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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
30884D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	1 of 40	Yasser Khan	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 or CSCI 113)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Location
30777R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	32 of 60	SGM101
31009R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 60	THH301
31291D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	50 of 60	THH301
30997R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	111 of 180	OFFICE
30744R	001	Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Friday	17 of 36	VHE205
30745R	001	Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 36	VHE205
30746R	001	Lab	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	13 of 36	VHE205
31292R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Wednesday	36 of 36	VHE205
31396R	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Wednesday	16 of 36	VHE205

EE 141L: Applied Linear Algebra for Engineering (4.0 units)

Introduction to linear algebra with engineering applications. Weekly laboratory exercises using MATLAB.

Note: Register for lecture, discussion and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30418R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	45 of 55	Todd Brun	ZHS252
31225R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tuesday	45 of 55		MRF340
30755R	001	Lab	9:00-9:50am	Thursday	6 of 25		VHE214
30756R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Thursday	14 of 26		GFS223
30822R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Thursday	25 of 25		THH110

EE 155L: Introduction to Computer Programming for Electrical Engineers (4.0 units)

Introduction to solving engineering problems using computational methods. Survey of various programming languages and their strengths and weaknesses. Program structure, input/output, conditionals, loops, functions, arrays.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30898R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 98	Ajitesh Srivastava	SOSB2
30899R	001	Lab	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	17 of 98		GFS106

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 and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30432R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 50	Susan Schober	OHE230
30433R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	45 of 50	Susan Schober	OHE230
30436R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	92 of 100		OFFICE
30434R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	50 of 50		OHE230
30435R	001	Lab	6:00-8:00pm	Monday	42 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
30402R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	97 of 108	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	THH301
30403R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	36 of 36		VHE205
30420R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	36 of 36		VHE205
30421R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	25 of 36		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 1 from (MATH 126 or MATH 129)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30444D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 48	Chris Kyriakakis	KAP144
30459R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	48 of 48	Chris Kyriakakis	KAP156

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: 1 from (PHYS 152 or PHYS 162)
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30467R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 32	Stephen Cronin	DMC158
30469R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	15 of 32	Stephen Cronin	DMC210

EE 348L: Electronic Circuits (4.0 units)

Basic analog and digital circuit design using Bipolar Junction Transistors, Field Effect Transistors and integrated circuits.

Prerequisite: EE 202
Corequisite: EE 338

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30470R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	MWF	20 of 45	Susan Schober	OHE230

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
31307R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	61 of 72	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252
30855R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Thursday	15 of 18		OHE336
31309R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	18 of 18		OHE336
31111R	001	Quiz	5:00-7:50pm	Friday	61 of 72		OFFICE
31308R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	18 of 18		OHE336
31311R	001	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Monday	10 of 18		OHE336

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
30778R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	14 of 30	Leana Golubchik	VPD106
30779R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	14 of 30	Leana Golubchik	KAP140
30480R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 30	Ashutosh Nayyar	KAP163
30481R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	30 of 30	Ashutosh Nayyar	SSL202

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 152 or PHYS 162)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31015D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 36	Gianluca Lazzi	VHE217
31012R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	36 of 36	Gianluca Lazzi	OHE230
31010R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 31	Aluizio Prata	VHE210
31011R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	30 of 31	Aluizio Prata	OHE230

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
30496R	001	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	4 of 80	Mohammed Beshir	OHE132
30497D	014	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	0 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

EE 444: Power Systems Technology (4.0 units)

Comprehensive assessment of the technical, environmental, and regulatory challenges that affect the future delivery and utilization of electric power. Case-study analysis.

Prerequisite: EE 202
Note: Register for lecture and discussion. Lecture will be webcast and students will be sent the url upon registration. Discussion will be held in room assigned.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30964R	001	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Monday	13 of 50	Mohammed Beshir	OHE132
31282D	014	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Monday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30962R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Friday	11 of 50		OHE136
30963D	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist EE 445L: Foundations of Robotics (4.0 units)

Designing and programming mobile robots; sensors, effectors, basic control theory, control architectures, planning, some advanced topics, illustrations of state-of-the-art. Weekly robot programming labs; final project.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 104 or CSCI 114 or EE 355)
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 445.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30386R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 26	Heather Culbertson	SOSB37
29956R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	7 of 13		RTH419
29958R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Thursday	6 of 13		RTH419

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
30623R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 40	Feng Qian	SOSB46
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	20 of 40	Feng Qian	GFS116
30456R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	20 of 40	Feng Qian	OFFICE
30454R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 40	Cauligi Raghavendra	WPHB28
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	2 of 40	Cauligi Raghavendra	DMC101
30785R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	2 of 40	Cauligi Raghavendra	OFFICE
30500R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	5 of 30	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30545D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	1 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30504R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	5 of 30	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30546D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	1 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30684R	001	Quiz	7:00-9:15pm	Friday	5 of 40	Ali Zahid	OFFICE
31186D	014	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	1 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi

EE 454L: Introduction to System-on-Chip (4.0 units)

Design flow, tools, and issues related to System/Network-on-Chip (S/Noc) design for real-time embedded systems with applications in mobile, cloud, aerospace, and medical electronics. Prerequisite: EE 354.

