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Graduate Studies Guide 2008 2008 ‫ﺩﻟﻴﻞ ﺍﻟﺪﺭﺍﺳﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻴﺎ‬

College of Graduate Studies & Research ‫آﻠﻴﺔ اﻟﺪراﺳﺎت اﻟﻌﻠﻴﺎ و اﻟﺒﺤﺚ اﻟﻌﻠﻤﻲ‬
University of Sharjah ‫ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ اﻟﺸﺎرﻗﺔ‬

Master’s of Science in Electrical/Electronics Engineering


College of Engineering – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

1. Introduction \ Program Mission


Electrical/Electronics Engineering is the profession concerned with most of the systems that we
encounter in our modern lives, from the cell phone that keeps us connected on the move to the
satellite dish that allows us to receive signals from deep space. Advanced technology pervades
our lives in such areas such as communications, electronics, and computers. The next-
generation electrical/electronics engineers will need to integrate knowledge across many
disciplines in engineering as well as in physical sciences, mathematics, business, and
humanities.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Sharjah has
developed a Master program in Electrical/Electronics Engineering that will prepare its graduates
to confidently confront the challenges of the information technology revolution and prepare them
for highly rewarding careers by providing advanced knowledge and skills. The Department
aspires to have well-recognized engineering programs involving excellence in teaching and
research.

The Department has highly qualified faculty and lecturers with many years of academic and
practical experience both regionally and internationally. The expertise of the academic staff
spans the main disciplines of Electrical/Electronics Engineering. In addition, the Department has
laboratory facilities that are furnished with high quality state-of-the-art equipment facilitating
advanced experimental work for teaching, research and consultancy.

2. Program Goals

The overall objective of the Master Program in Electrical and computer Engineering is to
strengthen the academic and professional knowledge of its students. The program is also intended
to provide students with depth in their chosen area of focus. The specific objectives of the program
are to:
1. Educate a new generation of electrical engineers to meet the challenges of the future.
2. Provide students with an advanced grasp of theories, principles and the insight required to
enhance their professional careers and/or to pursue further higher education in their field of
study.
3. Fulfill the future needs of the various industries and establishments of UAE and the region
as a whole.
4. Allow students to undertake an area of specialization to match their abilities and aspirations
and conduct research in that area.

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5. Promote a sense of leadership, scholarship and service to the community.

2.1 Program Objectives


1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
2. Design and conduct experiments, to analyze and interpret data
3. Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs
4. Function on multi-disciplinary teams
5. Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
6. Have an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
7. Communicate effectively
8. Acquire the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering
solutions in a global and societal context
9. Recognize the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
10. Acquire the knowledge of contemporary issues
11. Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice

3. Program Structure
The enrolled student has to successfully complete 33 credits. In this option, the student is
assigned a research supervisor in the chosen area of specialty. The student has to complete 9
credit hours of research work under the supervision of his/her supervisor. The student has to
defend his/her thesis before his/her selected committee. The 33 credits are distributed as follows:

Requirements Credits
4 Core Courses 12
2 Specialized Courses 6
2 Elective Courses 6
Thesis 9
Total 33

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department may offer the following areas of
specialization:

− Control and Automation − Electronics


− Communication Systems − Signal and Image Processing

I – Core Courses : The student must complete the following four courses:

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Course # Title Pre-requisite Semester


0402530 Linear Multivariable Control Systems Grad.Standing 1
0402540 Communication Systems Engineering Grad.Standing 1
0402550 Advanced Electronics Grad.Standing 2
0402560 Digital Signal Processing I Grad.Standing 2

II. Elective Courses:


The student must complete four elective courses to be selected in coordination with
his/her supervisor. They may include:
i) Courses listed below under depth courses or general electrical/electronics courses.
ii) Independent Studies in Electrical/Electronics Engineering (course 0402575)

III – Specialized Courses:

1. Control and Automation


Course # Title Pre-requisite
0402531 Optimal Control and filtering 0402530
0402532 Nonlinear Systems Analysis and Design 0402530
0402533 System Identification Grad.Standing
0402534 Real-time and Embedded Systems Grad.Standing
0402535 Neural Networks and Applications Grad.Standing
0402536 Modeling and Control of Power Systems Grad.Standing
0402537 Analysis and Control of Electrical Machines Grad.Standing
0402539 Special Topics in Control and Automation Grad.Standing
0402630 Robust Feedback Control 0402530
0402631 Adaptive Control 0402530
0402632 Predictive Control 0402530
0402633 Robotics Grad.Standing
0402634 Advanced Process Control 0402530

