UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

Engineering: Electrical and Computer Engineering 241
167. Telecommunications Measurements
and Instrumentation (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 160. Design of hardware- and softwarebased
instrumentation components for digital communications
and wireless/cellular systems. Analysis
and design of spectrum, interference, bit error rate,
eye and constellation diagram instrumentation. Test,
evaluation and design of noise and jitter measurement
test sets. Expert applications (artificial intelligence).
Design project of new instrumentation
subsystems.—III.
170. Introduction to Computer Architecture
(4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 180A; course 70 or Computer Science Engineering
50. Introduction to basic aspects of computer
architecture, including computer performance
measurement, instruction set design, computer arithmetic,
pipelined/non-pipelined implementation, and
memory hierarchies (cache and virtual memory). Presents
a simplified Reduced Instruction Set Computer
using logic design methods from the prerequisite
course. Not open for credit to students who have
taken course 171.—I, II. (I, II.)
171. Parallel Computer Architecture (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 170. Organization and design of parallel
processors including shared-memory multiprocessors,
cache coherence, memory consistency, snooping
protocols, synchronization, scalable
multiprocessors, message passing protocols, distributed
shared memory and interconnection networks.—III.
(III.)
172. Microcomputer-Based System Design
(4)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite:
course 170 or Computer Science Engineering 154B,
course 180A; course 180B recommended. Microprocessor
architecture and its software conventions.
I/O interface design with emphasis on devices such
as transceivers, A-D/D-A converters and timers. System
design using polling, interrupts, and DMA as I/
O techniques. Programming in both assembly and
high-level languages.—I, II. (I, II.)
173A. Computer Networks (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 73 or Computer Science Engineering 110;
Mathematics 131 or Statistics 131A or Statistics
120 or Statistics 32. Overview of local and widearea
computer networks. ISO seven-layer model.
Physical aspects of data transmission. Data-link layer
protocols. Network architectures. Routing. TCP/IP
protocol suite. Local area networks. Medium access
protocols. Network performance analysis. Only two
units of credit for students who have taken course
157. (Same course as Engineering Computer Science
152A.)—I, II, III.
173B. Design Projects in Communication
Networks (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 173A or Computer Science and Engineering
152A. Advanced topics and design projects in communication
networks. Example topics include wireless
networks, multimedia networking, network
design and management, traffic analysis and modeling,
network simulations and performance analysis.
Offered in alternate years. (Same course as Computer
Science and Engineering 152C.)—(II.)
175. Compiler Optimization (5)
Laboratory—9 hours; discussion—1 hour; project—
1 hour. Prerequisite: course 170 or Computer Science
Engineering 154A; Computer Science Engineering
110. Program analysis and transformation
techniques for increasing program performance and
reducing code size. Fundamental optimizations
including instruction scheduling, register allocation,
code motion, common subexpression elimination,
dead code elimination, strength reduction and
branch alignment.—III. (III.)
180A. Digital Systems I (5)
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite:
course 70 or Computer Science Engineering 50,
courses 100 and 101 (may be taken concurrently).
Introduction to digital system design including combinational
logic design, sequential and asynchronous
circuits, computer arithmetic, memory systems and
algorithmic state machine design; computer aided
design (CAD) methodologies and tools.—I, II, III. (I,
II, III.)
180B. Digital Systems II (5)
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite:
course 110A, 180A. Restricted to majors in Electrical
Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer
Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering/
Materials Science, Engineering, and Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science graduate students.
Computer aided design of digital systems with
emphasis on hardware description languages
(VHDL), logic synthesis, and field programmable
gate arrays (FPGA). The pipelining, memory system
design, and testing digital circuits.—I, III. (I, III.)
183. Testing and Verification of Digital
Systems (5)
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite:
courses 170 and 180B. Computer aided testing and
design verification techniques for digital systems;
physical fault testing; simulation-based design verification;
formal verification; timing analysis.—II. (II.)
189A-V. Special Topics in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science (1-5)
Lecture, laboratory, or combination. Prerequisite:
course 101, consent of instructor. Special topics in
(A) Computer Science; (B) Programming Systems; (C)
Digital Systems; (D) Communications; (E) Signal
Transmission; (F) Digital Communication; (G) Control
Systems; (H) Robotics; (I) Signal Processing; (J)
Image Processing; (K) High-Frequency Phenomena
and Devices; (L) Solid-State Devices and Physical
Electronics; (M) Systems Theory; (N) Active and Passive
Circuits; (O) Integrated Circuits; (P) Computer
Software; (Q) Computer Engineering; (R) Microprocessing;
(S) Electronics; (T) Electromagnetics; (U)
Opto-Electronics; (V) Computer Networks. May be
repeated for credit when topic differs.—I, II, III. (I, II,
III.)
