printer friendly pageEE 384Y: Packet Switch Architectures II
Second of two-course sequence. Theory and practice of designing packet switches and routers. Address lookup: exact matches, longest prefix matches, performance metrics, hardware and software solutions. Packet classifiers: for firewalls, QoS, and policy-based routing; graphical description and examples of 2-D classification, examples of classifiers, theoretical and practical considerations.
EE 386: Robust System Design
Causes of system malfunctions; techniques for building robust systems that avoid or are resilient to such malfunctions through built-in error detection and correction, prediction, self-test, self-recovery, and self-repair; case studies and new research problems. Prerequisites: 108A,B, 282.
EE 387: Algebraic Error Control Codes
Theory and implementation of algebraic codes for detection and correction of random and burst errors. Introduction to finite fields. Linear block codes, cyclic codes, Hamming codes, Fire codes, BCH codes, Reed-Solomon codes. Decoding algorithms for BCH and Reed-Solomon codes. Prerequisites: elementary probability, linear algebra.
EE 392F: Logic Synthesis of VLSI Circuits
Similar to former 318. Solving logic design problems with CAD tools for VLSI circuits. Exact and heuristic algorithms for logic synthesis. Representation and optimization of combinational logic functions (encoding problems, binary decision diagrams) and of multiple-level networks (algebraic and Boolean methods, don't-care set computation, timing verification, and optimization);and modeling and optimization of sequential functions and networks (retiming), semicustom libraries, and library binding. Prerequisites: familiarity with logic design, algorithm development, and programming.
EE 392G: Terahertz Technologies and Applications
Principles of THz wave generation, detection, and applications. Sources and systems that provide access to the THz region of the spectrum include ultrafast time-domain systems, direct generation using terahertz lasers as well as nonlinear optical frequency conversion. Terahertz measurement techniques include detector technologies, terahertz waveguides, terahertz measurements using surface plasmons, near-field effects, and nonlinear optical methods of detection. Applications of terahertz radiation including spectroscopy, sensing, and imaging, holography, terahertz communications concepts and systems, photonic crystals, and metamaterials.
EE 392H: Coding for Wireless Channels
Theoretical foundations of modern coding theory, with applications to wireless transmission systems. State-of-the-art coding theory using soft (maximum-likelihood) decoding. Topics include: fading channel models (independent fading, block fading, MIMO); information-theoretic performance limits; coding on signal spaces; optimization criteria for code design; factor-graphical models of codes including block, convolutional, turbo, LDPC, and concatenated codes; trellis-coded modulation and bit-interleaved modulation; iterative (turbo) receivers for coded signals: memoryless, intersymbol-interference, MIMO, and multiuser channels; and EXIT-chart analyses of performance. Prerequisites:
EE 278, 279. Recommended:
EE 376A.
EE 392M: Fault Diagnostics Systems
Overview of current diagnostic systems engineering practices, emphasizing approaches that are usually referred to as advanced in industry. Real life implementation constraints. Guest lectures by experts from key sectors, including aerospace, automotive, semiconductor manufacturing, networking, and enterprise computing industries. May be repeated for credit. Recommended:
STATS 116;
EE 263 or
ENGR 207A;
EE 278 or
ENGR 207B.
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4 times
(up to 4 units total)
EE 402S: Topics in International Advanced Technology Research
Theme for 2006-07 is advanced technologies for biomedical applications. Photonic and electronic systems and components for imaging, micro-arrays, drug delivery, artificial organs, and robot-assisted surgery. Guest speakers from industry, government, and universities. May be repeated for credit. Recommended: basic electronics.
| Repeatable
for credit
EE 418: Topics in Neuroengineering
Neuroscience and electrical engineering, focusing on principles and theory in modern neural prosthetic systems (brain-computer or brain-machine interfaces). Electrical properties of neurons, information encoding, neural measurement techiques and technology, processing electronics, information decoding and estimators, and statistical data analysis. Prerequisites: 214, 278.
EE 453: Geomagnetically Trapped Radiation
Research on the radiation belts of Earth and other planets. Physical processes which lead to magnetic trapping of electrons and ions. Analytical tools for trapped radiation research. The nature of radiation belts, source and loss mechanisms, and the relation of radiation belts to other geophysical phenomena.
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