2. Communication Systems
Course # Title Pre-requisite
0402541 Advanced Digital Communications 0402540
0402542 Detection and Estimation 0402540
0402543 Information Theory Grad.Standing
0402544 Error Control Codes Grad.Standing
Mobile Communication Systems 0402540,
0402545
0402501

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0402546 Propagation Theory and Antennas Grad.Standing


0402549 Special Topics in Communications Grad.Standing
0402640 Satellite Communications Grad.Standing
0403540 Computer Networks Grad.Standing
0402642 Optical Communications 0402546
0403640 Mobile Computing 0403540

3. Electronics
Course # Title Pre-requisite
0402551 Analog IC Design Grad.Standing
0402552 Advanced Power Electronics Grad.Standing
0402553 Physics of Semiconductor Devices Grad.Standing
0403550 Integrated Circuit Fundamentals Grad.Standing
0402555 Non-linear Circuits Analysis and Design Grad.Standing
0402559 Special Topics in Electronics Grad.Standing
0403650 Micro-devices and Micro-sensors in VLSI 0403550
0402651 Analog Micro-system Design 0402551
0402652 RF Integrated Circuit Design 0402551
0402653 Advanced Optoelectronics 0402642

4. Signal and Image Processing


Course # Title Pre-requisite
0402561 Digital Signal Processing II 0402560
0402562 Pattern Recognition Grad.Standing
0402563 Speech Processing 0402560
0402564 Image Processing and Applications 0402560
0403542 Multimedia Networking and Communications Grad.Standing
Application Specific Architectures & Design Grad.Standing
0402524
Methodology
Special Topics in Signal and Image Grad.Standing
0402569
Processing
0402660 Adaptive Filtering 0402560
Wavelet and Time Frequency Signal 0402560
0402661
Processing
0402662 Multi-rate Systems and Filters Banks 0402560
0403632 Computer Vision Grad.Standing

III – General Electrical/Electronics Engineering Courses:

Course # Title Pre-requisite


0402500 Applied Mathematics for Engineering Grad.Standing
0402501 Applied Stochastic Processes. Grad.Standing

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0402502 Optimization Methods in Engineering Grad.Standing

IV – Independent Studies, Seminars, Projects and Thesis

Course # Title Pre-requisite


0402575 Independent Studies in Electrical/Electronics Grad.Standing
Engineering
0402590 Graduate Seminar Grad.Standing
0402599 Master Thesis Dept.
Approval

4. Course Description
General Electrical/Electronics Engineering Courses:

0402500 Applied Mathematics for Engineering (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
This is an applied mathematics course tailored to the needs of Electrical
Engineering graduate students. Topics covered are: i) Complex variable theory,
ii) Sturm-Liouville problem, eigen-function expansion and special functions, iii)
Matrix theory, eigen value and diagonalization, iv) Fourier analysis, multi-
dimensional Fourier series and transforms, and v) Partial differential equations.
Various examples from engineering and physics will be incorporated as
appropriate.

0402501 Applied Stochastic Processes (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Review of fundamentals of probability, Sequences of random variables and
convergence, Stationarity and ergodicity; second-order properties and
estimation; Gaussian random processes, Poisson and renewal processes,
Markov processes. Queuing Theory. Applications to communications and signal
processing.

0402502 Optimization Methods in Engineering (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Formulation, solution and implementation of optimization models such as linear

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programming, dynamic programming, integer programming, quadratic


programming, convex programming, geometric programming and unconstrained
optimization for analyzing complex systems problems in industry.

Courses in specialization area: Control and Automation

0402530 Linear Multivariable Control Systems (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
State space representation of systems. Linear algebra background. Modeling of
multivariable systems. Realization theory. Controllability and observability.
Minimality. Stability. State feedback and estimation. Separation theorem. Output
feedback. Compensation.

0402531 Optimal Control and filtering (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402530
Nonlinear optimal control of continuous-time systems. Minimum time and
constrained input problems. Linear quadratic regulator. Optimal output-
feedback. Optimal state estimation. Linear quadratic Gaussian design. Discrete
Time Optimal Control. Case studies.

0402532 Nonlinear Systems Analysis and Design (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402530
Introduction to nonlinear systems dynamics. Linearization, iteration, and
perturbation analysis. Phase plane method. Describing functions analysis. Limit
cycles. Lyapunov stability. Input/output stability. Input/output linearization.
Stabilization and control of nonlinear systems.

0402533 System Identification (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Review of transient and frequency response analysis. Regression analysis.
Parameterization of models. Maximum likelihood and prediction error methods.
Mathematical and experimental modeling. Model validation. Model
approximation. Real-time identification. Closed loop identification. Introduction to
nonlinear system identification.

