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Electrical and Computer Engineering (EE)

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EE 105: Introduction to Electrical Engineering (4.0 units)

Electrical engineering overview: communications, computers, circuits, components, signals, electromagnetics, microelectronics; data encoding and compression, USPS and UPC product codes, DVDs, semiconductor devices, and integrated circuits.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30569R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 30	Rehan Kapadia	OHE230

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	51 of 53	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS352
31019D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	39 of 39	Mark Redekopp	VHE205
31291D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 54	Allan Weber	THH116
31395D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	49 of 53	Mark Redekopp	GFS101
30530R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	179 of 200	Mark Redekopp	OFFICE
30784R	001	Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Friday	38 of 40		VHE205
30799R	001	Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Wednesday	40 of 40		VHE205
31018R	001	Lab	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	38 of 40		VHE205
31292R	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 40		VHE205
31396R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Wednesday	40 of 40		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	49 of 49	Susan Schober	OHE230
30427R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Tue, Thu	31 of 50	Edward Maby	OHE230
30430R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	80 of 100		OFFICE
30425R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	50 of 50		OHE230
30429R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Monday	30 of 50		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
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	75 of 75	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	SOSB46
30416R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	37 of 38		VHE205
30923R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	38 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	40 of 44	Chris Kyriakakis	GFS207
30555R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	40 of 44		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 1 from (PHYS 162 or PHYS 172)
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30467R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 24	Stephen Cronin	OHE230
30468R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	12 of 20		WPH205
30469R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	7 of 20		GFS111

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	79 of 90		OFFICE
30978R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	79 of 90	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS159
30436R	001	Lab	4:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	16 of 18		OHE336
30483R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	18 of 18		OHE336
30699R	001	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Thursday	26 of 26		VHE205
30434R	001	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Monday	19 of 24		VHE205

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30576R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 28	Shahin Nazarian	KAP166
30577R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 50	Shahin Nazarian	SOSB2
31119R	001	Quiz	7:30-9:30pm	Wednesday	65 of 70		TBA
30459R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	32 of 36		GFS118
30473R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Monday	35 of 45		THH212

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
30889R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 40	Ashutosh Nayyar	WPHB28
30543R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Wednesday	34 of 40	Ashutosh Nayyar	ZHS252
30713R	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 40	Michael Neely	THH116
30715R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Monday	44 of 40	Michael Neely	THH212

Crosslist EE 415: Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (3.0-4.0 units)

Introduction to micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS); scaling effects; materials and structures in MEMS; MEMS sensing and actuation principles; microfabrication.

Prerequisite: 1 from (AME 201 or CE 215)
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	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
28861R	001	3.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	40 of 40	Hangbo Zhao	DMC101

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	TBA	Monday	3 of 15	Brandon Franzke	OFFICE
30548R	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Wednesday	3 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
50514D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Wed, Fri	13 of 14	Kelly Luo	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	13 of 42	Mohammed Beshir	OHE122
30527D	014	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	8 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	22 of 30	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
31189R	001	Quiz	TBA	Friday	78 of 200		OFFICE
30568D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	9 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30570D	014	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	9 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
31190D	014	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	9 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30564R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 58	Ali Zahid	THH210
30828R	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	22 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	49 of 58		DMC100
30829R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	29 of 70		OHE132

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
30327R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:20am	Tue, Thu	15 of 100	Claire Bono	OHE122
30029R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Thursday	13 of 30		SAL109
30329R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	2 of 30		SAL126
29934D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:20am	Tue, Thu	15 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30023R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	15 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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30478R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 50	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230
30591R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 50	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE100D
30497R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	19 of 50		THH114
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	45 of 50		OHE122
30997R	001	Quiz	5:00-7:50pm	Friday	65 of 120		SGM101
30595D	014	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
30594D	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	7 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30990R	014	Quiz	5:00-7:00pm	Friday	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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	30 of 45	Allan Weber
30598R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	28 of 30	Allan Weber

EE 460: Machine Learning for Engineers (4.0 units)

Overview of machine learning, regression and classification, clustering and dimensionality reduction, loss-functions, over/under-fitting, cross-validation, kernel machines, decision trees and neural networks.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 155 or BME 210 or CE 108 or CHE 305 or CSCI 103 or ISE 150 or ITP 115 or ITP 165 or ITP 168) and 1 from (EE 141 or MATH 225 or MATH 235)
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31194R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 25	Keith Chugg	DMC157
31233R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	9 of 25		GFS104

EE 467: Introduction to Communication Systems (4.0 units)

Broad treatment of analog and digital communication systems. Modulation and demodulation techniques using a carrier wave's amplitude, frequency, phase. Channel signal and noise. Review current systems.