Prerequisite: EE 354

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30911D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	22 of 45	Shahin Nazarian	KAP156
30559R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	22 of 45		THH212

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 lab. Students who do not have a laptop should register for lab section 30205, which is scheduled in a computer classroom.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30100D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 120	Claire Bono	OHE122
29950R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	0 of 30		DMC258
30192R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 30		WPH206
30205R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Thursday	0 of 30		OHE540
30262R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 30		DMC150
29963D	014	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	0 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
31284R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	24 of 60	Gandhi Puvvada	GFS101
31305D	014	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31338R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 82	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE132
30569R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	33 of 82		OHE132
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	22 of 95		SLH200
31285D	014	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31336D	014	Quiz	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	0 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31337R	001	Quiz	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	55 of 180		OFFICE

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)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30523R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 70	Shahin Nazarian	ZHS352
30593R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 82	Shahin Nazarian	OHE132
30599D	014	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 20	Shahin Nazarian	DEN@Viterbi
30449R	001	Quiz	TBA	Monday	36 of 160		OFFICE
30577D	014	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	0 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30595R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	9 of 56		OHE100D
30598R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 48		KAP144
30991R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	2 of 48		KAP144

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 one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30609R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	8 of 75	Justin Haldar	OHE136	PDF (284636 KB)
30613D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	Justin Haldar	DEN@Viterbi
30561D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30612R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	8 of 75		OHE136

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
30611D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 15	Michelle Povinelli,Bhaskar Krishnamachari	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		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
31187R	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 10		OFFICE

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

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Robotic Mobility
30788R	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 25	Feifei Qian

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
30774R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 70	Brandon Franzke	LVL17
31113R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	5 of 70	Brandon Franzke	THH212
30587R	048	Lecture	2:00-6:50pm	Friday	4 of 49	Bart Kosko	ZHS252	PDF (167327 KB)
30588R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 49	Bart Kosko	SLH100
30689R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Tue, Thu	1 of 81	Andreas Molisch	OHE122
30789D	034	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	Andreas Molisch	DEN@Viterbi
30699R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	1 of 81	Andreas Molisch	OHE122
31399D	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	1 of 20	Andreas Molisch	DEN@Viterbi

EE 507: Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Technology (4.0 units)

Physical basis of technologies for the fabrication of micro- and nano-scale devices. Thin-film deposition, etching, and material modification processes; pattern transfer methods.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30773R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 48	Wei Wu	LVL16

EE 509: Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (4.0 units)

Overview of electromagnetic theory and numerical design needed to understand and design photonic devices. Includes discussion of integrated photonic waveguides and resonant cavities, photonic crystals, plasmonics, and metamaterials.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 470 or EE 572)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30786R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 18	Michelle Povinelli	WPH104

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
30477R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 50	Michael Neely	OHE122
30479D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 10	Michael Neely	DEN@Viterbi
30478R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	11 of 50	Michael Neely	OHE122
30483D	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	2 of 10	Michael Neely	DEN@Viterbi
30475R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 32	Paul Bogdan	DMC155
30476R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	4 of 32	Paul Bogdan	SSL202

EE 511: Machine Learning Hardware Accelerators (4.0 units)

Machine-learning accelerator architecture design; network architecture optimization, quantization, pruning; hardware/software codesign and cross layer optimizations for machine-learning models

Prerequisite: EE 457 and EE 477

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30572D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 36	Mehdi Kamal	VPDLL101
30573R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	36 of 36		DMC201

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
31190R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 45	George Papavassilopoulos	OHE100C	Word (37755 KB)
31298D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 10	George Papavassilopoulos	DEN@Viterbi	Word (37755 KB)
31193R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	7 of 45		OHE100C
31299D	034	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	0 of 10		DEN@Viterbi

EE 514: Quantum Error Correction (4.0 units)

A comprehensive introduction to quantum error correction and decoherence control, from the basics to the cutting edge, enabling students to delve into current research topics.