190C. Research Group Conferences in
Electrical and Computer Engineering (1)
Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: upper division
standing in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
course 101, consent of instructor. Research group
conferences. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP
grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
192. Internship in Electrical and Computer
Engineering (1-5)
Internship—3-15 hours. Prerequisite: course 101,
completion of a minimum of 84 units, project
approval before period of internship. Supervised
work experience in electrical and computer engineering.
May be repeated for credit if project is different.
(P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
194A-194B-194C. Micromouse Design
Project (2-2-1)
Discussion—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours (194A,
194B only). Prerequisite: course 70 or Computer Science
Engineering 50, Engineering 17 (may be taken
concurrently); course 100 or Engineering 100 recommended
(may be taken concurrently), course
180A recommended (may be taken concurrently).
Design of robotic mouse for the IEEE Micromouse
competition. Limited enrollment. May be repeated
once for credit. (Deferred grading only, pending
completion of sequence.)—I-II-III. (I-II-III.)
195A-195B-195C. Student Design Project
(2-2-1)
Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 110A. Design projects and/or contests sponsored
by industry. Topics vary; check with department
for availability. Course offering subject to
demand/availability of resources. Limited enrollment.
May be repeated twice for credit if project is
different. (Deferred grading only pending completion
of sequence.)—I-II-III. (I-II-III.)
196A. Senior Design Project (1)
Lecture/discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: English
101, 102, or 104, or successful completion of
English Composition Examination; senior standing in
Electrical or Computer Engineering; restricted to the
Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
majors. Integration of principles and capstone
design project for Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Project incorporates engineering standards and
realistic constraints including economic, manufacturability,
sustainability, ethical, health and safety, environmental,
social, and political. Completion of
portfolio of upper division course work. (Deferred
grading only, pending completion of sequence.)—I.
(I.)
196B. Senior Design Project (1)
Term paper or discussion —1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 196A; any course from department listing of
approved project courses; restricted to Electrical
Engineering and Computer Engineering majors. Integration
of principles and capstone design project for
Electrical and Computer Engineering. Project incorporates
engineering standards and realistic constraints
including economic, manufacturability,
sustainability, ethical, health and safety, environmental,
social, and political. Completion of portfolio of
upper division course work. (Deferred grading only,
pending completion of sequence.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
197T. Tutoring in Electrical and Computer
Engineering (1-3)
Discussion—1 hour; discussion/laboratory—2-8
hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing, consent
of instructor, course 101. Tutoring in Electrical and
Computer Engineering courses, especially introductory
circuits. For upper-division undergraduate students
who will provide tutorial assistance. (P/NP
grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
198. Directed Group Study (1-5)
Prerequisite: course 101, consent of instructor.
(P/NP grading only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced
Undergraduates (1-5)
Prerequisite: course 101, consent of instructor.
(P/NP grading only.)
Graduate Courses
201. Digital Signal Processing (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 150B; Statistics
120 or Mathematics 131 or Mathematics 167
recommended. Theory and design of digital filters.
Classification of digital filters, linear phase systems,
all-pass functions, FIR and IIR filter design methods
and optimality measures, numerically robust structures
for digital filters.—II. (II.) Tuqan
202. Advanced Digital Signal Processing (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 201, 260,
and 265, and Mathematics 167 are recommended.
Multirate DSP theory and wavelets, optimal transform
and subband coders in data compressions,
advanced sampling theory and oversampled A/D
converters, transmultiplexers and precoders in digital
communication systems, genomic signal processing.
Offered in alternate years.—(III.) Tuqan
206. Digital Image Processing (4)
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 150B. Two-dimensional systems theory,
image perception, sampling and quantization, transform
theory and applications, enhancement, filtering
and restoration, image analysis, and image processing
systems.—(II.)
207. Pattern Recognition and Classification
(3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Statistics 120. Topics
in statistical pattern recognition and classification:
linear decision functions and minimum distance classification,
Bayes decision theory, clustering algorithms,
the generalized perceptron, multi-layer neural
networks, and feature extraction. Offered in alternate
years.—(III.)
208. Image Analysis and Computer Vision
(3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 150B. Geometry
of two-dimensional objects. Edge detection and
image segmentation. Image formation and fundamental
principles of computer vision. Recovery of
three-dimensional structure from shading or stereo
information. Analysis of motion and estimation of
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-2008 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience