

Fundamentals of digital audio along with an in-depth examination of the key factors that affect audio quality: room acoustics and human perception (psychoacoustics).

Corequisite: EE 301

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30885R	001	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Friday	7 of 28	Chris Kyriakakis	RTH217

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	15 of 49	Stephen Cronin	LVL17
30468R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	12 of 25		KAP165
30469R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Monday	3 of 20		CPA202

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	Syllabus
30725R	048	Quiz	5:00-7:50pm	Friday	57 of 61		OFFICE
30978D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	57 of 61	Gandhi Puvvada	RTH105	PDF (546346 KB)
30436R	001	Lab	4:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	15 of 22		OHE336
30483R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	22 of 22		OHE336
30699R	001	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Thursday	20 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	58 of 55	Shahin Nazarian	SOSB4
31119R	001	Quiz	7:30-9:30pm	Wednesday	56 of 100		TBA
30473R	001	Lab	6:30-8:30pm	Monday	58 of 100		SGM101

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

Introduction to concepts of randomness and uncertainty: probability, random variables, statistics. Applications to digital communications, signal processing, automatic control, computer engineering and computer science.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 225 or MATH 245)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30713R	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 49	Keith Chugg	LVL16	PDF (84972 KB)
30889R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 44	Keith Chugg	VHE217	PDF (84972 KB)
30543R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Monday	36 of 49		MHPB7B
30715R	001	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Monday	18 of 43		GFS207

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

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (PHYS 172 or PHYS 162)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30486R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	51 of 65	Aluizio Prata	OFFICE
30484R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	51 of 65	Gianluca Lazzi	LVL17	PDF (340966 KB)
30876R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	21 of 35	Aluizio Prata	OHE230
30879R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	30 of 35	Aluizio Prata	OHE230

Crosslist EE 415: Introduction to MEMS (3.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
28861R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	40 of 40	Hangbo Zhao	KAP163	PDF (226790 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	6 of 15	Brandon Franzke	EEBB18
30548R	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Wednesday	6 of 15		EEBB18

EE 443: Introduction to Power Systems (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: EE 370

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30526R	001	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	3 of 42	Mohammed Beshir	OHE100C
30527D	014	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	7 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	11 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
30719R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	63 of 70		THH208
31189R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	159 of 200		OFFICE
30568D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	23 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30570R	014	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	23 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
31190R	014	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	22 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30560D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	66 of 65	Ali Zahid	THH210
30828D	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	92 of 102	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 35		KAP163
30829R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	65 of 85		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	41 of 60	Viktor Prasanna	THH116	PDF (170098 KB)
30466R	001	Lab	4:30-5:50pm	Friday	41 of 60		SLH102

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	100 of 120	Claire Bono	OHE122	PDF (120012 KB)
29919R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	22 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL126
29923R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	19 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	14 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL127
29934D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	20 of 24	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30023R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	20 of 24	Claire Bono	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	9 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (409241 KB)
30594R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	10 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30478D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 52	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230	PDF (409241 KB)
30591D	001	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 64	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE136	PDF (409241 KB)
30497R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	21 of 50		CPA102
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	51 of 65		OHE122
30997R	001	Quiz	5:00-7:50pm	Friday	82 of 150		OFFICE

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
30572R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	32 of 37	Allan Weber	VHE217
30598R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 30	Allan Weber	ZHS360

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	12 of 32	Alan Willner	CPA100

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	Shahin Nazarian	DEN@Viterbi
30618R	014	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30612D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	72 of 76	Shahin Nazarian	OHE136
30613R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	43 of 47		OHE100C
30614R	001	Lab	6:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	29 of 35		SGM226

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
28819D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tuesday	31 of 36	Inna Abramova	LVL13
28820R	001	Lab	1:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	31 of 36	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	Syllabus
30620R	001	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	40 of 45	Justin Haldar	OHE100B	PDF (299337 KB)
30622R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	40 of 45		OHE100C
30623D	014	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Justin Haldar	DEN@Viterbi
30625R	014	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Monday	1 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	Edward Maby, Richard Leahy	OFFICE

EE 494a: Undergraduate Thesis (2.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31188D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 10	Edward Maby	OFFICE

EE 494b: Undergraduate Thesis (2.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31182D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	5 of 10	Edward Maby, Richard Leahy	OFFICE

