EE 20N: Structure and Interpretation of Signals and Systems, Fall 2013

ORIENTATION
Signals convey information. Systems transform signals. This course introduces the mathematical models used to design and understand both. It is intended for students interested in developing a deep understanding of how to digitally create and manipulate signals to measure and control the physical world and to enhance human experience and communication. The focus is on different representations of signals and systems to aid analysis and design. Concepts will be illustrated by examples from signal processing, communications, and control.

PERSONNEL
INSTRUCTOR Kannan Ramchandran (kannanr at eecs, Cory 269) OFFICE HOURS: Tues 4-5pm in either Woz (Soda 430) or Cory 258 LECTURES: Tues and Thurs, 12:30 - 2pm, F295 Haas.

TEACHING ASSISTANTS: GSI Giulia Fanti (Head TA) T.J. Tsai (TA) Yunjae Cho (TA) Daniel Gerber (TA) Anne Huang (TA) Rick Garcia (TA) Samir (Hurshal) Patel (TA) Email address gfanti@eecs.berkeley.edu tjtsai@berkeley.edu chojoseph91@berkeley.edu daniel.l.gerber@gmail.com anne.huang@berkeley.edu rrgarcia@eecs.berkeley.edu hurshal.patel@berkeley.edu Office Hours W 1-2pm, Soda Alcove 611 Th 5-6pm, Cory 212 Tu 4-5 pm Woz (430 Soda) M 3-4 pm, Cory 504 F 9-10 am, Cory 400 Tu 4-5 pm Woz (430 Soda) Tu 3-4pm Woz (430 Soda)

DISCUSSION SECTIONS:

Note: Sections begin on Wednesday 9/4

W 9-10 (41 Evans) - Anne W 11-12 (5 Evans) - Daniel W 12-1 (203 Wheeler) Hurshal W 1-2 (203 Wheeler) Hurshal W 2-3 (115 Kroeber) Rick W 3-4 (47 Evans) Giulia W 4-5 (6 Evans) TJ W 5-6 (299 Cory) Yunjae W 6-7 (299 Cory) Yunjae

LAB SECTIONS:

Note: Sections begin on Monday 9/2, all in 105 Cory

M 11-2 Yunjae M 2-5 Rick T 2-5 TJ W 12-3 Anne R 2-5 - Daniel F 9-12 Giulia F 12-3 - Hurshal

HOMEWORKS
Unless otherwise indicated, homeworks will be due by 11:59am on Thursdays . Submit your homework electronically (instructions on the course website). Please begin your answer to each problem on a new sheet of paper, and make sure that each sheet is labeled with your name, lab section, lab TA, the assignment number, the problem number, and "EE20N Fall 2014".

Warning: You risk receiving no credit, or losing points, for any homework that does not conform to the above regulations! Please take the time to write clear and concise solutions;
we will not grade messy or unreadable submissions. No late homeworks will be accepted. We will drop the lowest two homework scores. No other exceptions will be granted. The day following the due date (i.e., Friday), we will post solutions on bSpace. You must grade your own homework using these solutions, and then submit your self-evaluated scores by the following Monday at 11:59 pm. If you do not submit your homework or your selfevaluation electronically by the due date, you will receive a zero for that assignment. We will evaluate your self-grades after you submit them. There are detailed instructions for submission on bSpace under Resources

LABS

Note: Labs begin on M 9/9

You are expected to complete labs within your scheduled lab time. That is, you must get checked off by the end of your lab time to ensure full-credit for your lab. A late check-off results in a 20% reduction of your lab score. It is important to keep on top of the labs at the beginning of the semester, as the first few labs serve as introduction to Matlab, our primary lab software. Your lowest lab score will be dropped at the end of the semester. Working from home: You are free to finish labs ahead of time, but you must get your lab checked off in-person by the end of your scheduled lab section. You may use Remote Desktop Connection to remotely login to the instructional servers. Please note that the lab computers in Cory 105 run Matlab 2013a. You are encouraged to work in pairs during lab.

