1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Objectives
To provide students with an understanding of the current
trends in High Level Synthesis using Hardware Description
Languages (HDL) and the methodologies involved in the
design and integration of complex systems using Computer-
Aided Design tools.
Content
Issues involved in High Level Synthesis;
architectural Models in Synthesis;
Hardware Description Language(VHDL);
quality measures including relationship between
structural and physical designs, area and performance;
partitioning in High -Level Synthesis;
scheduling formulation and allocation;
design methodology for HighLevel Synthesis;
performance and fault modeling using VHDL.
Recommended reading
Gajski, D., & Dutt, N., High Level Synthesis: Introduction to Chip
and System Design. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1982
IEEE Design and Test of Computer Magazine
IEEE Transaction on Computer-Aided Design
Perry, D., VHDL; MC Graw-Hill, 1991
& Schoen, J., Pe$onnaa and Fault Modeling with VHDL. Prentice
T' Hall, 1992
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, EE782 Computer Systems and Software
E- Engineering
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week average Hawthorn
Prerequisites: must have completed July-Nov. requirements
Corequisites: nil Assessment: exam, assignment and
laboratory
A subject in the Masters of Engineering by coursework
(Telecommunications, Computer Systems Engineering and
Biomedical Instrumentation)
Objectives
The aims of this subject are to develop a sound
understanding of:
Software engineering principles and techniques
applicable to computer based systems in engineering
applications;
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fundamentals of operating systems with an emphasis on
real-time systems.
Content
Principles of software engineering;
requirements analysis;
specification of systems;
design verification and quality assurance;
operating systems structure;
multiprocessing;
synchronisation;
input-output facilities;
resource allocation and management;
deadlocks.
Recommended reading
IEEE Publications
Jones, G. W., Software Engineering. Wiley, 1990
Peterson J.L. & Silberschatz, A. Operating System Concepts.
Addison-Wesley, 1985
Stallings, W. Operating Systems. Maxwell-Macmillan, 1992
Tanenbaum, A.S., Operating Systems. Prentice Hall 1987
EE783 Digital Signal Processing Systems
Engineering
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week average Hawthorn
Prerequisites: must have completed July-Nov. requirements
Corequisites: nil Assessment: exam, assignment and
laboratory
A subject in the Masters of Engineering by coursework
(Telecommunications, Computer Systems Engineering and
Biomedical Instrumentation)
Objectives
To present the principles of power spectrum estimation,
adaptive filtering, array processing and discuss their
applications in geophysics and oil exploration, biomedicine,
speech, echo cancellation and equalisation of telephone
channels.
Content
Definition of power spectrum, conventional spectrum
estimation methods:
maximum likelihood method of Capon; maximum
entropy method;
AR and ARMA spectrum estimation, harmonic
decomposition;
adaptive linear combiner;
adaptation with stationary signals, gradient estimation;
adaptive algorithms - and structures;
adaptive modeling, system identification, deconvolution,
equalisation, adaptive interference cancelling;
array processing.
Recommended reading
IEEE Transaction on Information Technology
IEEE Transaction on Signal Processing
Monzindgo, R.A., and Miller, T.W., Introduction to Adaptive
Arrays. N.Y., Wiley, 1980
Stearns, S.D., Digital Signal Processing. Rochelle Park, N.J.,
Hayden, 1993
idr row, B., Strearns, S., Adaptive Signal Processing. Prentice
Hall, 1985
EE784 Fault Tolerant Computing
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week average Hawthorn
Prerequisites: must have completed July-Nov. requirements
Corequisites: nil Assessment: exam, assignment and
laborato y
A subject in the Master of Engineering by coursework
(Computer Systems Engineering)
Objectives
To provide the students with an understanding of the
engineering issues involved in the design of fault tolerant