Crosslist EE 501: Solid State (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32141R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 25	Anupam Madhukar	HED116	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
30984R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	44 of 48	Brandon Franzke	MHPB7B	PDF (121283 KB)
30678R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	44 of 48		GFS118
30475D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	111 of 121	Michael Neely	OHE122	PDF (73509 KB)
30479R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	111 of 121		OHE122
30755D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	32 of 50	Michael Neely	DEN@Viterbi
30761R	034	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	32 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
30558R	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	9 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30444R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 31	Fariba Ariaei	CPA151
30446R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	25 of 31		GFS222
30552D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 61	Eugenio Grippo	OHE122
30556D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 20	Eugenio Grippo	DEN@Viterbi
30554R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	59 of 61		OHE122

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

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

Prerequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30707D	048	Lecture	3:00-6:50pm	Thursday	7 of 30	Bart Kosko	ONLINE	PDF (88352 KB)
30449R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	7 of 30		KAP148

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	14 of 20	Petros Ioannou	DEN@Viterbi
30517R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Tuesday	18 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30969R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	43 of 57		OHE136
30970D	048	Lecture	1:30-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 57	Petros Ioannou	OHE100D

EE 519: Speech Recognition and Processing for Multimedia (3.0 units)

Speech production, acoustics, perception, synthesis, compression, recognition, transmission. Coding for speech, music, and CD-quality. Feature extraction. Echo cancellation. Audio, visual synchronization. Multimedia, Internet use.

Prerequisite: EE 483

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30790R	048	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	12 of 45	Shrikanth Narayanan	OHE100D
30886D	034	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	0 of 20	Shrikanth Narayanan	DEN@Viterbi

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

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

Prerequisite: EE 443

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30689R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	14 of 60	Mohammed Beshir	RTH109
30650D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	3 of 20	Mohammed Beshir	DEN@Viterbi

EE 522: Immersive Audio Signal Processing (4.0 units)

Fundamentals of room acoustics, human perception (psychoacoustics) and digital audio signal processing algorithms to create immersive audio environments.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30730R	048	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Friday	Canceled

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	5 of 20	Brent Liu	DEN@Viterbi
29300D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 30	Brent Liu	OHE120

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30854R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	28 of 100	Mohammed Beshir	OHE122
31221D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	5 of 35	Mohammed Beshir	DEN@Viterbi

EE 528: Power Electronics (4.0 units)

Fundamentals of switched-mode power converters operating under steadystate and transient conditions. Feedback control systems. Magnetic circuit design.

Prerequisite: EE 443

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30887R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled

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	Instructor	Location
30688D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Andreas Molisch	DEN@Viterbi
30664R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30686R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 60	Andreas Molisch	OHE136
30684R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	18 of 60		OHE132

EE 536b: Analog Integrated Circuits (4.0 units)

Advanced topics in analog integrated circuits: Advanced feedback concepts; active filters; ultra-low-power and ultra-low-voltage subthreshold design; analog signal processing for machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30668R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 45	Hossein Hashemi	LVL17
30669R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	15 of 25		GFS105

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	Syllabus
30408R	048	Lecture	6:30-8:20pm	Monday	21 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	ONLINE	PDF (394595 KB)
31245R	048	Lecture	2:30-4:20pm	Friday	39 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	SGM101
31246R	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Friday	44 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	SGM101
30410R	048	Discussion	6:30-7:50pm	Thursday	18 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	ONLINE
31247R	048	Discussion	4:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	38 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	THH116
31248R	048	Discussion	4:00-5:20pm	Thursday	48 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	THH116

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
31249D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Monday	75 of 120	Brandon Franzke	OHE122	PDF (106825 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
31250D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	17 of 44	Brandon Franzke	GFS207	PDF (113626 KB)
30404R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	17 of 40		VHE217

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30955R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	12 of 30	Chongwu Zhou	THH213

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
30702R	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	39 of 56	Peter Beerel	OHE132
30703R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	39 of 56		OHE100D
30700D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Peter Beerel	DEN@Viterbi
30701R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

EE 554: Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective (4.0 units)

Cyber-physical systems; models of computation; programming models; compiler analysis; automatic parallelization; heterogeneous computing and memory systems; multicores; interconnect; mapping; scheduling; real-time operating systems; reliability; fault-tolerance.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Location
30665R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30662R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	Canceled	TBA
30663R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	Canceled	TBA

EE 557: Computer Systems Architecture (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30820D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	77 of 86	John Paul Walters	ONLINE
30722R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	77 of 86		ONLINE
30716D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	John Paul Walters	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	Syllabus
30561D	034	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	73 of 120	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (371931 KB)
30728D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	114 of 120	Keith Jenkins	OHE122	PDF (371931 KB)
30489R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	72 of 120		DEN@Viterbi
30565R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	114 of 120		OHE122