Prerequisite: EE 520

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30888R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 38	Daniel Lidar	VPD106

EE 515: Quantum Sensing: Machine Learning, Inference and Information (4.0 units)

Basics of quantum mechanics, quantum sensing, quantum theory of inference, information and machine learning.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30565R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 25	Quntao Zhuang	DMC155	PDF (376215 KB)

EE 516: High-Voltage DC Transmission Systems (4.0 units)

AC/DC conversion processes, converter technologies, and design; harmonics, controls, and protection; AC/DC interactions and system performance; modeling, application, and installation; current-source versus voltage-source converters.

Prerequisite: EE 443

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31322D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	0 of 20	Mohammed Beshir	DEN@Viterbi
31398R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	6 of 40	Mohammed Beshir	RTH115

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	Syllabus
31301D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 80	George Papavassilopoulos	OHE132	Word (32292 KB)
31303D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	George Papavassilopoulos	DEN@Viterbi	Word (32292 KB)
31302R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Friday	2 of 80		OHE122
31304D	034	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Friday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

EE 520: Introduction to Quantum Information Processing (4.0 units)

Basics of quantum computation and information: quantum bits and registers, unitary gates, algorithms, error correction and cryptography. Experimental realizations and near-term quantum technology.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30812D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 35	Todd Brun	KAP146

EE 525: Power System Protection (4.0 units)

Theory of system and equipment protection, characteristics of relays, relay coordination, and system considerations.

Prerequisite: EE 443

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30624R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:50pm	Thursday	1 of 25	Backer Abu-Jaradeh	OHE136
30625D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:50pm	Thursday	1 of 10	Backer Abu-Jaradeh	DEN@Viterbi

EE 530: Optical Materials, Instruments and Devices (4.0 units)

Optical materials and devices; design and theory of selected optical instruments and components; properties of modulators; optical sources and detectors; emerging technologies relevant to system design.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30681R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	5 of 24	Demetri Christodoulides	KAP134

Crosslist EE 534: Materials Characterization (4.0 units)

Characterization of solid structure by X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, atomic force and tunneling microscopy and elemental analysis by photoemission, X-ray fluorescence, Auger, energy loss spectroscopies.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the MASC department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in MASC 534.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32177R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 15	Yu-Tsun Shao	VHE206

EE 536a: Analog Integrated Circuits (4.0 units)

MOSFET operation and models; elementary amplifier configurations; biasing and references; frequency response; noise; feedback; operational amplifiers; frequency compensation; non-linearity and mismatch; passive and active filters.

Prerequisite: EE 348
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30695D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 25	Mike Shuo-Wei Chen	DEN@Viterbi
30696R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 76	Mike Shuo-Wei Chen	OHE136
30697D	034	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	2 of 25		DEN@Viterbi
30698R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	10 of 76		OHE136

EE 537: Modern Solid-State Devices (4.0 units)

Integrated-circuit technologies for mixed-signal communication and data systems. Constituent device models and their limitations. Contemporary research topics.

Prerequisite: EE 338

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30590R	048	Lecture	2:30-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 25	Chongwu Zhou	DMC154

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
30753D	048	Lecture	2:30-4:20pm	Friday	5 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	GFS101
30759D	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Friday	2 of 50	Arash Saifhashemi	GFS101
30757R	048	Discussion	6:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	5 of 65		ZHS352
30761R	048	Discussion	6:00-7:20pm	Thursday	2 of 35		KAP147

EE 539: Engineering Quantum Mechanics (4.0 units)

Quantum mechanics for engineering majors who work with solid-state devices, quantum electronics, and photonics. Schroedinger equation, perturbation theory, electronic and optical processes.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30702R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	2 of 40	Tony Levi	VPD110	PDF (123831 KB)
30733R	048	Quiz	9:00-9:50am	Friday	2 of 40		OFFICE

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
30799D	048	Lecture	3:00-4:50pm	Monday	1 of 60	Brandon Franzke	SOSB4

EE 542: Internet and Cloud Computing (4.0 units)

The theory, architecture, hardware/software, and programming of the Internet and its protocols, cloud computing, networks for cloud computing, how they interact with Internet of Things.

Prerequisite: EE 450

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31119R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 60	Young Cho	THH116	PDF (33005 KB)

Crosslist EE 545: Robotics (4.0 units)

Fundamental skills for modeling and controlling of dynamic systems for robotic applications and graphics animations; control theory; kinematics; dynamics; sensor processing; real-time operating systems; robot labs. Recommended preparation: Basic knowledge in linear algebra (matrices and vectors), calculus, programming in C/C++ or any another language or permission of the instructor.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the CSCI department but may qualify for major credit in EE. To register, enroll in CSCI 545.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30167D	048	Lecture	4:00-7:20pm	Thursday	0 of 90	Daniel Seita	SLH102
30226R	048	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 90		RTH419

EE 546: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Data (4.0 units)

Modern developments in data representation/analysis, nonconvex optimization, high-dimensional probability, sketching, clustering, low-rank models, inverse problems, applications in imaging, machine learning, computer vision and neuroscience.

