EE32a - "Signals, Systems, and Transforms"

9 units (3-0-6); 2000-2001 first term. Prerequisite: Ma1, Ma2, EE20/

Instructor

Robert J. McEliece
Office: Moore 162 A
E-mail: rjm@systems
Office hours: MWF after class. I will hang around to answer questions, discuss the weather, etc., after each lecture. I will be happy to meet with students at other times, too. Please schedule these visits with my secretary Shirley Beatty (162 Moore, shirley@systems, x4715).

Teaching Assistants

Muhammed Yildrim (muhammed@its) Office hours: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, 155 Moore
Donald Sze (sze@its) Office hours: 4 -- 6 p.m. Monday, 155 Moore
Swami Seetharaman (seethara@caltech) Office hours: 6-7 p.m. Th/F, 155 Moore
Cedric Anen (cedric@caltech) Office hours: 1-3 p.m. Mondays, 155 Moore.

Class Meetings:

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9-10am in Room 070 Moore.

Assignments

Handouts and Suggested Reading

Class Information
The Fundamental Theorem For LTI Systems
Linear Spaces (Apostol II)
On the Convergence of Fourier Series and Transforms
Some ROC Theory for Laplace Transforms
Structures for Discrete-Time LTI Systems.

Textbooks

Signals and Systems, 2nd ed. by Oppenheim, Willsky, and Nawab. (Prentice Hall, 1996)
Computer Explorations in Signals and Systems, 2nd ed. by Buck, Daniel, and Singer. (Prentice Hall, 1997)

Grading Policy

There will be (approximately) one homework assignment per week (except for midterms week), a takehome midterm, and a takehome final. On each of these assignments you will receive a letter grade and a numerical grade. Your letter grade in the course will be the weighted average of the letter grades on these assignments, where each homework assignment will have weight one, the midterm will have weight four, and the final will have weight eight. (Details: I will not count your worst homework grade and I will adjust the grades at the end of the term so that you cannot have a lower letter grade than someone who gets more total points.)

Homework Collaboration Policy

I expect you to try to do the problems yourself, since I believe that this material is best learned through problem-solving. If you get stuck, however, I don't object to you asking for help, from another student, from the TA's, or from me, unless the problem is explicitly designated as a "no collaboration" problem. (In that case, you can only ask the TA's or me, and we will give only general advice.) Of course, I expect you to write up your own solutions, and to understand what you hand in.

Late Homework Policy

Please turn in the homework when it is due! One of the most valuable lessons you can learn, at Caltech or elsewhere, is to deliver the goods on time! Anyway, I will normally not grant homework extensions.

Approximate Outline

In this term we will cover, approximately, the first 5 chapters of the textbook.