ECE 513: Vector Space Signal Processing (Spring 2021)

Exam 1

• Thursday, 3/11, 7–9 PM (CST).

• Coverage: through Lecture 11 of 3/3/2021 + HW4.

• Material allowed: Closed book. You are allowed two two-sided  handwritten sheets of paper. No computers, calculators, tablets, or any other electronic means, except that a computer will be allowed for uploading the exam to Gradescope.

• Previous exams: |exam(2016)| |exam(2017)|

• Instructions for exam day

  • Login via Zoom on your smartphone at 6:45pm: Link, Meeting ID: 848 6144 7781

  • Set your smarphone to capture an image of your face and your hands as you work on your exam on paper.

  • Exam will be sent out via email on 7pm (CST). To work on the exam you must be in continous session on Zoom as described above.

  • Solutions will be submitted via Gradescope; students are allowed 15 min (9:00 - 9:15 pm) to complete the submission process

• Instructions for Round 2 of Exam 1

  • You are given the opportunity to take another stab at the problems in Exam 1, this time in the format of a Take Home exam. Participation is voluntary

  • You may consult any book or internet resource, but are not allowed to consult with any living person.

  • Turn in solutions for any problem or part of a problem for which you scored less than full score, and wish to receive additional points. Start each problem on a new page, and clearly mark the problem and sub-problem number.

  • A weight of 1/2 will be applied to all additional points scored on this Round 2, and the result will be added to your score on the Round 1 exam. (Example: if you scored 60 points on Round 1, and score additional 38 points on Round 2, your final score will be 60+ 38/2= 79.)

  • Please, upload your Round 2 work to Gradescope, as you did with Round 1.

  • Round 2 work is due by Sunday 3/21 at 11:59 pm.

• Statistics (2 rounds combined): Mean = 59.9; STD = 17.5; Max = 81.

Exam 2

• Sat 04/24, 12:00 pm - Sun 04/25, 11:59 am (CST).

• Exam 2 will be a take home exam.

• You may consult any book or internet resource, but are not allowed to consult with any living person, except for clarification questions emailed Prof. Bresler or Yudu Li.

• Previous exams: |exam(2020)| |exam(2013)|

• Statistics: Mean = 59.7; STD = 21.8; Max = 92.