2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 11.6.6http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/24300.htmldesign.ECE 582 Computer Vision and Digital Image Processing. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: MATH 355 and CS 124, or permission of the instructor.Introduction to computer vision and digital image processing with an emphasis on image representation, transforms,filtering, compression, boundary detection, and pattern matching.ECE 583 Computer Graphics Design. (3-0) Three hours. Same as CS 535.Prerequisite: ECE 383.Selected topics in computer graphics and graphics algorithms. Design projects.ECE 584 Advanced Computer Architecture. (3-0) Three hours. Same as CS 567.Prerequisite: ECE 480.Computer architectures, computer design, memory systems design, parallel processing concepts, supercomputers,networks, and multiprocessing systems.ECE 586 Embedded Systems. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: ECE 383Coerequisite: ECE 487Integration of microprocessors into digital systems. Includes hardware interfacing, bus protocols and peripheralsystems, embedded and real-time operating systems, real-time constraints, networking and distributed processcontrol.ECE 587 Embedded Systems Laboratory. (0-3) One hour.Prerequisite: ECE 383Corequisite: ECE 486Design and implementation experience with microcontrollers, interfacing, digital control systems, bus protocols andperipheral systems, real-time constraints, embedded and real-time operating systems, distributed process control.ECE 588 Microcontrollers. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: ECE 383.Corequisite: ECE 589.Microcontrollers, digital control systems, hardware interfacing, networking, distributed process control, and robotics.ECE 589 Microcontrollers Laboratory. (0-3) One hour.Prerequisite: ECE 383.Corequisite: ECE 588.Design and implementation experience with microcontrollers, digital control systems, interfacing, operating systems,automated manufacturing processes, robotics, and networking.ECE 593 Special Topics (Area). Variable credit.Advanced topics of a specialized nature.ECE 598 Research Not Related to Thesis. One to six hours.ECE 599 Master's Thesis Research. One to twelve hours.ECE 601 Digital Signal Processing. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: ECE 370 or equivalent.Discrete-time signals and systems; discrete Fourier and transforms; basic network structures. Design of FIR and IIRfilters using digital simulation programs.ECE 602 Information Theory and Error Control Coding. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: GES 500 and ECE 502.The principles of information theory relevant to the development and analysis of source (datacompaction/compression) and channel (error control) codes.ECE 640 Electromagnetic Field Theory I. (3-0) Three hours. Same as GES 640.Prerequisite: ECE 340.Application of Maxwell's equations to problems of electrical engineering; boundary-value problems, wavepropagation, waveguides, radiation, and scattering; and surface waves.ECE 641 Electromagnetic Field Theory II. (3-0) Three hours. Same as GES 641.Prerequisite: ECE 640.Plane, cylindrical, and spherical wave functions; scattering by wedges, cylinder, and spheres; radiation fromapertures; perturbational and variational techniques; and microwave networks.ECE 646 Microwave Circuits II. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: ECE 546.Analysis and design of electromagnetic resonators, periodic structures, and filters; and advanced current topics in