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0402534 Real-time and Embedded Systems (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Architecture of real-time systems, Design and construction of software for real-
time applications of digital computers, Requirements and specification methods,
Scheduling algorithms and timing analysis. Real-time operating systems. Real-
time programming languages. Selected case studies.

0402535 Neural Networks and Applications (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Introduction, background and biological inspiration. Survey of fundamentals
methods of artificial neural networks: single and multi-layer networks;
Perceptions and back propagation. Associative memory and statistical networks.
Supervised and unsupervised learning. Merits and limitations of neural networks.
Applications.

0402536 Modeling and Control of Power Systems (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Dynamic model of synchronous machines. Excitation and governor systems.
Nonlinear and linear modeling of single machine infinite bus systems. Stability
analysis and control design. Direct method of stability determination.
Multimachine system modeling. Power system dynamic equivalents.

0402537 Analysis and Control of Electrical Machines (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Steady-state and dynamic analysis of electrical machines: direct and quadrature
axis transformation. Linear and nonlinear state space representation.
Regulation and control devices. Simulation of electromechanical subsystems.

Special Topics in Control and Automation (3-0:3)


0402539
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Advanced and emerging topics are selected from the area of Control and
Automation. Contents of the course will be provided one semester before it is
offered.

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0402630 Robust Feedback Control (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402530
Elements of robust control theory. Norms of signals and systems. Performance
specifications. Stability and performance of feedback systems. Performance
limitations. Model uncertainty and robustness. Parametrization of stabilizing
controllers. Loop transfer recovery robust design. H-infinity control and filtering.

0402631 Adaptive Control (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402530
Introduction to the various approaches of adaptive controller design. Real-time
parameter estimation. Model reference adaptive control. Self-tuning controllers.
Variable structure systems. Gain Scheduling. Robustness issues. Practical
aspects and implementation. Typical Industrial applications.

0402632 Predictive Control (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402530
Predictive control concept. Process models and prediction. Optimization
criterion. Predictive control law. Performance and robustness. Minimum cost
horizon. Disturbance model. Overview of well-known predictive controllers.
Tuning of predictive controller design parameters. Predictive control with output
constraints. Implementation issues. Industrial case studies.

0402634 Advanced Process Control (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402530
Digital and computer control systems. Discretization techniques. Stability of
discrete systems. Discrete multivariable and multiloop PID controller design.
Loop interaction. Pole assignment design. Supervisory and decentralized
control. Advanced digital controller design.

Courses in specialization area: Communication Systems

0402540 Communications Systems Engineering (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Representation of signals. Spectral density and autocorrelation. PAM and PCM

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systems. Detection of binary and M-ary signals in Gaussian noise. Matched filter
and correlator receivers. Pulse shaping. Band pass modulation and
demodulation techniques. Error performance for binary and M-ary systems.
Spectral analysis of digital signals. Communication link analysis.

0402541 Advanced Digital Communications (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402540
Digital transmission over AWGN channels. Digital transmission over band-
Limited channels. Intersymbol Interference. Signal design for band-Limited
channels. Channel equalization. Characterization of fading multipath channels.
Performance of digital transmission over fading channels. Diversity techniques.
Spread spectrum. Multi-user communication. Overview of Advanced
Communications Systems (satellite, mobile, optical, etc.)

0402542 Detection and Estimation (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402540
Binary and M-hypotheses Detection techniques: Maximum likelihood, Newman
Pearson, Minimum probability of error, Maximum a posteriori probability, Bayes
decision and mini-max detection. Parameter estimation: weighted least squares,
BLUE, Maximum likelihood, Mean square estimation. Signal estimation and
filtering: Wiener filtering, Kalman filtering and estimation. Simultaneous detection
and estimation. Application to system identification and communication systems.

0402543 Information Theory (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Measures of information, Entropy, Source Coding theory, Lossless data
compression, Huffman Codes, Ziv-Lempel and Elias Codes, Arithmetic Codes,
Run-length Encoding, Sources with memory, Lossy data compression, Rate
distortion theory, Mutual Information, Memoryless channels, Channel capacity,
Channel coding theory, Differential Entropy, Capacity of AWGN channels.

0402544 Error Control Codes (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Finite field arithmetic, Linear codes, Block codes, Cyclic codes, BCH and Reed-
Solomon codes, Encoding and decoding methods, Performance analysis of
block and cyclic codes, Convolutional codes, Trellis representation, The Viterbi
algorithm, Performance analysis of convolutional codes, Coded modulation,

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Turbo codes.