Prerequisite: EE 510 and EE 503

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30401R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	6 of 40	Mahdi Soltanolkotabi	THH118

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
30897R	048	Lecture	3:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 90	Brandon Franzke	WPHB27
30979R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	9 of 90	Brandon Franzke	ZHS159

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	Instructor	Location
30411R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	9 of 50	Paul Bogdan	ZHS352
30413R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	9 of 50		TBA
30412R	048	Lab	9:00-9:50am	Friday	9 of 50		GFS101

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: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30628D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	Murali Annavaram	DEN@Viterbi
30630R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	40 of 82	Murali Annavaram	OHE132
30629D	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	40 of 82		OHE132

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
30202D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 240	Wei-Min Shen	SGM124
30295R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 240		SGM124
29981R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 of 240		OFFICE
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 30	Wei-Min Shen	DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
29982R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

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
30465R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	1 of 25	Aluizio Prata	GFS105
30466R	048	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tuesday	1 of 25

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
30592D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 10	Joshua Yang	DEN@Viterbi
30594R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 45	Joshua Yang	OHE100B
30571R	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	2 of 10		DEN@Viterbi
30591R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	22 of 45		OHE100B

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
30654R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Friday	14 of 53	Sandeep Gupta,	OHE100D
			4:00-5:50pm	Friday		Sridhar Narayanan	OHE136
30655D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
			4:00-5:50pm	Friday			DEN@Viterbi
30657D	034	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Monday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30441R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	7 of 60		OFFICE
30446R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	10 of 60		OFFICE
30445R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Monday	14 of 53		OHE132

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
30653D	034	Lecture	8:00-11:50am	Saturday	1 of 5	Moe Tabar	DEN@Viterbi
30487D	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	1 of 5		DEN@Viterbi
30656R	048	Lecture	8:00-11:50am	Saturday	41 of 70	Moe Tabar	OHE136
30846R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	41 of 70		OHE136

EE 585: Linear System Theory (4.0 units)

Analysis of linear dynamical systems by state-space and input-output techniques; stability, controllability, observability; observer-based controller; linear quadratic regulator.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30987R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	2 of 35	Mihailo Jovanovic	OHE100B
31044D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	1 of 10	Mihailo Jovanovic	DEN@Viterbi

EE 588: Optimization for the Information and Data Sciences (4.0 units)

Convex sets, functions, and optimization problems. Basic convex analysis and theory of convex programming. Novel, efficient first-order algorithms. Applications in the information and data sciences.

Prerequisite: EE 510

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30999R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 60	Mahdi Soltanolkotabi	THH102
31002R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	5 of 60		OFFICE

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	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30663D	048	1.0-6.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 200	Richard Leahy	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	Info
Reinforcement Learning and Large Language Models
30791R	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 25

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
30404R	048	Lecture	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	10 of 40	Brandon Franzke	SOSB4

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
30787R	048	Lecture	12:00-3:50pm	Saturday	25 of 60	Moe Tabar	GFS101

EE 660: Machine Learning II: Mathematical Foundations and Methods (4.0 units)

Supervised, semi-supervised, and unsupervised machine learning; domain adaptation and transfer learning; human interpretability. Feasibility of learning, model complexity, and performance (error) on unseen data.

Prerequisite: EE 503 and EE 510 and EE 559

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30460R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 56	Stephen Tu	OHE100D
30889D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 20	Stephen Tu	DEN@Viterbi
31100R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	16 of 56		OHE100D
31101D	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	0 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

EE 675: Data Analysis and Control Techniques for Neurotechnology Des (4.0 units)

Data analysis, machine learning and control-theoretic mathematical tools used in studying the brain and designing neurotechnologies such as brain-machine interfaces.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31328R	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	1 of 30	Maryam Shanechi	VHE210

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
30228D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 70	Ramakant Nevatia	OHE136
30229D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 20	Ramakant Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi

EE 682: Law, AI and Intellectual Property for Engineers (4.0 units)

Detailed introduction to the modern American legal system with a special focus on current artificial-intelligence techniques and intellectual-property doctrines.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30576R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Wednesday	4 of 30	Bart Kosko	ZHS252	PDF (89729 KB)

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
30674D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 100		OFFICE

EE 698: Doctoral Seminar Series (1.0 unit)

A weekly seminar series led by ECE faculty and guest lecturers about current and emerging areas of electrical and computer engineering research.

Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Note: For ECE PhD students only

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30602R	048	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	0 of 80		EEB132

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
30675D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 250		OFFICE