Instructor:              

Eric Miller

Option 1 (no project)

• Problem sets:    20%    
• Midterm:          35%
• Final:                45%

Option 2 (with project)

• Problem sets:    20% 
• Project:            20%
• Midterm:          20%
• Final:                40%

Your decision as to which option you ish to pursue is due by Oct. 8 to me in the form of email.  Failure to provide an explicit indication will result the implicit assignment of option 1 by the instructor.

NETWORK PROBLEMS
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IMPORTANT NOTE
Since time is short, it is absolutely essential that students review their undergraduate discrete time signal and systems course NOW.  All material in the course is based on the assumption of a strong working knowledge of the topics covered in chapters 1-4 of the text.   In addition, you should be very comfortable with the manipulation and use of complex numbers including basic complex algebra, complex conjugation, an understanding of and ability to switch between rectangular and polar representations of numbers, ideas of magnitude and phase, etc. The instructor is available to discuss technical or other issues related to all of this material, but it is your responsibility to take advantage of this help if you need it.

This course will use discrete linear systems concepts as a starting point to explore some important areas of DSP, including

• The Discrete Fourier Transform, its properties, its relationship to other transforms, its use in spectral analysis and digital filtering.
• Structures for FIR and IIR systems
• Digital Filter Design, basic concepts and practical computer-aided techniques.
• Fast algorithms for computation of the DFT: the FFT.
• Other topics according to student and instructor interest (if time permits).

Most material for this course is going to be made available through the World Wide Web. The URL for the class' web site is

http://claudius.ece.neu.edu/ece3321f01/

The site will be active as of September 20, 2001. At this site you will find the syllabus, course description, calendar, reading list, problem sets, etc. All homeworks will be distributed in Adobe PDF format.  Click here to download Adobe's Acrobat PDF viewer.  Some of the homework problems will require that you download either Matlab source code or data from the site. Information on the site will be updated throughout the term.

This course will require the use of MATLAB. MATLAB is a flexible software package with applications in signal processing, control theory, electromagnetics, and other areas. You can use MATLAB on University computers or on your own. The professional version of MATLAB is available on a number of computing platforms in the College of Engineering; the most appropriate of these for this course are the PC's in 202 SN and 5 HA. You can also obtain your own copy of the student version of MATLAB (which has some but not all of the signal processing functionality of the professional version) by purchasing The Student Edition of MATLAB, which includes a manual as well as the software. Students who are unfamiliar with MATLAB should use the first week or two of the quarter -- while they have the time and before they fall behind -- to familiarize themselves with it. The use of MATLAB is a required part of the course, not an option.

1. No late homeworks will be accepted.  
   • If you are taking the course on the Boston campus, homeworks are to be turned in to the instructor at the end of the class period they are due.  
   • If you are taking the class through Network Northeastern, your papers must be postmarked or otherwise timestamped no later than the day they are due.
   • If you are taking the class via NTU, the homeworks are to be returned to the instructor no later than the date indicated on the problem set.
2. NO MAKEUP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN. Please plan your professional commitments so that you can take the exams. 
3. Incomplete grades will be given ONLY if the student is doing satisfactory work at the time the incomplete is requested and ONLY due to documented personal or family emergencies.

Table 1: Tentative topics to be covered

Table 2: Tentative Important Dates