Crosslist EE 561: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

Foundations of symbolic intelligent systems, search, logic, knowledge representation, planning, learning.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 561.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30071D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	228 of 240	Wei-Min Shen	SGM124	PDF (126269 KB)
30070R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	228 of 240		SGM124
30034R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	228 of 240		OFFICE
29936D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	28 of 50	Wei-Min Shen	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (126269 KB)
30030R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	28 of 50		DEN@Viterbi
30035R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	28 of 50		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	2 of 20	Ashutosh Nayyar	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (128386 KB)
30991R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	25 of 55	Ashutosh Nayyar	OHE136	PDF (128386 KB)
30865R	034	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30891R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	24 of 55		OHE136

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

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

Prerequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30866D	034	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Urbashi Mitra	DEN@Viterbi
30890R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 44	Urbashi Mitra	OHE100B
30951R	034	Discussion	9:00-9:40am	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31130R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	9 of 44		OHE136

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	12 of 20	Jay Kuo	DEN@Viterbi
30903R	034	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	12 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30499R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	57 of 121	Jay Kuo	OHE122
30981R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	57 of 121		OHE122

EE 575: Computational Differential Geometry for Engineers (3.0 units)

Differential geometry of curves and surfaces, vectors, tensors, manifolds, curvature, Lie groups, Riemannian geometry, numerical PDEs, heat and Laplace equation, Applications to computer vision, machine learning, signal and imageprocessing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30963R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 31	Anand Joshi	GFS222	PDF (236987 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	Syllabus	Info
30557R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	45 of 50	Joshua Yang	SOSB44	PDF (265951 KB)
31055R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	45 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
30401R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	96 of 150		OFFICE
30758D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 20	Akhilesh Jaiswal	DEN@Viterbi
30680R	034	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	9 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30759R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Friday	13 of 35	Sandeep Gupta	KAP147
			4:00-5:50pm	Friday			KAP145
30881R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Monday	13 of 35	Sandeep Gupta	CPA261
30760D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	74 of 60	Akhilesh Jaiswal	ONLINE
30679R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	74 of 90

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	12 of 20	Constantine Sideris	WPH102

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	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	12 of 30	Mihailo Jovanovic	SOSB47

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	20 of 25	Todd Brun	CPA257	PDF (291565 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	63 of 300	Richard Leahy,Tony Levi,Edward Maby	OFFICE

EE 591: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Reconstruction (3.0 units)

Principles of magnetic resonance imaging. Spin physics, Fourier-based acquisition and reconstruction, generation of tissue contrast, fast imaging, artifact correction, advanced image reconstruction. Prerequisite: EE 483. Recommended preparation: EE-441 and EE-503. Familiarity with MATLAB is required.

Prerequisite: EE 483

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31118R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 30	Krishna Nayak	GFS222	PDF (107456 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	Canceled			PDF (314558 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	2 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	0 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 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	19 of 30	Konstantinos Psounis	VHE210
30933R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	19 of 30		OFFICE

EE 598: Electrical Engineering Research Seminar (1.0 units, max 2)

Introduction to research in electrical engineering. Topics vary by semester. May be repeated for up to one unit of credit for MS students, two units of credit for PhD students. Open only to Masterâ€™s and Doctoral Students.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Note: Cyber-Physical Systems Seminar

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30941D	048	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	18 of 100	Pierluigi Nuzzo	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
Graph Signal Processing
30442R	048	2.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	13 of 36	Antonio Ortega	CPA205	PDF (114093 KB)
Advanced Hardware and Devices for Emerging AI/ML Sensor Systems
30586R	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
Robotic Mobility
30588R	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
Pulsed Power: Engineering, Research and Translation to Commercial Applications
30644R	048	4.0	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	Canceled

EE 601: Advanced Semiconductor Device Physics (4.0 units)

Fundamentals and limitations of nanoscale electronic and photonic semiconductor components. Engineering classical, mesoscale, and quantum electron and photon dynamics in advanced devices.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30987R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Rehan Kapadia	PHE223
30921R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	8 of 15		OFFICE

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	10 of 25	Eun Kim	LVL13	PDF (430239 KB)
			5:00-5:50pm	Monday			GFS105

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	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 32	Shuo-Wei Chen	THH112

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	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 28	Cauligi Raghavendra,Ajitesh Srivastava	SOSB52	PDF (414991 KB)

EE 681: Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems II (3.0 units)

Theory and techniques for design and analysis of digital logic; specification, formal models; hardware-descriptive languages; formal verification, high level synthesis; logic synthesis.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30967R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 30	Massoud Pedram	ZHS163

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	49 of 60	Richard Leahy,Edward Maby, 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	180 of 200	Richard Leahy,Edward Maby, Tony Levi	OFFICE