EXAMS
There will be two midterms and one final. The dates are as follows: First Midterm: Thurs, Sept 26, 6-7.30p, 10 Evans and 100 GPB Second Midterm: Thurs, Oct 31, 6-7.30p, Dwinelle 155

Final Exam: Fri, Dec 20, 8-11A (location TBA)

ASSESSMENT
Homeworks: 10% Labs: 10% Midterms: 40% Final: 40% We will drop the two lowest homework scores and the lowest lab score. No other exceptions will be granted.

COURSE POLICIES
Prerequisites: Knowledge of basic mathematics like complex numbers and calculus at the level of Math 1B is required for this course. Knowledge of some linear algebra at the level of Math 54 is useful but not required. Statistically, having taken Math 54 before EE 20N adds about 1 grade to the final grade in EE 20N. Textbook: E.A. Lee and P. Varaiya, Structure and Interpretation of Signals and Systems, 2nd edition. http://leevaraiya.org/ Cool demos of some of the concepts in this course can be found at http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/eecs20/berkeley Piazza: The main mode of electronic communication between students and staff, as well as amongst students, will be through http://www.piazza.com/. It is intended for general questions about the course, clarifications about assignments, student questions to each other, discussions about material, and so on. We strongly encourage students to participate in discussion, ask and answer questions through this site. The course staff will monitor discussions closely. To sign up, go to the Piazza website and sign up with "UC Berkeley" and "EE20N" for school and class. If you are a concurrent/UC extension student, come see one of the GSIs within the first week and give them your email address for bSpace/Piazza registration.

Collaboration: You are encouraged to work on homework problems in study groups of no more than 3 people; however, you must always write up the solutions on your own, and you

must never read or copy the solutions of other students. Similarly, you may use books or online resources to help solve homework problems, but you must always credit all such sources in your writeup and you must never copy material verbatim. Warning: Your attention is drawn to the Department's Policy on Academic Dishonesty. In particular, you should be aware that copying solutions, in whole or in part, from other students in the class or any

other source without acknowledgment constitutes cheating. Any student found to be cheating
risks automatically failing the class and being referred to the Office of Student Conduct. Regrading Policies: Regrading of exams will only be undertaken in cases where you believe there has been a genuine error or misunderstanding. Bear in mind that our primary aim in grading is consistency, so that all students are treated the same; for this reason, we will not adjust the score of one student on an issue of partial credit unless the score allocated clearly deviates from the grading policy we adopted for that problem. If you wish to request a regrading of an exam, you must return it to your section TA with a written note on a separate piece of paper explaining the problem. The entire assignment may be regraded, so be sure to check the solutions to confirm that your overall score will go up after regrading. All such requests must be received within two weeks of the date on which exam grades are returned.

Lecture schedule
Aug 29: Introduction Sep 3: Linear systems and sinusoids Sep 5: sinusoids and CT Fourier series (Ch. 5 of LV) Sep 10: CT and DT Fourier series (Ch. 7 of LV) Sep 12: connections between CT and DT Fourier series; LTI systems Sep 17: complex exponentials are eigenfunctions of LTI systems Sep 19: frequency response I (Ch. 8 of LV) Sep 24: frequency response II (Ch. 8 of LV) Sep 26: TBA + MIDTERM 1 (6-7.30pm)

Oct 1, 3, 8, 10 : impulse response and filtering (Ch. 9 of LV) Oct 15 Nov 7: Fourier transforms (Ch 10, LV) Oct 31: MIDTERM 2 (6-7.30pm) Nov 12: Application I: Shazam Nov 14: TBA Nov 19: Application II: Biomedical Imaging Nov 21: Application III: 2D image processing and compression Nov 26, 28: Application IV: OFDM wireless communication Dec 3, 5: Sampling