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Theclassiscomposedof9Modules,eachoneofwhichcoversadifferentsignalprocessingtopic.
EachModuleissubdividedintoavaryingnumberofsmallersubmodulesbetween10and20minutes
inlength.Inthefollowinglist,eachmoduleisfollowed(inbrackets)bythecorrespondingchapterin
thecompaniontextbook.
Module1:Introduction[Ch.1]
whatissignalprocessing,somehistoryandapplicationexamples
Module2:Discretetime(DT)signals[Ch.2]
basicexamples
thediscretetimecomplexexponential
asimplesoundsynthesizer
Module3:EuclidandHilbert[Ch.3]
signalprocessingasgeometry
vectorsspaces,bases,approximations
Module4:FourierAnalysis[Ch.4]
theDiscreteFourierTransform(DFT)
theDiscreteTimeFourierTransform(DTFT).
examples.
theShortTimeFourierTransform
thefastFouriertransformalgorithm(FFT).
Module5:LinearFilters[Ch.5and6]
lineartimeinvariantsystems,convolution
idealandrealizablefilters
filterdesignandimplementation
examples.
Module6:InterpolationandSampling[Ch.9]
continuoustime(CT)signals
interpolationandsampling
thesamplingtheoremasorthonormalbasisexpansion
processingofCTsignalsinDT.
Module7:StochasticSignalProcessingandQuantization[Ch.8and10]
stochasticsignals
quantization
analogtodigital(ADC)anddigitaltoanalog(DAC)conversion.
Module8:ImageProcessing
introductiontoimageprocessingandtwodimensional(2D)Fourieranalysis
filteringandcompression
theJPEGcompressionstandard
Module9:DigitalCommunicationSystems[Ch.12]
analogchannelsandbandwidth/powerconstraints
modulationanddemodulation
transmitterandreceiverdesign
ADSL.

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Schedule
Eachweek,onMonday,wewillreleasetwolectures(andtheirassociatedhomework)accordingtothe
followingschedule:
Week1(Jan19)
Module1(intro)
Module2
Module3
Week2(Jan26)
Modules4.1,4.2,4.3
Modules4.4,4.5
Week3(Feb2)
Modules4.6,4.7,
Modules4.8,4.9
Week4(Feb9)
Modules5.1,5.2,5.3
Modules5.4,5.5,5.6
Week5(Feb16)
Modules5.7,5.8,5.9
Modules5.10,5.11,5.12
Week6(Feb23)
Module6
Week7(Mar2)
Module7
Week8(Mar9)
Module8
Week9(Mar16)
Module9

Resources
Companiontextbook
Theclassisbasedonthebook"SignalProcessingforCommunications",byPaoloPrandoniand
MartinVetterli.Thebookisavailableforsaleinprintedformatmajorretailers.Inthespiritofonline
teaching,youcanofcoursedownloadacopyofthebookforfreeatwww.sp4comm.org(anddon't
forgettomarkyourcopyagainsttheerrata).A(paid)iBookversionofthisbookisalsoavailable.
Manymorebibliographicalreferencescanbefoundinthetextbookandadditionalhandoutswillbe
postedduringthecourse.

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Recommendedbackground
Fundamentalsoflinearalgebraandcalculusareamustfamiliaritywithprobabilitytheoryandsystem
theoryarehighlyrecommended.Pleasetaketheselfassessmentquizwepreparedinordertofind
your"weakspots"(ifany)andtakecorrectiveaction.FamiliaritywithMatlab(orsimilarapplications)
and/orscientificprogrammingareaplus.
Ifyouthinkyouneedsomerefreshercourseinanyoftheaboveprerequisites,theofferofonline
resourcesisquitevastthesedays.Letusgiveyousomepointerstogetstarted:
Forcalculusandlinearalgebra,anicesetofonlineclassescanbeconsultedon
MITOpenCourseWarelikewiseforprobabilitytheory.
Agoodlistoffreelyavailablemathematicstextbookscanbefoundhere.
Here'sagoodintroductiontoprobabilitytheoryinbookform.

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