University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 534  - Random Processes

Spring 2005



Announcements:

  1. Additional office hours during the finals week:
    Monday, 4-5pm in 357CSL, Office Hours C. Hadjicostis
    Monday, 6-8pm in 163EL, Final Exam Review by K. Guan
    Tuesday, 3-5pm in 368CSL, Office Hours K. Guan
    Wednesday, 4-6pm in 357CSL, Office Hours C. Hadjicostis

  2. The Midterm #1 review is at 163 Everitt Lab, 6-8pm on Monday, 3/7.
  3. The probability quiz review is at 163 Everitt Lab, 6-8pm on Monday, 2/7.
  4. Note: the probability quiz is NOT in the Siebel building. It is at 1310 DCL. Sorry for the confusion.
  5. The probability quiz is on Wednesday Feb.9th, 5:00-7:00pm .
  6. First class is on Wednesday Jan.19th, 2:30-3:50pm, 1214 Siebel .


Instructor:  Prof. Christoforos Hadjicostis 
Office: 357CSL   Phone: 265-8259
E-mail: chadjic@uiuc.edu
Office Hours: Monday 4:00-6:00pm in 357CSL

Teaching Assistant: Karen Guan
Office: 119CSL    Phone: 244-6384
E-mail: kguan@uiuc.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-5:00pm in 368CSL

Time and Place: 
Lectures:  MW 2:30-3:50pm in 1214 Siebel.
Quiz, Midterm Exams and makeup lectures: Wednesday 5:00-7:00pm

Grading and Exams: 
Homeworks:  10%
Probability Quiz on 02/09:  10%
Midterm #1 on 03/09:  20%
Midterm #2 on 04/13:  20%
Final Exam on 05/12, 1:30 - 4:30PM:  40%

Exams are closed book; one 8.5"x11" sheet of notes (both sides) is permitted for Midterm 1, two sheets are permitted for Midterm 2, and three for the final. The Probability Quiz and the Midterm Exams will be from 5-7pm.

Text books:
Required:
Recommended textbooks (reserved at Grainger):



Homework Policy: 

Collaboration on the homework is permitted but each student must write and submit independent solutions.  Homework is due within the first five minutes of the class period on the due date. Late homework will not be accepted without prior arrangement with the instructor.  The bottom homework grade will be dropped to accommodate one missed homework for every student.

Lecture Topics:

1. Review of Probability Theory
2. Sequences of Random Variables
3. Random Vectors and Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) Estimation
4. Random Processes
5. Calculus for Random Processes
6. Stationary Random Processes and Spectral Analysis
7. Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) Estimation



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