0402545 Mobile Communication Systems (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402540
Fundamentals of digital modulation techniques, propagation conditions, multiple
access, and the rake receiver, synchronization, coding, performance in multi-
path fading environment. The following topics will be covered: network
architecture, cellular, micro-cellular, pilot tones, synchronous/non-synchronous
networks, power control, resource allocation in networks with various
architectures.

0402546 Propagation Theory and Antennas (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Plane waves in homogenous media. Reflection and transmission. Guidance and
resonance. Multipath propagation and fading. Radiation and scattering.

0402549 Special Topics in Communications (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Advanced and emerging topics are selected from the area of communications.
Contents of the course will be provided one semester before it is offered.

0402640 Satellite Communications (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402540
Introduction to satellite communication systems. Satellite orbits. The satellite
channel. Satellite links. Earth stations. Modulation and multiplexing. Digital
modulation. Multiple access and demand assignment. Satellite crosslinks. VSAT
and mobile satellite systems.

0402642 Optical Communications (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402546
Fundamental principles of optical communication systems. Operational
characteristics of the main subsystems - optical transmitters, optical fibers,
optical amplifiers and optical receivers. Optical communication system, including
transmission considerations, system and network design methodology and up-
to-date information on components and subsystems technology for various

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system applications. Design examples.

Courses in specialization area: Electronics

0402550 Advanced Electronics (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Small-signal equivalent circuits and noise models of active devices. Design and
analysis of linear wide-band low-noise feedback amplifiers. High frequency
design using operational amplifiers and operational transconductance amplifiers.
Application of specialized electronic systems in analog signal processors.
Introduction to emerging technologies and advanced topics from recent
literature.

0402551 Analog IC Design (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Analysis & design of analog integrated circuits, CMOS, Bipolar and BiCMOS
techniques for analog & mixed-signal VLSI, Bandgap Voltage references,
Current mirrors, Folded cascode techniques, CMOS & BiCMOS op-amp design,
CMOS & BiCMOS comparators, analog CMOS & BiCMOS multipliers, offset and
distortion, Low-voltage & low-power analog IC building blocks, Current feedback
techniques for CMOS wide-band amplifier design, Discrete time analog CMOS
techniques. Analog IC layout techniques.

0402552 Advanced Power Electronics (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Review of power semiconductor devices: thyristors, GTO, power transistor, and
MOSFET. Power control converters. Drive specifications. Rectifier control of DC
motors. Fully controlled single-phase and three-phase drives. Multiquadrant
operation of DC motors. Closed-loop control of DC motors. Induction motors by
voltage controllers. Frequency controlled induction motor drives. Slip power
control. Self-controlled synchronous motors. Current/voltage source inverter
drives. Introduction to microcomputer control of AC and DC drives.

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0402553 Physics of Semiconductor Devices (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Electronic states in semiconductors. Carrier transport models and current
equations. Analysis of pn junctions, bipolar and FET transistors. Introduction to
microwave devices and semiconductor optoelectronics.

0402555 Non-linear Circuits Analysis and Design (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Monotone and non-monotone transfer and driving-point characteristics of basic
circuit elements, modeling techniques of electronic circuits containing nonlinear
devices, autonomous and non-autonomous circuits, equilibrium points and
stability analysis, the hysteresis phenomena and stiff systems, oscillators as
nonlinear dynamical systems (harmonic and relaxation oscillators), visualization
of dynamical behaviors in the state-space, geometrical interpretation via
Poincare sections and 1-D return maps, state-space reconstruction of a time-
series (Bogdanov-Takens theorem), selected nonlinear circuit design examples.

0402559 Special Topics in Electronics (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Advanced and emerging topics are selected from the area of Electronics.
Contents of the course will be provided one semester before it is offered.

0402650 Micro-devices and Micro-sensors in VLSI (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0403550
Physics of MOS & Bipolar devices in VLSI technology, Principles of Field Effect
& Charge Coupled Devices, Design of solid-state sensors, Micro-sensors &
Micro-actuator devices: capacitive, piezo-resistive, electrostatic, thermal,
magnetic. Design of microsensors & micro-actuators using surface & bulk Silicon
micro-machining techniques, Design of micro-electro-mechanical systems using
CMOS VLSI technology.

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0402651 Analog Micros-system Design (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402551
Analysis & design of data-converter integrated circuits, Analog CMOS signal
processing circuits in VLSI, A-to-D & D-to-A integrated circuit techniques in
CMOS, Bipolar & BiCMOS technology, Oversampling sigma-delta converters &
modulators, Switched-Capacitor & switched-current analog microsystem design,
CMOS & BiCMOS circuit techniques for on-chip discrete & continuous time
filters. Substrate noise & matching considerations in mixed-signal integrated
circuits.