Prerequisite: EE 301

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30589R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	6 of 32	Alan Willner	WPH205	PDF (385178 KB)

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 one lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30476R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	18 of 40	Mehdi Kamal	THH212
30612R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 40	Massoud Pedram	OHE136
30617D	014	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	5 of 20	Massoud Pedram	DEN@Viterbi
30618D	014	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30477R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	9 of 36		THH208
30613R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	45 of 45		RTH115

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	12 of 30	Inna Abramova	THH106
28820R	001	Lab	1:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	12 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	37 of 76	Eduardo Pavez Carvelli	OHE136
30623D	014	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 20	Eduardo Pavez Carvelli	DEN@Viterbi
30622R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	37 of 76		OHE122
30625D	014	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	0 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	1 of 50	Bhaskar Krishnamachari,Michelle Povinelli	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	4 of 10	Bhaskar Krishnamachari,Michelle Povinelli	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	VHE217

EE 503: Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers (4.0 units)

Rigorous coverage of probability, discrete and continuous random variables, functions of multiple random variables, covariance, correlation, random sequences, Markov chains, estimation, and introduction to statistics. Duplicates credit in former EE 464 and EE 465.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30984R	048	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 40	Brandon Franzke	ZHS352
30678R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	12 of 40	Brandon Franzke	GFS118
30755D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	4 of 20	Konstantinos Psounis	DEN@Viterbi
30761D	034	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	4 of 20	Konstantinos Psounis	DEN@Viterbi
30475R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	33 of 60	Konstantinos Psounis	OHE122
30479R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	33 of 60	Konstantinos Psounis	OHE122

EE 508: Hardware Foundations of Machine Learning (4.0 units)

Introduction to ML accelerators; memory access kernels; parallelization approaches to the design of scalable ML systems; distributed ML; privacy in machine learning.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30507R	048	Lecture	12:30-4:10pm	Saturday	60 of 60	Arash Saifhashemi	GFS101	PDF (386229 KB)
30508R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	60 of 60		OFFICE

EE 510: Linear Algebra for Engineering (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30556D	034	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Michael Neely	DEN@Viterbi
30558D	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30552R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Tue, Thu	37 of 80	Michael Neely	OHE132
30554R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	37 of 80		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)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30769D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	George Papavassilopoulos	DEN@Viterbi	Word (35483 KB)
30893R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	41 of 45	George Papavassilopoulos	OHE100C	Word (35483 KB)
30873D	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30894R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	41 of 45		OHE132

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	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Petros Ioannou	DEN@Viterbi
30970D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 56	Petros Ioannou	OHE100D
30517D	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30969R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Friday	4 of 56		OHE136

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	7 of 60	Mohammed Beshir	OHE122
30650D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	5 of 20	Mohammed Beshir	DEN@Viterbi

EE 522: Spatial Audio for Real and Virtual Spaces (4.0 units)

Fundamentals of audio signal processing, acoustics and human perception to understand sound in the real world and create compelling virtual auditory worlds.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30730R	048	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Friday	13 of 40	Chris Kyriakakis	RTH217
30731R	048	Lab	2:30-3:20pm	Wednesday	13 of 25		RTH217
			1:30-2:20pm	Wednesday			OFFICE

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	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Brent Liu	DEN@Viterbi
29300D	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 30	Brent Liu	OHE100C

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	22 of 100	Mohammed Beshir	OHE122
31221D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	10 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
30880D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 10	Jason Sanders	DEN@Viterbi
30887R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 25	Jason Sanders	RTH109

EE 529: Optics (4.0 units)

Geometrical optics, electromagnetic wave propagation, reflection and refraction at interfaces, imaging with lenses and mirrors, optics of the eye, optical instruments (microscopes/telescopes/cameras), and polarization.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30597R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 28	Demetri Christodoulides	OHE120
31235D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 10	Demetri Christodoulides	DEN@Viterbi
30596R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	12 of 28		OFFICE
31234D	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	1 of 10		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	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 72	Young Cho	LVL17

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.

Corequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30686R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	2 of 30	Andreas Molisch	OHE120
30688D	034	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 10	Andreas Molisch	DEN@Viterbi
30664D	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 10		DEN@Viterbi
30684R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	2 of 30		OHE120

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
31245D	048	Lecture	2:30-4:20pm	Friday	36 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	GFS101
31246D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	16 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	GFS101
31247R	048	Discussion	4:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	35 of 50		GFS116
31248R	048	Discussion	4:00-5:20pm	Thursday	17 of 50		GFS118

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	3:00-4:50pm	Monday	17 of 30	Brandon Franzke	DMC155

EE 543: Digital Control Systems (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: EE 482

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30571R	048	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Friday	4 of 19	Richard Chiang	GFS202	PDF (89632 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	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	28 of 30	Brandon Franzke	THH114
30404R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	28 of 30		DMC210

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	30 of 30	Chongwu Zhou	THH112

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	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	15 of 82	Peter Beerel	OHE132
30703R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	15 of 82		OHE122
30700D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Peter Beerel	DEN@Viterbi
30701D	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	5 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
30820R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	73 of 95	Murali Annavaram	OHE122
30722R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	73 of 95		OHE122
30716D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Murali Annavaram	DEN@Viterbi
30718D	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	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	77 of 80	Mohammad Reza Rajati	OHE122
30561D	034	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Mohammad Reza Rajati	DEN@Viterbi
30565R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	77 of 80		OHE122
30489D	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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
30071R	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Monday	116 of 230	Wei-Min Shen	SGM123
30070R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Monday	116 of 230		SGM123
30034R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	116 of 230		OFFICE
29936D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Monday	6 of 30	Wei-Min Shen	DEN@Viterbi
30030R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Monday	6 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30035R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	6 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
30867D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 20	Urbashi Mitra	DEN@Viterbi
30991R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	19 of 53	Urbashi Mitra	OHE100D
30865D	034	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30891R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 53		DRB146

EE 563: Inference and Estimation: Theory and Algorithms (4.0 units)

Bayesian and non-Bayesian hypothesis testing and estimation, sufficient statistics, exponential families, expectation-maximization, approximations, Kalman filtering and smoothing, recursive Bayesian tracking.

