ELEC 431 - Digital Signal Processing -  Spring '03
Course Information



Course Outline 


Instructor:          
Robert D. Nowak
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University

Vox:    713 348-6318
Fax:    713 348-6196
Email:  nowak@rice.edu
Web:    www.dsp.rice.edu/~nowak

Office: 2023 Duncan Hall

Time and Place:  
DH 1070, MWF, 11:00-11:50AM

Homework Problems:  
 

Assistants:  
Rui Castro (rcastro@rice.edu)  
Mike Rabbat (rabbat@rice.edu)  
Yolanda Tsang (ytsang@rice.edu)  
Becca Willett (willett@rice.edu)  

Office Hours: 
MWF 1-2pm and by appointment
 
Prerequisites: 
ELEC 301 - Introduction to Signals and Systems
Experience with MATLAB 

Textbook (Recommended, Not Required): 
A. V. Oppenheim, R. W. Schafer, and J. R. Buck,
Discrete-Time Signal Processing, Prentice-Hall, 1999.

Recommended for further reading:

J.G. Proakis and D.G. Manolakis, Digital Signal Processing: 
Principles, Algorithms, and Applications (2nd edition), 
New York: MacMillan, 1992
 
C. S. Burrus, J. H. McClellan, A. V. Oppenheim, T. W. Parks, R. W. Schafer, H. W. Schuessler, 
Computer-Based Exercises for Signal Processing using MATLAB 5, Prentice Hall, 1998

The Student Edition of MATLAB, Prentice Hall

Course Notes: 
To be distributed at class

DSP Software: 
MATLAB
MATLAB Tutorial


Grading:

Exam 1 (100 pts.) Take Home, 3hr limit, Hand out Feb 21 at class, Due Feb 24 at class
Exam 2 (100 pts.) Take Home, 3hr limit, Hand out March 21 at class, Due 5pm, March 24
Exam 3 (100 pts.) Take Home, 3hr limit, Hand out April 18 at class, due April 21 at class
Team Project (100 pts.)  Poster presentations, Friday 11AM-1PM, April 25, 3092 Duncan Hall, 
 Web reports, Friday April 25, 5pm

Homework (75 points) Approximately one problem each lecture (Homework Policy) 
Course Participation (25 pts.)

Course Outline