Calendar

 

Week Date Place and time Topic
1. - - Lectures (2 hours):
Introduction
Signals
- - Lectures (2 hours):
Signal decomposition
Fourier transforms (DFT, DTFT and CTFT)
2. - - Lectures (2 hours):
Signal spectrum
Interpreting the spectrum
- - Recitation (2 hours):
Discussion on the first homework
3. - - Lectures (2 hours):
Sampling and reconstruction
- - Lectures (2 hours):
The sampling theorem
4. - - Recitation (2 hours):
Discussion on the second homework
- - Lectures (2 hours):
Window functions and spectral analysis
- - Laboratory (3 hours):
Sampling and spectral analysis
5. - - Lectures (1 hour):
Discrete cosine transform (DCT-II)
Recitation (1 hour):
Discussion on the third homework
- - Lectures (2 hours):
Systems
Classification of systems
Linear systems and convolution
6. - - Lectures (2 hours):
Laplace transform
Z transform
Transfer function and frequency response
- - Recitation (2 hours):
Discussion on the fourth homework
7. - - Lectures (2 hours):
Equivalence of continuous and discrete systems
Euler methods (forward and backward)
Bilinear transform
- - Recitation (2 hours):
Discussion on the fifth homework and preparation for the midterm exam
- - Laboratory (3 hours):
Linear time-invariant systems, transfer function and frequency response
8.a - - Midterms
8.b - - Midterms
9. - - Lectures (2 hours):
Three fundamental problems: filtration, reconstruction and prediction
Signal filtering
- - Lectures (2 hours):
Digital filters
- D138 Demonstration in the laboratory (3 hours):
A/D and D/A conversion and signal filtering
10. - - Lectures (1 hour):
Response to composite signal
Recitation (1 hour):
Discussion on the sixth homework
- - Lectures (2 hours):
Stability and stationary response
Phase and group delay
11. - - Lectures (1 sata):
Classification of digital filters
Amplitude-selective filters and phase-shift filters
Recitation (1 hour):
Discussion on the seventh homework
- - Lectures (2 hours):
Computer aided design of amplitude-selective FIR filters
- - Laboratory (3 hours):
FIR filters
- - - Christmas and New Year holidays
12. - - Lectures (2 hours):
Computer aided design of amplitude-selective IIR filters
- - Recitation (2 hours):
Discussion on the eight homework
13. - - Lectures (2 hours):
Fast Fourier transform
Linear and circular convolution
- - Lectures (1 hour):
Efficient computation of the convolution sum
Recitation (1 hour):
Discussion on the ninth homework
- - Laboratory (3 hours):
IIR filters
14. - - Lectures (2 hours):
Digital signal processor
Fixed-point arithmetics
- - Lectures (1 hour):
Signal quantization
Recitation (1 hour):
Discussion on the tenth homework and preparation for the final exam
- - Laboratory (3 hours):
Fast Fourier transform and FFTW
15.a - - Final exams
15.b - - Final exams