Prerequisite: EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30587R	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 40	Maryam Shanechi	WPH207
31122R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	17 of 40		KAP156

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	Info
30729R	048	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 30	Keith Chugg	KAP147
30932R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	8 of 20		TBA

EE 569: Introduction to Digital Image Processing (4.0 units)

Image sampling, 2-D image transform, image enhancement, geometric image modification, morphologic processing, edge detection, texture analysis, image filtering and restoration.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30744D	034	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	4 of 20	Jay Kuo	DEN@Viterbi
30903D	034	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30499R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	25 of 121	Jay Kuo	OHE122
30981R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	25 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	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	13 of 28	Aluizio Prata	VHE210
30958R	048	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	13 of 14		EEB110

EE 572L: Electromagnetic Wave Engineering (4.0 units)

Application of Maxwell's equations to electromagnetic waves and electrical engineering devices.

Prerequisite: EE 370

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30786R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	0 of 25	Aluizio Prata	VHE214
30785R	048	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 25		EEBB18

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
30557R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	42 of 60	Joshua Yang	OHE122	PDF (293514 KB)
31010D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	4 of 20	Joshua Yang	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (293514 KB)
31009R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	42 of 60		OHE136
31012D	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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
Note: Prerequisite taken at USC or placement exam required.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30758D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Friday	3 of 20	Sandeep Gupta,	DEN@Viterbi
			4:00-5:50pm	Friday		Sridhar Narayanan
30680D	034	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Monday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30403D	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30759R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Friday	82 of 82	Sandeep Gupta,	OHE132
			4:00-5:50pm	Friday		Sridhar Narayanan	OHE132
30881R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Monday	82 of 82	Sandeep Gupta	OHE132
30402R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	84 of 90	Sandeep Gupta	OFFICE

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
30910D	034	Lecture	8:00-11:50am	Saturday	0 of 10	Moe Tabar	DEN@Viterbi
30911R	048	Lecture	8:00-11:50am	Saturday	22 of 40	Moe Tabar	OHE132
30673R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	22 of 40		OHE132
30909D	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	0 of 10		DEN@Viterbi

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	14 of 30	Constantine Sideris	KDC236	PDF (357432 KB)

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	10 of 30	Mihailo Jovanovic	THH213

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	20 of 300	Richard Leahy,Michelle Povinelli	OFFICE

EE 594a: Master's Thesis (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30775D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 26		OFFICE

EE 594b: Master's Thesis (2.0 units)

For the Master's Degree. Credit on acceptance of Thesis. Graded CR/NC.

Prerequisite: EE 594A
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30777R	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	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	18 of 36	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	DMC207
30933R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	18 of 36		OFFICE

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
Foundations of Security, Privacy and Trustiness in AI and Blockchain Systems
30506D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	12 of 24	Salman Avestimehr	KAP137	PDF (348755 KB)
Distributed Systems for Medical Applications
30511R	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 25	Corey Baker	LVL13	PDF (612339 KB)
Analog, Mixed Signal, and RF Integrated Circuit Measurements
30590D	048	4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 15	Susan Schober	OHE230	PDF (853648 KB)

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	6 of 25	Eun Kim	KAP165	PDF (1995580 MB)
			5:00-5:50pm	Monday			GFS104

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
29084R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 30	Wei Wu	OHE100C

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, Fri	32 of 32	Mike Shuo-Wei Chen	THH215

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.

Prerequisite: EE 536A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30667R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	20 of 30	Hossein Hashemi	GFS222

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	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	10 of 36	Brandon Franzke	THH214

EE 658: Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems (4.0 units)

Fault models; test generation; fault simulation; self-checking and self-testing circuits; design for testability; fault tolerant design techniques; case studies; search techniques; memory testing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30878D	034	Lecture	12:00-3:50pm	Saturday	1 of 10	Moe Tabar	DEN@Viterbi
30883R	048	Lecture	12:00-3:50pm	Saturday	36 of 40	Moe Tabar	OHE132

Crosslist EE 676: Advanced Computer Vision (4.0 units)

Fundamental issues in computer vision: theory, algorithms and applications. Image formation, image segmentation, inference and measurement of 3-D, motion analysis, object and activity recognition.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 677.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30100R	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	71 of 75	Yue Wang	OHE136
30118D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	3 of 30	Yue Wang	DEN@Viterbi

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	0 of 60		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	52 of 200		OFFICE