0402652 RF Integrated Circuit Design (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402551
Principles of RF IC design using VLSI technologies, Monolithic inductor
implementation, Low-noise amplifiers, CMOS mixers, CMOS frequency
synthesizers, CMOS VCOs, Monolithic CMOS transceiver architectures, SiGe-
CMOS technology for high performance RF IC Design, Impedance matching
considerations in CMOS RF IC design & design of Input/Output pads for RF
micro-chips.

0402653 Advanced Optoelectronics (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402642
Fundamental electronics, optical and physical properties of nanostructures;
Application of nanostructure science to enable novel semiconductor devices for
advanced optoelectronics, photonics, and electronics.

Courses in specialization area: Signal and Image Processing

0402560 Digital Signal Processing I (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Classification of discrete-time signals and systems. Basic and lattice structures,
Finite-word length effects. Discrete Fourier Transform and its efficient
implementations. Introduction to spectral analysis. FIR and IIR filter design
techniques: Windowing techniques, Analog-to-Digital transformation techniques,
Computer-aided design techniques.

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0402561 Digital Signal Processing II (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402560
Optimal one- dimensional filter design techniques. Multidimensional digital
signals and systems. Multidimensional Fourier transform. Analysis of
multidimensional systems and digital filter design. Implementation issues.
Parametric and non- parametric spectral estimation. Applications.

0402562 Pattern Recognition (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Decision functions. Distance classification. Clustering algorithms. Pattern
classification by likelihood, Deterministic pattern classifier, Supervised and
unsupervised classification, Statistical pattern classifier. Feature selection.
Neural network approach to pattern recognition. Applications to engineering and
machine vision.

0402563 Speech Processing (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402560
Speech analysis, Digital processing of wave forms, Wavelet transformation
Waveform coding, Parametric coding of speech: linear predictive coding, Text-
to-Speech synthesis, Recognition, Stochastic modeling of speech signals,
Pattern recognition and its application to speech, Speech coding for Packet
Networks, Echo removal.

0402564 Image Processing and Applications (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402560
Two-dimensional systems and mathematical preliminaries. Perception and
human vision systems. Sampling and quantization. Image transforms. Image
representation by stochastic models. Image data compression, enhancement,
filtering, restoration. Reconstruction from projection. Analysis and computer
vision.

0402569 Special Topics in Signal and Image Processing (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Advanced and emerging topics are selected from the area of Signal and Image
Processing. Contents of the course will be provided one semester before it is

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offered.

0402660 Adaptive Filtering (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402560
Introduction to adaptive Signal Processing. Fundamentals of Adaptive Filter
Theory. The LMS Algorithm, LMS-based Algorithms. Conventional RLS
Adaptive Filtering. Adaptive Lattice-based RLS Algorithms. Fast Algorithms.
Implementation Issues. Adaptive IIR filters. HOS-based adaptive filtering.
Introduction to nonlinear filtering. Applications to Echo cancellation,
equalization, noise canceling and prediction.

0402661 Wavelet and Time Frequency Signal Processing (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402560
Cosine transform and short-time Fourier transform, Analysis of filter banks and
wavelets, Sub-band and wavelet coding, Multirate signal processing, Wavelet
transform, Daubechies wavelets, Orthogonal and biorthogonal wavelets, Time-
frequency and time-scale analysis, Design methods. Applications of wavelets to
audio and image compression, Medical imaging, Geophysics, Scientific
visualization.

0402662 Multi-rate Systems and Filters Banks (3-0:3)


Prerequisite: 0402560
Fundamentals of signal decompositions, concepts and theory, including time-
frequency decompositions; Review of Fourier and Z transforms, Fourier series,
etc; Multi-rate Filtering Multi-resolution Analysis, Applications.

Independent Studies, Seminar, and Thesis

0402575 Independent Studies in Electrical/Electronics (3-0:3)


Engineering
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
The student is expected to carry out an independent study on a current issue in
a selected area of Electrical/Electronics Engineering. This study is to be
supervised by a faculty member and requires the approval of the department.
The student is required to produce a formal report, which will be evaluated by his
instructor.

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0402590 Graduate Seminar (1-0:0)


Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Students are required to attend seminars given by faculty members, visitors, and
fellow graduate students. Each student is also required to present one seminar
on a timely research topic.

0402599 Master Thesis (0-0:9)


Prerequisite: Departmental Approval
The student has to undertake and complete research topic under the supervision
of a faculty member. The thesis work should provide the student with an in-depth
understanding of a research problem in Electrical/Electronics Engineering. It is
expected that the student, under the guidance of the supervisor, will be able to
conduct research somewhat independently, and may also be able to provide
solution to that problem.

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