POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 2005-2007

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
EL 675 UHF Propagation for Wireless
Systems 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
See course listings under
Electrodynamics, Wave Phenomena and
Plasmas.
EL 930 Wireless Information Systems
Lab 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
See course listings under Telecommunications
and Networking.
EL 901-909 Selected Topics in Wireless
Communications each 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Selected topics of current interest in wireless
communications. (See departmental
mailing for detailed description of each
particular offering.) Prerequisite: specified
when offered.
SIGNAL PROCESSING
EL 512 Image Processing 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Introduction of basic concepts and techniques
in digital image processing: image
acquisition and display using digital
devices, properties of human visual perception,
sampling and quantization, sampling
rate conversion, two-dimensional
transforms, image coding techniques and
standards, linear and nonlinear filtering,
morphological operations, contrast
enhancement, noise removal, image
deblurring, image registration and geometric
transformation, and edge detection.
Students will learn to perform some
basic image processing operations using
MATLAB. Prerequisites: EE 3054 and
MA 3012; MA 2012 or knowledge of
basic matrix algebra.
EL 514 Multimedia Lab 2:3:0:3
Multimedia communications refers to
integrated processing and communication
of video, image, audio and computergenerated
graphics and data. This course
will provide students with hands-on
experience in the acquisition, processing
and communication of voice, image and
video, as well as multimedia document
creation and use of real-time multimedia
interactive communications over a variety
of channels. Each week includes a
one-hour lecture and three-hour lab.
Prerequisites: graduate status or EE
3054 or instructor’s permission.
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EL 611 Signals, Systems and
Transforms 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Continuous and discrete linear systems,
system function. Fourier transforms, periodic
functions, Z transforms, discrete
Fourier series, fast Fourier transforms.
Analog and digital filters, finite order system
functions. Digital processing of analog
signals. Sampling theorems.
Prerequisites: graduate status.
EL 6114 Signals, Systems and
Transforms (ePoly Online Course)
3:0:0:3.6
This course is equivalent to EL 611. It
includes the same topics and requirements,
with the addition of the following
subjects: Magnitude Characteristics of
LTI systems, All-pass Systems and
Properties.
EL 612 Video Processing 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
This course introduces fundamental theory
and techniques for efficient representation
and processing of video signals,
including introduction of analog and digital
video systems, Fourier analysis of
video signals, properties of the human
visual system, video signal sampling and
sampling rate conversion, motion estimation,
video compression techniques,
video communication standards, stereo
video processing and compression, error
control in networked video applications.
A mini-project is required. Prerequisites:
EL 512, EL 630 or EL 6304, C programming
skills and graduate status.
EL 713 Digital Signal Processing
2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Time and transform domain description
of discrete-time signals and filters, Z
transforms, difference equations, discrete
Fourier analysis and the FFT. Properties
and design of recursive and nonrecursive
filters. Effects of finite precision arithmetic
and round-off errors. Hardware
realizations of digital filters. Introduction
to spectral analysis. Prerequisites: graduate
status and EL 611 or EL6114.
EL 7134 Digital Signal Processing
(ePoly Online Course) 3:0:0:3.6
This course is equivalent to EL 713. It
includes the same topics and requirements,
with the addition of the following
subjects: Spectral factorization. Multirate
systems, Introduction to basic speech
compression, and Speech Filtering.
EL 715 Array Signal Processing
2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
General sonar and radar array processing
concepts. Array performance considerations.
Narrowband and broadband signal
processors. Classical and high resolution
techniques for direction finding.
Eigenstructure-based techniques and spatial
smoothing techniques. Performance
analysis of eigenstructure-based techniques.
Asymptotic distribution of eigenparameters
associated with smoothed
sample covariance matrices in uncorrelated
and coherent scenes. Weiner solution
and adaptive algorithms. Least Mean
Square (LMS), accelerated gradient
search and gradient algorithms with constraints.
Direct implementation by inversion
of the sample covariance matrix and
transient response considerations.
Prerequisites: graduate status, EL 611 or
EL6114 and EL 631.
EL 716 Multiresolution Signal
Decomposition: Transforms,
Subbands and Wavelets 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
A unified treatments of signal decomposition
methods for coding, compression
and feature extraction. Orthonormal
block transforms: sinusoidal and polynomial
based transforms; decorrelation and
compaction properties; and optimal quantizers.
Subband filter banks: multirate
sampling; decimation, interpolation,
polyphase expansions; Mband filter
banks for multichannel and multiresolution
expansions; and alias-free and perfect
reconstruction designs. Wavelets:
time frequency localization, the short
time Fourier and Gabor transforms; the
orthonormal wavelet family; “Zoom-in”
property; link to dyadic filter banks; and
continuous and discrete wavelet transforms.
Prerequisites: graduate status and
EL 713 or EL7134.
EL 911-919 Selected Topics in Signal
Processing each 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Selected topics of current interest in systems
and networks. (See departmental
mailing for detailed description of each
particular offering.) Prerequisite: specified
when offered.